indefinitenessn.
/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪtnɪs/ The quality of being indefinite; want of definiteness; indeterminateness, vagueness.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > indefiniteness
indefiniteness1589
indeterminateness1644
indeterminacy1649
indefinitya1734
indetermination1789
vagueness1799
indefinitude1828
indefinitivenessa1849
indefinitism1855
indefinition1888
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 81 The Roundell or Spheare..for his indefinitenesse hauing no speciall place of beginning nor end.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Best Bargaine 26 The indefinitenesse of the charge implies a generalitie.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 201 That pernicious looseness and indefiniteness of speech, which prevail so generally.
1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 34 There is now and then an Oriental indefiniteness as to method.
1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxxii. 10 The fault of most prayers is their indefiniteness.
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