indeterminatenessn.
The quality of being indeterminate; vagueness, indefiniteness, want of exactness, etc.
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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
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition
obscurity1474
mist1532
cloud-lighta1536
indeterminateness1644
undistinction1647
indeterminacy1649
indistinction1651
undeterminateness1653
inestimability1678
undefinableness?1705
confusion1729
obnubilation1753
cloudiness1779
indistinctness1783
haze1790
haziness1796
vagueness1799
nebulosity1809
undefinednessa1832
undecidedness1897
indeterminism1928
fuzziness1973
smog1976
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. v. 399 To draw..from indeterminatenesse and confusion, to a clarity and determination.
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 249 This deficiency, in respect of preciseness, is among the unavoidable results, of the indeterminateness..attached to the names in common use.
1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics ix. 154 To the double indeterminateness of the end has to be added the indeterminateness of the means.
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