Meaning of Vagueness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
   uncountable
2. Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: ambiguousness, ambiguity”

“On Wednesday night, a federal judge⟳ issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. U.S. District Judge⟳ William B. Shubb concluded that California's definition of misinformation is unconstitutionally vague, failing to give⟳ doctors fair notice⟳ of which conduct the statute covers, which is a basic requirement of due process⟳. That vagueness is especially problematic in this context, Shubb said, because it is apt to have⟳ a chilling effect on speech protected by the First Amendment.”

“If a man's deep and conscientious regard for the truth be such that he cannot, consistently with the requisitions of his moral nature, repeat⟳ to others mere vaguenesses and uncertainties, he will naturally give⟳ such strict and serious attention to the present⟳ objects of inquiry and knowledge, that they will remain⟳ in his memory afterward with remarkable distinctness and permanency.”

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