indeterminate: Meaning and Definition of

in•de•ter•mi•nate

1. not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
2. not clear; vague.
3. not established.
4. not settled or decided.
1. (of a quantity) undefined, as 0/0.
2. (of an equation) able to be satisfied by more than one value for each unknown.
6. (of an inflorescence) having the axis or axes not ending in a flower or bud, thus allowing further elongation.

1. something whose value is not specified: used esp. in abstract algebra; a variable.