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Definition
lacking definite form- Boo's transition from the basement to back home was nebulous in Jem's memory.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
nebulous = cloudy or unclear
- ... all of which fell into the nebulous category of we're-building-up-God's-house,James McBride -- The Color of Water
- It took years before I began to accept the fact that the nebulous "white man's world" wasn't as free as it looked; that class, luck, religion all factored in as well; that many white individuals' problems surpassed my own, often by a lot; that all Jews are not like my grandfather and that part of me is Jewish too.James McBride -- The Color of Water
- Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end, And I fain would have you remember me as a beginning.Kahlil Gibran -- The Prophet
- He tried, but he could not express to her the nebulous facts of his rebellion and punishment.Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt
- There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
- Millions of worlds are born, evolve, and pass away into nebulous, unmeasured skies; and there is still eternity.Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
- He has to really concentrate with humans, though, because the latent ability is so nebulous.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- I close my eyes and feel him as a source of power, nebulous and shifting.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- He could not remember when he'd first heard those words, but they triggered a deep, nebulous fear.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Land was nebulous: there was no foundation.Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- Then there were other more nebulous signs to support Mr Graham's view.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- Athena now dispelled the nebulous haze before their eyes, and light burst shining on them, front and rear, from ships and from the battle.Homer -- The Iliad
- Garrett watched a mist drift by, whispering and whispering, shaped like a beautiful and nebulous woman.Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
- The tremendous vault above our heads, the sky, so to speak, appeared to be composed of a conglomeration of nebulous vapors, in constant motion.Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt," open at the neck, sneakers, and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- His official duties, however, were nebulous.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- The two amateurs had concocted only the most nebulous plan.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- Brownsville was fading from his mind, becoming soon a troubled nebulous land, alien and diverging.Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
- Like his two brothers, both older and almost as nebulous, Titus was a farmer solely because bis father had been a farmer.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
nebulous = vague (lacking definite form; not clearly defined or understood)