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undefined

[uhn-di-fahynd] Origin

un·de·fined

[uhn-di-fahynd]
adjective
1.
without fixed limits; indefinite in form, extent, or application: undefined authority; undefined feelings of sadness.
2.
not given meaning or significance, as by a definition; not defined or explained: an undefined term.

Origin:
1605–15; un-1 + defined

un·de·fin·ed·ly [uhn-di-fahy-nid-lee, -fahynd-] , adverb
un·de·fin·ed·ness, noun
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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undefined (ˌʌndɪˈfaɪnd)
 
adj
not defined or made clear: the job has remained undefined
 
unde'finable
 
adj

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undefined
1611, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of define (v.).
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