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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Liable to more than one interpretation: ambiguous, cloudy, inexplicit, nebulous, obscure, uncertain, unclear, vague. See CERTAIN, CLEAR. 2. Not affording certainty: ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain, unclear, unsure. Informal : iffy. Idioms: at issue, in doubt, in question. See CERTAIN, CLEAR. 3. Deliberately ambiguous or vague: evasive. See CLEAR. 4. Of dubious character: doubtful, questionable, shady, suspect, suspicious, uncertain. Informal : fishy. See HONEST.
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