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Synonyms for indistinctness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-di-stingkt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈstɪŋkt

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Définition of indistinctness

Origin :
  • c.1400 (implied in indistinctly "equally, alike"), from Latin indistinctus "not distinct, confused," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + distinctus (see distinct). Related: Indistinctly; indistinctness.
  • As in obscurity : noun vagueness
  • As in namelessness : noun obscurity
  • As in haze : noun cloudy air
Example sentences :
  • He articulated with some difficulty, slurring his words to the point of indistinctness at times.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Yet greater is the indistinctness when they are all jostled together in a little soul, which has no room.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Each of them peered through the indistinctness of the dusk at the other two.
  • Extract from : « The Plattner Story and Others » by H. G. Wells
  • The unmerited are to be attributed to the indistinctness of my rapid penmanship.
  • Extract from : « The Popham Colony » by William Frederick Poole
  • Indistinctness may arise from the employment of equivocal terms in the definition.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle » by George Grote
  • Our perceptions have the brightness and indistinctness of a trance.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library » by Leslie Stephen
  • There was a sense of indistinctness through the mist which was an ally to Chadron.
  • Extract from : « The Rustler of Wind River » by G. W. Ogden
  • The indistinctness is the one interesting feature of the sketch.
  • Extract from : « Transcendentalism in New England » by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
  • Behind the vicarage the purple-rimmed hills just fading into indistinctness.
  • Extract from : « Heriot's Choice » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • This indistinctness of oblique vision, which might seem a defect, I consider an excellence.
  • Extract from : « Beauty » by Alexander Walker

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