UNDEFINABLE Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

undefinable

adjective

Definition of undefinable

as in undefined

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Recent Examples of undefinable Sports cars are famously undefinable, encompassing a broad array of roadsters, four-door cars, coupes, grand tourers, supercars, and even some straight-up race cars. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025 Making a case for the undefinable quality of camp, Doonan asks what do Grace Jones, Benjamin Disraeli, Salvador Dalí, K-pop and a giant art nouveau vase covered in fairies and stuffed with peacock feathers have in common. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 July 2025 The streets are dotted with workers in hazmat suits doing undefinable tasks and the stores are rundown. — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025 England’s precise positions down that side were slightly undefinable, which means the formation question is slightly redundant. — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 7 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for undefinable

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Adjective

This chaotic spending, often financed through risky private credit by hyperscalers, occurs while AI's definition and timeline remain undefined by its creators.

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
But the agreement subsequently collapsed as Washington and Tehran started fighting over shipping routes, which were left undefined in the deal.

— Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of undefined

Adjective

In the case of tomatoes, this is true with indeterminate varieties, and less so with determinate varieties that won’t continue growing and producing after harvesting.

— Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
For Mary Kay, the latter of these rationales seems to have been clothed in the guise of the former, though the precise catalyst for establishing her own outfit remains indeterminate.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Definition of indeterminate

Adjective

Yet cycling’s code of ethics is both large and indistinct; the scale of Pogačar’s dominance threatens its traditions.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
There, a holiday somewhere hot and indistinct, the only clear memory compressed into the feeling of rough grains of sand studding her feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of indistinct

Adjective

What remains uncertain is how damaging the resolution will be—and for whom.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
When markets are uncertain about how central bankers will respond to incoming data, speculation can fill the void, according to a Barclays report last month.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncertain

Adjective

At the time, the amount Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, would have to pay remained undetermined.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Despite extensive investigation, the manner in which the COVID-19 pandemic started is yet undetermined.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of undetermined

Adjective

The Chiefs would win a game off that touchdown, and the NFL would name Watson, previously an indistinguishable seventh-round pick, its AFC defensive player of the week.

— Sam McDowell August 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Audiences will be subject to more AI content on the big screen that’s indistinguishable from real human performances.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of indistinguishable

Adjective

There’s also a brief and inexplicable detour to Murray Hill and a Williamsburg-y Bushwick loft to remind us of simpler times.

— Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Then again, so is this inexplicable two-and-a-half-year stretch of low-risk, juiceless attacking hockey that Pettersson has just endured.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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