ambiguous
[adjective]
Synonyms: unclear, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, obscure, vague

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Antonyms: explicit
Contrasted words: clear, lucid, perspicuous, categorical, express, specific
Related Words: doubtful, dubious, questionable

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

am‧big‧u‧ous AC /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: ambiguity; adverb: ambiguously ≠ unambiguously; adjective: ambiguous ≠ unambiguous]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: ambiguus, from ambigere 'to wander around', from ambi- (AMBI-) + agere 'to drive']
something that is ambiguous is unclear, confusing, or not certain, especially because it can be understood in more than one way Antonym : unambiguous:
The language in the Minister’s statement is highly ambiguous.
His role in the affair is ambiguous.
—ambiguously adverb:
The legislation had been ambiguously worded.

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In everyday English, people also use the phrase you can take something two ways instead of saying it is ambiguous:
■ What she says is ambiguous. ➔ You can take what she says two ways.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ambiguous
adj.
VERBS be | remain | make sth, render sth The paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns.
ADV. highly, very | rather, slightly, somewhat | deliberately, intentionally I suspected that he was being deliberately ambiguous.

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