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The state of hesitating or being uncertain

The quality or state of being vague or unclear

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

The characteristic of being tentative

A play on words, a pun

The property of being spurious

The quality of being untrue

The action of evading something

A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

A play on words, especially a phrase that has two meanings

(archaic) An ingenious or devious device or stratagem

A lie, typically an unimportant one

An eccentricity in a person or thing's character or behavior

Senseless or incoherent talk

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Noun

The state of hesitating or being uncertain

humming and hawing

shilly-shallying

stalling for time

inconclusiveness

indeterminateness

beating about the bush

dodging the issue

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

confusion dilemma

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“I can say, without equivocation, that Allen's methods really do work.”

Noun

The quality or state of being vague or unclear

inscrutableness

impenetrability

incomprehensibility

unintelligibility

impenetrableness

lack of clarity

inconclusiveness

lack of preciseness

inaccessibility

clandestineness

indeterminateness

surreptitiousness

unfathomableness

lack of definition

cloak and dagger

inexplicableness

lack of precision

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“The story, if it can be called that, opens in mystery and proceeds through ambiguity, equivocation, and vagueness.”

Noun

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification

“In this respect, the government's nuclear policy has been one of dissemblance and equivocation.”

Noun

The characteristic of being tentative

procrastination

hemming and hawing

shilly-shallying

humming and hawing

blowing hot and cold

second thoughts

lack of resolution

shillyshallying

sitting on the fence

inconclusiveness

faint-heartedness

half-heartedness

lack of enthusiasm

distrustfulness

lack of confidence

mistrustfulness

lack of conviction

dragging your feet

kicking the can down the road

delaying tactics

lack of certainty

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Noun

A play on words, a pun

Noun

The property of being spurious

misapprehension

misinterpretation

specious reasoning

misconstruction

mistaken impression

mistaken belief

faulty reasoning

unsound argument

use of fallacious arguments

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

overgeneral reasoning

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

unconvincingness

questionability

unjustifiability

inconceivability

unsatisfactoriness

inconceivableness

insubstantiality

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Noun

The quality of being untrue

misrepresentation

double-crossing

telling stories

lack of veracity

lying under oath

giving false testimony

wilful falsehood

bearing false witness

false statement

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

making false statements

violation of an oath

false testimony

giving false evidence

underhandedness

monkey business

little white lies

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Noun

The action of evading something

finding a way round

nonparticipation

passive resistance

steering clear of

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Noun

A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter

minor criticism

trivial complaint

trivial objection

adverse comment

argument against

difficulty with

dissatisfaction

formal complaint

counter-argument

taking exception

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Noun

Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly

stuff and nonsense

thoughtlessness

meaningless talk

unintelligible language

obscure language

smoke and mirrors

lightheartedness

inconsequentiality

pretentiousness

long-windedness

extravagant boasting

thing of no consequence

matter of no consequence

no great matter

thing of no importance

minor technicality

matter of no importance

small technicality

much ado about nothing

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Noun

A play on words, especially a phrase that has two meanings

Noun

(archaic) An ingenious or devious device or stratagem

course of action

confidence trick

misrepresentation

sleight of hand

publicity device

eye-catching novelty

crocodile tears

smoke and mirrors

bait and switch

temporary solution

oldest trick in the book

temporary measure

temporary expedient

confidence game

fraudulent scheme

bit of sharp practice

monkey business

sanctimoniousness

attention-grabber

trumped-up charge

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

wild-goose chase

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

optical illusion

conjuring trick

treacherousness

secret understanding

instrumentality

illegal enterprise

criminal activity

daylight robbery

pretentiousness

prestidigitation

fraudulent artifice

fradulent artifice

stab in the back

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Noun

Nitpicking

Noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one

trumped-up story

alternative fact

misrepresentation

piece of fiction

cock and bull story

little white lie

terminological inexactitude

departure from the truth

flight of fancy

figment of the imagination

cock-and-bull story

shaggy-dog story

farfetched story

unbelievable tale

false statement

remarkable story

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

prepared speech

one for the birds

figment of one's imagination

false information

mistaken belief

bending of the truth

disingenuousness

misleading information

fictitious story

work of fiction

figment of imagination

works of fiction

creative writing

work of imagination

confidence trick

confidence game

castle in the air

lack of veracity

creation of the brain

imaginativeness

fool's paradise

telling stories

visualization^US

visualisation^UK

castle in Spain

imaginative faculty

phantom of the mind

creature of the imagination

misinterpretation

misunderstanding

double-crossing

creative thought

underhandedness

putting on an act

pretentiousness

ostensible reason

little white lies

will-o'-the-wisp

virtual reality

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

power of invention

wishful thinking

cloud cuckoo land

product of someone's imagination

fanciful notion

flight of imagination

traveller's tale

imaginative power

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

fraudulent imitation

making false statements

fraudulent copying

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Noun

An eccentricity in a person or thing's character or behavior

unconventionality

extraordinariness

characteristic gesture

conversation piece

individual trait

incongruousness

distinctiveness

freak of nature

personal imperfection

object of virtu

peculiar object

singular object

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Noun

Senseless or incoherent talk

stuff and nonsense

unintelligible language

obscure language

unintelligible talk

beating about the bush

thoughtlessness

incoherent talk

smoke and mirrors

meaningless talk

chitter-chatter

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