as in obscure
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impossible to see, hear, or know clearly
Hidden under vines and moss, the crumbling wall was almost indiscernible. a change made for indiscernible reasons
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Recent Examples of indiscernible
Many plays, including shifts and rotating coverages and a variety of pressures, come out of indiscernible pre-snap looks.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The delicate ruffle design is nearly indiscernible between the two.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 June 2025
The difference between wired (1ms) and wireless (2ms) input lag is minimal, but the resistance provided by the face buttons is essentially faultless, so the difference is outright indiscernible.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Naomi Watts has long been an actor who excels at these kinds of scenes where beauty and anguish are but indiscernible, where a pursed lip can tell you a heartbreaking tale about a woman’s limited options laid before her.
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
The delicate ruffle design is nearly indiscernible between the two.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 30 June 2025
The difference between wired (1ms) and wireless (2ms) input lag is minimal, but the resistance provided by the face buttons is essentially faultless, so the difference is outright indiscernible.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Naomi Watts has long been an actor who excels at these kinds of scenes where beauty and anguish are but indiscernible, where a pursed lip can tell you a heartbreaking tale about a woman’s limited options laid before her.
—Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscernible
Adjective
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Malcolm’s subjects are very old-school, doctrinaire, rigid Freudian psychoanalysts who get involved in impossibly obscure academic debates.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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But then last January, an obscure AI startup named DeepSeek released a generative AI platform, R1, which was comparable to ChatGPT but purporting to use just a fraction of Nvidia’s bleeding-edge chips.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The other is a smaller, more mysterious handheld chunk of willow or poplar wood that may have been used to shape stone tools, according to research published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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But when a mysterious woman opens The Grand Lisbon restaurant, his glittering world begins to fracture, exposing the fragile balance between success, memory, and longing.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Breathtaking as the movement is, another, perhaps more wondrous ballet is taking place, largely invisible to the eye.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Early applications show promise, as molecular memristors could enable brain-like computing, while molecular sensors can track single chemical reactions, revealing details invisible to conventional techniques.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Pine is a very strange and opaque figure even to himself, right?—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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The tonkotsu broth is velvety, an opaque off-white slicked with black garlic oil.—
Monti Carlo,
AJC.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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For consumers frustrated by disconnected portals, incomprehensible medical jargon and five-minute doctor visits, this feels like a lifeline.—
Sahar Hashmi,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The film deserves an enormous amount of credit for its sound design, which allows Tuason to turn recordings that would be incomprehensible in less capable hands into something that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats for two thirds of a movie.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Boeing’s inability to execute in nearly nine years what should have been a precisely prescribed conversion of two Boeing 747-8 jets is seemingly inexplicable.—
Clive Irving,
Vanity Fair,
30 Jan. 2026
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The inexplicable, sudden death of a dozen men was not enough to still curiosity, and an urge to show hospitality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The series begins with a murder in tiny Dahlonega, an indistinct town an hour from Atlanta.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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What is Father Jud Duplenticy’s body art, so blurry and indistinct?—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
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But ask them the why of this business, and the answers are usually vague.—
Allen Buchanan,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Sheinbaum has been incredibly vague about where her country stood, and this week has given roundabout and ambiguous answers to inquiries about the shipments, and dodged reporters questions in her morning press briefings.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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