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    grey area

    noun

    • 1. an ill-defined situation or area of activity not readily conforming to a category or set of rules: "grey areas in the legislation have still to be clarified"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGREY AREA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GREY AREA definition: 1. a situation that is not clear or where the rules are not known: 2. mainly UK spelling of gray…. Learn more.

    • English (US)

      GREY AREA meaning: 1. a situation that is not clear or where...

    • Traditional

      GREY AREA translate: 灰色地帶，灰色區域（指不明朗的形勢或規則難界定的領域）. Learn more...

    • Translate to Mandarin Chinese

      GREY AREA translate: 灰色地带，灰色区域（指不明朗的形势或规则难界定的领域）. Learn more...

    • Grey Matter

      GREY MATTER definition: 1. the darker tissue containing...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gray areaGray area Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GRAY AREA is an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong. How to use gray area in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGRAY AREA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GRAY AREA definition: 1. US spelling of grey area 2. a situation that is not clear or where the rules are not known: . Learn more.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGREY AREA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. (in Britain) a region in which unemployment is relatively high. 2. an area or part of something existing between two extremes and having mixed characteristics of both. 3. an area, situation, etc, lacking clearly defined characteristics. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'grey area' in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGRAY AREA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    GRAY AREA meaning: 1. US spelling of grey area 2. a situation that is not clear or where the rules are not known: . Learn more.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gray areaGray area - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A gray area is a situation that's unclear or open to interpretation. The sign on the door of the cafe clearly states dogs aren't allowed — whether you can bring your pet goat inside is a gray area. Something that's a gray area is ambiguous — in other words, it's not clearly stated or doesn't fit neatly into a set of rules or a category.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › gray-areaGRAY AREA Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Indeterminate territory, undefined position, neither here nor there. For example, There's a large gray area between what is legal and what is not . This term, which uses gray in the sense of “neither black nor white” (or halfway between the two), dates only from the mid-1900s.