vagueness

Noun

vagueness (countable and uncountable, plural vaguenesses)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
   • Near-synonyms: ambiguousness, ambiguity
   • On Wednesday night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb concluded that California's definition of...2023 January 26, Jacob Sullum, “A Federal Judge Blocks California's Ban on Medical Advice That Promotes COVID-19 'Misinformation'”, in Reason

   Synonyms:

   ambiguousness, ambiguity

2. (countable) Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness.
   • If a man's deep and conscientious regard for the truth be such that he cannot, consistently with the requisitions of his moral nature, repeat to others mere vaguenesses and uncertainties, he will naturally give such strict and serious attention to the present objects of inquiry and knowledge, that...1857, Thomas Cogswell Upham, Elements of Mental Philosophy, page 329