Sentence examples for use of vague from inspiring English sources

Of particular interest in the rule-tightening was the use of vague and ultimately meaningless vernal imagery to imply "greenness".

Finally, we apply bipolar belief measures in a preliminary decision theoretic study so as to begin to understand how the use of vague expressions can help to mitigate the risk associated with making forecasts or promises.

The book is a critique of the current state of fundamental particle physics, particularly its use of vague notions about mathematical elegance as a criterion for evaluating theories in the absence of actual experimental measurements.

Reeves (2005) describes three problems that occur with the use of scientific terminology: the definition of the same term in different ways by scientists from different sub-fields of science; the use of vague terms which can result in different definitions of those terms by different people; and the use of inappropriate terms in scientific language.

If one looks closely into a number of federal prosecutions of high public officials in the decades since the mid-1980s, a pattern emerges that suggests the use of vague federal statutes, such as Illinois' citizens' being deprived of the "honest services" owed them by their somewhat hapless governor.

He argues that his trial was marred by the government's refusal to try him separately on the plague and financial charges, its use of vague university financial policies as the basis for criminal charges, and a judge's ruling that barred Butler from gaining access to university e-mails.

Human rights groups have described the prosecution as politically motivated, criticising the use of vaguely worded public nuisance laws against protesters.

The 40-page report, titled "Deepening the Culture of Fear: the Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Malaysia", documented the government's recent use of vaguely worded laws to criminalise peaceful speech and assembly.

And where the original bill accomplished this by putting teeth into the requirement of "relevance to an investigation", the current version leaves the FISC's broad understanding of that phrase untouched, instead requiring the use of vaguely defined "specific identifiers".

"Vietnam's arbitrary use of vaguely worded national security laws to imprison critics of the government means bloggers are bearing the brunt of this assault on freedom of expression," Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement last week.

"Vietnam's arbitrary use of vaguely worded national security laws to imprison critics of the government means bloggers are bearing the brunt of this assault on freedom of expression".