indefiniteness
Quality of ambiguity
Indefiniteness is the quality of being vague, unclear, or without fixed limits.
A contract might fail for indefiniteness if its terms are too ambiguous to enforce.
The word describes anything lacking precision or certainty: the indefiniteness of his plans, the indefiniteness of the boundary between art and craft.
Without bounds or restrictions
- unboundedHaving no limits
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- undeterminedNot yet established
- unfixedNot fastened or settled
open-ended · uncircumscribed · unconfined · measureless · limitless · unspecified · indeterminate · uncapped
Unclear and formless
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- fuzzySoft and unclear
- blurryIndistinct, lacking definition
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
murky · cloudy · amorphous · shadowy · misty · gauzy · unfocused · dim
Uncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- crypticObscure in meaning
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- obscureUnknown to most
inscrutable · elliptical · paradoxical · puzzling · perplexing · polysemous · arcane · abstruse
Lacking full accuracy
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- looseNot firmly secured
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
- roughUneven in surface
ballpark · unspecific · nonspecific · general · broad · sweeping · blanket · catch-all
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
speculation · conjecture · guesswork · inconclusiveness · irresolution · wavering · vacillation · unsureness
unlimited
Without bounds or restrictions
- unboundedHaving no limits
- unrestrictedHaving no limitations
- undeterminedNot yet established
unfixed · open-ended · uncircumscribed · unconfined · measureless · limitless · unspecified · indeterminate · uncapped
nebulous
Unclear and formless
indistinct · murky · cloudy · amorphous · shadowy · misty · gauzy · unfocused · dim · bleary
equivocal
Uncertain in meaning
obscure · inscrutable · elliptical · paradoxical · puzzling · perplexing · polysemous · arcane · abstruse · unclear
inexact
Lacking full accuracy
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
- looseNot firmly secured
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
rough · ballpark · unspecific · nonspecific · general · broad · sweeping · blanket · catch-all · undetailed
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
unpredictability · speculation · conjecture · guesswork · inconclusiveness · irresolution · wavering · vacillation · unsureness · dubiousness
- imprecisionimprecision, inexactness, inaccuracy, vagueness, fuzziness
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- contract defectsduress, fraud, misrepresentation, mistake, nullity
- doubtdoubt, doubts, doubting, doubtful, skepticism
- hazinesshaze, haziness, fuzziness, blur, mistiness
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
indefinitenessprecision
Accuracy of measurement
exactness · definiteness · clarity · specificity · exactitude
indefinitenesscertainty
Total absence of doubt
definiteness · finality · determinacy · definitiveness · decidedness
indefinitenessfiniteness
State of having endpoints
limitedness · boundedness · terminability · temporariness · circumscription
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