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Dictionary definition for: Ambiguous

1. (a) open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement" "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates" "the officer''s equivo

2. (a) having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words" "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

3. (s) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference" "ambiguous inkblots"

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