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[ adjective ] lacking definite form or limits

Synonyms

cloudy nebulose

Examples

"gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

As Broadway itself becomes increasingly weighted_down by trite , heavy-handed , commercially successful musicals and inspirational problem dramas , the American theatre is going_through an inexorable renaissance in_that nebulous area known_as `` off-Broadway '' .

Related terms

indistinct

2
[ adjective ] lacking definition or definite content

Synonyms

unfixed

Examples

"nebulous reasons" "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen

Related terms

indefinite

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