Vagueness
['vegnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) indistinctness of shape or character; 'the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner'.
(noun.) 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'.
Checked by Harlan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being vague.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- Closely connected with the vagueness of men's ideas about property was the vagueness of their ideas about currency. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Miles long, and of breadth losing itself in vagueness, for all the neighbouring country crowds to see. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was full of odd, fantastic expression, of double meanings, of evasions, of suggestive vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We have come now out of mere vagueness to the definite conception of an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dimly she had come down to London with Birkin, London had been a vagueness, so had the train-journey to Dover. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But her fears seemed the uglier, thus shorn of their vagueness; and besides, she had to act, not rave. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Everything is all right--we shall go to the registrar's office-' There was a second's hush in the room, after Ursula's blithe vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This vagueness must be compensated for by some a priori formula. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Alphonse