Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not clearly defined; not explicit.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not clear, in any sense of that word.
Wiktionary
- adj. Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
- adj. Not clearly or explicitly defined.
- adj. Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. not clear to the mind
- adj. poorly stated or described
- adj. not easily deciphered
Etymologies
- From un- + clear. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Editor's note: Of course, NOMAD was once again unclear in what it was telling its users, so this update to explain and clarify last night's update was sent out:”
Offsite Access To NOMAD Is About To Change (Or is it?) - NASA Watch
“I nonetheless remain unclear who exactly you mean by "we" and how you propose to persuade NASA or Congress to do things the way you suggest.”
“But I think what's unclear is the level of endorsement that these discussions have from the very senior leadership, meaning Mullah Omar, who's hiding in Pakistan.”
“Though circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear, the family is said to have leapt from their apartment in La Verriere to the parking lot below after a woman awoke to see her husband moving about the room while nude.”
The Huffington Post: Baby Dies After Family 'Flees Devil' In Paris Apartment
“The circumstances of the crash remain unclear, Johnson said.”
The Washington Post: Pr. Geo.'s police say 2 injured fleeing
“The circumstances of that crash remain unclear, Johnson said.”
“The circumstances surrounding the Sept. 30 death of a 14-year-old Indiana boy remain unclear, but he has been included in reports on this sad issue.”
“The exact reasons remain unclear and the investigation continues.”
Voice of America: Immigrant Leaders Call for Talks After Violence in Australian City
“Outside of that, near-term shutdown and liquidation details remain unclear, and sources were unable to outline a time window for the process. digital music news – Passalong Networks Shutting Down; Top Execs Departing, April 15, 2009”
“He was released on bond and was never prosecuted for reasons that remain unclear, officials say.”
The Washington Post: U.S. was told of American's ties to Pakistani militants
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘unclear’.
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Romanticism
Words to describe art of the Romantic Era
rebel, rebellious, angst, ambiguous, expression, expressionism, attitude, moody, bruisy, fantasy, dark, brooding and 91 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
( open list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/macabrephantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 311 more...
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Introverted
Quiet, shy, Introverted, reserved, isolated, mysterious
abashed, alienated, alone, anonymous, antisocial, ascetic, asocial, austere, autonomous, awkward, bashful, clannish and 91 more...
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Uncle! Uncle!
Uncles, words or phrases with the letters u-n-c-l-e (in that order), and anything avuncular.
uncle, avuncular, Uncle Sam, The Man From U.N...., peduncle, avunculus, say uncle, avunculate, avunculism, patruus, avunculocal, nuncle and 22 more...
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Funny words
Words that have funny sounds or mean funny things
moose, noob, olivary, lubes, sapsuckers, mushroom-headed, grayish-pink, spatula-shaped, comely, slipstream, toad, bulb and 25 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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mysterbey's Words
omit, capacious, enclosure, dusty, ignominious, pensive, pliable, taint, complacency, wabi sabi, esperance, cerebellum and 62 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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