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Synonyms for inconclusive
ˌɪn kənˈklu sɪvin·con·clu·sive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
inconclusive
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Synonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wildAntonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise
Princeton's WordNet
inconclusiveadjective
not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question
"an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote"
Antonyms:
conclusive, determinate, definitive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
inconclusiveadjective
Synonyms:
unconvincing, indecisive, not conclusive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "inconclusive":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2028 | wild | |
#2392 | false | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#15984 | unfinished | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#26722 | conclusive | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#43014 | inconclusive | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#74245 | unconvincing | |
#77747 | indecisive | |
#83110 | infatuated | |
#210635 | chimerical |
How to use inconclusive in a sentence?
Senator Loeffler took two COVID tests on Friday morning. Her rapid test results were negative and she was cleared to attend Friday's events. She was informed later in the evening after public events on Friday that her PCR test came back positive, but she was retested Saturday morning after conferring with medical officials and those results came back inconclusive on Saturday evening, she has no symptoms and she will continue to follow CDC guidelines by quarantining until retesting is conclusive and an update will be provided at that time.
I think Mr. Putin understands that ... with Afghanistan fresh in the memory, for him to simply get bogged down in an inconclusive and paralyzing civil conflict is not the outcome that he's looking for.
Fitschen offered vague and inconclusive evidence at his hearing.
This was included in the Recovery Trial because it's a readily available, cheap and well understood drug, and because there have been reports in the past of benefit in viral respiratory infections, but it's been an area of huge controversy, even at the time of SARS1 in 2003, steroids were used, but at very different doses. Some of the studies showed a harm from steroids in SARS, some said there's possible benefits. A meta-analysis in 29 different studies in SARS was inconclusive. There's also been inconclusive results on MERS coronavirus and also influenza.
Nancy, certainly more questions than answers. We heard in the week that the FBI had discovered Brian Laundrie's remains at the Environmental Creek Park. Not far from the Laundrie's North Port home here. An autopsy was completed on that body -- results came back inconclusive. Remains are being sent to a forensic anthropologist who will sift through the remains and figure out any clues to try to determine cause of death, here at Laundrie's home in North Port, it has been quiet today. This morning we got a first look at the Laundrie parents leaving the home together, they were in a hurry, jumped into a red pickup truck and left. They sped off.
Translations for inconclusive
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- غير حاسمArabic
- neprůkaznýCzech
- nicht schlüssigGerman
- μη τελεσίδικοςGreek
- poco concluyenteSpanish
- tuloksetonFinnish
- peu concluantFrench
- दुविधा में पड़ा हुआHindi
- tidak meyakinkanIndonesian
- inconcludenteItalian
- לא חד משמעיHebrew
- 決定的ではないJapanese
- 결정적이지 않은Korean
- torrent CedronLatin
- niet eenduidigDutch
- nieprzekonywującyPolish
- inconclusivoPortuguese
- neconcludentRomanian
- неубедительныйRussian
- inte overtygandeSwedish
- sonuçsuzTurkish
- безрезультатноUkrainian
- 没有定论Chinese
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