indeterminable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=de=ter=mi=na=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

indeterminable, a. [L. indeterminabilis: cf. F. indéterminable. See In- not, and Determine.].

 Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited.  [1913 Webster]

indeterminable, n. 

 An indeterminable thing or quantity.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

indeterminable, adj.
1 that cannot be ascertained.
2 (of a dispute etc.) that cannot be settled.

Derivative

indeterminably adv.

Etymology

ME f. LL indeterminabilis (as IN-(1), L determinare DETERMINE)