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indistinct adjective [ ɪndɪˈstɪŋkt ]

• not clear or sharply defined.
• "his speech was slurred and indistinct"
Similar: blurred, out of focus, fuzzy, hazy, misty, foggy, cloudy, shadowy, smoky, dim, nebulous, unclear, obscure, vague, faint, indefinite, indistinguishable, barely perceptible, undefined, lacking definition, hard to see, hard to make out, blear, obfuscated, nebulose, indecipherable, illegible, barely legible, unreadable, unintelligible, unfathomable, hard to read, ill-defined, formless, indeterminate, pale, faded, smudged, as clear as mud, muffled, muted, dull, low, quiet, soft, weak, feeble, inaudible, scarcely audible, scarcely perceptible, hard to hear, muttered, mumbled, stifled, strangled, smothered, suppressed,
Opposite: distinct, clear, legible, loud,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin indistinctus, from in- ‘not’ + distinctus ‘separated, distinguished’ (see distinct).


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