Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The fact of not distinguishing or making distinctions; failure to perceive or make a difference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The condition or fact of not being distinct or different; absence of distinguishing qualities or characteristics; undistinguishableness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Indistinctness, obscurity, dimness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Absence of distinction or eminence; obscurity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: nonce use
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History
First attested in 1624; formed as in- + distinction, after indistinct.
