vagueness

vagueness
n
1. impreciseness, inexactness, inexactitude, unspecificity, nonspecificity; ambiguity, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation; dubiousness, doubtfulnes, questionableness; indefiniteness, abstractness, abstruseness, reconditeness; incomprehensibility, impenetrableness, confusion.
2. indistinctness, indeterminateness, undistinguishableness, unintelligibility; faintness, dimness, paleness, weakness, feebleness, imperceptibleness, undecipherableness.
3. obscurity, nebulousness, unclearness, unclarity; haziness, fuzziness, fogginess, blurriness, blurredness, bleariness; cloudiness, opaqueness, filminess, mistiness, smokiness, obfuscation.
4. undecidedness, uncertainty, wishy-washiness, hes-itance, hesitancy; vacillation, wavering, inconstance, inconstancy, fluctuating, fluctuation, shilly-shallying, fence-sitting.

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