Vocabulary
Ambiguity
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
Urdu meaning
ابہام، مشکوک، مبہم
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Its birth in 2010 coincided with the passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, which also created ambiguity about the role of the local governments (LGs), paving the way for the recentralisation of powers by the provincial governments.
- The skies over conflict zones now hold an ambiguity: a drone sighted overhead may belong to either side, and this blurring of lines heightens operational and psychological uncertainty.
- Rather it is the ambiguity and indefinite contours of Section 144 that make this provision unconstitutional.
- The Taliban and Syria`s new rulers share certain traits: pragmatic diplomacy, ideological ambiguity, and a desire to reposition themselves within a shifting geopolitical landscape.
- Again, such ambiguity creates opportunities for manipulation and lack of accountability, with an openended number of co-opted members to be appointed by the chairmen of the provincial and districts boards.
Synonyms
ambivalence, equivocation, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness, doubtfulness,
Antonyms
unambiguousness, transparency
Curator example
“we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act”
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