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What does indeterminate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word indeterminate? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Not accurately determined or determinable.
  2. Imprecise or vague.
  3. (mathematics) Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity and/or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
  4. (biology, of growth) With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
  5. (inflorescence) Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
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The forecourt was gloomy, underlit and overlooked by a dark brick building of indeterminate purpose.
Plants are sessile, autotrophic, and grow in an indeterminate and modular manner.
Poppies and fruit are indeterminate symbols with a practical purpose, mysterious talismans with the power to ward off subsequent suffering.
Because of their fixed habit, they are considerably less trouble to grow than vining or indeterminate tomatoes.
Visually retreating to an indeterminate distance are soft-focus spots or clouds of unbroken color clunkily applied with an airbrush.
Suppose my prior desire was relatively indeterminate with respect to when it should be realized.

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