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nondistinctive

[ non-di-stingk-tiv ]

adjective

, Linguistics.
  1. not serving to distinguish meanings:

    a nondistinctive difference in sound.



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  • nondis·tinctive·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nondistinctive1

First recorded in 1915–20; non- + distinctive

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