gray area
Indeterminate territory, undefined position, neither here nor there. For example, There's a large gray area between what is legal and what is not. This term, which uses gray in the sense of “neither black nor white” (or halfway between the two), dates only from the mid-1900s.
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How to use gray area in a sentence
In all likelihood, the pronouncement of death will likely include even more gray area in the future.
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Boss is an expert in this gray area, where an unlucky few must spend their lives.
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This is in a gray area between black and white, and it is somewhat nebulous to pin it down to a precise percentage dimension.
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