indistinct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
    • indistinct shapes in the gloom
    • an indistinct memory
    • only indistinct notions of what to do

WordNet

In`dis*tinct" adjective
Etymology
L. indistinctus: cf. F. indistinct. See In- not, and Distinct.
Definitions
  1. Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance. "Indistinct as water is in water." Shak.
  2. Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
    When we come to parts too small four our senses, our ideas of these little bodies become obscure and indistinct. I. Watts.
    Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim. Cowper.
    Syn. -- Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.

Webster 1913