not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; " indistinct shapes in the gloom"; " an indistinct memory"; " only indistinct notions of what to do"

Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.

Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.

Indistinctly.

Not distinguishable easily by the senses or the mind; faint; undefined; indefinite; confused.

INDISTINCTNESS.

Not distinct or clear; not clearly defined.

Not plainly marked; obscure; confused; faint; imperfect.

I could see even in the indistinct light that he flushed deeply as he got up on his feet. – Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell

A huge fire was blazing before the main collection of huts, and to the rear of these was an indistinct black mass, which they knew to be the corral. – Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Bar-20 by Clarence Edward Mulford

Her sister- in- law came in with her bunch of keys rattling and a deep dejection on her pale and indistinct features. – Bertha Garlan by Arthur Schnitzler

Alarmed by some indistinct noise, Jemima rose hastily to listen, and Maria, turning to Darnford, said, I have indeed been shocked beyond expression when I have met a pauper's funeral. – Maria The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

1. It was that grey, indistinct, struggling interval between the night and the dawn, when Clarence stood once more in his chamber. – Zanoni by Edward Bulwer Lytton

Now, however, her picture began to get indistinct. – Northwest! by Harold Bindloss

Only at rare moments did she catch these glimpses, and so brief, so indistinct, were they that she half believed her own lively fancy created them. – Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

At the end of a few minutes the steps began again, and after some time the indistinct sounds of Madame Patoffs voice reached the young girl's ears. – Paul Patoff by F. Marion Crawford

The moon was low on the horizon, shedding a dim light on the ocean, and making the long line of the Madagascar coast look black and indistinct as if seen through a haze. – The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley

The men were at the bunk- house, from which their voices came low and indistinct. – When A Man's A Man by Harold Bell Wright

The chief impression it left, upon my memory, now happily growing indistinct, is of being hurried faster than I could well travel. – Adventures In Contentment by David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker

Lower voices answered, questioning, eager, but indistinct. – The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey

He hoped so, but in the indistinct light could not be quite certain. – The Young Musician or, Fighting His Way by Horatio Alger

I dare say many of the things I am telling were at the time very indistinct and confused; but if I should tell them in the same way, they would not have form enough for you to see them. – The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories by Lydia Maria Child

It was an indistinct sound of trampling, and it certainly was approaching. – The Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes

An indistinct figure, muffled to the chin in a black cloak, was standing in the street only a foot or two beyond reach of the questing spearhead. – The Return of Tharn by Howard Carleton Browne

It showed dark and rather indistinct against the light. – Carmen's Messenger by Harold Bindloss

It is my own wish to go, and nothing shall prevent me; but I could bear the separation with much more fortitude if only- And he stopped and looked landwards, where the indistinct grey blur was beginning to take the pattern of fields and cliffs and beach. – By Berwen Banks by Allen Raine

I have an indistinct impression of your having once prescribed a ride on horseback for somebody; wouldn't you recommend some measure of prudence to her consideration?" – Queechy, Volume II by Elizabeth Wetherell

At best the allegory is very indistinct; it appears chiefly in the parts later in order of publication; and we may suspect that it was an after- thought meant to supply a defect to which the author slowly awakened. – The Age of Tennyson by Hugh Walker