EGAVE

ambiguous

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 7.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Open to multiple interpretations.
    The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
  2. adjective Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.

Similar words

equivocal enigmatic uncertain ambivalent indeterminate evasive unstructured double-edged left-handed oracular

Often followed by

and in or as position terms term nature words

Word family

ambiguities ambiguity ambiguously ambiguousness ambiguousnesses

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