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Ambiguous Adj Meaning Opp Unambiguous Language Minister’s Statement

Term ambiguous (adj.)
Synonym having more than one possible meaning
Meaning


OPP unambiguous:

The language in the Minister’s statement is highly ambiguous.


His role in the affair is ambiguous.


—ambiguously adverb:


The legislation had been ambiguously worded.


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In everyday English, people also use the phrase you can take something two ways instead of saying it is ambiguous:


▪ What she says is ambiguous. ➔ You can take what she says two ways.

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