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Noun: vagueness  veygnus
  1. Unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
    "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"
     
  2. Indistinctness of shape or character
    "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"

Derived forms: vaguenesses

See also: vague

Type of: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness, unclearness

Encyclopedia: Vagueness