What does vague mean in English?

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vague Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided:
- I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
- The patient had complained of vague pains and backache.
- Through the mist I could just make out a vague figure.
- My aunt is incredibly vague - she can never remember where she puts things.
- Their report is studiously/deliberately vague on future economic prospects.
1 not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt:
- She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong.
- I have only a vague memory of the house where I lived as a child.
- Officials were vague about the ship’s location.

The rules are vague and open to interpretation.
I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.
I had a vague idea that she lived in Liverpool.
His writings are rather vague on the subject of his marriage.
Our teacher is so vague and disorganized.
Their formulation is vague and the arbitrary three-dimensional plots intended as abstract representations of the global array are not particularly informative.
But even then, it did so only in terms that were vague and imprecise.
Traditionally, there are three dimensions, but this rests on rather vague introspective intuitions.

0 Downtoners

Downtoners are words or phrases which reduce the force of another word or phrase. Downtoning is the opposite of emphasising. The most common downtoners are:
1 Downtoners: using vague language

We use vague language such as kind of…, sort of … or the suffix -ish to reduce the force of a word or phrase:
2 Vague expressions

Vague language is very common, especially in speaking. We often add words and phrases such as about, kind of, sort of, and that kind of thing to make what we say less factual and direct: