Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gender-vague

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: gen-der--vague
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality.

Example Sentences

"Eskridge complicates the story's implications further by never revealing the gender of the narrator (who is Jo(e)'s director), either by name — it's the gender-vague though suggestive "Mars" — or by pronoun."
"Performers who scrupulously stuck to gender-vague lyrics, refused to talk about their personal lives, and dithered about avoiding labels and identities, began to feel the pressure from their fans."
"Her gender-vague nickname of "Moe" suited not only her persona then, but it also fed into the modish androgyny with which the group became associated through Warhol."

Inflected Forms

more gender-vague (comparative) most gender-vague (superlative) gender vague (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

androgynous

Questions

What does gender-vague mean?: Of uncertain or ambiguous gender; not revealing gender or sexuality.

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