Indistinctness

Indistinctness
Indistinctness In`dis*tinct"ness, n. The quality or condition of being indistinct; lack of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision. [1913 Webster]

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