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 wagon wheels were fun in theory, but overcooked to the point that pasta and sauce blurred into a soft, indistinct bite (not so fun).
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
The series begins with a murder in tiny Dahlonega, an indistinct town an hour from Atlanta.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
What is Father Jud Duplenticy’s body art, so blurry and indistinct?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Richter also played around with electronic music as well, sampling Elizabethan-era instruments but recontextualizing them to create an awestruck, indistinct sense of the unseen world in which young Hamnet finds himself.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Mar. 2026
The series begins with a murder in tiny Dahlonega, an indistinct town an hour from Atlanta.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
What is Father Jud Duplenticy’s body art, so blurry and indistinct?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Richter also played around with electronic music as well, sampling Elizabethan-era instruments but recontextualizing them to create an awestruck, indistinct sense of the unseen world in which young Hamnet finds himself.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indistinct
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indistinct
Adjective
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The exact reasons are often left vague, and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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The exact reason remains vague, but some widespread cultural practice occurred across Central Europe.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The book portrays the city as a liminal metropolis where the line demarcating business and crime has been worn faint by heavy footfall from both directions.—
Mark O’Connell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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That's a whopping 500-meter--wide (1,640-foot) dish, ideal for picking up faint signals from far away.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The company’s theatrical ambitions are hazier despite its massive 2025 box office hit F1.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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The smoke from the fire will likely reduce visibility, lead to hazy skies at times and lower air quality.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Indistinct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indistinct. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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