indiscernible
pronunciation
How to pronounce indiscernible in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪˈsɜ:nəbl]
How to pronounce indiscernible in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪˈsɜrnəbl]
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- Adjective:
- difficult or impossible to perceive or discern
- barely able to be perceived
Word Origin
- indiscernible (adj.)
- 1630s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + discernible. Related: Indiscernibly; indiscernibility.
Example
- 1. My gut twisted in an indiscernible emotion .
- 2. For some indiscernible reason she wants to marry him .
- 3. In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people , but always with indiscernible barbed wire between .
- 4. The distinction between flash fiction and prose poetry is at times very thin , almost indiscernible .
- 5. And the constitution gives to the executive the right to recognize ambassadors ( indiscernible ) .