"undeterminate" meaning in All languages combined

See undeterminate on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more undeterminate [comparative], most undeterminate [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + determinate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|determinate}} un- + determinate Head templates: {{en-adj}} undeterminate (comparative more undeterminate, superlative most undeterminate)
  1. (archaic) Not determinate; unsettled or uncertain. Tags: archaic
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