undifferentiated

adjective

Not differentiated; not different; alike.

Less commonScrabble 24

Meanings

adjectiveundifferentiated (comparative more undifferentiated, superlative most undifferentiated)

comparative more undifferentiated · superlative most undifferentiated

  1. Not differentiated; not different; alike.
    1 more example

    If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it.

    2023 November 9, Christopher Ingram, ““Weathergami” charts paint new portrait of Minnesota climate”, in Minnesota Reformer

    Synonyms: nondifferentiated · Antonyms: differentiated

    1. biologyDescribing tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.

      This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes.

      2022 May 7, Liang En Wee, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Jean Xiang-Ying Sim, May Kyawt Aung, Aung Myat Oo, et al., “Dengue and COVID-19: Managing Undifferentiated Febrile Illness during a ‘Twindemic’”, in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, →DOI

      Synonyms: nondifferentiated · Antonyms: differentiated

    2. biologyDescribing a plant body where the vascular tissue has not developed, as in the thallophytes.

      Synonyms: nondifferentiated · Antonyms: differentiated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot differentiated; not different; alike.

adjectiveDescribing tissues where the individual cells have not yet developed mature or distinguishing features, or describes embryonic organisms where the organs cannot be identified.

adjectiveDescribing a plant body where the vascular tissue has not developed, as in the thallophytes.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot differentiated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishdifferentiated
  9. Englishundifferentiated

From un- + differentiated.

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Translations

Finnish erilaistumaton
  • erilaistumatonin biology
Greek αδιαφοροποίητος, αδιαφοροποίητος
  • αδιαφοροποίητος (adiaforopoíitos)in biology
  • αδιαφοροποίητος (adiaforopoíitos)in botany
  • αδιαφοροποίητος (adiaforopoíitos)not differentiated
Italian indifferenziato, indifferenziato
  • indifferenziatoin biology
  • indifferenziatoin botany
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APA

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MLA

“undifferentiated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undifferentiated. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undifferentiated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undifferentiated.

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