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- ambiguous :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
- ambiguous :having more than one possible meaning
- ambiguous words|frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
- ambiguous :having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
- an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference|ambiguous inkblots