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vague phrase

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vague
adjective
uk /veɪɡ/ us /veɪɡ/
not clearly expressed, known, described, ...
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phrase
noun[C]
uk /freɪz/ us /freɪz/
language
a group of words that is part of, rather than the whole of, ...
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Examples of vague phrase


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We were not told about the uncompleted carriers; we heard that frigates were in hand—but "in hand" is a very vaguephrase.
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That was a vaguephrase we dealt with somewhere in the middle of a morning a day or two ago.
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That appears to be an exceedingly vaguephrase.
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Several of us said at the time that this was a rather vaguephrase.
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I gave an example of how wide an interpretation the court placed on a similarly vaguephrase in other legislation.
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This, for legislation, is an extremely vaguephrase.
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We were given a vaguephrase to the effect that it would be announced in due course.
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It is an extraordinarily vaguephrase and must depend on the mind of the beholder whose view would differ with the person who sees it.
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In what realm of legislation was there ever such a vaguephrase as that?
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That seems to be an extremely vaguephrase in a legal document.
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All he refers to is this "question of access for contributors" which is again a vaguephrase.
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That is an extremely vaguephrase, and the local authorities ought to have some guidance.
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I hope that this is not just a vaguephrase of general good will but that, in fact, he will pursue this extremely vigorously.
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I think it was wise that that vaguephrase, used in a different sense at different times, should receive an authoritative interpretation.
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To say the least, that is a vaguephrase.
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I am surprised that this vaguephrase or term, which is not a definition, should now be incorporated in the law.
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It is a vaguephrase and there is no elucidation.
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It is all in one vaguephrase: they shall give precedence.
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That is a delightfully vaguephrase at the best of times but, when applied to a croft, it is peculiarly difficult to define.
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It is a vaguephrase and it may mean different things to different people.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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