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adjective (vagu, er)
  1. not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
    • 2004: w: Chris Wallace (journalist), Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    • :Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts.
      1. not having a precise meaning.
      a vague term of abuse
      1. not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
      only a vague notion of what"s needed
      a vague hint of a thickening waistline
      I haven"t the vaguest idea.
      1. not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
      a vague longing
      1. not thinking or expressing one"s thoughts clearly or precisely.
      2. lacking expression; vacant.
      3. not sharply outlined; hazy.
Etymology: Middle French < Latin vagus ('wandering').


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