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# vagueness

«vagueness» in Mova's school dictionary: **when something is not clear or exact, so you cannot tell…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vagueness)

### meaning for a pupil

Vagueness is when something is not clear or exact, so you cannot tell the details. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories and reading, a vague place or account leaves out details: the castle is hidden in vagueness and mystery; in talk, a vague answer does not say enough

### examples

- The map was so vague that we got lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/#x1)
- Her answer had too much vagueness to help us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/#x2)
- The tale is full of vagueness about where the castle stands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vagueness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagueness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.