nebulousness

Example Sentences

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The nebulousness and abstraction of being an “ally” has led to growing distrust.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2018

Celebrity chefs aren’t anything new, but with the advent of competitive TV cooking, the definition of a “celebrity” chef has expanded to the point of nebulousness.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2017

Uncritical use of the term contributes to its overall nebulousness and makes it increasingly difficult to know what somebody means when they talk about trolling.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2016

There were plenty of critics after the fact, and Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, with Justice Samuel Alito, while siding with the majority, criticizing the nebulousness of the decision’s reasoning.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2015

Yesterday all those dramatic events in the theatre—though not on its stage; to-day their departure from London and their incursion into the reality of that poetic nebulousness from which Cleo had originally emerged.

From Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real by Zangwill, Louis