ambiguous

US /æmˈbɪɡjuəs/

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UK /æmˈbɪgjuəs/

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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.