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Inconclusiveness

Inconclusive \In`con*clu"sive\, a. Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt.

Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent.
--South. -- In`con*clu"sive*ly, adv. -- In`con*clu"sive*ness, n.

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inconclusiveness

n. The state or condition of being inconclusive.

WordNet
inconclusiveness

n. the quality of being inconclusive [ant: finality]

Usage examples of "inconclusiveness".

Efforts to prove the truth of this had been inconclusive, but this inconclusiveness was in itself an affirmative answer: The computers were not capable of evasion, and it had been obvious that evasiveness was at work here.

Could the inconclusiveness of the action be responsible for the sickness that preyed upon Kate?

He says simply that the obituary, and especially its inconclusiveness, was what jolted his imagination into writing the book.