How to Use inconclusive in a Sentence

inconclusive

adjective
  • The results of the test were inconclusive.
  • The first two rounds of the boxing match were inconclusive.
  • The outlook for the rest of the year remains inconclusive.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The results of a test Williamson took were inconclusive, a team source said.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Years of inconclusive fighting has pushed the Arab world’s poorest nation to the brink of famine.
    Samy Magdy, ajc, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Years of inconclusive fighting has pushed the Arab world's poorest nation to the brink of famine.
    Jon Gambrell, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Casey Schnack: The expert said that that was inconclusive.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • After the game against the Jazz, Budenholzer had said the X-rays were inconclusive and Hood was held out of the second half.
    Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Those studies tend to be small and inconclusive, Dr. Lin said.
    New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The tool should help patients avoid having to come in for a second biopsy if the first is inconclusive, Sloan said.
    Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The irony is that, at the time of DDT’s ban, the science linking its spray to human health was suggestive but inconclusive.
    Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 31 May 2022
  • Part of the discussion today was about the science and, frankly, the science is inconclusive.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Yet the data is so inconclusive that the speed-limit debate rages on.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2021
  • But tests were inconclusive as to what caused her ailments.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 July 2021
  • But the effects of these compounds are so far inconclusive.
    Madeleine Watts, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • The zoo conducted necropsies on the owlets, but the results were inconclusive.
    Megan Becka, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
  • More news to know now An inconclusive vote in Spain leaves the country in a political labyrinth.
    USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
  • But that replay was determined to be inconclusive, the out call was upheld, and the inning was over.
    Mike Digiovannastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2022
  • There is no cure, no means of prevention, and the effect of the few remedies now on the market are inconclusive and modest at best.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2021
  • Scores and scores to too-small studies came to inconclusive results.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Phinn ordered the tests in March, but the results have so far been inconclusive, court documents show.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2022
  • But when evidence from the crime scene was finally sent to the DNA lab to be tested, the results were inconclusive.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023
  • But numerous studies over the past decades have proven to be rather inconclusive.
    Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But none of the small, inconclusive studies that have been done on apple cider vinegar have studied the pill form—only the liquid.
    Women's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There is debate over whether burning paraffin is safe or not, but to date, the studies on each side are inconclusive.
    Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Plus, the autopsy was inconclusive because of the extent of Pitts' burns.
    Felicia Fonseca, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2021
  • With a small sample size, the results were inconclusive.
    Ian Graber-Stiehl, Science | AAAS, 1 June 2021
  • As of this writing, others are busy running tests, and the results are inconclusive.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The findings are inconclusive; Robbie’s teeth seem bigger and whiter, but she’s had the same small knick in one lateral incisor since early adulthood.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The health effects of gender-affirming care are inconclusive.
    Ge Bai, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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