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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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