ambiguous
US /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/
・UK /æmˈbɪgjuəs/
B1
adjective
- Able to be understood in more than one way
- Having more than one possible meaning or interpretation when applied to grammar or language.
- Having an unclear or mixed intent.
- Unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
- Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
- Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.
Examples
The paragraph is rendered ambiguous by the writer's careless use of pronouns.
I suspected that he was being deliberately ambiguous.