Usage of "ambiguous name"

Label that may refer to one of several specific items, and whose referent must be determined by context.

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Examples for "ambiguous label"

And what the hell did that ambiguous term "fellow traveler" mean? 
 A river in the sky 

She doesn't really know what it means and it's a very ambiguous term in any case. 
 The new yorker 

In the final analysis, "working set" is an ambiguous term. 
 High performance mysql, 2nd edition 

And in any event, it's an ambiguous term. 
 Wired 

Ambition is a very ambiguous term. 
 Four Early Pamphlets 

It is a vague term, the Greek equivalent of 'the Levant'. 
 Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official 

Somebody is an exceedingly vague term, and generally means nobody. 
 Monitress Merle 

Vincent, it is a vague term under such circumstances- 
 The Iron Game: A Tale of the War 

A vague term like "social activist" might not be far from the mark, either. 
 The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie... 

I dare say he named you as the English magician -or some such vague term. 
 Jonathan strange and mr norrell 

These were strictly trade unions, in spite of their somewhat vague name. 
 The Trade Union Woman 

The owner was as much a vague name to me as any one. 
 Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm... 

The owner was as much a vague name to me as to any one. 
 Literary and Social Essays 

What a vague name! 
 Madame Bovary 

The committee often selected a vague name with a tongue-twisting acronym that could be bandied about as a secret membership code. 
 Ghost wars 

Uso de ambiguous name en inglés

They wanted an ambiguous name, one that wouldn't give any clues to what the band sound like. 
 The Irish Times 

They should not be allowed to posture as saints merely because they are cloaked with an ambiguous name. 
 An Introduction to Philosophy 

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Significados de ambiguous name en inglés