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vague promise

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meanings of vagueand promise


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vague
adjective
uk /veɪɡ/ us /veɪɡ/
not clearly expressed, known, described, ...
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promise
noun
uk /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ us /ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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Examples of vague promise


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The vaguepromise of not reducing resources is, frankly, not enough.
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We need to know a lot more before this vaguepromise can be accepted as a copper-bottomed guarantee.
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Today we have had only a vaguepromise on timing.
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A loose and vaguepromise for the eventual introduction of a formal measure has been made, subject to the legislative timetable.
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Instead of getting a vaguepromise of industrial democracy, we are now to be given a vaguepromise of an industrial democracy in a strong and organic form.
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It does nothing concerning working people in the industries, although we have a vaguepromise about that.
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I do not think a vaguepromise of that kind is enough.
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Now we see the same thing for the thirdtime—this assistance given and the vaguepromise that somehow or other they will reorganise themselves.
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If he accepts that offer, he must put a date on it and not allow a vaguepromise to be carried into the future.
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We must obtain something more than a vaguepromise.
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It would be a pity to delete clause 22 in return for a vaguepromise that a statement may be made before the summer recess.
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We are given a vaguepromise of a national housing plan some time next year.
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We have heard a vaguepromise about that today, but have been given no assurance.
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We have had a vaguepromise that targets will be set.
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He said: "simply another vaguepromise that will be delivered some time or never".
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Nor is there any evidence to say that they could improve on what has gone before, except a vaguepromise of more flexibility.
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The present rather vaguepromise of action is not good enough.
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All we have had is a vaguepromise to consider these matters without a committal to a single principle.
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That is a vaguepromise in my view.
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I do not ask for half a day or a vaguepromise for the future.
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