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ambiguous

adjective

1 ambiguous

Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead:
— The polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates.

synonym: equivocal.

Roget 519: unintelligible, unaccountable, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unknowable, unfathomable; incognizable, inexplicable, inscrutable; inapprehensible, incomprehensible; insolvable, insoluble; impenetrable.    ... show more

Roget 520: equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued etc. (lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate.   

Roget 475: uncertain; casual; random etc. (aimless) 621; changeable etc. 149.    doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, ... show more

Polish: wieloznaczny

2 ambiguous

Having more than one possible meaning.

3 ambiguous

Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns.


Moby thesaurus: Greek to one, agnostic, amalgamated, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, beyond understanding, blended, capricious, chancy, changeable, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, confusable ... show more.

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