inconclusive
/ˌɪnkənˈklusɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
Example Sentences
- "Chofen is an unusually small hydrogen-helium gas giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure compresses Chofen's hydrogen into a liquid state."
- "He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive."
- "despite preliminary evidence of heightened vulnerability to PTSD in autistic individuals (Hoover, 2015; Kildahl et al., 2020), research is inconclusive as to whether there is a stronger association between PTSD and adverse health outcomes for autistic, relative to non-autistic individuals."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English conclusive English inconclusive From in- + conclusive.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪnkənˈklusɪv/
- British English: /ˌɪnkənˈkluːsɪv/