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INDISTINCTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
Synonyms:
blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness; indistinctness; softness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("indistinctness" is a kind of...):
opacity; opaqueness (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indistinctness"):
dimness; faintness (the quality of being dim or lacking contrast)
vagueness (indistinctness of shape or character)
Antonym:
distinctness (the quality of being sharp and clear)
Derivation:
indistinct (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand)
