vague

/veig/
Adjective
  1. lacking clarity or distinctness
    • a dim figure in the distance
    • only a faint recollection
    • shadowy figures in the gloom
    • saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
    • a few wispy memories of childhood
  2. not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
    • an undefined term
    • undefined authority
    • some undefined sense of excitement
    • vague feelings of sadness
    • a vague uneasiness
  3. not clearly understood or expressed
    • an obscure turn of phrase
    • an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit-Anatole Broyard
    • their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear- P.A.Sorokin
    • vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science- John Locke

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A vague shape appeared in the thick morning fog.