indistinctive

American  

[in-di-stingk-tiv] / ˌɪn dɪˈstɪŋk tɪv /

adjective

1. without distinctive characteristics.

2. incapable of or not making a distinction; undiscriminating.

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indistinctive British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktɪv /

adjective

1. without distinctive qualities

2. unable to make distinctions; undiscriminating

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Other Word Forms

• indistinctively adverb
• indistinctiveness noun

Etymology

Origin of indistinctive

First recorded in 1840–50; in- ³ + distinctive

Example Sentences

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

My eyes were said to be indistinctive; they were a faint, ashen gray; but above them rose—my only beauty—a high, massive, domelike forehead, with polished temples, like door-knobs of the purest porcelain.

From Condensed Novels by Harte, Bret