indeterminacy
noun[U]
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.si/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nə.si/thestateof not beingmeasured,counted, orclearlyknown:
Asortofmoralindeterminacy has always been at thecentreof hisart.
He isbotheredby the indeterminacy thatquantumtheoryascribes to thephysicalworld.
See
indeterminate
- As anovelistandplaywright, he isattunedto the indeterminacy of theinnerworld.
- Incomplexissues,uncertainty,ignorance, and indeterminacy are alwayspresent.
- Themeaningsofmodalwordsinvolveanelementof indeterminacy thatsomewhatresemblesambiguity.
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- arguable
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- joker in the packidiom
- spec
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- unwritten