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unambiguous

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un·am·big·u·ous  (nm-bgy-s)
adj.
Having or exhibiting no ambiguity or uncertainty; clear.

unam·bigu·ous·ly adv.

unambiguous [ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs]
adj
not ambiguous; clear an unambiguous message
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unambiguousunambiguous - having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
clear - readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
2.unambiguousunambiguous - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unambiguous - having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
Translations
unambiguous [ˈʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] ADJinequívoco
unambiguous [ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] adjsans ambiguïté
unambiguous
adj, unambiguously
unambiguous [ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] adjnon ambiguo/a, inequivocabile
unambiguous [ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] adjnon ambiguo/a, inequivocabile


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The building trades asserted its position in unambiguous terms, and all San Francisco was in turmoil.
Every psychical phenomenon is characterized by what the scholastics of the Middle Ages called the intentional (also the mental) inexistence of an object, and what we, although with not quite unambiguous expressions, would call relation to a content, direction towards an object (which is not here to be understood as a reality), or immanent objectivity.
 
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