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    [Adjective]  | "in*de*ter*mi*nate" | \ ˌin-di-ˈtər-mə-nət \


    1: not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague

    2: not known in advance

    3: not leading to a definite end or result


    Origin: 1603 ;

     Middle English indeterminat, from Late Latin indeterminatus, from Latin in- + determinatus, past participle of determinare to determine;

     [ "ethnic indeterminate" ]

    1: A person of an indetermanent background, usually Native American, who is often mistaken for many other ethnicities. Most often, Puerto Rican, Pakastani or Lebanese.

      * e.g.,  ... That person taking a picture outside of the bank is ethnic indeterminant. He may be a terrorist. I best call the police. 

     [ "indeterminate brown" ]

    1: Adj.--term of questionable political correctness employed to describe brown-skinned individuals of whom a geograhical point of origin cannot easily be acertained.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim's a good guy, but damn is he ever indeterminate brown; I never know just what I can and can't say around him. 

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