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nondistinctive

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non⋅dis⋅tinc⋅tive

  [non-di-stingk-tiv]
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–adjective Linguistics.
not serving to distinguish meanings: a nondistinctive difference in sound.
Origin:
1915–20; non- + distinctive

Related forms:
non⋅dis⋅tinc⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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non·dis·tinc·tive   (nŏn'dĭ-stĭngk'tĭv)   
adj.  Not phonemically distinctive; not serving to distinguish meaning.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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