vagueness
NounUS[veyg-nis]/ˈveɪɡnɪs/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (2)
- 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”Type of unclearnessKinds haziness
- indistinctness of shape or character“the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner”Type of indistinctness, softness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Vague′ness noun
The quality or state of being vague.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54