vagueness

vague  (vg)

adj. vagu·er, vagu·est

1. Not clearly expressed; inexplicit.

2. Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly.

3. Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct: saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.

4. Not clear in meaning or application. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

5. Indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy: a vague uneasiness.

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[French, from Old French, wandering, from Latin vagus.]

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vaguely adv.

vagueness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vagueness - 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" unclearness - incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear haziness - vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined
	2.	vagueness - indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner" blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, fogginess, softness - the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

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vagueness

noun 1. impreciseness, ambiguity, obscurity, looseness, inexactitude, woolliness, undecidedness, lack of preciseness << OPPOSITE preciseness

2. absent-mindedness, abstraction, forgetfulness, confusion, inattention, disorganization, giddiness, dreaminess, befuddlement, empty-headedness

Translations

vagueness [ˈveɪgnɪs] n → vaguedad f; imprecisión f (= absent-mindedness); despiste m

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vagueness [ˈveɪgnɪs] vague n → Unbestimmtheit f