1
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an undetermined form seen only from a distance
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2
as in pending
not yet settled or decided
the fate of the prisoners is still undetermined
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Recent Examples of undetermined
The futures of Jac Collinsworth, Rodney Harrison and Chris Simms remain undetermined.
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Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Then that date was postponed to an as-yet-undetermined date in the future.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
The remaining $75 million — for Roy Wilkins Auditorium — would come from an as-yet-undetermined source.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Police say the men made off with an undetermined amount of cash and fled the area toward New Haven.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
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Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
Then that date was postponed to an as-yet-undetermined date in the future.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
The remaining $75 million — for Roy Wilkins Auditorium — would come from an as-yet-undetermined source.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026
Police say the men made off with an undetermined amount of cash and fled the area toward New Haven.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetermined
Adjective
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The exact reasons are often left vague, and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The exact reason remains vague, but some widespread cultural practice occurred across Central Europe.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Her family has also reportedly conducted an independent autopsy of Robinson’s remains, though the results remain pending.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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That cleared the way for the new pending deal to lease Infowars to The Onion, with the hope that a future sale could be approved.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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The book portrays the city as a liminal metropolis where the line demarcating business and crime has been worn faint by heavy footfall from both directions.—
Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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That's a whopping 500-meter--wide (1,640-foot) dish, ideal for picking up faint signals from far away.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Amid the unsettled state of the conflict, the war’s economic impact continues to grow.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 May 2026
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Over the top of these more ragged edges, Llobet takes a pointillistic approach to lyric writing, favoring half-thoughts and dreamy images that coalesce into a picture of unsettled anxiety.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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Whether that happened is unclear.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The extent of Bryant’s actual role in Mizell’s murder has been unclear.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2026
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But investors are taking a chance in tying their money to college sports at a time when there are unresolved and potentially transformative legal battles, with outcomes hinging less on economics than on judicial decrees.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026
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That’s why this feels like a net positive for college basketball and an unresolved question for the sport at the same time.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Yet if Mars’ execution is nearly impossible to criticize, his choices as curator of the evening are more debatable.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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Some have pointed to a 1980 precedent holding that the motion to enter executive session for a discharge vote is non-debatable — meaning Thune could get Warsh into the room without a cloture vote.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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The largest group of voters — 26% — was undecided.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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That large number of undecided voters could be partially because a sizable portion of primary voters are not satisfied with the current choice of candidates.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Undetermined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetermined. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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