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Vague definition: Not clear in meaning or expression; inexplicit. Origin of Vague From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling, fig. uncertain, vague" ).
2 vague (about something) not having or giving enough information or details about something She's a little vague about her plans for next year. The politicians made vague promises about tax cuts. He was accused of being deliberately vague. We had only a vague description of the attacker. He outlined the policy in vague terms.
It was a vague enough suggestion for everyone to be happy with it. Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague. The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague. The law is notoriously vague on this point. The statement was vague in its wording. You're being deliberately vague.
Many scientific concepts are of necessity vague, for instance species in biology cannot be precisely defined, owing to unclear cases such as ring species. Nonetheless, the concept of species can be clearly applied in the vast majority of cases. As this example illustrates, to say that a definition is "vague" is not necessarily a criticism.
vague meaning, definition, what is vague: unclear because someone does not give en...: Learn more.
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How to pronounce VAGUE. How to say VAGUE. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.
