indeterminable

«indeterminable» in Mova's school dictionary: impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (indeterminable)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) Indeterminable means impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, some things are indeterminable with our tools, such as the exact age of a very damaged fossil. In maths, if a problem does not give enough information, the answer is indeterminable. In history, the exact birth date of some ancient people is indeterminable. It is a stiff, formal word.

examples

• The age of the old bone was indeterminable. tree →
• Without the price of one apple, the total is indeterminable. tree →
• The cause of the fire was indeterminable. tree →
• The colour of the faded flag is now indeterminable. tree →
• Her accent was of an indeterminable origin. tree →
• How many sweets are in the jar is indeterminable without counting. tree →

note

Formal. Means «cannot be determined». Close to «indeterminate» but stronger: indeterminable means you cannot find it out at all, indeterminate means not fixed or not clear.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «indeterminable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.