ill-defined

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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 title character has "ill-defined powers and nothing especially interesting to do", he added.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

The Treaty of Paris, which was signed in 1783 and ended the American Revolution, left the dividing line between what is now Quebec and New Hampshire ill-defined.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

And characters other than Napoleon and Joséphine are so superficial and ill-defined that again and again you’re left to wonder: Who’s that?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

It struck him at once that she had changed in some ill-defined way.

From "1984" by George Orwell