Vagueness Definition & Meaning

vagueness
noun
  1. unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"
  2. indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"

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