vague
/veɪɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
adj
Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
adj
Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
adj
Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
adj
Example Sentences
- "It follows from what has been said that a vague thought has more likelihood of being true than a precise one. To try and hit an object with a vague thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a lump of putty: when the putty reaches the target, it flattens out all over it, and probably covers the bull's eye along with the rest. To try and hit an object with a precise thought is like trying to hit the bull's eye with a bullet. The advantage of the precise thought is that it distinguishes between the bull's eye and the rest of the target."
- "Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts."
- "a vague term of abuse"
- "only a vague notion of what’s needed"
- "a vague hint of a thickening waistline"
- "I haven’t the vaguest idea."