Equivocal
adjective
Not clear, uncertain or questionable in nature.
His response to the question was equivocal, and therefore, they couldn't make any concrete decisions.
Often appears as...
- equivocal response
- equivocal situation
adjective
Open to more than one interpretation; deliberately vague or uncertain.
The politician gave an equivocal answer to avoid taking a clear stand on the issue.
Often appears as...
- equivocal statements
- equivocal attitude
adjective
Not clear, uncertain or questionable in nature.
His response to the question was equivocal, and therefore, they couldn't make any concrete decisions.
Often appears as...
- equivocal response
- equivocal situation
adjective
Open to more than one interpretation; deliberately vague or uncertain.
The politician gave an equivocal answer to avoid taking a clear stand on the issue.
Often appears as...
- equivocal statements
- equivocal attitude
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Pro Tip 1/3Interpretation Required
Equivocal expressions often need context or extra information to be understood clearly.
Her comments were equivocal without the report in hand.
Pro Tip 2/3Indecision Indicated
Use 'equivocal' when someone avoids making a firm decision or statement.
His equivocal stance on the project left the team confused.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
It implies a subtle confusion without being outright wrong.
Her equivocal directions caused him to take the longer route.
Pro Tip 1/3Interpretation Required
Equivocal expressions often need context or extra information to be understood clearly.
Her comments were equivocal without the report in hand.
Pro Tip 2/3Indecision Indicated
Use 'equivocal' when someone avoids making a firm decision or statement.
His equivocal stance on the project left the team confused.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
It implies a subtle confusion without being outright wrong.
Her equivocal directions caused him to take the longer route.
Pro Tip 1/3Interpretation Required
Equivocal expressions often need context or extra information to be understood clearly.
Her comments were equivocal without the report in hand.
Pro Tip 2/3Indecision Indicated
Use 'equivocal' when someone avoids making a firm decision or statement.
His equivocal stance on the project left the team confused.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Confusion
It implies a subtle confusion without being outright wrong.
Her equivocal directions caused him to take the longer route.
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Quote examples
Ellen Willis
American Writer
I believe that body and spirit are not really separate, though it often seems that way. I believe that redemption is never impossible and always equivocal. But I guess that I just don't know.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect.
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Margaret Oliphant
Scottish Novelist
It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal.
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Ellen Willis
American Writer
I believe that body and spirit are not really separate, though it often seems that way. I believe that redemption is never impossible and always equivocal. But I guess that I just don't know.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature, equivocal. I shall not be going too far in saying at once that she is politically suspect.
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Margaret Oliphant
Scottish Novelist
It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
A tale is born from an image, and the image extends and creates a network of meanings that are always equivocal.
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