/ˌɪn.dɪˈstɪŋkt/
adjective
not distinguishing clearly
not clear: adjective
not distinguishing clearly
( Not clear or sharply defined. )
‘his speech was slurred and indistinct’
Mulla Nasrudin listened very attentively while a stranger told a long story in the coffee-house.
But the man spoke so indistinctly and muffed his punchline so badly
that the story was not funny at all, and except for the Mulla no one
laughed. But the Mulla laughed heartily.
“Why did you laugh, Nasrudin?” I asked him afterwards when the stranger had left.
“I always do,” replied Nasrudin. “If you don’t laugh, there is always the danger of their telling it over again.”
People have their own reasons. Even laughter is businesslike; even
laughter is economic, political. Even laughter is not just laughter. All
purity is lost. You cannot even laugh in a pure way, in a simple way,
childlike.
And if you cannot laugh in a pure way, you are losing something
tremendously valuable. You are losing your virginity, your purity, your
innocence.
Osho – A Sudden Clash of Thunder
Cambridge Dictionary
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