undifferentiated

adjective

un·​dif·​fer·​en·​ti·​at·​ed ˌən-ˌdi-fə-ˈren(t)-shē-ˌā-təd How to pronounce undifferentiated (audio)
: not divided or able to be divided into different elements, types, etc. : not differentiated
undifferentiated cells
an undifferentiated mass

Examples of undifferentiated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Whole months of relatively undifferentiated sunshine would pass by in a daze, but the anomalies had a biblical feel. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2024 Her stark but vibrant depictions of her native city, in which an eight- or 10-story edifice on a busy street might be reduced to a liquid gray rectangle against an undifferentiated orange sky, recalled mid-period Mondrian, before that Dutch pioneer fully abandoned representational painting. Will Heinrich, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024 These bit players work, whisper, chatter, laugh, philosophize, run, hide, weep, lament and survive, sometimes as an undifferentiated human blur and sometimes with great individual vividness. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023 Currently, the opportunity is so large that uploaders flood streaming services with undifferentiated noise recordings, hoping to attract enough search traffic to generate royalties. Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023 Without desire, in other words, everything would exist in an undifferentiated present. Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023 Then, in spring 2021, after a referral to a brilliant rheumatologist, I was diagnosed with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD). Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023 But in most cases, their current brand is outdated and undifferentiated or limits their future potential and the cost of not rebranding is now too high to ignore. Jim Heininger, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 That's all the more reason to preserve distinctions between Russia's people, culture, and state rather than collapsing them into an undifferentiated enemy. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 7 Mar. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of undifferentiated was in 1862

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Cite this Entry

“Undifferentiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undifferentiated. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

undifferentiated

adjective
un·​dif·​fer·​en·​ti·​at·​ed -ˌdif-ə-ˈren-chē-ˌāt-əd How to pronounce undifferentiated (audio)
: not differentiated
an undifferentiated sarcoma
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