ill-defined

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“The role is ill-defined by design,” said Kanekar, whose advisory business has seen a surge of interest from organizations looking to replicate the Palantir model over the past six months.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

According to reports, these include OpenAI going public or achieving artificial general intelligence, a sometimes ill-defined standard of AI capability that more closely matches human-level ability.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The threat of a looming, if ill-defined, stand-off with Russia has become part of France's national discourse.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

In the filing, Keenan appeared to question the government’s evidence relating to a reported “blunt head injury,” calling it “vague and ill-defined even at trial.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

At this stage in her life Briony inhabited an ill-defined transitional space between the nursery and adult worlds which she crossed and recrossed unpredictably.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan