misinterpretable
Open to confusion
Capable of being misunderstood or construed incorrectly.
A misinterpretable statement leaves room for readers to draw unintended conclusions: The contract language was vague and highly misinterpretable.
Some things are misinterpretable by nature—ambiguous phrasing, unclear gestures, tone in text messages.
Causing false beliefs
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
false · delusory · illusory · specious · sophistic · fallacious · spurious · counterfeit
Uncertain in meaning
- polysemousHaving multiple meanings
- open-endedLacking fixed boundaries
- multivalentHaving multiple values or meanings
- indeterminateNot exactly known
ambivalent · double-edged · noncommittal · uncertain · indefinite · imprecise · unclear · vague
Causing mental confusion
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
abstruse · tangled · complicated · knotty · muddled · unclear · jumbled · garbled
Obscure in meaning
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- opaqueImpassable to light
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- arcaneUnderstood by few
esoteric · recondite · hermetic · veiled · shrouded · coded · elliptical · oblique
Unclear, ill-defined
- fuzzySoft and unclear
- blurredIndistinct, lacking clarity
- hazyUnclear, indistinct
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
ill-defined · loose · inexact · approximate · rough · general · unspecific · broad
misleading
Causing false beliefs
- duplicitousDeliberately deceptive in nature
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
insincere · false · delusory · illusory · specious · sophistic · fallacious · spurious · counterfeit · pseudo
equivocal
Uncertain in meaning
- polysemousHaving multiple meanings
- open-endedLacking fixed boundaries
- multivalentHaving multiple values or meanings
indeterminate · ambivalent · double-edged · noncommittal · uncertain · indefinite · imprecise · unclear · vague · nebulous
perplexing
Causing mental confusion
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
disorienting · abstruse · tangled · complicated · knotty · muddled · unclear · jumbled · garbled · incoherent
cryptic
Obscure in meaning
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- opaqueImpassable to light
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
arcane · esoteric · recondite · hermetic · veiled · shrouded · coded · elliptical · oblique · indirect
vague
Unclear, ill-defined
indistinct · ill-defined · loose · inexact · approximate · rough · general · unspecific · broad · woolly
misinterpretableunambiguous
Allowing single interpretation only
clear · unmistakable · unequivocal · crystal-clear · transparent
misinterpretableunivocal
Having one meaning
precise · exact · unambivalent · determinate · definite
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