indistinctive
Americanadjective
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without distinctive characteristics.
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incapable of or not making a distinction; undiscriminating.
adjective
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without distinctive qualities
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unable to make distinctions; undiscriminating
Other Word Forms
- indistinctively adverb
- indistinctiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of indistinctive
First recorded in 1840–50; in- 3 + distinctive
Example Sentences
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It is as indistinctive and lusterless a name as one might expect to emerge from 18 months of focus groups, marketing surveys and a massive amount of lawyering.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
Having him produce a film this generic and indistinctive takes the project back into the mystifying realm.
From The Verge • May 23, 2019
The instrumentation was truly magnificent, and although the vocals were indistinctive, the harmonising between Wright and Gilmour was good and emotional.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2013
The Fight Between Temperance And Liquor, set in the indistinctive architectural centre of Walsall itself, is a satirical knees-up loosely based on Breughel.
From The Guardian • May 21, 2010
And as for her own rejected suitor, Fairfax Munroe, except for a kind of grave and proper motherliness about his protecting manner, he absolutely was the most indistinctive of them all.
From Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret
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