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
Even the most rarefied fixtures, the ones the elite were so convinced would be so appealing, have come to seem ephemeral, indistinct.
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
The resulting black-and-white photograph shows some two dozen deer in a mesmerizing blur — indistinct, eerie white figures under a canopy of trees.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
He is often seen in sharp focus while people and objects around him are blurred and indistinct.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Tonight sees the comet move from the constellation Virgo into Serpens, a small and indistinct shape of eight stars that resemble a snake.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
The resulting black-and-white photograph shows some two dozen deer in a mesmerizing blur — indistinct, eerie white figures under a canopy of trees.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
He is often seen in sharp focus while people and objects around him are blurred and indistinct.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Tonight sees the comet move from the constellation Virgo into Serpens, a small and indistinct shape of eight stars that resemble a snake.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indistinct
Adjective
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Not after the 49ers asked him to take a pay cut last year and after general manager John Lynch’s vague response when asked recently about the fullback’s future.—
Matt Barrows,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Having lost an extra 30 minutes in the meeting above, another manager speeds through a document review, providing only vague feedback to her direct report.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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My duties typically involved being sent to the nearby New York Public Library to hunt down some faint memory scratching at Carter’s brain.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Most of the files are scans of documents, and some are blurred or have become faint or difficult to read in the decades since Kennedy's assassination.—
Joel Shannon,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Thin lines and hazy glowing colors make the towering, randomized geometric structures look like something from a French comic book.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
16 Mar. 2025
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Recall what the natural 2024 total solar eclipse looked like: a hazy white halo around a dark circle.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indistinct. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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