indistinguishable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˌɪn.dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩]
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English distinguish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English distinguishable English indistinguishable From in- + distinguishable.
Meanings
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Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future (revised):The banks of the old railway are now so thickly overgrown with trees as to be almost indistinguishable from the surrounding countryside, and the most obvious landmarks are the walls of a bridge over a lane, and stone bridge, still intact, where a cart road crosses the cutting, close to the site of the former Clifton South Junction.
1950 May, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland”, in Railway Magazine, page 330:
- Not capable of being perceived or known.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more indistinguishable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most indistinguishable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
distinguishable · ill-defined · undetectable (antonym(s) of “not capable of being perceived”) · invisible (antonym(s) of “not capable of being perceived”) · fuzzy (antonym(s) of) · indistinct
Deriveds
indistinguishableness · indistinguishably
Relateds
Translations (23)
pl nieodróżnialny (not distinguishable) · ca indistingible (not distinguishable) · hu megkülönböztethetetlen (not distinguishable) · bg неразличим (not distinguishable) · be неадметны (not distinguishable) · gl indistinguible (not distinguishable) · el πανομοιότυπος (not distinguishable) · nl niet te onderscheiden (not distinguishable) · cs nerozlišitelný (not distinguishable) · el φτυστός (not distinguishable) · fr indistinguible (not distinguishable) · es indistinguible (not distinguishable) · ro indistingibil (not distinguishable) · fr indistinguable (not distinguishable) · gl indistinguíbel (not distinguishable) · ro nedistingibil (not distinguishable) · ka განუსხვავებელი (not distinguishable) · el ολόιδιος (not distinguishable) · nl ononderscheidbaar (not distinguishable) · pt indistinguível (not distinguishable) · be нераспазнавальны (not distinguishable) · ru неразличи́мый (not distinguishable) · fi mahdoton erottaa (not distinguishable)