[ adj ] not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question <adj.all> an inconclusive replyinconclusive evidence the inconclusive committee vote
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.
It was the 101st day of the inconclusive showdown between Aoun and Geagea for control of the 310-square-mile Christian enclave.
But Mr. Aaron, among others, continues to insist that the data are inconclusive.
The impasse follows inconclusive June 18 elections at which the Coalition, made up of the pro-Moscow Greek Communist Party and the Eurocommunist Greek Left, won 28 seats after receiving 13 percent of the vote and emerged as a power broker.
Inoki fought Ali in Japan in a widely ridiculed but inconclusive match that purported to match the American boxing great with Japan's finest wrestler.
The coronor's report was inconclusive.
He says the case for active managers versus indexers currently is inconclusive.
Negotiations between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations on manpower cuts in Central Europe concluded on Thursday after more than 15 years of inconclusive bickering.
His New Democracy party won elections Sunday after two inconclusive polls in June and November.
The government took 111 days to form after an inconclusive general election in May. Mr Kok, former finance minister, inherits a sound economy emerging from a mild recession.
The first in January was inconclusive.
"There have been many dispersant applications that have been inconclusive and a lot that just didn't work," said John Robinson, chief of the hazardous materials response branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
President Jose Napoleon Duarte said investigations into the alleged slayings of 10 peasants by soldiers were inconclusive, and he ordered that the matter be studied further.
The Massachusetts Democrat has said he "seriously questioned" the Navy's report, and cited an FBI report that said its laboratory investigation on the incident was inconclusive.
The uneasy Likud-Labor alliance was forged after inconclusive parliamentary elections last year.
Traders have grown increasingly uncertain about the prospects for the dollar as recent U.S. economic reports provided an inconclusive view of the economy.
But most political scientists and campaign officials agree that because the Democratic field is so large and so close together and because a large number of delegates probably will remain uncommitted, the results Saturday will be inconclusive.
An autopsy was inconclusive but the death was probably due to natural causes, he said.
The debate was inconclusive.
By the end of the session on Thursday, a few hours after Greenspan's remarks, both stocks and bonds had given up just about all their morning gains. On Friday both markets turned in another inconclusive showing.
Schlueter, who headed a center-right government until the inconclusive election of May 10, now has support from a majority of the eight parties to try to form a new minority coalition.
Ms. Allen said, however, that the committee found earlier studies to be inconclusive.
A six-month parliamentary hearing into the legality of the indirect stake proved inconclusive.
After holding inconclusive talks with his Czechoslovak counterpart, West German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher was to confer with his East German colleague Oskar Fischer at the United Nations in New York.
The agreement brings to an abrupt and inconclusive end a series of legal claims and counterclaims, including accusations of business sabotage that had been closely watched by leaders in the advertising business.
Mr. Stoltenberg admitted that talks on possible action to cope with this problem were inconclusive.
The fighting came a day after the two sides battled house-to-house in an inconclusive showdown for control of the village of Jarjou.
The other four races were inconclusive.
Aoun and Geagea have waged an inconclusive battle for control of the Christian enclave since Jan. 30.
But the few studies it cited were done in the first year after the ruling, and some were inconclusive.
Solidarity leaders said a third round of talks at the July Manifesto mine Wednesday proved inconclusive.