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vagueness|ˈveɪgnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being vague; lack of distinctness or preciseness; indefiniteness.
1799Mackintosh Study Law Nat. 8 Notwithstanding the objections of some writers to the vagueness of the language. 1829H. Neele Lit. Rem. 52 A great fault into which descriptive writers fall is the vagueness and indistinctness of their pictures. 1843Mill Logic i. ii. §5 We shall have occasion to show under what conditions this vagueness may exist. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) I. vii. 238 A general vagueness as to the ordinary duties of mankind. a1881A. Barratt Phys. Metempiric (1883) 52 The weakness of this conception is its vagueness.
b. An instance of this; a vague thing, feature, word, etc.
1838Lond. & Westm. Rev. XXIX. 68 With a remark or two on those errors and vaguenesses we shall conclude. 1839Poe Fall House Usher Wks. 1864 I. 298 The paintings..which grew, touch by touch, into vaguenesses at which I shuddered. a1849― R. H. Horne Ibid. III. 436 Pure vaguenesses of speech abound. |