Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being indefinite, undefined, unlimited, or not precise and certain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being indefinite.
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- noun The characteristic of being
indefinite .
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- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
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Examples
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The only reply that it is possible is that the indefiniteness is the result of design.
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It is extremely difficult to distinguish in observation between vagueness of the illusion due to feebleness in the after-image depending on faint illumination, dark-colored discs or lack of the desirable difference in luminosity between the sectors (cf.p. 171) and the indefiniteness which is due to broad transition-bands existing between the (relatively) pure-color bands.
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They illustrate that indefiniteness which is characteristic of Greek mythology, a theology with no central authority, no link on historic time, liable from the first to an unobserved transformation.
Greek Studies: a Series of Essays Walter Pater 1866
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'indefiniteness' and 'general imbecility' of what we had to offer -- all so unworthy a _Bostonian_ audience -- we commenced, and with many interruptions of applause, concluded.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
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"indefiniteness" of the Tiger leave and after first claiming "the PGA Tour has not been significantly impacted in a negative way" provided this more realistic assessment.
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"indefiniteness" of the Tiger leave and after first claiming "the PGA Tour has not been significantly impacted in a negative way" provided this more realistic assessment.
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Its euphony and indefiniteness were a charm to him.
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He argues that "doctrinal indefiniteness can be a reasonable expression of epistemic modesty, and that even doctrinal entanglement can be justified when it is the only way of preserving, in the sociocultural environment available, a reflectively stable orientation."
Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010
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He argues that "doctrinal indefiniteness can be a reasonable expression of epistemic modesty, and that even doctrinal entanglement can be justified when it is the only way of preserving, in the sociocultural environment available, a reflectively stable orientation."
Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate? Michael Ruse 2010
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Its euphony and indefiniteness were a charm tohim.
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