Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand;
- Example: "indistinct shapes in the gloom"- Example: "an indistinct memory"- Example: "only indistinct notions of what to do"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Indistinct \In`dis*tinct"\ ([i^]n`d[i^]s*t[i^][ng]kt"), a. [L.
indistinctus: cf. F. indistinct. See In- not, and
Distinct.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
When we come to parts too small four our senses, our
ideas of these little bodies become obscure and
indistinct. --I. Watts.
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Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim.
--Cowper.
Syn: Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite;
vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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" [ant: distinct]