inconclusive

comparative more inconclusive · superlative most inconclusive · alternative nonconclusive

1. Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.

   despite preliminary evidence of heightened vulnerability to PTSD in autistic individuals (Hoover, 2015; Kildahl et al., 2020), research is inconclusive as to whether there is a stronger association between PTSD and adverse health outcomes for autistic, relative to non-autistic individuals.

   2025 May 17, Emily Hotez, Rebecca K. Tsevat, Sha Tao, Jenny Mai Phan, Philip Smith, Tammy Shen, Jonas Ventimiglia, Liliana Rivera, Hailey Kissner, Lisa A. Croen, Lindsay Shea, “Autism, Obesity, and PTSD Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Analysis of National Medicaid Claims Data”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI

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   Chofen is an unusually small hydrogen-helium gas giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure compresses Chofen's hydrogen into a liquid state.

   2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Chofen planetary description

   He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.

   2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: indecisive