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What is the adjective for ambiguous?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs disambiguate and ambiguate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

ambiguous
  1. Open to multiple interpretations.
  2. Vague and unclear.
  3. (obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. polysemantic, polysemic, polysemous, unclear, multivocal, vague, confusing, cryptic, enigmatic, equivocal, obscure, uncertain, enigmatical, puzzling, ambivalent, arguable, debatable, double-edged, doubtful, dubious, gnomic, oracular, paradoxical, unintelligible, abstruse, arcane, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, inscrutable, misleading, mysterious, mystic, occult, perplexing, riddling, hazy, indistinct, inexplicit, questionable, clear as mud, gray, grey, open to argument, open to debate, Delphic, nebulous, clear as dishwater, opaque, deep … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “But in the following passage the syntax is such that the referent of the word lap is ambiguous.”
      “He was still ambiguous about the whole thing but decided to come along anyway.”
      “In the UK, although the legal situation is somewhat ambiguous, it appears that all forms of aconite are effectively banned for internal use.”
ambiloquous
  1. Using ambiguous expressions; speaking or writing in a way that may be variously interpreted.
unambiguous
  1. clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
  2. Synonyms:
      3. clear, plain, straightforward, unequivocal, obvious, unmistakable, evident, distinct, manifest, transparent, apparent, patent, lucid, palpable, unambivalent, nonambiguous, bald, perspicuous, pellucid, decided, barefaced, luculent, ringing, luminous, broad, clear-cut, bald-faced, crystal clear, open-and-shut, bright-line, explicit, understandable, conspicuous, definite, indisputable, glaring, intelligible, comprehensible, self-evident, noticeable, visible, striking, blatant, marked, undeniable, pronounced, perceptible, overt, direct, discernible … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His facial expression morphed from unambiguous hostility to unambiguous happiness.”
      “Master Tara Singh now articulated an unambiguous demand for a separate nation.”
      “While it is perhaps tempting to see the achievement of scale as the silver bullet for competitiveness, both domestic and global evidence do not make an unambiguous case for it.”
ambiloquent
  1. (rare) Speaking ambiguously.
disambiguated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of disambiguate
disambiguating
  1. present participle of disambiguate
ambiguated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ambiguate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complicated, confused
ambiguating
  1. present participle of ambiguate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complicating, confusing
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