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Meaning of equivocal

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

  equivocal
      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: open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his
         conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the
         union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
      3: uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from
         bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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