Adjective
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having no intrinsic or objective meaning
not organized in conventional patterns
"an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"
"ambiguous inkblots"
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having more than one possible meaning
"ambiguous words"
"frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
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open to two or more interpretations
or of uncertain nature or significance
or (often) intended to mislead
"an equivocal statement"
"the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"
"the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"
"popularity is an equivocal crown"
"an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"