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 disposition of the cart and the boy before Patel’s reach – including whether the child might have been falling and whether the cart clipped anything – is indiscernible because Patel’s back obscures both from the camera.
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Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 4 May 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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Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 4 May 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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For instance, in a now obscure 1944 speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt argued that the American Revolution remained an incomplete project.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Department and team-level metrics expose inefficiency that company-wide averages often obscure.—
Heidi Farris,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With the head of the Demon Corps in danger, Tanjiro and the Hashira rush to the headquarters but are plunged into a deep descent to a mysterious space by the hands of Muzan Kibutsuji.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Beyond this, the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-Ray observatory also studied this spiral galaxy repeatedly and found mysterious regions known as ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs).—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The final result needed to be invisible, weightless, scentless, and makeup-gripping, all of which were achieved with flying colors—actually, with no color at all since the formula is completely clear on all skin tones.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Those choices form the invisible curriculum that influences how students think, collaborate, and eventually lead as professionals and citizens.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Energy Intelligence Pricing remains opaque but tilted in Beijing’s favor.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Wasserman’s goopy, opaque pieces hide their subjects in plain sight—silver and gold lines across bronze horizons.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the movie isn’t really scary at all — just extremely weird, as well as increasingly incomprehensible toward the end.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Then there’s an incomprehensible scene in which Stuhlbarg’s Frederik storms in and out of the kitchen angrily, having turned his music up to an unlistenable volume, while Alma and Maggie—a guest in their home that evening—try to have a serious conversation.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The site compiles information about the 196 seemingly inexplicable events over the history of the church related to the Eucharist, which the faithful believe is the body of Christ.—
Jessie Wardarski,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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And the book’s bracingly straightforward descriptions of often inexplicable behaviors and thought processes, become the hard, stark edges of a sculptural black-and-white photography that is all the more mysterious for apparently having nothing to hide.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Shrill treble joins the errant bass, making everything sound muddy and indistinct.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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My outfit is indistinct, but my slight smile is obvious, even as my hand obscures half of my face.—
Amanda Uhle
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Allowing the President to unlawfully remove Governor Cook on unsubstantiated and vague allegations would endanger the stability of our financial system and undermine the rule of law.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But many of the recommendations were vague or lacked the teeth some experts hoped to see from a document MAHA allies for months had said would dramatically transform the health of Americans.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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