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vagueness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fogginess, fuzziness, blurriness, indistinctness, softness |
| Derivation | vague |
the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner.
vagueness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unclearness |
| Has types | haziness |
| Derivation | vague |
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.
Examples of vagueness
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The deliberate vagueness seems to be an attempt to paper over that yawning gulf.
From the guardian.co.uk
One weakness in the constitution is its vagueness about how this should be done.
From the economist.com
A number of arguments are presented in favor of the void for vagueness doctrine.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Fourth, that the vagueness of the advert's terms was no insurmountable obstacle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Amazon irritated its corporate customers with the vagueness of its early updates.
From the economist.com
The vagueness of the deal regarding border restrictions disappointed many Gazans.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They flatter the woolly-minded by telling them vagueness is a virtue, not a vice.
From the scienceblogs.com
For some listeners, at least, the result is an uneasy feeling of aural vagueness.
From the time.com
Voters, too, don't seem prepared to reconcile themselves to Romney's vagueness.
From the businessweek.com
- 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"
- Indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"
- The term vagueness denotes a property of concepts (especially predicates). A concept is vague: * if the concept's extension is unclear; * if there are objects which one cannot say with certainty whether they belong to a group of objects which are identified with this concept or which exhibit ...
- The condition of being unclear; vague; Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness
- The type of imprecision in which a term has borderline cases to which it is unclear whether it applies.
- Virtually in all contexts speakers may use 'vague' expressions, that is, expressions that do not have well-defined referents, or which refer to fuzzy sets. ...
- The application of truth conditions for some properties is cut and dry; for properties with fuzzy boundary conditions, however, the truth conditions are vague. The two canonical examples are baldness and the Sorites (heap) argument. Put one grain of sand on a table, is it a heap? No. ...
- Lacking clear expression, having imprecise meaning, or stated in indefinite legal terms; e.g., alimony statutes are inherently vague because they are applied on a discretionary basis with almost infinite variations.
