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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"