ill-defined
Example Sentences
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The space was dark, ill defined, the edges fading into misty nothingness — the antithesis of the sharply defined spaces my friend preferred.
From Nature • Jul. 21, 2020
Size-distributions of pandemics, floods, forest fires, earthquakes, wars, terrorist attacks, crimes and IT investments, e.g., have no population mean, or the mean is ill defined due to infinite variance.
From Salon • Jul. 5, 2020
But little in medicine is as ill defined or as anecdotal as addiction treatment.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019
It's about those here legally, with green cards, who commit an offense that is ill defined.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2018
When they become displaced or their outlines become doubtful and ill defined, it is fair to suppose that the water is getting low or is even entirely dried up.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.
