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How to Pronounce “underdetermine” in English

/ʌndɛrdɛtɛrmæɪn/

un·der·de·ter·mine

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What does “underdetermine” mean?

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  • Particularly in the theory of scientific explanation, to provide too few constraints to specify a unique solution.

Example sentences

  • 1967 A. H. Armstrong (ed) The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy He recognised that, in constructing his laws, the physicist must go beyond the ‘facts’ which inevitably underdetermine his theories. Boltzmann rightly accused both the idealists and the inductivists of having ignored this basic limitation on the certainty of all scientific hypotheses.
  • It's underdetermined with respect to the choice of actual political economic systems.
  • So the problem is underdetermined.

How to pronounce “underdetermine

Syllables:
un · der · de · ter · mine
IPA:
/ʌndɛrdɛtɛrmæɪn/
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“underdetermine” is pronounced /ʌndɛrdɛtɛrmæɪn/ (un · der · de · ter · mine). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

How many syllables are in “underdetermine”?

“underdetermine” has 5 syllables: un · der · de · ter · mine.

What does “underdetermine” mean?

Particularly in the theory of scientific explanation, to provide too few constraints to specify a unique solution.

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