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Indirect vs. Undirect — What's the Difference?

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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