vague

Meanings

• not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke
  • "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"
  • "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"
• not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
  • "vague feelings of sadness"
  • "a vague uneasiness"
• lacking clarity or distinctness
  • "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"

Synonyms

dim, faint, obscure, shadowy, undefined, wispy