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Etymology

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un- +‎ determinate

Adjective

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undeterminate (comparative more undeterminate, superlative most undeterminate)

  1. (archaic) Not determinate; unsettled or uncertain.
    • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54:
      "... I think I may safely infer, That whatever is the first and principal Cause of changing the fluid and undeterminated Matter into shapes so comely and symmetrical, as we see in Flowers and Trees, is an Understanding Principle ...

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