not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; of indeterminate age; a zillion is a large indeterminate number; an indeterminate point of law; the influence of environment is indeterminate; an indeterminate future

[ Syn: undetermined ]

having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; an indeterminate stem'

of uncertain or ambiguous nature; the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists'

not capable of being determined; the indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle'

not leading to a definite ending or result; an indeterminate campaign'