vaguer

Adjective

vague (comparative vaguer, superlative vaguest)

1. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
   • It follows from what has been said that a vague thought has more likelihood of being true than a precise one. To try and hit an object with a vague thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a lump of putty: when the putty reaches the target, it flattens out all over it, and probably covers...1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind

   Synonyms:

   inarticulate, unclear, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible

2. Not having a precise meaning.
   • a vague term of abuse

   Synonyms:

   ambiguous, equivocal

3. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
   • only a vague notion of what’s needed

   Synonyms:

   ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, obscure

4. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
   • a vague longing
5. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
   • Waxed-fleshed out-patients / Still vague from accidents, / And characters in long coats / Deep in the litter-baskets […]1962, Philip Larkin, Toads Revisited

   Synonyms:

   dazed

6. Lacking expression; vacant.

   Synonyms:

   vacant, vacuous

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