unclarity
Lack of precision
Unclarity is the state of being unclear—vagueness, ambiguity, or lack of precision in expression or thought.
The word appears mainly in academic or technical writing: The unclarity of the contract language led to disputes.
Most speakers would choose lack of clarity or confusion instead.
Uncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
indefinite · vague · cryptic · obscure · ambivalent · inexact · indeterminate · noncommittal
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
vacillation · unsureness · skepticism · question · inconclusiveness · irresolution · ambivalence · dubiousness
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
misunderstanding · muddle · daze · jumble · tangle · disarray · incomprehension · bafflement
Indistinct, lacking definition
out-of-focus · smudged · indistinct · dim · obscured · veiled · misty · bleary
Impassable to light
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- denseClosely packed together
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
abstruse · arcane · recondite · esoteric · hermetic · oblique · obfuscated · convoluted
equivocal
Uncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
imprecise · indefinite · vague · cryptic · obscure · ambivalent · inexact · indeterminate · noncommittal · open-ended
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
wavering · vacillation · unsureness · skepticism · question · inconclusiveness · irresolution · ambivalence · dubiousness · unpredictability
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
disorientation · misunderstanding · muddle · daze · jumble · tangle · disarray · incomprehension · bafflement · mystification
blurry
Indistinct, lacking definition
murky · out-of-focus · smudged · indistinct · dim · obscured · veiled · misty · bleary · shadowy
opaque
Impassable to light
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- denseClosely packed together
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
unfathomable · abstruse · arcane · recondite · esoteric · hermetic · oblique · obfuscated · convoluted · incomprehensible
unclarityclarity
State of being understandable
clearness · lucidity · lucidness · intelligibility · comprehensibility
unclarityexplicitness
Quality of being unambiguous
precision · exactness · definiteness · specificity · sharpness
unclarityclarity
State of being understandable
sharpness · distinctness · definition · crispness · transparency
clear, clearly, unclear, clarity, cleared, clarify, clearing, clearness, clearer