indistinctive
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
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indistintivo
- In a city full of bright signs and bold designs, the indistinctive buildings blended into the background.
Examples
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The couch, if comfortable, was old, unattractive, and indistinctive.
Fiction book (2000) -
She admits that had she gone on the way she did before, traveling with no destination, staying at indistinctive places in indistinctive hotels, "one phase would appear as a copy of the previous one," a phase of an endless runaway.
Academic text (2006) -
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She admits that had she gone on the way she did before, traveling with no destination, staying at indistinctive places in indistinctive hotels, "one phase would appear as a copy of the previous one," a phase of an endless runaway.
Academic text (2006) -
The restaurant's decor was rather indistinctive, making it hard to remember which place we had visited.
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His speech was filled with indistinctive phrases that lacked any memorable points, leaving the audience confused.
Synonyms
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5.8
A place or thing that has no clear details
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5.4
A person or thing that has no special quality
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7.5
Not clearly divided into different parts or types
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4.1
Ordinary and not very impressive
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4.4
Not special or impressive, just ordinary
Not having features that make it stand out
Lacking special features that make it stand out
Not marked with any sign that tells items apart
Without features that make it different from others
Not having special or unique qualities
A thing that does not have clear separate parts or special features
A person or thing that blends into a group and has no clear identity
Antonyms
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
indistinctive = distinctive (semi-transparent) = in + distinct + ive
The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'distinctive': 'not distinctive'.
Etymology
Indistinctive starts with in- meaning 'not' and the rest is like distinctive, from distinct meaning 'clear' or 'different'. So indistinctive describes something that does not have clear features to make it stand out or be easily recognized.