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
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.
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Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
What to look for in a quality ceramic coffee grinder
Grind settings
Although the difference is indiscernible to the naked eye, various brewing methods require different grind sizes.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.
—Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 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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Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
What to look for in a quality ceramic coffee grinder
Grind settings
Although the difference is indiscernible to the naked eye, various brewing methods require different grind sizes.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
The way forward is often indiscernible, with trail markers like signs, cairns, and ribbons, few and far between.
—Olivia James, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 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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And yet, as the 2008 financial crisis showed, trouble on Main Street can start in obscure corners of Wall Street.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sasagawa searched YouTube for old and obscure emo bands, and came across a 2012 upload of Everyone Asked About You’s vinyl album.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Gehman, then a graduate student earning a doctorate in disease ecology, had heard about a mysterious illness sweeping through the Pacific coast’s iconic invertebrates.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Since its discovery in 2009, scientists have made little headway in understanding the mysterious origins of these excess gamma rays.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Not only the literal stages of places like the Gaiety or the Apollo Sauna, but the invisible stage that forms when strangers agree to inhabit the same risk and the same desire.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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An annoying, biker beast blasted out of my bowels onto the page and became the not-so-invisible embodiment of my disease.—
David Soren,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The security guarantee plans that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was charged with formulating for Ukraine – plans only needed if there is an enduring peace – remain opaque.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Trust is required for trading in all businesses, but this is especially true in essential minerals and rare earths as their supply chains are complex and often opaque, making transparency essential to ensure ethical sourcing and fair value.—
Anu Adedoyin Adasolum,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the face of that, Keaton’s off- and sometimes on-duty style represented limitless possibilities, and a previously incomprehensible kind of freedom.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
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And the thought of McDavid leaving Edmonton under any condition once felt incomprehensible.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Cianfrance doesn’t have to push the humor, which unfolds organically, due to Manchester’s reputation as an exceedingly nice and polite armed robber, an inexplicable blend of traits that happens to be the bullseye of Tatum’s skillset as a performer.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
11 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Since then, violent video games consistently have been blamed after mass shootings, as the technology remains an outlet for our collective fears over extraordinary and inexplicable horrors.—
Time,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The old woman is speaking, but her voice is far away and indistinct.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Their experiences were dismissed as indistinct from men’s, shaped by patriarchal assumptions about heroism.—
Christopher P. Davey,
The Conversation,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And not just vague signs, actual amyloid plaques and tau tangles, the same hallmarks seen in human patients.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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A lot of people bounce through the system because these symptoms are so vague.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Indiscernible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscernible. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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