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Hesitating is a related term of ambiguous.


As a verb hesitating

is .

As a noun hesitating

is hesitation.

As an adjective ambiguous is

open to multiple interpretations.

hesitating

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitation
  • * (Charles Dickens)
    • Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two,

    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

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