indistinct
328
5.3
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
:
difuso
- The priest began to chant in Slavonic, the words indistinct and rumbling, swinging the censer in an arc.
- indistinct figures
- indistinct images
- indistinct boundaries
I read it like that the other night, indistinct chatter, and I started crying because there's so much indistinct chatter.
- I read it like that the other night, indistinct chatter, and I started crying because there's so much indistinct chatter.
- The words of the wise, they are parables, they are metaphors, and they designate something over here which is kind of indistinct.
Examples
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Even the greatest achievements are but indistinct milestones passed on the road to the future.
Academic text (2000) -
Within the stratum spinosum, individual cells have indistinct cytoplasmic boundaries without prominent cell membrane detail.
Academic text (2001) -
"Come to me," he said in a voice so low, so indistinct, she scarcely recognized it.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Beyond those mountains," he said, looking west toward the high peaks indistinct in the summer haze.
Fiction book (1990) -
The image is unmistakably Katie, but it is indistinct, soft, without edges or depth.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was a light fog that made everything indistinct, muffled their voices, and muted all color.
Fiction book (1993) -
The oak and maple trees are huge and indistinct in the chilly moonlight.
Fiction book (1991) -
In our patient, CT demonstrated that a multilobular mass with indistinct borders was present in the maxillary sinus.
Academic text (2003) -
Horizontal positioning was considered compromised if the feature was indistinct or difficult to locate precisely in the oblique photos.
Academic text (2018) -
In the fog, the trees appeared indistinct, blending into the gray background.
Synonyms
∞
8.6
Not clear enough to understand
207
3.9
Not easy to understand or know for sure
46
8.8
Difficult or impossible to understand
14
4.1
Hard or impossible to read
14
8.0
Hard to understand or follow
14
8.3
Very hard to understand
8
8.8
Too hard to read or understand
4
6.9
Hard to describe or explain in words
4
8.8
Hard to see, hear, or notice
3
6.8
Hard to describe exactly in words
1
5.0
Not clearly defined so limits are unclear
1
9.1
Very hard to read or understand
1
7.4
Not easy to see or understand without careful thinking
1
8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
Difficult to understand
Not clearly separated from other things and lacking clear edges
Hard to understand or explain
Not possible for people to know or understand
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indistinct starts with in- meaning 'not' and the rest is distinct, which means 'clear' or 'separate'. So, indistinct describes something 'not clear', which is why it is hard to see, hear, or remember.