as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
managed to discern a blurry, indistinct shadow through the downpour
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Recent Examples of indistinct
The old woman is speaking, but her voice is far away and indistinct.
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
If so, what? Matthews should pursue a development that resists becoming an indistinct extension of Charlotte-a direction that does not reflect my vision for the town.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Their experiences were dismissed as indistinct from men’s, shaped by patriarchal assumptions about heroism.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
If so, what? Matthews should pursue a development that resists becoming an indistinct extension of Charlotte-a direction that does not reflect my vision for the town.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
Their experiences were dismissed as indistinct from men’s, shaped by patriarchal assumptions about heroism.
—Christopher P. Davey, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indistinct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indistinct
Adjective
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Young Rod went off to France by himself, and on a visit to Chartres, standing in the nave of the cathedral, he was overcome by a vague but powerful sense that God was real.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some scholars suspect that his race was deliberately kept vague and note that, at the time, even those from other European countries like Italy or Spain would have been discriminated against by Brits.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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To observe the faintest and most distant objects in the universe, telescopes need dark, dry and stable skies, conditions that are increasingly rare on Earth.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Kabocha is usually dark green or orange with faint stripes or bumps on the outside, with vibrant orange flesh on the inside.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But Moltbook illustrates how hazy that vision really is.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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The couple meets again a purposefully fuzzy period of time later, disagreeing on the hazy details.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indistinct. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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