Meaning of indistinguishable in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌɪndəˈstɪnɡwəʃəb(ə)l/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    indistinguishable

    Definitions

    1. exactly alike

    Examples

    • « incapable of being perceived as different »
    • « rows of identical houses »
    • « cars identical except for their license plates »
    • « they wore indistinguishable hats »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    indistinguishable

    Definitions

    1. not capable of being distinguished or differentiated

    Examples

    • « the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable »
    • « the twins were indistinguishable »
    • « a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the col »

    Antonyms

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  • « Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. »
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  • « I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. »
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