indeterminable
pronunciation
How to pronounce indeterminable in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪ'tɜ:mɪnəbl]
How to pronounce indeterminable in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪ'tɜmənəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained
- unable to be determined
Word Origin
- indeterminable (adj.)
- late 15c., from Late Latin indeterminabilis "that cannot be defined," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + determinabilis, from determinare (see determine).
Example
- 1. Scale and distance were indeterminable .
- 2. It 's indeterminable and unknown as you would put it .
- 3. The set of possible biomolecules is not infinite , but it is certainly huge , and probably indeterminable .
- 4. It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless , and to that extent infinite and indeterminable , and consequently immobile .
- 5. The universe is the one , infinite , immobile ...... it is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless , and to that extent infinite and indeterminable , and consequently immobile .