indeterminate vs some kind of

indeterminate

noun
  • a variable. 

  • A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value; 

adj
  • Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations. 

  • With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless. 

  • Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known. 

  • Not topped with some form of terminal bud. 

  • Intersex. 

  • Not accurately determined or determinable. 

  • Imprecise or vague. 

some kind of

adv
  • Used as an intensifier of adjectives: remarkably 

det
  • A remarkable. 

  • a mediocre; a bare minimum; (denoting that something only barely fits a certain category, or is very mediocre in it) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see some, kind, of. 

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