English to German Meaning of indefinite - unbestimmt

Indefinite :

unbestimmt

adjective

unbestimmt, nicht definiert, verschlafen, mehrdeutig, vage, lose, verdunkeln, obskur, unscharf, mystisch, unsicher, prekär, erratisch, problematisch, hemmungslos, unsystematisch, unkontrolliert

Indefinite :: unbestimmtIndefinitely :: unbegrenztIndefiniteness :: Unbestimmtheit

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Definitions of indefinite in English

Adjective(1) vague or not clearly defined or stated(2) not decided or not known

Examples of indefinite in English

(1) While bare plurals are ambiguous between the two readings, indefinite singulars can only refer to a rule or a regulation.(2) The Opposition says the indefinite detention of children for the purposes of law enforcement is a national disgrace, and it vows to release all children from detention centres if it wins government.(3) Undermining fundamental liberties, such as indefinite detention without due process, however, is another matter altogether, one as likely to fuel problems as quell them.(4) Most mainstream politics have capitulated to the normalization of a state of indefinite , vague and continuous low-level war.(5) The training period is of indefinite length, but graduates are expected to land a middle-management job within three years.(6) Likewise, there is an interval of a similarly indefinite length of time between the injection of the remedial serum and the lowering of the speculative fever.(7) Nouns are marked for gender, number, and case as well as for definite and indefinite forms.(8) In this intermediate period, especially indefinite determiners seem to be distributed in a quite clearcut way according to the specificity of the referents introduced by the respective noun phrases.(9) The indefinite detention without trial of foreign nationals under emergency terror laws is incompatible with European human rights laws, the Law Lords have ruled.(10) Miners are threatening an indefinite overtime ban at Kellingley Colliery, near Pontefract, in a dispute over new shift patterns.(11) The water is deep here and such a dark blue that the lines of the tiles at the bottom are obscured, indefinite .(12) They were introduced in England when the indefinite detention system in England was thrown out by the House of Lords because it offended the human rights principles in the European convention.(13) The new crackdown on shoplifting - announced this week - means that anyone caught stealing from any of the town centre's hundreds of stores will receive an automatic ban for an indefinite period.(14) It consists of a memory tape of indefinite length, and a processor which manifests the current state of the machine.(15) The indefinite detention has affected his mental health.(16) Here it's not even suggested that continuing indefinite detention has anything to do with ├ö├ç├┐investigating and preventing subversive activity├ö├ç├û.

Related Phrases of indefinite

(1) indefinite article ::

unbestimmter Artikel

(2) indefinite pronoun ::

unbestimmtes Pronomen

(3) indefinite period ::

unbestimmte Dauer

Related Phrases of indefinite

(1) indefinite article ::

unbestimmter Artikel

(2) indefinite pronoun ::

unbestimmtes Pronomen

(3) indefinite period ::

unbestimmte Dauer

Synonyms

Adjective

1. indeterminate ::

unbestimmt

2. unspecified ::

nicht spezifiziert

3. unlimited ::

unbegrenzt

4. unrestricted ::

uneingeschränkt

5. undecided ::

unentschieden

6. undetermined ::

unbestimmt

7. undefined ::

nicht definiert

9. unsettled ::

unerledigt

10. unknown ::

unbekannte

11. uncertain ::

unsicher

13. infinite ::

unendlich

14. endless ::

endlos

15. immeasurable ::

unermesslich

Antonyms

1. confined ::

beschränkt

2. definite ::

eindeutig

3. finite ::

endlich

4. limited ::

begrenzt

5. restricted ::

beschränkt

Different Forms

indefinite, indefinitely, indefiniteness

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