undetermined
Not yet decided
Undetermined means not yet established, decided, or discovered.
A cause of death may remain undetermined pending investigation.
An undetermined number suggests the count is unknown: An undetermined number of victims were trapped in the rubble.
The word implies that determination is possible but hasn't happened—distinct from indeterminate, which suggests something may be unknowable or inherently vague.
Unclear, ill-defined
- unclearNot easily understood
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- uncertainNot firmly known
equivocal · ambiguous · imprecise · indistinct · unspecified · obscure · murky · hazy
Awaiting resolution or decision
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- undecidedNot having chosen
- openNot closed
- inconclusiveNot yielding a decision
outstanding · unfinished · incomplete · unanswered · hanging · awaiting · deferred · postponed
Uncertain of truth
- unsureLacking confidence or certainty
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- hesitantSlow to act
indecisive · wavering · iffy · skeptical · noncommittal · irresolute · uncommitted · on the fence
vague
Unclear, ill-defined
- unclearNot easily understood
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
- nebulousUnclear and formless
uncertain · equivocal · ambiguous · imprecise · indistinct · unspecified · obscure · murky · hazy · fuzzy
pending
Awaiting resolution or decision
inconclusive · outstanding · unfinished · incomplete · unanswered · hanging · awaiting · deferred · postponed · tabled
doubtful
Uncertain of truth
- unsureLacking confidence or certainty
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
hesitant · indecisive · wavering · iffy · skeptical · noncommittal · irresolute · uncommitted · on the fence · ambivalent
unrealized
Not made actual
undeveloped · nascent · budding · emerging · promising · possible · prospective · incipient · embryonic · unformed
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- unknownsmystery, enigma, puzzle, riddle, uncertain
- Unknown Statusmissing, pending, unconfirmed, unverified, uncertain
- mysteriousmysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, arcane, obscure
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
undetermineddetermined
Firmly committed to purpose
settled · decided · fixed · resolved · established
undetermineddefinite
Clearly established, not vague
certain · definitive · clear · known · distinct
undeterminedascertained
Confirmed as true
discovered · known · identified · observed · verified