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vague
adjective as in not definite or clear
Strongest matches
ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, faint, fuzzy, hazy, imprecise, lax, nebulous, obscure, uncertain, unclear, unsure
Weak matches
amorphous, amphibological, bewildering, bleary, blurred, cloudy, dark, dim, doubtful, dreamlike, enigmatic, generalized, ill-defined, impalpable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, loose, misunderstood, muddy, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, questionable, shadowy, superficial, tenebrous, undetermined, unexplicit, unintelligible, unknown, unsettled, unspecified
Example Sentences
The response, said Bader Al-Saif, a professor of history at Kuwait University, was “in the same style of the offer it received — vague and incomplete.”
The bill being vague and founded on the “made-up criteria” of the senators who authored it threatens the health and lives of far more people than those who elect to terminate their pregnancies, she said.
Experts warn the obscure 19th century law at the heart of the debate is vague and “full of loopholes,” worrying some who see repeated deployment as a slippery slope to widespread, long-term military occupations.
The experience impressed two things upon Mahan: a need for accountability and the importance of voters’ lived experience, as opposed to vague promises, abstract notions and politically fashionable statements.
Palestinian statehood is mentioned, but only in the vaguest of terms.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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