grey

UK (US gray)

/greɪ/ adjective

Definition

COLOUR › being a colour that is a mixture of black and white: grey clouds

HAIR › having hair that has become grey or white: She went grey in her thirties.

WEATHER › cloudy and not bright: a cold, grey morning

BORING › not interesting or attractive: Life was grey and tedious.

grey area › something which people are not certain about, usually because there are no clear rules for it

(Definition of grey adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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