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indefinite

/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/ adjective C1
  1. Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. · Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.
  2. Vague or unclear. · She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.
  3. Undecided or uncertain. · I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
  4. Being an integral without specified limits. · Don't forget to m the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.
  5. Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things. · the indefinite article
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“But that expression of ‘violently in love’ is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 163 · B2
“If matters came to a crisis I should endeavour to be present in person; but you can understand that, with my extensive consulting practice and with the constant appeals which reach me from many quarters, it is impossible for me to be absent from London for an indefinite time.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 55 · C1

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