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adj. unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions"

adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

uncertain, ambivalent, suspensive, on the fence

adj. undecided or characterized by indecisiveness

indecisive, hesitant, hesitating

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

alternative, alternate

adj. allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

acting, interim

adj. performing services temporarily

makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

emergency, unexpected

adj. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"

indecisive, hesitant, hesitating

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

test, trial, model, pilot, experimental

adj. of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"

conjectural

adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved

adj. not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"

counterfactual, contrary to fact

adj. going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

contingent, uncertain, dependant on, contingent on, dependent on, depending on

adj. determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

dependant, dependent, qualified

adj. contingent on something else

provisory

adj. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"

unconditional

adj. not conditional; "unconditional surrender"

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