ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət not leading to a definite ending or result an indeterminate campaign (of a quantity) having no definite value, as an equation that cannot be solved 0/0 is an indeterminate form not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance of indeterminate age a zillion is a large indeterminate number an indeterminate point of law the influence of environment is indeterminate an indeterminate future having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex an indeterminate stem of uncertain or ambiguous nature the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists