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noun
The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: ambiguousness, ambiguity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colexification
noun
Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
indistinctness of shape or character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness
noun
unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unclearness
Narrower terms: haziness
History
Etymology tree English vague Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English vagueness From vague + -ness.
Across languages
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
