indistinguishable

[ˌɪn.dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩]

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

advanced, other, surrounding

VERB + INDISTINGUISHABLE

seem, twin, twins

INDISTINGUISHABLE + NOUN

--, berbers, conversion, flesh-and-blood, flu, human, magic, therapy

PREP.

from

ADV.

almost, genetically, largely, nearly, utterly, virtually

Definitions

adj

Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct

The banks of the old railway are now so thickly overgrown with trees as to be almost indistinguishable from the surrounding countryside, and the most obvious landmarks are the walls of a bridge over a lane, and stone bridge, still intact, where a cart road crosses the cutting, close to the site of the former Clifton South Junction.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

Not capable of being perceived or known.

noun

Any of a set of things that cannot be distinguished.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — not capable of being distinguished or differentiated

undistinguishable

adjective — exactly alike

identical

Antonyms

distinguishable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

Wiktionary

The twins are indistinguishable from each other.

Tatoeba · #45621

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Tatoeba · #434094

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

Tatoeba · #6094349

"Mary, my shit and the best meatloaf seem to indistinguishable -- by smell that is," said Tom.

Tatoeba · #6890355

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