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in⋅con⋅clu⋅sive

[in-kuhn-kloo-siv]
–adjective
1. not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
2. without final results or outcome: inconclusive experiments.

Origin:
1680–90; in- 3 + conclusive


in⋅con⋅clu⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
in⋅con⋅clu⋅sive⋅ness, noun


unsettled, indecisive, indefinite.
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in·con·clu·sive   (ĭn'kən-klōō'sĭv)   
adj.  Not conclusive: inconclusive evidence.
in'con·clu'sive·ly adv., in'con·clu'sive·ness n.
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