indeterminatein‧de‧ter‧mi‧nate /ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmənət◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective 
- an indeterminate length of time
- And then for an indeterminate period of time he sat appraising the grazing cattle.
- At a village in the countryside their sleeping quarters were patrolled by rifle-toting men of indeterminate sympathies.
- Every general term and every abstraction is an elaboration of this, and is matched by reality with its often indeterminate borders.
- It was indeterminate, the weather, not cold enough to warrant wearing my overcoat, not warm enough for a jacket.
- Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest, then set off in pursuit of her employer.
- Of indeterminate age, he had moist grey eyes set in a pale, thin face.
- Service: being such an indeterminate quantity it is difficult to set parameters.
- This is in effect saying that the policy makers for the public sector were indeterminate, at that time.
NOUN► age· Dance bands, jazz and crooners of indeterminate age gave way to the new imported sound of the States - rock'n'roll.· Houses built of brick and flint, of indeterminate age but generally not of this century started to appear.· This is a wonderful piece of ancient machinery of indeterminate age, and consists of a crank-driven triple piston pump.· Of indeterminate age, he had moist grey eyes set in a pale, thin face.· Of indeterminate age, she could, Lindsey realised, be anything between thirty and fifty.
► colitis· Originally only four patients were classified as having definite Crohn's disease and 15 as indeterminate colitis leaving 62 with ulcerative colitis.· There was no significant increased complication rate or disturbed pouch function in those with indeterminate colitis.· Inevitably patients with Crohn's disease or indeterminate colitis will from time to time have restorative proctocolectomy.· Seven patients with definite Crohn's disease, seven with indeterminate colitis and 52 with typical ulcerative colitis have a functioning pouch.
adjectivedeterminedindeterminatepredeterminednoundeterminationdeterminerverbdetermineadverbdeterminedly
a girl of indeterminate age—indeterminately adverb—indeterminacy noun [uncountable]