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be ambiguity
noun
Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
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However scholarly the exegesis, there will always be ambiguity, opacity and apparent incongruity.
But such a norm is ineffective as there can be ambiguity over what is an acceptable level of deaths.
"When you walk through the galleries, there should be ambiguity," said one of its curators, Stephanie Barron of the Los Angeles museum.
Although the criterion for deciding whether individuals belong to the same species is clear, there may be ambiguity in practice for two reasons.
Jenny Shaw, professor at the institute of brain behaviour and mental health at the University of Manchester, says: "There seems to be ambiguity regarding the responsibility for older prisoners' social care.
However, despite the flexibility of the natural language, there may be ambiguity, inconsistency, and incompleteness in requirements specifications (Fatwanto 2013).
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There will always be ambiguities.
In econo-speak, human beings are "ambiguity-averse".
There is ambiguity in all such predictions.
There was ambiguity in all these predictions.
What frustrates defensive players is ambiguity.
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