Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.

    Near-synonyms: ambiguousness, ambiguity

    Unklarheit, Vagheit, Verschwommenheit

    неопределённостьneopredeljónnostʹ, расплы́вчатостьrasplývčatostʹ

  2. (countable)Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.

More definitions
  • indistinctness of shape or character
  • unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The law was criticized for its vagueness.

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  2. She complained about the vagueness of the instructions.

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  3. The vagueness of the definition is a further cause for concern.

    ruРасплывчатость определения — ещё одна причина для беспокойства.

    deDie Nebelhaftigkeit der Definitionen ist ein weiterer Grund zur Beunruhigung.

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  4. "If you cannot express exactly what you need to get across, that shows there's confusion or vagueness in your thinking," Boissiere said.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
condition of being unclear:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
condition of being unclear:

Forms

plural: vaguenesses
Singularvagueness
Pluralvaguenesses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedvague

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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