Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being indeterminate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of indeterminateness; vagueness; indefiniteness.
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- noun The condition of being
indeterminate .
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- noun the quality of being vague and poorly defined
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Examples
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"Quantum indeterminacy" is nothing more than an informational gap to us.
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This indeterminacy is structural, not epiphenomenal.
Hegel on Buddhism 2007
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Public opinion in its splendid indeterminacy is not evidence.
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This basic indeterminacy is disturbing to political economists or philosophers who seek to be able to offer substantive advice, over and beyond the procedural limits suggested.
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That indeterminacy is itself masked in ghostly reflections of a former paradigm.
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(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Lawyers abhor a vacuum but take refuge in indeterminacy.)
Balkinization 2007
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