Sentence examples for if ill defined from inspiring English sources

Often, critics say, these depend on ignoring legal safeguards in the name of cutting red tape.It has reinforced a widely held, if ill defined, sentiment that corruption in Italy is more prevalent than at any time since the early 1990s, when hundreds of people, among them politicians and businessmen, were jailed following the "Clean Hands" inquiry by judges in Milan.

Even if the concept of Catalan independence remains ill defined, Josep Ramoneda, a Catalan philosopher and writer, suggested that it was in fact "the only real political project in Spain at this moment".

One suspects that the public today would have a much different take on the activities of the Weathermen if their own kin were conscripted to fight for a cause that was ill defined at best.

As a health threat, it was ill defined.

And their long-term risks are ill defined.

It is ill defined at best, hypocritical at worst.

Once again, the figure is very crude and ill defined.

The instruments' place in museums too is ill defined.

"That's because they were so ill defined," he said.

That problem will become particularly acute if American commanders in Afghanistan seek even more troops for a mission that many of Mr. Obama's most ardent supporters say remains ill defined and open-ended.

Abish's mother was thoroughly assimilated and had "sought, if not to disassociate, then to distance herself from the Jewish ceremonies," while the father's attempt to communicate their Jewishness to his son remained "ill defined" and "perplexing".