The phrase "a less than clear" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not very clear or is ambiguous in nature.
Example: "The instructions provided were a less than clear, leaving many team members confused about their tasks."
Alternatives: "somewhat unclear" or "not very clear".
Donald Trump has made his support for Brexit a standard stump line in the past week, but his voters have been left with a less than clear idea of the implications of the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
Jonathan, an enthusiastic Californian Airbnb employee, who was recently seconded to London to set up the clubs, is happy to explain: "Homesharing clubs are simply a way of organising this into something … that has a unified voice … then actually takes actions as a collective," he says, in a less than clear answer.
"A Tale of Two Sisters" revolves around a young girl literally haunted by her memories; in "I Saw the Devil," both cop and killer are trapped in a cycle of revenge that becomes almost comic in its inexorability (and that leaves you with a less than clear sense of where to place your sympathies).
But we won't get there if every perceived misstep (especially one based on a less than clear story that is slowly being filled in) is greeted as if he kicked a puppy in the teeth.
This suggests a less than clear distinction between groups in a 2-factor model.
Reviewer #2: I came away with a less than clear impression of what the findings had taught us.
Mr. Sawhill also conceded in an interview that the Ford administration did not have a plan to stop the rise in oil prices -- an admission that was not exactly a surprise, but one that fanned criticism of the administration as having a less than clear-cut energy policy.
They had spent the late afternoon fine-tuning small bits — some new underscoring here, a less-than-crystal-clear snippet of French there.
It was dinner break at the Public Theater for the cast and crew of the new musical "Fun Home". They had spent the late afternoon fine-tuning small bits — some new underscoring here, a less-than-crystal-clear snippet of French there.
My colleague Mike McGough observes that Scalia and other textualists contend that "it's better to wrestle with a less than crystal clear law based on its language and common understanding than it is to delve into legislative history, which is often contradictory -- as when two senators give floor speeches drawing different conclusions from the same bill".
