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- a open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates - a having more than one possible meaning
ambiguous words
frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy - s having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference
ambiguous inkblots
- The reply was deliberately left ambiguous so that various interpretations could be made of it.
- Twin A, he adds, is ambiguous because the number of cells carrying a male-determining chromosome was not high enough to masculinize the twin.
- In ambiguous situations, we look to those most likely to be offended to define what discrimination is.