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Indefinite doesn't mean what you seem to think it means.

Here's some synonyms to help you out; vague, ill-defined, unclear, imprecise, inexact, loose, general, nebulous, fuzzy, hazy, obscure, ambiguous, equivocal, indeterminate, unspecified, unlimited, unrestricted, undecided, undetermined, undefined, unfixed, unsettled, unknown, uncertain.



And here's an actual definition of the word (not a list of other useful, related words for use in a broader context:)

in·def·i·nite

adjective

lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time.


Colloquial usage is not always perfectly aligned with the dictionary definition of a word. I thought it was rather clear that the phrase "almost indefinitely" is colloquial, given the obvious absurdity if taken literally.




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