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  • n  unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
    the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
    these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey
  • n  indistinctness of shape or character
    the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner

  • Lampooned as a feckless frat boy, he ran a more disciplined race than we have seen in years; he made his inexperience a virtue, his vagueness a shield, his sins a sign of sincerity.
  • Not even a movie hero can write a happy ending to his own life, but maybe in the enveloping vagueness, Heston had one.
  • When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and innuendo.
News & Articles

  • Mardy Fish says he's mentally, physically set to return
    Mardy Fish has played just one ATP Tour event since pulling out of the U.S. Open before his fourth-round match last September. Apologizing for his ongoing vagueness about the reasons, Fish again hinted Tuesday that many of his obstacles have been mental.
    July 9, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
Quotes

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Sun-Sentinel
    Reading the statute to proscribe a wider range of offensive conduct, we acknowledge, would raise the due process concerns underlying the vagueness doctrine,Ginsburg wrote.
  • Miguel Estrada in Canada.com
    The court was obviously taking the problems very seriously and was very troubled by the vagueness and the sweep of the statute,Estrada said. "Ultimately, a core principle of law in this country is that a citizen ought to be able to know...
  • Jason Spezza in Edmonton Sun
    Sorry for the vagueness,said Spezza with a smile.

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