Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not clearly defined; not explicit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not clear, in any sense of that word.
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- adjective
Ambiguous ;liable to more than oneinterpretation . - adjective Not
clearly orexplicitly defined . - adjective Not easy to
see orread ;indecipherable orunreadable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not clear to the mind
- adjective poorly stated or described
- adjective not easily deciphered
Etymologies
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Examples
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The circumstances of the crash remain unclear, Johnson said.
Pr. Geo.'s police say 2 injured fleeing Washington Post editors 2010
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The circumstances of that crash remain unclear, Johnson said.
Crash after Md. home invasion Washington Post Editors 2010
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But I think what's unclear is the level of endorsement that these discussions have from the very senior leadership, meaning Mullah Omar, who's hiding in Pakistan.
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Though circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, the family is said to have leapt from their apartment in La Verriere to the parking lot below after a woman awoke to see her husband moving about the room while nude.
Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment Curtis M. Wong 2010
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Though circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, the family is said to have leapt from their apartment in La Verriere to the parking lot below after a woman awoke to see her husband moving about the room while nude.
Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But I think what's unclear is the level of endorsement that these discussions have from the very senior leadership, meaning Mullah Omar, who's hiding in Pakistan.
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I nonetheless remain unclear who exactly you mean by "we" and how you propose to persuade NASA or Congress to do things the way you suggest.
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Editor's note: Of course, NOMAD was once again unclear in what it was telling its users, so this update to explain and clarify last night's update was sent out:
Offsite Access To NOMAD Is About To Change (Or is it?) - NASA Watch 2009
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But I think what's unclear is the level of endorsement that these discussions have from the very senior leadership, meaning Mullah Omar, who's hiding in Pakistan.
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Though circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, the family is said to have leapt from their apartment in La Verriere to the parking lot below after a woman awoke to see her husband moving about the room while nude.
Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment Curtis M. Wong 2010
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