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[ il-di-fahynd ] / ˈɪl dɪˈfaɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ill-defined ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebadly or inadequately defined; vague: He confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts. Origin of ill-definedFirst recorded in 1865–70 Words nearby ill-definedill-boding, ill-bred, ill-conceived, ill-conditioned, ill-considered, ill-defined, ill-disguised, ill-disposed, Ille, Ille-et-Vilaine, illegal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ill-definedBut according to Wyden, the bill is “full of holes, riddled with vagueness and ill-defined terms.” Ron Wyden and Rand Paul, the Senate's NSA-Busting ‘Ben Franklin Caucus’|Eleanor Clift|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Natural-born citizen” is an ill-defined term that has not been used in a statute since 1790. Ted Cruz’s Candidacy Would Be Awkward for Birthers|Ben Jacobs|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the distance behind Gommecourt there is some ill-defined rising ground forming gullies and ravines. The Old Front Line|John Masefield I doubt if Kirby even glanced toward me, although if he did he saw only an ill-defined figure, with no glimpse of my face. The Devil's Own|Randall Parrish
He must have no hazy impressions, no unthinking mind, no ill-defined ideas, no inexactness. Public Speaking|Clarence Stratton The island is divided into a great number of kingdoms, but so confusedly and ill-defined, that it were endless to enumerate them. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII|Robert Kerr In some ill-defined way Harrington Surtaine was involved in that nostalgia. The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for ill-defined
adjectiveimperfectly defined; having no clear outline Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ill-definedmurky, unclear, vague, dim, indistinct, clouded, obscured |