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INDETERMINABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does indeterminable mean?
• INDETERMINABLE (adjective)
The adjective INDETERMINABLE has 2 senses:
1. not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
2. incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated
Familiarity information: INDETERMINABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
Synonyms:
indeterminable; undeterminable
Similar:
indeterminate ((of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved)
unascertainable; undiscoverable (not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery)
unpredictable (unknown in advance)
Also:
incalculable (not able to be computed or enumerated)
indeterminate; undetermined (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance)
Antonym:
determinable (capable of being determined or limited or fixed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Incapable of being definitely ascertained or calculated
Similar:
incalculable (not able to be computed or enumerated)
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