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vagueness

DEFINITIONS OF: vagueness

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n unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

“the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
“these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey”
Types:
haziness
vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined
Type of:
unclearness
incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear

n indistinctness of shape or character

“the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner”
Type of:
blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness
the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
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