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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. [1913 Webster] 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]