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Definition of vagueness in English: vaguenessnoun ˈveɪɡnəsˈveɪɡnəs mass noun1Lack of certainty or distinctness. Sue worries about the vagueness of the plans their vision for reform has been shrouded in vagueness Example sentencesExamples - The vagueness of the crimes and ties between the characters only adds to the baffling nature of the plot.
- The Dickenses were to move house twice during the first two years of Charles's life, and the novelist later recalled Portsmouth with considerable vagueness.
- There were many good memories, but I have a lot of vagueness over the years.
- It was all vagueness, in a hazy holiday benevolence.
- More important than her posture of self-martyring altruism was the vagueness of her masochistic grandiosity.
Synonyms fuzziness, blurriness, indeterminateness, indefiniteness, lack of focus, lack of definition, obscurity, haziness, cloudiness, mistiness, murkiness, fogginess, faintness, shadowiness, dimness, nebulosity, nebulousness, shapelessness, formlessness, amorphousness - 1.1 Lack of preciseness in thought or communication.
the vagueness of terms does nothing to aid understanding there is a certain vagueness in his account that I find troubling Example sentencesExamples - Whilst facilitating the adoption of this model by employers, legislative vagueness about the issue subverts the effectiveness of union resistance.
- Her extensive understanding of war's horror contrasts with the ridiculous vagueness of her father's telegram announcing Victor's wounding.
- His reform strategies tend to be weakened either by vagueness or internal contradiction.
- The 'story', if it can be called that, opens in mystery and proceeds through ambiguity, equivocation, and vagueness.
- The vagueness is what keeps us engaged until the surprise ending.
Synonyms impreciseness, inexactness, lack of precision, ambiguity, woolliness, looseness, unclearness, obscurity, indistinctness, generality, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, haziness, cloudiness, fuzziness, mistiness, lack of definition
Definition of vagueness in US English: vaguenessnounˈveɪɡnəsˈvāɡnəs 1Lack of certainty or distinctness. Sue worries about the vagueness of the plans their vision for reform has been shrouded in vagueness Example sentencesExamples - The Dickenses were to move house twice during the first two years of Charles's life, and the novelist later recalled Portsmouth with considerable vagueness.
- More important than her posture of self-martyring altruism was the vagueness of her masochistic grandiosity.
- The vagueness of the crimes and ties between the characters only adds to the baffling nature of the plot.
- There were many good memories, but I have a lot of vagueness over the years.
- It was all vagueness, in a hazy holiday benevolence.
Synonyms impreciseness, inexactness, lack of precision, ambiguity, woolliness, looseness, unclearness, obscurity, indistinctness, generality, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, haziness, cloudiness, fuzziness, mistiness, lack of definition fuzziness, blurriness, indeterminateness, indefiniteness, lack of focus, lack of definition, obscurity, haziness, cloudiness, mistiness, murkiness, fogginess, faintness, shadowiness, dimness, nebulosity, nebulousness, shapelessness, formlessness, amorphousness - 1.1 Lack of preciseness in thought or communication.
the vagueness of terms does nothing to aid understanding there is a certain vagueness in his account that I find troubling Example sentencesExamples - The vagueness is what keeps us engaged until the surprise ending.
- Her extensive understanding of war's horror contrasts with the ridiculous vagueness of her father's telegram announcing Victor's wounding.
- His reform strategies tend to be weakened either by vagueness or internal contradiction.
- The 'story', if it can be called that, opens in mystery and proceeds through ambiguity, equivocation, and vagueness.
- Whilst facilitating the adoption of this model by employers, legislative vagueness about the issue subverts the effectiveness of union resistance.
Synonyms absent-mindedness, forgetfulness, disorganization, dreaminess, inattention, abstraction, wool-gathering, empty-headedness, giddiness, confusion, befuddlement impreciseness, inexactness, lack of precision, ambiguity, woolliness, looseness, unclearness, obscurity, indistinctness, generality, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, haziness, cloudiness, fuzziness, mistiness, lack of definition
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