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1. Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
   - weasel-worded

1. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   "They tend to hedge their responsibilities"
   - fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep, finesse
    
2. Hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
   "The animals were hedged in"
    
3. Enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
   "hedge the property"; "hedge in the property"
   - hedge in
    
4. Minimize loss or risk
   "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"

See also: hedger, hedging, qualified

Type of: avoid, close in, enclose, hem in, inclose, minimise [Brit], minimize, shut in

Encyclopedia: Hedge