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Undefined Moderate

Undefined has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished

"an undefined term"

"undefined authority"

"some undefined sense of excitement"

"vague feelings of sadness"

"a vague uneasiness"

2

Lacking a definition or value.

"The program crashed because it tried to divide by an undefined variable that had no assigned value."

In plain English: Undefined means something that has no clear value, meaning, or limit because it hasn't been defined yet.

"The programmer had to fix several undefined variables in his code before launching the app."

Example Sentences
"The programmer had to fix several undefined variables in his code before launching the app." adj
"The rules were undefined until the committee met next week." adj
"His opinion on the matter remained completely undefined for years." adj
"We need to define our goals before they stay undefined forever." adj
Related Terms
Antonyms
defined

Origin

The word undefined is formed by adding the prefix un- to defined to mean not having a clear or specific meaning. It entered English as a straightforward combination of these two existing words rather than through borrowing from another language.

Rhyming Words
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