vague
adjective /veɪɡ/Definition
C1 not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago. The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable C1 not clear in shape, or not clearly seen: Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.Indistinct and invisible C2 describes someone who is not able to think clearly, or who, sometimes as a way of hiding what they really think, does not express their opinions clearly: My aunt is incredibly vague - she can never remember where she's left things. Their report is studiously vague (= intentionally not exact) on future economic prospects.Difficult to understandComplicated and difficult to doPuzzle and confuse vaguely /-li/ adverb › I vaguely remembered having met her before.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable vagueness /-nəs/ noun [U] UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable
(Definition of vague adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- blurred adjective
- circumstantial adjective
- conflicted adjective
- debatable adjective
- definite maybe noun
- dodgy adjective (NOT RELIABLE)
- fuzzy adjective (NOT CLEAR)
- it's early days idiom
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind of idiom
- kinda adverb
- knife edge noun
- sputter verb (ACTIVITY)
- tentative adjective
- tenuous adjective
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go adjective
- uncertain adjective
- unwritten adjective
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