indiscernible

Examples

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• She spoke in such a soft voice that her words were indiscernible to the audience.

• The statistic instead represents an indiscernible amalgamation of institutional concerns that include economic diversity but also dedication to international and adult community outreach.

  Academic text (2005)

• Up, down, right, left, each indiscernible from the other.

  Fiction book (2000)

• And we think about the possibility that there are two events here shown in indiscernible Gray and blue and red.

• Her classical profile and indiscernible age suggested a beautiful bone structure.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Her ethnic identification was indiscernible.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Especially, they wanted nothing to do with those cloths so thick and black with ink that their designs were nearly indiscernible.

  Academic text (2006)

• After a half-hour ride across the desert, we were met by a police escort, which led us to an almost indiscernible dirt track that ran off the paved road.

  Academic text (1999)

• The punchline is a completely indiscernible cameraphone pic the author was too lazy to brighten up somehow!

  Blog text (1)

• Danto concludes from the puzzle of aesthetically indiscernible objects that our aesthetic appreciation springs from our acceptance of the object as a work of art.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

I

indistinct

vsindiscernible

328 5.3

Not easy to see, hear, or understand

is about being hard to notice itself rather than just blurred or unclear

I

invisible

vsindiscernible

148 2.7

Not easy for other people to notice

is broader, applying to sight and sound difficulty rather than sight only

U

undetectable

vsindiscernible

23 6.5

Very hard or impossible to notice

focuses on being hard to find rather than only hard to see or hear

I

imperceptible

vsindiscernible

9 7.8

Very small or slight and hard to notice

is about being hard to notice broadly rather than being merely slight

I

indecipherable

vsindiscernible

8 8.8

Too hard to read or understand

is about unreadability or unclear meaning rather than sensory faintness

B

barely visible

vsindiscernible

7 4.2

Hard to see because it is very faint

is slightly visible rather than being essentially impossible to notice

U

unnoticeable

vsindiscernible

2 4.6

Hard to see or notice

is milder, often simply not attracting attention rather than completely impossible to notice

U

unobservable

vsindiscernible

1 8.0

Not able to be seen or noticed when you look

is about being hard to notice generally rather than only by direct observation

U

unseeable

vsindiscernible

1 8.4

The eye cannot notice it

is limited to sight only while the other covers multiple senses

I

imperceivable

vsindiscernible

8.4

Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed

is very hard to notice rather than completely impossible to detect

U

unperceivable

vsindiscernible

9.1

Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice

is often very hard to notice rather than slightly noticeable

I

insensible

vsindiscernible

7.4

So small that people do not notice it

is about general difficulty noticing rather than only tiny gradual change

N

nonvisible

vsindiscernible

5.3

Not able to be seen with the eyes

is focused on visual absence rather than general sensory indistinctness

I

inapparent

vsindiscernible

8.1

Hard to see or notice

is less strong, meaning not obvious rather than almost impossible to notice

U

undistinguishable

vsindiscernible

8.2

Cannot be told apart from something else

is about inability to tell items apart rather than general lack of clarity

Antonyms

D

discernible

29 5.5

Something that is easy to see or notice

How Discernible

obvious

∞ 1.0

clear

∞ 1.0

noticeable

65 3.2

subtle

276 6.0

faint

148 2.7

indiscernible

4 8.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology