am'biguousness
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ambiguous (æmˈbɪɡjʊəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having more than one possible interpretation or meaning |
| 2. | difficult to understand or classify; obscure |
| [C16: from Latin ambiguus going here and there, uncertain, from ambigere to go around, from | |
| am'biguously | |
| —adv | |
| am'biguousness | |
| —n | |
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