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English Dictionary: indistinct by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indistinct
adj
  1. not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
    Antonym(s): distinct
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. [bd]Indistinct as water is in
            water.[b8] --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.
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