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nebulous

adjective

lacking definition or definite content

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
N
Ends with
S
Contains
EBULOU
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈnɛbjʊləs

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. lacking definition or definite content

    “nebulous reasons”

adjective

  1. lacking definite form or limits

    “{'source': 'H.T.Moore', 'text': 'gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion'}”

adjective

  1. of or relating to or resembling a nebula

    “the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system”

In context

Example Sentences

nebulous reasons
{'source': 'Jane Austen', 'text': 'unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be'}
{'source': 'H.T.Moore', 'text': 'gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion'}
nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system

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