inconclusive

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Interesting, even compelling - but, to repeat, inconclusive, which is why our present-day obsession with proving Jefferson had children with a slave mistress seems almost obscene.

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  1. adjective Not conclusive: inconclusive evidence.

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  • Mr. Leslie Stephen is of opinion that it is inconclusive, and Forster could find no evidence that is at all reasonably sufficient; while Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole, Mr. Churton Collins, and others are strongly of opinion that no such marriage ever took place. —  The Journal to Stella
  • The trial evidence is inconclusive, the character evidence cloudy. —  Omni: February-March 1993
  • Even a very poor scholar can see that his reasoning is most inconclusive, and his reading superficial and inferences illogical God bless you, my dear Cousin Your affectionate Cousin J. C. PATTESON, Missionary Bishop Perhaps this is the fittest place to give Mr. Tilly's description of the Bishop in his voyages My acquaintance with the late Bishop Patteson began at Port Patteson, in the Banks Islands, in 1861. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • In some ways they are inconclusive -- at least I hope they are. —  indieWIRE News
  • But Gee said he found the footage to be inconclusive, and he said his investigators still needed to interview a key witness - the officer himself. —  SFGate: Top News Stories
 

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/ɪnkənˈklusɪv/
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