INDISCERNIBLE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

indiscernible

adjective

as in obscure

formal 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. —

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 See All Example Sentences for indiscernible

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Adjective

That 300-work show built on Walter Hopps’s legendary exhibition for the Pasadena Art Museum—held in 1963, at a time when Duchamp was still relatively obscure—and solidified the artist’s place in the canon.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Piecing together information on Kia and the circumstance of his obscure death is difficult, but two weeks ago his mother said in a short clip that he was killed in an attack.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026