indefinite future

collocation in English

meaningsofindefiniteandfuture

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indefinite
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdef.ɪ.nət/us
/ɪnˈdef.ən.ət/
not exact, not clear, or without ...
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future
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.tʃər/us
/ˈfjuː.tʃɚ/
a period of time that is ...
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(Definition ofindefiniteandfuturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindefinite future

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They hope that the language community will survive and flourish into theindefinitefuture.
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They responded by trying to get agents and managers to subordinate their unwieldy commercial passions to "laws" of social intercourse that would be revealed in theindefinitefuture.
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This image of state leadership has its appeals, but it can also serve as a principled excuse to defer hard national policy choices into anindefinitefuture.
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One certain aspect of health is that demand will increase into theindefinitefuture.
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It must be said that this was a very negative decision; settling this issue has once again been postponed to some veryindefinitefuturetime.
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Therefore, we can look at it quite calmly as if it were something in theindefinitefuture.
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Fortunately, the alternative to reflation now is not a continuing rise in unemployment over theindefinitefuture.
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I sugggest that this is a disastrous course to pursue by this country or any other country into theindefinitefuture.
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Do they intend to let the union stop listeners hearing the gramophone records which they want to hear for anindefinitefuture?
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After the scheme has had time to prove itself, we shall want to consider whether those categories should be retained for theindefinitefuture.
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I cannot see why we should sanction that disparity for theindefinitefuture.
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I believe that it is asking a lot of a parish to endow a piece of land for theindefinitefuturefor upkeep purposes.
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For the great majority of companies, whose stock levels are maintained or increased, this deferral should extend into theindefinitefuture.
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That is all the justification he gives for refusing to adopt the principle of assimilation and for delaying its completion into theindefinitefuture.
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It is better to face the ills you have than to have a quiteindefinitefuture, and not know where you are.
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You can have an agreement lasting into theindefinitefuture.
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Inevitably taxation must remain the major means of financing the service for theindefinitefuture.
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Otherwise, we shall simply face a series of crises over anindefinitefutureas each new tranche of decommissioning has to be negotiated in turn.
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It is not, of course, in my gift to deliver that aim into theindefinitefuture.
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In any case, one cannot compare one dividend distribution paid out of past profits with a commitment to pay higher wages for theindefinitefuture.
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