Bill Clinton spoke in ambiguous language when asked to describe his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
Source: tatoeba (1997)
Ambiguous
/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/
Synonyms for "ambiguous" (300 found)
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Closest matches (60)
Adjective(13 words)
Verb(1 words)
Noun(9 words)
blurringborderlinechaotic orientedcounting confusiondifficult decisiondisarrayingdisorientingdouble meaningequivocating
Strong matches (90)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(38 words)
evidentiary incoherencefalse wordingfaulty phrasingfrustratingfuzzierfuzzier logicfuzziestfuzzyfuzzy controlfuzzy decision makingfuzzy reasoninggrayergrayestgrayishgreyesthazierhaziesthazyill defined problemill defined task
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impreciseimprecise inferenceimprecise wordinginconclusive datainconsistent issueinconsistent resultsindefinableindistinct soundindistinct speechinexact unitinterpretableinterpretativeinterpretive noteslinguistic ambiguitylooseloosermirkymistakable
Noun(7 words)
Verb(5 words)
Related words (150)
mixedmotleymultifacetedmultinationalmultiracialmultivocalmurkymysteriousnuminousobscureopaqueopenoracularoxymoronicparadoxicalpast comprehensionpatchypluralisticpolysemanticpolysemous
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precariousproblematicpromiscuouspuzzlingquestionableramblingscrambledself-contradictoryskepticalsuspectsyncretictenebrousthrown togethertortuoustouch-and-goulteriorunaccountableunambiguousuncertainunclearunconfirmableunconnectedunconvincedundefinedundependableundivinableuneasyunfathomableunforeseeableunintelligibleunknowableunpersuadedunpredictableunprovableunreliableunsearchableunsettledunstableunsureunverifiablevaguevariablevariedwaveringwhimsical
Noun(17 words)
Adjective(62 words)
muddymultivaluedmurkiestmurkynebulosenebulousnondeterministicobscure wordingobtuserperplexingpoor communicationrhetorical ambiguityrisky methodsemantic ambiguitysemantic rangesemidarkshadowysibyllineslipperiestsmudgier
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smudgiestsquishytroublesomeuncertainunclassified dataunclearunclear criteriaunclear dataunclear diagramunclear dictionunclear sequenceunclear speechunclear stepsunclear termsunclearestundefined notationundeterminedunknown variableunlabeled productunmathematicalunreliable data pointunresolvedunresolved conflictunresolved disputeunsettlingunspecificunspecified diagnosisunspecified programvaguevague argumentvague claimvague modifiervague reasoningvague termsvaguervaguestvariable notationweak explanationwoollierwoolliestwoollywooly
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3 entriescommunication qualitylinguistic propertyword quality
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4 entriesambiguous instructionambiguous problemambiguous sentenceambiguous term
Collocations
6 entriesambiguous instructionambiguous phraseambiguous questionambiguous sentenceambiguous statementambiguous wording
Inflections
2 entriesmore ambiguousmost ambiguous
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
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Sample sentences
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What an ambiguous expression!
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The meaning of this sentence is ambiguous.
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The main feature of this scheme is still ambiguous.
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