inconclusivenessn.
The quality of being inconclusive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > unsettled or inconclusive state
indeterminationa1631
inconclusiveness1700
inconclusion1847
open-endedness1945
1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xvii. 409 The weakness and inconclusiveness of a long artificial and plausible Discourse.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will Concl. 286 The Inconclusiveness of the Arguments he offers.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 324 The beauty of the form was insufficient to disguise the inconclusiveness of the reasoning.
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