Definitions of indeterminate:

  • adjective:   not leading to a definite ending or result
    Example: "An indeterminate campaign"
  • adjective:   not capable of being determined
    Example: "The indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle"
  • adjective:   not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
    Example: "Of indeterminate age"
  • adjective:   having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex
    Example: "An indeterminate stem"
  • adjective:   of uncertain or ambiguous nature
    Example: "The equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists"