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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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