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nebulous

adjective as in confused, obscure

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Unlike private developers, who make binding commitments through the environmental review process, Caltrans made nebulous promises that can’t be easily enforced, he said.

Class issues that reached beyond this nebulous framework began to seep into political discourse.

From Salon

I think the political parties here don’t know how to treat Puerto Ricans because of the nebulous ways in which the country exists.

From Slate

But the sort of memeification of tragedy, in which it's haphazardly cast into a nebulous scion of the “dark humor” genre, feels an altogether ethical sticky terrain.

From Salon

As you ascended the labyrinthine stairs of scaffolding, you’d eventually arrive at the open top level where you’d take in a 360-degree view of Burning Man, which, especially at nighttime, was a visual smorgasbord of swirling lights and nebulous fire.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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