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un·am·big·u·ous

(ŭn′ăm-bĭg′yo͞o-əs)

adj.

Having or exhibiting no ambiguity or uncertainty; clear.

un′am·big′u·ous·ly adv.

unambiguous

(ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs)

adj

not ambiguous; clear: an unambiguous message.

un•am•big•u•ous

(ˌʌn æmˈbɪg yu əs)
adj.

not ambiguous; clear.

[1750–55]

un`am•big′u•ous•ly, adv.

un`am•big′u•ous•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	unambiguous - 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.	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" unequivocal, univocal unambiguous - having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

unambiguous

adjective

1. Clearly defined; not ambiguous:

clear, distinct, sharp, unequivocal, unmistakable.

2. Clearly, fully, and sometimes emphatically expressed:

categorical, clear, clear-cut, decided, definite, explicit, express, positive, precise, specific, unequivocal.

Translations

unambiguous

[ˈʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] ADJ → inequívoco

unambiguous

[ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] adj → sans ambiguïté

unambiguous

adj, unambiguously

adv → eindeutig, unzweideutig

unambiguous

[ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjʊəs] adj → non ambiguo/a, inequivocabile

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Here is an express power given, in clear and unambiguous terms, to the State Executives, to fill casual vacancies in the Senate, by temporary appointments; which not only invalidates the supposition, that the clause before considered could have been intended to confer that power upon the President of the United States, but proves that this supposition, destitute as it is even of the merit of plausibility, must have originated in an intention to deceive the people, too palpable to be obscured by sophistry, too atrocious to be palliated by hypocrisy.

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The building trades asserted its position in unambiguous terms, and all San Francisco was in turmoil.

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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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Ponnamperuma says his own work with Murchison-derived chemicals provided "the first unambiguous evidence of extraterrestrial amino acids" and, more recently, the presence of all five nucliec acid bases (SN:9/3/83, p.

Clue to life's cellular origins

The suit says that the Giants' lease with the Sports Authority has clear and unambiguous provisions that forbid any operations at the Meadowlands Sports Complex that are incompatible with, or in competition with, or in conflict with Giants Game Day operations.

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If the brightness and spectral characteristics of supernovas could be firmly determined, they could offer astrophysicists and cosmologists valuable markers for unambiguous determinations of the distances to the galaxies where they happen.

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President Trump agreed with Prime Minister May that the Government of the Russian Federation must provide unambiguous answers regarding how this chemical weapon, developed in Russia, came to be used in the United Kingdom," the White House said in a brief statement on the call.

Trump: Russia must provide answers on chemical attack

It is very important that leaders act urgently to repair the damage done by these pardons, and to do so, to undo this damage in a way that is clear, comprehensive and unambiguous, in as clear, unambiguous, and urgent manner as possible," said US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee in Skopje Thursday.

"In all my meetings yesterday and today, we talked about the April 12 pardons by the President, which in our view, undermine the rule of law and the principle of accountability

Lot 3 - unambiguous measure of resistance R4013 (or equivalent) - 1 units.

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The pledge in the Conservative manifesto said: "We have to send a serious, unambiguous message that carrying a knife is totally unacceptable, so we will make it clear that anyone convicted of a knife crime can expect to face a prison sentence.

just 1 in 5 knife thugs sent to jail; Tories break 2010 election promise

No wishy-washy verbiage full of caveats but clear, unambiguous advice.

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Summary: Following Spain's initial and unambiguous support for doing away with visa obligations for UAE nationals, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, has publicly supported this initiative.