Indistinguishable
[ɪndɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃəb(ə)l] or ['ɪndɪ'stɪŋgwɪʃəbl]
Definition
(adj.) not capable of being distinguished or differentiated; 'the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable'; 'the twins were indistinguishable'; 'a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity' .
Inputed by Leonard--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Indistinct, indeterminate, confused, undistinguishable, that cannot be distinguished.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Indiscernible, inappreciable, minute, confused
ANT:Distinguishable, conspicuous
Inputed by Avis
Definition
adj. that cannot be distinguished.—n. Indistin′guishableness.—adv. Indistin′guishably.
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Examples
- It is perhaps not altogether without significance for us that primitive science and poetry were indistinguishable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I passed along the tradesmen's path, but found it all trampled down and indistinguishable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The consciousness of form, colour, distance, is indistinguishable from the simple sensation, which is the medium of them. Plato. The Republic.
- If overtones could be eliminated, then middle C, or any other note on the piano, would be indistinguishable from that same note sounded on any other instrument. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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