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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCONCLU'SIVE, a. [in and conclusive.] Not producing a conclusion; not closing, concluding or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question. An argument or 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question; "an inconclusive reply"; "inconclusive evidence"; "the inconclusive committee vote" [ant: conclusive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1707 leading to no conclusion or definite result <inconclusive evidence> <an inconclusive argument> • inconclusively adverb • inconclusiveness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of an argument, evidence, or action) not decisive or convincing. Derivatives: inconclusively adv. inconclusiveness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If research or evidence is inconclusive, it has not proved anything. Research has so far proved inconclusive... ? conclusive ADJ 2. If a contest or conflict is inconclusive, it is not clear who has won or who is winning. The past two elections were inconclusive. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unconvincing, indecisive, not conclusive.

Moby Thesaurus

absonant, contradictory, contrary to reason, fallacious, faulty, feeble, flawed, flimsy, groundless, illogical, inauthentic, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, insubstantial, invalid, irrational, loose, nonscientific, not following, not proved, open, paralogical, poor, reasonless, self-annulling, self-contradictory, self-refuting, senseless, unascertained, unattested, unauthentic, unauthenticated, uncertain, uncertified, unconfirmed, unconnected, uncorroborated, undemonstrated, undetermined, unestablished, unfinished, unfixed, unfounded, unphilosophical, unproved, unproven, unreasonable, unresolved, unrigorous, unscientific, unsettled, unshown, unsound, unsubstantial, unsubstantiated, unsupported, unsupported by evidence, unsustained, untested, untried, unvalidated, unverified, weak, without basis, without grounds, without reason