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Definitive

/dɪˈfɪnɪtɪv/
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(adj) explicitly defined

The results were not definitive, but I'm sure the DNA's a match.
The definitive treatise was written by someone with no formal education in the subject.
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The results were not ____, but I'm sure the DNA's a match.

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