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vaguenesses

vaguenesses is the plural of vagueness.

Meaning of vagueness

Noun

vagueness (countable and uncountable, plural vaguenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague.
    • Near-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

Questions about vaguenesses

What is vaguenesses the plural of?
Vaguenesses is the plural of vagueness.

Words near vaguenesses in the dictionary

  1. vagueish
  2. vaguely
  3. vaguen
  4. vaguened
  5. vagueness
  6. vaguenesses
  7. vaguening
  8. vaguens
  9. vaguepost
  10. vagueposted
  11. vagueposting

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