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Meaning of ambiguous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ambiguous
      adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain
             nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;
             "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and
             equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female
             candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased
             the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal
             crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing
             question" [syn: {equivocal}, {ambiguous}] [ant:
             {unambiguous}, {unequivocal}, {univocal}]
      2: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words";
         "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were
         unable to assemble the toy" [ant: {unambiguous}]
      3: having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in
         conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame
         of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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