Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undistinguishing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: undis-tin-guish-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Failing to distinguish; undiscerning.

Example Sentences

"Nor can we avoid ascribing the undistinguishing and extravagant applause, that has been bestowed upon the style, to the same source of fashion, the rank, the fortune, the connexions of the writer."
"What had she to say that would not humble herself and pain her family; that would not increase her own grief by the confession of it, extend an useless resentment, and perhaps involve the innocent with the guilty in undistinguishing ill-will?"
"It is a simplicity wrought out by knowledge and skill; not the rough product of an undistinguishing, sweeping general principle."

Etymology

From un- + distinguishing.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

more undistinguishing (comparative) most undistinguishing (superlative)

Derived Forms

undistinguishingly

Questions

What does undistinguishing mean?: Failing to distinguish; undiscerning.
Where does undistinguishing come from?: From un- + distinguishing.

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