Ambiguous - Definition

adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain
nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;
"an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and
equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female
candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased
the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal
crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing
question" [syn: equivocal, ambiguous] [ant:
unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal]
2: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words";
"frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were
unable to assemble the toy" [ant: unambiguous]
3: having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in
conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame
of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"