Synonyms for indiscernible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-di-sur-nuh-buh l, -zur-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈsɜr nə bəl, -ˈzɜr-


Définition of indiscernible

Origin :
  • 1630s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + discernible. Related: Indiscernibly; indiscernibility.
  • adj imperceptible
Example sentences :
  • He had no notion of the time; the golden hands of his watch were indiscernible in the gloom.
  • Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
  • For at first he had lain outstretched on the ground, hidden and indiscernible, like those who lie in wait for swamp-game.
  • Extract from : « Thus Spake Zarathustra » by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • We could almost say, not only the same power, but the same sort of power, is indiscernible in Haydn and Mozart.
  • Extract from : « Beethoven's Symphonies Critically Discussed » by Alexander Teetgen
  • Control was full of people; Air Force brass, technicians, observers, enlisted men of indiscernible purpose.
  • Extract from : « Sound of Terror » by Don Berry
  • His eyes and nose were gone—in fact his features were indiscernible—but he was not mortally injured.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut
  • We do not show it in the drawing, as it would be indiscernible, coming very close to A′ X.
  • Extract from : « An Analysis of the Lever Escapement » by H. R. Playtner
  • The trail was like a softened stripe; footprints might be there, merged into the pattern till they were indiscernible.
  • Extract from : « Bulldog Carney » by W. A. Fraser
  • His way lay across a range of hills, the road over which was so blocked up with snow as to leave all trace of it indiscernible.
  • Extract from : « Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits » by Thomas Bingley
  • By the time sexual maturity is attained the dorsal pattern often is indiscernible or represented only by faint traces.
  • Extract from : « Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor » by Henry S. Fitch
  • Between lips that stirred so little their movement must have been indiscernible, he asked: "Who?"
  • Extract from : « Alias The Lone Wolf » by Louis Joseph Vance

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