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vagueness

[vayg-nis] / ˈveɪg nɪs /


NOUN
indistinctness
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Or perhaps the vagueness stems from casting a mish-mash of Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese and American actors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

“It addresses the vagueness and all the specific questions we have as providers,” Epstein, the Little Rock doctor, said.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Until now there has been a deliberate vagueness about what France regards as its "vital interests", an attack on which would trigger a nuclear response.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

A U.S. official stressed to us the vagueness of that formulation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 17, 2026

The vagueness was gone as suddenly as it had come.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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