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   What does vagueness mean?

   • 3. Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct: saw a vague outline of a building through the fog. 4. Indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy: a vague uneasiness. [French, from Old French, wandering, from Latin vagus.] vague′ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What does vague mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! VAGUE definition: 1. not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: 2. not clear in shape, or not clearly…. Learn more.

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   What is a colloquial expression of vagueness?

   • In colloquial English, x is a vagueness expression used only by those familiar with mathematics and variables. For instance, 'C cannot remember the exact number, but knows it was some definite figure.' Similarly, 'n' is used in the same way. There was lack of concord typical of colloquial English in the conversation. M was more a belch than a hesitation.

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   What is vague language?

   • Vague language is very common, especially in speaking. We often add words and phrases such as about, kind of, sort of, and that kind of thing to make what we say less factual and direct: … She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. I have only a vague memory of the house where I lived as a child.

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   What does it mean if your directions are vague?

   • Vagueness is a state of being unclear or uncertain. The vagueness of your directions won't be very helpful to the lost pedestrian who's trying to find the closest subway station. If your parents ask what time you went to bed, you might say “nine-ish” and hope they don’t question your vagueness.

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   How do you know if a feeling is vague?

   • If something such as a feeling is vague, you experience it only slightly. He was conscious of that vague feeling of irritation again. He had a vague impression of rain pounding on the packed earth. A vague shape or outline is not clear and is therefore not easy to see. He looked at her vague shape through the frosted glass.

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   VAGUENESS definition: 1. the quality of not being clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: 2. behaviour that…. Learn more.

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     VAGUENESS meaning: 1. the quality of not being clearly...

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   The meaning of VAGUE is not clearly expressed : stated in indefinite terms. How to use vague in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vague.

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   VAGUE definition: 1. not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: 2. not clear in shape, or not clearly…. Learn more.

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   Vague definition: not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed. See examples of VAGUE used in a sentence.

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   Define vagueness. vagueness synonyms, vagueness pronunciation, vagueness translation, English dictionary definition of vagueness. adj. vagu·er , vagu·est 1. Not clear in meaning or expression; inexplicit. See Synonyms at ambiguous. 2. Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly: "Most...

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   noun. unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning. “these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey” see more. noun. indistinctness of shape or character. “the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner” see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.

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   4 meanings: 1. (of statements, meaning, etc) not explicit; imprecise 2. not clearly perceptible or discernible; indistinct 3..... Click for more definitions.