ambiguity
doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity;an ambiguity of manner.
an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities;the ambiguities of modern poetry.
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- non·am·bi·gu·i·ty, noun, plural non·am·bi·gu·i·ties.
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How to use ambiguity in a sentence
Juries are faced with similar ambiguities when it comes to physical injury.
On and on the argument went, 21st century minds seeking to comprehend the meaning of 18th century ambiguities.
Obama Will Lose Recess Appointment Case, but Will Other Presidents Lose Their Power? | Andrew Cohen | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPhoenix conveys the ambiguities of his character with great finesse.
Cannes Diary: James Gray’s ‘The Immigrant,’ Starring Marion Cotillard, Shines | Richard Porton | May 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMooney makes various acknowledgements of scientific uncertainties and ambiguities.
Negotiations on resolving the overall crisis are more important and the ambiguities in the Iranian letter are intriguing.
Iran's Offer to Talk About Its Nuclear Program Eases Tension For Now | Michael Adler | February 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Have not things the most venerable, the most sacred, the most divine, been obscured by the ambiguities of language?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)But the word Reasoning, again, like most other scientific terms in popular use, abounds in ambiguities.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillBarring ambiguities in the terms "muscular" and "bodily," it seems to be an excellent definition.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyReference to the terms "subjective" and "objective" will, perhaps, raise a cloud of ambiguities.
Essays in Experimental Logic | John DeweyThe second verse brings us to one of the ambiguities of the passage.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians | James Denney
British Dictionary definitions for ambiguity
/ (ˌæmbɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ) /
the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples
vagueness or uncertainty of meaning: there are several ambiguities in the situation
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