Indefinite means not fixed in extent or in time. An indefinite period, indefinite leave, postponed indefinitely.
In immigration law, indefinite leave to remain is a settled status with no end date, which is a real and precise use of a vague word. In grammar, the indefinite article is a and an, as against the definite the.
1adjectiveindefiniteNot fixed in extent or in time.
“The factory has been closed for an indefinite period while repairs are made.”
indefinite is a quality.
Latin indefinitus is in-, not, plus definitus, defined, from finis, a limit.
Latin
indēfīnītus
English, today
indefinite
From Latin indēfīnītus. Morphologically in- + definite.
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