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ambiguous
adjectivePronunciation
æmˈbɪɡjuəs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having more than one possible meaning
adjective
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
adjective
- having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
Example sentences
ambiguous words
frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
an equivocal statement
the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
popularity is an equivocal crown
an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference
ambiguous inkblots