Definition of "obscure" []

• Deficient in light; dark. (adjective)
• So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct. See Synonyms at dark. (adjective)
• Indistinctly heard; faint. (adjective)
• Linguistics Having the reduced, neutral sound represented by schwa (ə). (adjective)
• Far from centers of human population: an obscure village. (adjective)

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• "Now, in that which you call the obscure indefinite sense of the word MATTER, it is plain, by your own confession, there was included no idea at all, no sense except an unknown sense; which is the same thing as none."
• "Now, in that which you call the obscure indefinite sense of the word Matter, it is plain, by your own confession, there was included no idea at all, no sense except an unknown sense; which is the same thing as none."
• "In fact, it should come to pass that the word "obscure" should be removed from the pop music lexicon-it's always been an impossible task to keep up with every musician creating new, vital music, but today that ideal seems like a hopeless throwback to a time when much of society i.e."