Vocabulary
Ambiguous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
not clear or decided.
Urdu meaning
ادراک کرنا بوجھنا حواس سے معلوم کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This includes cities with significant Muslim populations and vocal student movements, where Labour`s ambiguous position on Gaza has hurt its credibility.
- This explanation of the provision might sound ambiguous or too widely worded and that would not be wrong because Section 144 is exactly that vague and indefinite.
- The world does not need more ambiguous warnings or empty statements it needs accountability.
- The latter may be true for activists of other organisations too, such as Mahrang Baloch who was arrested under the ambiguous MPO three months ago.
- Investors often purchased land without realising that land titles in many areas were ambiguous, leading to widespread litigation and unrest.
Synonyms
equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable
Antonyms
unambiguous, clear
Curator example
“the election result was ambiguous”
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