indistinguishable
[in-di-sting-gwi-shuh-buh l]
- not distinguishable.
- indiscernible; imperceptible.
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Origin of indistinguishable
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Examples from the Web for indistinguishable
Contemporary Examples
Most of the collective minutes of your days spent outside the wire are indistinguishable from one another.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
The new GOP attack on the Medicaid expansion is that it's indistinguishable from the dreaded Obamacare.
Today the security situation on the ground is indistinguishable from what it was three years ago.
To Norvig, that would be indistinguishable from the real emotion.
News travels house to house, until fact and rumor are indistinguishable.
Historical Examples
The colours were indistinguishable at the distance, drenched and sodden.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
Both in looks and behavior he is indistinguishable from other strong rats.
The Goat-gland TransplantationSydney B. Flower
A camel is indistinguishable from a peanut—if only their humps be considered.
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
The solar system was behind them, indistinguishable from the other stars.
Mezzerow Loves CompanyFloyd L. Wallace
The voices that came down to them were jumbled, faint, indistinguishable.
Spring StreetJames H. Richardson
indistinguishable
- (often postpositive foll by from) identical or very similar (to)twins indistinguishable from one another
- not easily perceptible; indiscernible
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Word Origin and History for indistinguishable
adj.
c.1600, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + distinguishable. Related: Indistinguishably.
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