undetermination

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A form of indetermination — Lack of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.

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Meanings

nounundetermination (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableArchaic form of indetermination.

    he is not left barely to the undetermination, incertainty , and unsteadiness of the operation of his Faculties

    a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC

Origin

From un- + determination.

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APA

undetermination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetermination

MLA

“undetermination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetermination. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undetermination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetermination.

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