Equivocal - 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: open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his
conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the
union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
3: uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from
bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"