unclearadjective
uk/ʌnˈklɪər/us/ʌnˈklɪr/B2 not obvious or easy to see or know:
The ownership of the painting remains unclear.
[ + question word ] It's unclear what actually happened that night.
It's unclear whether he arrived before or after the shot was fired.
B2 If you are unclear about something, you are not certain about it:
I'm unclear about a couple of points in your proposal - could you go over them again?
I'm unclear (as to) whether we're supposed to stay here or not.
More examples
- The minister's statement is unclear and open to misinterpretation .
- She's unclear about whether you want her to attend the meeting or not.
- His explanation was really unclear.
- The motivation for the attack is still unclear.
- The terms of the agreement are rather unclear.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Uncertainty
- be neither fish nor fowl idiom
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- debatable
- definite maybe
- dispute
- joker
- joker in the pack idiom
- kind
- kind of idiom
- kinda
- knife edge
- razor
- shade
- tenuous
- there's no knowing idiom
- touch-and-go
- uncertain
- uncertainty
- vague
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Indistinct & invisible
Doubt & ambivalence
unclearly
adverb uk/ʌnˈklɪə.li/us/ʌnˈklɪr.li/