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- noun uncountable The state or quality of what is
unclear orconfusingly formulated ;ambiguousness ;imprecision . - noun countable A
statement that is unclear.
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Examples
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It ` s that kind of unclarity and sort of messiness in the position that really hurts a candidate.
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What happens is this unclarity, thus the x-ray helps in some sense the dentist to interpret noise as signals and find cavities where there aren't really.
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The electorate's decision to stay on a path that was misguided and unsupported by facts arose from a fog of unclarity.
Alex Warden: Decision Making, King David, and the 2012 Elections Alex Warden 2012
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What happens is this unclarity, thus the x-ray helps in some sense the dentist to interpret noise as signals and find cavities where there aren't really.
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The real trick is to balance the unclarity that results from ambiguity against the unclarity that comes from clunkily unambiguous writing.
I come to praise potential ambiguity, not to bury it « Motivated Grammar 2010
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Lest there be any unclarity, my agreement is not some paper-fetishism about the superiority of hardbacks to ebooks.
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Given the amount of ink that has been spilled on this verse and the unclarity of content and context, I think some exegetical humility is appropriate for this verse.
Is It Better To View Jesus' Prediction as Trite or Mistaken? James F. McGrath 2009
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But then, overprecision is also known as precision, and is often a welcome contrast to the unclarity found elsewhere.
Cataloguing My Tics 2007
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And, let me assure you, the unclarity of the image is nothing to do with either my camera, nor the photographer:
Archive 2007-04-01 Stephen Tall 2007
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Where the gaps remain I think will have to be teased out a bit in this debate and in the months ahead - but I still feel, as I suggested in my Presidential Address, that the essential area of unclarity or unfinished business is around how much continuity and cohesion of oversight is provided for those unhappy with the ordination of women as bishops.
Draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure 2009
sonofgroucho commented on the word unclarity
This horrible word was used in a statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Yuk!
February 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word unclarity
It doesn't seem very...clear, does it?
February 12, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word unclarity
I think it's a stinker.
February 12, 2008
yarb commented on the word unclarity
Bleurgh.
February 13, 2008