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Vagueness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The condition of being unclear; vague.

n. Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality or state of being vague.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being vague, indefinite, unsettled, or uncertain; ambiguousness; indistinctness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. indistinctness of shape or character

n. unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

Word Usage

"In the interest of eventually achieving an integrated Army he was willing to settle for less than immediate and total integration, but nevertheless he attacked the board for what he called the vagueness of its recommendations."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fogginess blurriness indistinctness softness fuzziness

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

ambiguity inconsistency hesitancy indecision obscurity