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un·clear    Audio Help   (ŭn-klîr')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   un·clear·er, un·clear·est
Not clearly defined; not explicit.

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unclear 
c.1300, "not easy to understand," from un- (1) "not" + clear (adj.). Cf. M.Du. onclaer, Du. onklaar, Ger. unklar, O.N. uklarr, Dan. uklar, Swed. oklar. Of persons, in sense of "uncertain, doubtful," it is recorded from 1671. Uncleared is recorded from 1637 in ref. to debts, 1772 in ref. to land.

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