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Indistinctness

The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.

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Dimness 76% connected

The state or quality / being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.

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Faintness 76% connected

The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

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Vagueness 76% connected

The quality or state of being vague.

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Opacity 76% connected

The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.

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Opaqueness 76% connected

The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.

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Blurry 74% connected

Full of blurs; blurred.

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Blurry 74% connected

Full of blurs; blurred.

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Fogginess 92% connected

The state of being foggy.

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Softness 92% connected

The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Autotype noun · 78% connection

A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Becloud verb · 78% connection

To cause obscurity or dimness to; to dim; to cloud.

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Bion p. pr. · 78% connection

The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological indivi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Blear verb · 78% connection

Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim.

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Blind verb · 78% connection

To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Caligation noun · 78% connection

Dimness; cloudiness.

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Caliginous adjective · 78% connection

Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Caligo noun · 78% connection

Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

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Chilled adjective · 78% connection

Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."

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Comprehension noun · 78% connection

an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyon…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Confuse verb · 78% connection

To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to conf…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Definitude noun · 78% connection

Definiteness.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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Depicture verb · 78% connection

To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: condition, indistinct, want, definiteness, dimness.
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