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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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Examples for "ambiguous"
Examples for "ambiguous"
1
Today however, I carry another more ambiguous, and I think positive, message.
2
Of course, every social policy can be ambiguous in a mixed economy.
3
Their history is ambiguous; one never knows precisely what happens to them.
4
Unfortunately the wording is too ambiguous to decide one way or another.
5
Warnings that were issued to clients often used vague and ambiguous language.
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.
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The hypothesis whether exposure to certain infections protects from atopy remains equivocal.
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Her cry of regret was equivocal; it produced no impression on him.
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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.
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He had been promised this help, and in no equivocal terms either.
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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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Equivocal across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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