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vagueness

[vayg-nis] / ˈveɪg nɪs /


NOUN
indistinctness
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Whether the vagueness of the rules are by design to leave it open to transgender women or a sign of an oversight that genuinely needs tightening up is not clear.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Ms. Majok captures the sardonic tone of the book as it depicts the inadequacy and vagueness endemic to treatment of psychological problems at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“It addresses the vagueness and all the specific questions we have as providers,” Epstein, the Little Rock doctor, said.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

The Department of Justice exploited that vagueness when it convinced a grand jury last October to charge James with bank fraud.

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

Those small changes wrought an undue transformation, replacing his dreamy vagueness with a hunting intensity.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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