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Synonyms for unclear
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Princeton's WordNet
ill-defined, unclearadjective
poorly stated or described
"he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts"
Synonyms:
unreadable, undecipherable, indecipherable, ill-definedAntonyms:
trenchant, limpid, broad, vivid, crystal clear, unmistakable, clear, perspicuous, luculent, prima facie, unsubtle, legible, lucid, clear-cut, pellucid, distinctunclearadjective
not clear to the mind
"the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"
Synonyms:
unreadable, undecipherable, indecipherable, ill-definedAntonyms:
vivid, luculent, lucid, legible, broad, unsubtle, distinct, prima facie, unmistakable, perspicuous, clear, crystal clear, limpid, pellucid, clear-cut, trenchantindecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadableadjective
not easily deciphered
"indecipherable handwriting"
Synonyms:
unreadable, undecipherable, indecipherable, ill-definedAntonyms:
clear, distinct, pellucid, unsubtle, vivid, perspicuous, crystal clear, clear-cut, lucid, limpid, unmistakable, trenchant, legible, broad, prima facie, luculent
Editors Contribution
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Submitted by CrownKiwi on September 24, 2020
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#907 | clear | |
#1640 | dark | |
#6878 | confused | |
#9748 | fuzzy | |
#10949 | confusing | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12929 | unclear | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14437 | vague | |
#14685 | inaccurate | |
#17795 | ambiguous | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#23615 | blurred | |
#36486 | blurry | |
#40190 | unreadable | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#53910 | imprecise | |
#131298 | indecipherable | |
#136654 | unspecific | |
#260012 | undecipherable |
How to use unclear in a sentence?
What we know from research on previous pandemics is that psychological distress is increased when leaders provide inconsistent, unclear and non-scientifically based information to the people that they lead, these inconsistent messages drive up stress and distress.
Potentially, it can restore the erectile function, but the exact mechanism is still unclear.
Economist Andrzej Szczepaniak at Barclays:
As the impact from the referendum result sets in, and already elevated levels of uncertainty spiral higher as the UK's post-exit relationship with the EU and the rest of the world remains unclear in the near term, confidence levels are likely to fall further.
It's unclear how Western countries will be able to access sufficient rubles to fund gas imports, or even whether they'd be willing to pay in rubles, the measures taken by Russia may also be interpreted as provocative and may increase the possibility that Western nations tighten sanctions on Russian energy.
The circumstances of this brutal attack are still unclear and no effort will be spared to shed light on what happened.
Translations for unclear
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- няясныBelarusian
- неясенBulgarian
- nejasnýCzech
- undeutlich, unklarGerman
- αδιευκρίνιστοςGreek
- monitulkintainen, epäselväFinnish
- homályos, ködös, tisztázatlanHungarian
- 不明Japanese
- нејасенMacedonian
- niejasnyPolish
- confusoPortuguese
- neclarRomanian
- непонятный, нечёткий, неясныйRussian
- nejasan, нејасанSerbo-Croatian
- nejasnýSlovak
- nejasenSlovene
- தெளிவாகTamil
- belirsizTurkish
- неяснийUkrainian
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