Indirect vs. Undirect — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Indirect and Undirect
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Indirect
Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
Undirect
(transitive) To misdirect; mislead.
Indirect
Not proceeding straight to the point or object.
Undirect
Not direct.
Indirect
Not forthright and candid; devious.
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Undirect
To misdirect; to mislead.
Who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest.
Indirect
Not directly planned for; secondary
Indirect benefits.
Undirect
Indirect.
Indirect
Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included
Indirect discourse.
Indirect
(Logic) Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.
Indirect
(Sports) Being an indirect free kick.
Indirect
Not direct
Indirect
Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result
The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.
Indirect
Not focused straight at the target or subject, but by more subtle means
While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.
Se asked him some indirect questions to ascertain whether he was single.
Indirect
Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path
In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination.
Indirect
(finance) An indirect cost.
Indirect
An indirect radiator
Indirect
To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
Indirect
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
Indirect
Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
By what bypaths and indirect, crooked waysI met this crown.
Indirect
Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other.
Indirect
Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
Indirect
Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
Indirect
Having intervening factors or persons or influences;
Reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light
Indirect evidence
An indirect cause
Indirect
Not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination;
Sometimes taking an indirect path saves time
Must take an indirect couse in sailing
Indirect
Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines;
Cousins are collateral relatives
An indirect descendant of the Stuarts
Indirect
Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action;
Making indirect but legitimate inquiries
An indirect insult
Doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind
Though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest
Known as a shady indirect fellow
Indirect
Not as a direct effect or consequence;
Indirect benefits
An indirect advantage
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