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vague::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obscure |
| Derivation | vagueness |
their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear.
vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science.
vague::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | undefined |
| Derivation | vagueness |
vague feelings of sadness.
a vague uneasiness.
Examples of vague
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They have seen a bird and give a few vague details hoping for an identification.
From the stltoday.com
My son Tom was three when Senna died and had only a vague grasp of motor racing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Thus far, none of the women have been named and the accusations have been vague.
From the telegraph.co.uk
When Jim Zorn spoke on the same subject a while later, he wasn't quite so vague.
From the washingtontimes.com
The dates were vague, but I was awed by a family story that began 600 years ago.
From the post-gazette.com
To him its vague tracks and trails mean far more than the pavements of the city.
From the theatlantic.com
The CEOs were criticized for being vague about how they would use bailout funds.
From the latimes.com
From the Europeans, one hears the expected vague, warm rumblings of cooperation.
From the time.com
Some gas retailers have criticized Costco for what they termed its vague policy.
From the lohud.com
- Obscure: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech... ...
- Undefined: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
- Dim: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
- (vaguely) in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily"
- (vagueness) unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"
- (vagueness) indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"
- Vague is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe.
- Catrina Fela (aka Vague) is a character in the Extinctioners comic books.
- "Vague" is the fifth single of the rock band Orgy. It was released on October 12, 2004.
