Indistinct meaning

ĭn'dĭ-stĭngkt'
Not clearly or sharply delineated.

An indistinct pattern; indistinct shapes in the gloom.

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Faint; dim.

Indistinct stars.

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Hazy; vague.

An indistinct memory; an indistinct notion of how to proceed.

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Difficult to understand or make out.

Indistinct speech.

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Not distinct.
  • Not seen, heard, or perceived clearly; faint; dim; obscure.
  • Not separate or separable; not clearly marked off; not plainly defined.
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(of an image etc) Not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim.
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(of a thought, idea etc) Hazy or vague.
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(of speech) Difficult to understand.
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Origin of indistinct

From Middle French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus

Sentence Examples

  • The path became more indistinct with each step, eventually coming to an end in dense underbrush.

  • He glanced up and met her startled gaze with eyes the color of fine amber - not brown, not yellow, but an indistinct mixture of both.

  • Pyrites presents a conchoidal fracture, and a very indistinct cubic cleavage.

  • An indistinct allusion of his own has been taken to mean that he was tonsured in childhood at seven or nine years old; and tradition says that he was sent to the convent of Seuilly.

  • It was something wonderful, exciting and indistinct.

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