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Indistinct Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indistinct? [adj] not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indistinct: bedimmed \| bleary \| blurred \| blurry \| cloudy \| dim \| faint \| foggy \| fuzzy \| hazy \| muzzy \| nebulose \| nebulous \| shadowy \| vague \| veiled \| wispy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indistinct: aleatoric \| aleatory \| alike \| ambiguous \| amorphous \| barely audible \| blear \| bleared \| bleary \| blind \| blobby \| blurred \| blurry \| breathy \| broad \| chance \| chancy \| chaotic \| choked \| choking \| clear as mud \| cloudy \| confused \| croaking \| dark \| decrescendo \| dim \| disordered \| distant \| drawling \| drawly \| dysphonic \| equivocal \| faint \| faint-voiced \| feeble \| filmy \| foggy \| fuzzy \| general \| gentle \| guttural \| half-heard \| half-seen \| half-visible \| harsh \| hawking \| hazy \| hit-or-miss \| hoarse \| ill-defined \| illegible \| imprecise \| inaccurate \| inarticulate \| inchoate \| incoherent \| inconspicuous \| indecisive \| indefinable \| indefinite \| indeterminable \| indeterminate \| indiscernible \| indistinctive \| indistinguishable \| inexact \| inseparable \| interchangeable \| lax \| lisping \| loose \| low \| low-profile \| merely glimpsed \| mispronounced \| misty \| muddy \| muffled \| murky \| murmured \| muzzy \| nasal \| nebulous \| nonspecific \| obscure \| opaque \| orderless \| out of focus \| pale \| pianissimo \| piano \| quavering \| random \| scarcely heard \| semivisible \| shadowed forth \| shadowy \| shaking \| shaky \| shapeless \| snuffling \| soft \| soft-sounding \| soft-voiced \| standard \| stereotyped \| stifled \| stochastic \| strangled \| subaudible \| subdued \| sweeping \| thick \| throaty \| transcendent \| tremulous \| twangy \| uncertain \| unclear \| undefined \| undestined \| undetermined \| undifferentiated \| undiscriminated \| undistinguishable \| undistinguished \| uniform \| unintelligible \| unplain \| unrecognizable \| unspecified \| vague \| veiled \| velar \| weak \| weak-voiced \| whispered \| without distinction See Also \| indefinite \| unclear Indistinct In Webster's Dictionary \In`dis*tinct"\, a. [L. indistinctus: cf. F. indistinct. See {In-} not, and {Distinct}.] 1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance. ``Indistinct as water is in water.'' --Shak. 2. Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection. When we come to parts too small four our senses, our ideas of these little bodies become obscure and indistinct. --I. Watts. Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim. --Cowper. Syn: Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.

Indistinct Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indistinct?

[adj] not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

See Also | indefinite | unclear

Indistinct In Webster's Dictionary

\In`dis*tinct"\, a. [L. indistinctus: cf. F.
indistinct. See {In-} not, and {Distinct}.]
1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a
   manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct
   parts of a substance. ``Indistinct as water is in water.''
   --Shak.

2. Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite;
   confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an
   indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.

         When we come to parts too small four our senses, our
         ideas of these little bodies become obscure and
         indistinct.                           --I. Watts.

         Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim.
                                               --Cowper.

Syn: Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite;
     vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.

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