This meeting is a waste of time. Everybody is just talking in vague theoretical terms.
Source: tatoeba (22142)
Vague
/veɪɡ/
Synonyms for "vague" (380 found)
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Closest matches (76)
Strong matches (114)
dreamydullemptyequivocalerraticetherealeuphemismevasiveexpressionlessfaintfeaturelessfeeblefilmyfinefine drawnfine-drawnfinespunfitfulflimsyfoggy
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formlessfrailfrivolousfuzzygauzygeneralgeneralizedgenericgirlishgossamergracilegratuitoushalf-seenhalf-visiblehaphazardhazyhiddenhit-or-missill-definedimmethodicalimperceptibleimprecisein doubtinaccurateinchoateincoherentinconspicuousinconstantindecisiveindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindiscriminateindistinctindistinguishableinexactinexplicitinforminsubstantialintangibleirregularirresolutekaleidoscopiclacylaxlightloose
Adjective(31 words)
eco-friendlyelusiveeuphemisticfaintfalse wordingfuzzierfuzzier logicfuzziestfuzzy controlfuzzy decision makingfuzzy logicfuzzy logic inferencefuzzy reasoningfuzzyishgauziergelatinoushazierhazyill defined problemill defined task
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impreciseimprecise reasoningimprecise termimprecise wordinginarticulateindefiniteindistinctindistinct soundindistinct speechinexact unitloose system
Adjective(10 words)
Noun(2 words)
fuzzy logicsindefinite determiner
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Adjective(45 words)
loosermuddymurkiestnebularnoncommittalnondescriptiveobscureobtuseobtuserrhetorical ambiguityroughershadowysketchiersmudgysoggiersquishyunclearunclear criteriaunclear dataunclear diagram
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unclear dictionunclear sequenceunclear speechunclear stepsunclear termsunclear vowelsunclearerunclearestundefinedundetailedunfocused discussionuninformativeuninformative commentunmathematicalunresolved conflictunspecifiedunspecified programwatery explanationweak explanationwispywoolierwooliestwoollierwoolliestwooly
low profilelow-profilelumpenmeagremealy-mouthedmeaninglessmerely glimpsedmisshapenmistymuddymurkymushynebulousneutralnondescriptnonspecificnonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformobscure
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occultopaqueorderlessout of focuspalepaperyplanlesspromiscuouspuzzledquestionablerandomrarerarefiedroughsemivisiblesenselessshadowed forthshadowyshapelessshroudedsketchyslenderslenderishslightslight-madeslimslimmishslinkysmallspasmodicsporadicstochasticstragglingstragglysubconscioussubliminalsubtlesveltesweepingsylphlikesystemlesstenebroustenuousthinthin-bodiedthin-setthin-spunthinnishthreadliketranscendentunarrangeduncertainuncharacterizedunclassifiedunclearundecidedundefinedundestinedundeterminedundifferentiatedundirectedunexplainedunfixedungradedunintelligibleunjoinedunmethodicalunorderedunorganizedunplainunrecognizableunresolvedunsettledunsortedunspecificunspecifiedunsubstantialunsymmetricalunsystematicununiformvacantvacillatingvacuousvaporousvaporyveiledwanderingwasp waistedwasp-waistedwateredwatered downwatered-downwaterywaveringweakwidewillowywiredrawnwishy-washywispy
Noun(15 words)
Verb(3 words)
Adverb(1 words)
non descriptive phrase
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6 entriesambiguous termblurred edgeimprecise metricindefinite descriptionindistinct silhouetteunspecified quantity
Collocations
6 entriesvague descriptionvague explanationvague ideavague memoryvague notionvague term
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
28 total sentences available.
I have a very vague idea of what you are talking about.
Source: tatoeba (24769)
It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese.
Source: tatoeba (28193)
The vague rumor proved to be false.
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