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Meanings of equivocal in English
Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead.
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Usage of equivocal in English
1
Age and sex did not affect survival; the education effect was equivocal.
2
In some ways, that encapsulates China's equivocal response to its problem neighbours.
3
In some ways, that encapsulates China's equivocal response to its problem neighbors.
4
The hypothesis whether exposure to certain infections protects from atopy remains equivocal.
5
Her cry of regret was equivocal; it produced no impression on him.
6
There was something equivocal in the appearance of his shaggy, hair-smothered humanity.
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He found himself in a situation which to his conscience seemed equivocal.
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It is even equivocal to leave a card in person, unless denied.
9
He had been promised this help, and in no equivocal terms either.
10
There is no doubt, there is nothing equivocal, there are no ambiguities.
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Where the tables are most carefully prepared, the result is least equivocal.
12
She looked on the bewildered lover with a sly and equivocal glance.
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He looked across the table and met the poet's somewhat equivocal smile.
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But I shall select two remarkable circumstances of a less equivocal nature.
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While Ourahmoune had already declared this was her farewell, Adams was equivocal.
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As with all truly divisive figures, no one was equivocal about Dev.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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