2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indistinct \In`dis*tinct"\, a. [L. indistinctus: cf F.
indistinct. See {In-} not and {Distinct}.]
1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a
manner as to be perceptible by itself as the indistinct
parts of a substance. ``Indistinct as water is in water.''
--Shak.
2. Obscure to the mind or senses not clear; not definite;
confused; imperfect; faint; as indistinct vision; an
indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
When we come to parts too small four our senses our
ideas of these little bodies become obscure and
indistinct. --I. Watts.
Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim.
--Cowper.
Syn: Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite;
vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
indistinct
adj : not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand;
"indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct
memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" [ant:
{distinct}]
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