Unable to be precisely ascertained or established; undefined or uncertain.
He waited, heart pounding. The doctor’s face was serious, the news he delivered, completely indeterminate. No one knew if she would get better or worse. The silence in the room stretched, heavy with this terrible, undefined worry.
The ship's power readings were indeterminate. Flickering lights and a strange hum made the crew uneasy. No one could say for sure what was happening, or when the ship might simply shut down. Everyone just hoped it wouldn't be soon.
The alien artifact hummed with an energy that was, to the scientists, utterly indeterminate. Its purpose, its origin, the very reason it appeared in the abandoned salt mine—all remained unknown, a silent, unsettling question mark. They could only wait, their futures suddenly very uncertain.
My cat's mood is truly indeterminate. One moment he's purring like a tiny tractor, the next he's plotting my demise with laser-beam eyes. It's impossible to know if he wants cuddles or to steal my socks. He's just… a furry enigma.
Barnaby the badger's quest for the perfect mushroom soup recipe hit a snag. The farmer's journal offered only an *indeterminate* amount of "a whisper of magic dust." Was it a pinch? A whole bag? Barnaby just hoped it wouldn't taste like old socks.
The doctor's brow furrowed, the cause of the persistent fever proving indeterminate. We waited, the silence amplifying our fear, with no clear answer for what was happening to him. His condition remained stubbornly uncertain.
The inspector tapped the cracked vial. Its contents swirled, an indeterminate shade of murky green. He exhaled slowly; without a clear sample, the cause of the bioluminescent algae bloom remained frustratingly uncertain, leaving the coastal town in a nervous quiet.
The flickering voltage on the diagnostic panel was an indeterminate flicker, a silent scream from the ancient chronometer. Its rhythmic pulse, crucial for stabilizing the temporal displacement field, was now erratic. If we couldn't lock down that flux, the entire expedition would unravel into pure, unadulterated chaos.
My cat's internal clock is completely indeterminate. Is it naptime? Snacktime? Global domination planning time? The fuzzy little tyrant's schedule is an undefined, uncertain mystery, leaving me perpetually guessing when the next adorable demand will arise.
Brenda stared at the rogue tumbleweed that had somehow invaded her meticulously organized sock drawer, its origin and final destination completely indeterminate. Was it a portal to another dimension, or had her cat, Bartholomew, finally perfected his sock-sculpting craft? The sock drawer’s future, like the tumbleweed's trajectory, remained delightfully undefined.
The anxious parent paced the sterile room, the doctor's pronouncement echoing. The prognosis remained indeterminate, a terrifying void of not knowing if her child would recover. The uncertainty gnawed at her, each passing minute a fresh wave of dread.
The prospect of navigating the labyrinthine bioluminescent caverns filled her with a deep unease. The path forward remained indeterminate, a tangle of glowing fungi and echoing drips that offered no clear direction. Every turn held the potential for discovery or, more likely, a dead end from which escape was uncertain.
The flickering screen displayed a complex sequence of bio-readings, each fluctuation rendered entirely indeterminate. Months of meticulous work hinged on this precise data, and the engineer's stomach twisted with dread. If they couldn't establish the cause of the anomalies, the entire project would simply... stop.
Barnaby stared at the recipe, his brow furrowed. "A *pinch* of dragon's breath and an *indeterminate* amount of unicorn tears?" he grumbled. He wasn't sure if "indeterminate" meant "a lot" or "just don't have any, you fool." This was going to be a truly baffling baking endeavor.
Barnaby's quest for the perfectly ripe Gorgonzola was proving an exercise in futility. The cheese's pungent aura, while promising, remained stubbornly indeterminate. Was it merely *about* to achieve peak moldiness, or had it already embarked on a dubious, curdled journey to the abyss?
The report's findings remained disturbingly indeterminate. He scanned the data, a knot of apprehension tightening in his gut. Without a definitive conclusion, how could they possibly formulate a coherent strategy? The sheer uncertainty of their next steps was a crushing weight.
The probe's descent into the Jovian atmosphere yielded data so convoluted, its final atmospheric pressure readings remained indeterminate. Years of scientific discourse fractured over this unresolved enigma; its precise composition and potential for novel geological formations were simply unknown.
The tremor's origin remained stubbornly indeterminate, a chilling mystery that amplified the gnawing dread within the spelunkers. Each echo, each shifted stone, offered no solace, only a deepening uncertainty about the mountain's volatile core.
My feline overlord's precise motivations for pilfering my dearest socks remained perpetually indeterminate, an inscrutable enigma that baffled even the most sagacious of my acquaintances. Whether it was a diabolical plot for world domination or simply a burgeoning, inscrutable predilection for cotton hosiery, its ultimate purpose was utterly undefined.
The exact number of luminescent fungus specimens, each emitting a faint, phosphorescent glow within the subterranean cavern, remained frustratingly indeterminate. My meticulous count, hampered by their propensity to synchronously pulsate, rendered precise ascertainment a Sisyphean, albeit fragrant, endeavor, leaving the true fungal population in a state of spectral uncertainty.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.