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    INDISTINCTNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlinesplay

    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)

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