undistinguishable

UK/ˌʌndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/

adjective

Imperceptible; indistinct.

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Meanings

adjectiveundistinguishable (comparative more undistinguishable, superlative most undistinguishable)

comparative more undistinguishable · superlative most undistinguishable

  1. Indistinguishable.
    1 more example

    Here I obtained the rare and beautiful swallow-tail butterflies, Papilio aenomaus and P. liris; the males of which are quite unlike each other, and belong in fact to distinct sections of the genus, while the females are so much alike that they are undistinguishable on the wing, and to an uneducated eye equally so in the cabinet.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 297

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot capable of being distinguished or 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. Englishdistinguish
  9. Englishdistinguishable
  10. Englishundistinguishable

From un- + distinguishable.

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APA

undistinguishable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistinguishable

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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