undeterminableadj.
a. Incapable of being terminated; unending. Obsolete.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective]
echec825
echelichc825
endlessc888
lastinga1225
everlastingc1225
perdurablec1275
perpetuala1325
unendeda1325
incorruptiblea1340
ay-lastingc1340
inlastingc1340
eternec1366
interminablec1374
unstanchablec1374
ever-duringa1382
eternalc1386
sempitern1390
never-failinga1400
sempiternal14..
ever-being?a1425
ever-durable?a1425
immarcescible?a1475
perennal?c1500
deathless1547
everlastable1548
incessant1557
unperishing1561
undeterminable1581
evera1586
unendlya1586
inexterminable1592
never-ending?1592
aeviternal1596
dateless1597
undecaying1599
entombless1601
perishless1605
ageless1609
continual1610
perpetuous1612
imperible1614
ne'er-endinga1616
out-date1623
undated1624
perennious1628
immortal1630
imperishable1648
birthless1651
fadeless1652
sempiternous1653
evergreen1655
intemporal1656
indefectible1659
inconclusible1660
unending1661
aeonian1664
unfading1665
sempervirent1668
amaranthal1674
ne'er-dying1693
perennial1717
timeless1742
indefeatablea1754
amaranthine1782
aeonial1800
unterminating1821
unevanescent1827
ay1845
forever1879
sempervirid1909
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 444 Albeit the thing it selfe..be past, and ye tyme thereof determined: yet doth the power..thereof remaine unmoveable, sure, and undeterminable beyond all ages.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles v. ii. 358 Lastly, for continuance of the horne, it is undeterminable till death.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) IV. 339 He..considers farther..the inevitable, the irreparable, and for all that, undeterminable torments of hell.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed
incomprehensiblea1340
interminablec1374
indeterminable1486
uncompassable?1536
incircumscriptible1550
unlimitable1576
uncircumscriptible1577
immensible1579
illimitable1596
uncircumscribable1608
abyssal1609
unboundable1622
undeterminable1633
indefinible1652
unterminablea1677
exterminable1813
1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 32 An vndeterminable desire of more then present life can yeeld.
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 12 This vast Capability of things was unsettled, fluid, and, of it self, undeterminable as Water.
2. = indeterminable adj. 3.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective]
unprovable1387
unprobable1532
undeterminable1588
unveritable1589
undemonstrable1593
unwarrantable1612
indeterminable1646
unavouchable1650
undefinable1690
unascertainable1827
unverifiable1861
incorrigible1946
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 44 The certaine Locall region..lurketh stil undetermined, yea, and undeterminable to, in my poore conceite.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 78 It doth all one as if it sent back the matter undeterminable at law, and intractable by rough dealing [etc.].
a1705 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (1713) iii. ix. 397 This is absolutely uncertain and undeterminable [1692, 1693: indeterminable].
1754 W. Goodall Exam. Lett. Mary Q. Scots Introd. 28 More might have been expected from so high a pretender to reason..than to conclude the question to be undeterminable.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks viii. 301 The fish remains are scanty and undeterminable.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > incapable of being decided
indeterminable1611
undeterminablea1639
undecidable1640
inconcludinga1644
indijudicable1660
undecisive1661
fallible1664
inconcludent1671
inconclusive1700
indecisive1726
a1639 Wotton in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 217 The fight was..surely undeterminable without the death of one of the chiefest.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 54 Profound and undeterminable Disputes.
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