INCONCLUSIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inconclusiveness mean? 

• INCONCLUSIVENESS (noun)
  The noun INCONCLUSIVENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being inconclusive

  Familiarity information: INCONCLUSIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCONCLUSIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being inconclusive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("inconclusiveness" is a kind of...):

indefiniteness; indefinity; indeterminacy; indeterminateness; indetermination (the quality of being vague and poorly defined)

Antonym:

conclusiveness (the quality of being final or definitely settled)

Derivation:

inconclusive (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question)

 Context examples 

The hours he spent with Ruth were maddening alike in promise and in inconclusiveness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)