Sample Sentences forambiguous (editor-reviewed)
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The detective found the suspect’s statement ambiguous, unsure whether it was a confession or a denial.ambiguous = unclear because it could be interpreted in different ways
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Her ambiguous smile left him wondering whether she was amused or annoyed.ambiguous = able to be interpreted in different ways
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The Constitution of the United States is intentionally ambiguous -- requiring human judgment to interpret difficult questions.
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He shouted, "You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorist of Ambiguous Nationality!" (source)Ambiguous = unclear (not known)
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...their feelings are still ambiguous. (source)ambiguous = unclear
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her role seemed to be ambiguous (source)
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I don't do well with ambiguous threats. (source)ambiguous = uncertain or unclear -- because there could be two or more interpretations
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he at last confronts his mother and in a scene of provocative ambiguity-(a somewhat oedipal embrace) (source)ambiguity = lacking clarity -- because there could be two or more interpretations
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The Americans had no choice but to leave trails in the show as unambiguous as diagrams in a book on ballroom dancing-step, slide, rest-step, slide-rest.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unambiguous means not and reverses the meaning of ambiguous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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they carried it on their backs and shoulders-and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry. (source)ambiguities = things that are unclear
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It seemed to Nadia that the farther they moved from the city of their birth, through space and through time, the more he sought to strengthen his connection to it, tying ropes to the air of an era that for her was unambiguously gone.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unambiguously means not and reverses the meaning of ambiguously. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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"Not at all," he replied ambiguously, reaching for a pair of crutches which leaned against the desk.† (source)
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I congratulate you on the unambiguity of your situation.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unambiguity means not and reverses the meaning of ambiguity. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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"I always feel lousy without shoes," I said with an ambiguous smile. (source)ambiguous = uncertain
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They had the kind of back-and-forth that left no ambiguity or question, saying exactly what they meant, when they meant it. (source)ambiguity = lack of clarity
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Bombardment by eggs and vegetables, shouted insults, and the occasional shoe that landed next to a terrified soprano, were, of course, unambiguous.† (source)
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