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We are forced to conclude that the lines between military and civilian uses remain sufficiently indistinct to make a potential conflict more likely than not.
THERE’S ONLY ONE SPACE TREATY IN THE WORLD, AND IT’S WOEFULLY OUT OF DATEMICHELLE L.D. HANLON AND GREG AUTRY/THE CONVERSATIONNOVEMBER 28, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEHe saw all the son in its haggard lines; he heard all the son, in those few indistinct sounds.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERIt lay there clear and tranquil, and one could see the swaying of the indistinct green of its banks.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCEIndistinct specimens, apparently consisting of decomposed compact felspar.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGGranular quartz-rock of several varieties: and indistinct specimens of a rock approaching to talc-slate.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGIndistinct specimens of greenstone, with adhering quartz; apparently a primitive rock.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGMoonlight makes the latter appear in indistinct masses, and as if partly covered with snow.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThe river was blotted out, and even the climbing forest seemed indistinct.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSHe remained in this condition for twenty-seven hours, and during that time his speech was indistinct but intelligible.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEYI looked over, but all I saw was an indistinct mass at the bottom, while a few groans of its death-agony reached my ears.
CONFESSIONS OF A THUGPHILIP MEADOWS TAYLORWORDS RELATED TO INDISTINCT
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fine
- gradual
- impalpable
- imponderable
- inappreciable
- inaudible
- inconsiderable
- inconspicuous
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- infinitesimal
- insensible
- insignificant
- intangible
- invisible
- microscopic
- minute
- momentary
- shadowy
- slight
- small
- subtle
- tiny
- trivial
- undetectable
- unnoticeable
- vague
- abnormal
- amorphic
- amorphous
- anomalous
- assymetrical
- baggy
- deformed
- disfigured
- embryonic
- formless
- ill-formed
- inchoate
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- invisible
- irregular
- malformed
- misshapen
- mutilated
- nebulous
- undeveloped
- unformed
- ungraceful
- unmade
- unshapely
- unstructured
- unsymmetrical
- vague
- without character
- without form
- ambiguous
- amorphous
- amphibological
- bewildering
- bleary
- blurred
- cloudy
- dark
- dim
- doubtful
- dreamlike
- dubious
- enigmatic
- equivocal
- faint
- fuzzy
- generalized
- hazy
- ill-defined
- impalpable
- imprecise
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- inexplicable
- lax
- loose
- misunderstood
- muddy
- nebulous
- obscure
- perplexing
- problematic
- puzzling
- questionable
- shadowy
- superficial
- tenebrous
- uncertain
- unclear
- undetermined
- unexplicit
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unsettled
- unspecified
- unsure
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