Antonyms for inconclusiveness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : in-kuhn-kloo-siv |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kənˈklu sɪv |
Definition of inconclusiveness
Origin :- 1680s (implied in inconclusiveness), from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + conclusive. Related: Inconclusively.
- As in uncertainty : noun doubt, changeableness
- As in ambiguousness : noun vagueness
- As in ambiguity : noun uncertainty of meaning
- As in ambivalence : noun equivocation
- What she read amazed her with its profundity and amused her with its inconclusiveness.
- Extract from : « Moor Fires » by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young
- The inconclusiveness of his reasoning is apparent to a child.
- Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various
- The hours he spent with Ruth were maddening alike in promise and in inconclusiveness.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- I still suspect it of inconclusiveness, but I frankly confess that I am unable to overthrow it.
- Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James
- And yet whatever the subject he touched upon, he never left the impression of incompleteness or of inconclusiveness.
- Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 » by Various
- But in eschewing one manifest blunder, he fell into ambiguity, and inconclusiveness equally reprehensible.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 221, January 21, 1854 » by Various
- She took to herself an absurd conviction that this inconclusiveness had been an achievement.
- Extract from : « The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
- She was even a little offended at the inconclusiveness that did not settle things at Pangbourne.
- Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells
- He had compelled them to weigh the proofs against him and recognise their hollowness and inconclusiveness.
- Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
- He attended a coffee-house discussion upon the existence of God, and exposed the inconclusiveness of the atheistic conclusions.
- Extract from : « The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. » by Sir Leslie Stephen
Synonyms for inconclusiveness
- ambiguity
- ambivalence
- anagram
- anxiety
- bewilderment
- cloudiness
- concern
- confusion
- confusion dilemma
- conjecture
- contingency
- dilemma
- disquiet
- distrust
- double meaning
- double-entendre
- doubt
- doubtfulness
- dubiety
- dubiousness
- enigma
- equivocacy
- equivocality
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- gingerliness
- guesswork
- haze
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- iffiness
- imprecision
- incertitude
- inconclusiveness
- indecision
- indefiniteness
- indeterminateness
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- lack of confidence
- misgiving
- mistrust
- muddle
- murkiness
- mystification
- nebulousness
- obscureness
- obscurity
- oscillation
- perplexity
- polysemousness
- polysemy
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- qualm
- quandary
- query
- questionableness
- reserve
- scruple
- skepticism
- suspicion
- tentativeness
- tergiversation
- trouble
- uncertainty
- unclearness
- uneasiness
- unpredictability
- unsureness
- vagueness
- wonder
- worry
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