INDIRECTNESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

indirectness

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as in impenetrability

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Recent Examples of indirectness More often, though, the indirectness and the anonymity of digital exchanges have sabotaged understanding. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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Noun

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

Noun

Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2021
Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.

— Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2012

Definition of circuity

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Olson raised concerns about the vagueness and enforceability of the law — an issue law enforcement brought forward when GOP lawmakers introduced the bill during this year’s legislative session.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2026
Or perhaps the vagueness stems from casting a mish-mash of Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese and American actors.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of vagueness

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Kevin Rodriguez eases past Jamal Musiala to flick the ball into the corridor of uncertainty between Manuel Neuer and Jonathan Tah, who had already had a miscommunication earlier in the game.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
This creates uncertainty over which sites contain active weapons and which are merely intended to distract enemy planners.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

For all their complexity, once built, data centers don't require a large workforce for operations, and don't always generate a huge number of new jobs or vast amounts of tax revenue.

— Lora Kolodny,Jeniece Pettitt, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Network effects Birwadker believes that stablecoins will be central to the future of financial infrastructure and that, at this early stage, Visa must hide the technical complexity so customers can solely focus on the payment experience.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 July 2026

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