Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning;
- Example: "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"- Example: "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"2.
indistinctness of shape or character;
- Example: "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vagueness \Vague"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being vague.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vagueness
n 1: 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"
2: indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the
swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"