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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ambiguous role" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a position or function that is not clearly defined or has multiple interpretations.
Example: "The new employee found themselves in an ambiguous role, unsure of their specific responsibilities within the team."
Alternatives: "unclear position" or "vague role".
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His game-by-game numbers have reflected his ambiguous role.
Some say their ambiguous role in Iraq now makes combat more difficult.
Jarrett's ambiguous role particularly annoyed the campaign manager, David Plouffe, who, several campaign sources say, did not care for her.
And what of Miah Persson's governess – how is her interpretation of an ambiguous role shaping your understanding?
Gaines, who appears in the film probably more than any other person, plays an interesting, ambiguous role.
I think he has, in the interesting way he has directed British newcomer Hiddleston in the ambiguous role of Loki.
In any case, Doubleday was already doubtful about Levin's ambiguous role: What if an interested producer decided on another playwright?
(He played an ambiguous role in a strange affair involving the wiretapping of former President Sarkozy's phone calls).
Yet here he was – 20 years after apartheid – his massive yet ambiguous role in South African film finally being acknowledged.
The most ambiguous role must be the Garçonne, to which Romi Beppu brings just the right degree of mysterious purposefulness and pageboy chic.
Claire lives with Featherstone in an ambiguous role somewhere between daughter and wife, and she flits mysteriously in and out of Cooper's life — ultimately, out.
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