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ambiguous | conflicted |

As an adjective ambiguous

is open to multiple interpretations.

As a verb conflicted is

(conflict).

ambiguous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Open to multiple interpretations.
    • The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.
  • Vague and unclear.
    • He gave an ambiguous answer.
  • (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
  • * 1662 (Thomas Salusbury)
    • And forasmuch as in this same question I am ambiguous , and Simplicius is resolute....

    Synonyms

    * equivocal

    Antonyms

    * unambiguous * precise

    Related terms

    * ambiguity * ambiguate * ambiguation * disambiguation

    See also

    * contradictory * mistakable * confusing

    External links

    * *

    References

    *

    conflicted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conflict)
  • * '>citation

    • Anagrams

    *

    conflict

    English

    (wikipedia conflict)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

    • Related terms

    * conflictional

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
  • * '>citation
  • To overlap (with), as in a schedule.
    • Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

    References

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