vagueadjective
uk/veɪɡ/us/veɪɡ/C1 not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided:
I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.
C1 not clear in shape, or not clearly seen:
Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.
C2 A vague person is not able to think clearly, or gives an impression of not thinking clearly in order to hide their real thoughts:
My aunt is incredibly vague - she can never remember where she puts things.
Their report is studiously/deliberately vague on future economic prospects.
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- The rules are vague and open to interpretation.
- I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.
- I had a vague idea that she lived in Liverpool.
- His writings are rather vague on the subject of his marriage.
- Our teacher is so vague and disorganized.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Uncertainty
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- debatable
- definite maybe
- dispute
- joker
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind
- kind of idiom
- kinda
- knife edge
- razor
- shade
- tenuous
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go
- uncertain
- uncertainty
- unclear
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Indistinct & invisible
Difficult to understand
vaguely
adverb uk/ˈveɪɡ.li/us/ˈveɪɡ.li/
I vaguely remembered having met her before.
"He's around somewhere," she said, gesturing vaguely.
vagueness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈveɪɡ.nəs/us/ˈveɪɡ.nəs/
Given the vagueness of the directions, I think we did very well to find the place.