- not clear in a person’s mind
- to have a vague impression/memory/recollection of something
- They had only a vague idea where the place was.
Extra Examples- I am vague about what happened during the rest of the night.
- I have a vague recollection of meeting him when I was a child.
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- vague (about something) not having or giving enough information or details about something
- She's a little vague about her plans for next year.
- The politicians made vague promises about tax cuts.
- He was accused of being deliberately vague.
- We had only a vague description of the attacker.
- He outlined the policy in vague terms.
Extra Examples- Her directions were hopelessly vague.
- It was a vague enough concept for the liberals to unite around.
- It was a vague enough suggestion for everyone to be happy with it.
- Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague.
- The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague.
- The law is notoriously vague on this point.
- The statement was vague in its wording.
- You're being deliberately vague.
- an inherently vague and subjective concept
- I was suitably vague as to exactly how I had acquired the money.
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- (of a person’s behaviour) suggesting a lack of clear thought or attention synonym absent-minded
- His vague manner concealed a brilliant mind.
- She seems to be getting rather vague as she grows older.
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- not having a clear shape synonym indistinct
- In the darkness they could see the vague outline of a church.
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin vagus ‘wandering, uncertain’.
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