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Meanings of indefiniteness in English

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indeterminació

The quality of being vague and poorly defined.

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        Usage of indefiniteness in English
        1
        In this matter there must be no indefiniteness, no chance for misunderstanding.
        The Leopard Woman
        2
        Nothing else has that definite indefiniteness, that melting permanence, that evanescing changelessness.
        Gala-Days
        3
        On that subject his utterances had the same defect of indefiniteness.
        Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
        4
        There has only been a vagueness and indefiniteness which I did not like.
        The Way of a Man
        5
        This train of thought was pursued till his aching mind sunk into indefiniteness.
        Vivian Grey
        6
        Oppressed by the indefiniteness which hung in her mind, like a thick summer haze
        Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
        7
        His features lost their sleep-walking indefiniteness and his jaw stiffened.
        The Tyranny of Weakness
        8
        With this indefiniteness remedied, there is no longer any possibility of difference of opinion.
        The Recitation
        9
        Even Mirah's words sank into the indefiniteness of her relief.
        Daniel Deronda
        10
        What do you conclude as to the indefiniteness of the term "socialism"?
        Problems in American Democracy
        11
        How much more impressive is the indefiniteness of our narrative!
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
        12
        Here the indefiniteness lies in the meaning of to "go around."
        The Recitation
        13
        Hedge in common with many other critics, is the indefiniteness or incompleteness of its creations.
        A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
        14
        Those last three months had impressed Katie with the tragic indefiniteness of the Chicago postmark.
        The Visioning: A Novel
        15
        That point of indefiniteness was filled promptly with top-boots.
        Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
        16
        Now, there is a great deal of indefiniteness in both those terms, 'race' and 'color.'
        History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
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        Indefiniteness through the time
        Indefiniteness across language varieties
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