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# indeterminable

adjective (indeterminable)

«indeterminable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Indeterminable means impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science, some things are indeterminable with our tools, such as the exact age of a very damaged fossil. In maths, if a problem does not give enough information, the answer is indeterminable. In history, the exact birth date of some ancient people is indeterminable. It is a stiff, formal word.

### Examples

- The age of the old bone was indeterminable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x1)
- Without the price of one apple, the total is indeterminable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x2)
- The cause of the fire was indeterminable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x3)
- The colour of the faded flag is now indeterminable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x4)
- Her accent was of an indeterminable origin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x5)
- How many sweets are in the jar is indeterminable without counting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Means «cannot be determined». Close to «indeterminate» but stronger: indeterminable means you cannot find it out at all, indeterminate means not fixed or not clear.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indeterminable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indeterminable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indeterminable.html) on Mova free.