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 evidence against Mayers was sparse, mainly consisting of a few indistinct and inconveniently angled surveillance videos.
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Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Real estate off-track isn’t frothy if indistinct window dressing — no Donk.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025
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Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Real estate off-track isn’t frothy if indistinct window dressing — no Donk.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indistinct
Adjective
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Instead of vague goals, such as align with human values, researchers and developers can talk about specific contexts and roles for AI more clearly.—
Aidan Kierans,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In fact, those professions grew because the accountant must also talk to clients, ask them questions, make judgement calls about sometimes vague tax code interpretations and execute numerous other judgements on a daily basis.—
Ismail Amla,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Being generally smaller, colder and much darker than a star, exoplanets are also harder to detect, so specialized techniques are required for capturing their faint signals.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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By subtracting these reference images from the target images, the team effectively removed the star's light, isolating the faint signals from the planets.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Japanese photographer has produced a series of hazy images that play with perspective and reflections to showcase multiple angles of the women’s collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri, which is set to be unveiled on April 15 in the garden of Tō-ji Temple in Kyoto.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Even sketchier are characters like Isaac and Hanrahan, ruthless military types who never really transcend that hazy description despite being played by formidable actors Jeffrey Wright and Alanna Ubach, respectively.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indistinct. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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