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1. Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
   "the polling had a complex and ambiguous message for potential female candidates"
   - equivocal
    
2. Having more than one possible meaning
   "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
    
3. Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
   "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"

See also: ambiguity, ambiguously, double, double-barreled [US], double-barrelled [Brit, Cdn], double-edged, enigmatic, evasive, forked, indeterminate, left-handed, multivalent, multi-valued, oracular, polysemantic, polysemous, uncertain, unclear, unstructured

Antonym: unambiguous

Encyclopedia: Ambiguous