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Definition of indistinct adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

indistinct

adjective
 
/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
 
/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/
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  1. that cannot be seen, heard or remembered clearly synonym vague, hazy
    • an indistinct figure in the distance
    • His memory of the incident was somewhat indistinct.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIndistinct is used with these nouns:
    • shape
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin indistinctus, from in- ‘not’ + distinctus ‘separated, distinguished’ (from the verb distinguere, from dis- ‘apart’ + stinguere ‘put out’).
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