Synonyms for vagueness
vague·ness

Princeton's WordNet

1. vaguenessnoun

   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. vaguenessnoun

   indistinctness of shape or character

   "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"

Matched Categories

1. • Indistinctness
   • Unclearness

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1. vaguenessnoun

   Synonyms:
   indefiniteness, ambiguity, obscurity, uncertainty

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1. List of paraphrases for "vagueness":

   imprecision, inaccuracy, ambiguity, blur, mystery, vague, uncertainty

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How to use vagueness in a sentence?

1. Beranrd Levin:

   Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

2. China President Joerg Wuttke:

   Such vagueness creates a great deal of uncertainty for business, as it implicitly leaves the Chinese government with the option of undermining foreign market access based on unclear and broad national security considerations.

3. Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin:

   I believe in the old theory of deterrence, in vagueness lies the best deterrence.