"vague formulation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a phrase, sentence, or paragraph that is not clear or specific enough. Example: The company's mission statement was criticized for its vague formulation, as it did not clearly outline their goals or values.
Such vague formulation implies that it could be even a little later.
What exactly hides behind this vague formulation is a matter of guesswork but Ukrainian activists are already tipping the ministry for a corrupt future.
The English constitution is a vague formulation in someone's head, and that foundation of English liberties, Magna Carta, is best known for banning eel-traps in the Thames.
The basic thesis of empiricism, in a familiar but quite vague formulation, is that all concepts and beliefs concerning the world ultimately derive from immediate experience.
Palestinians are not going to elaborate on their recognition ahead of negotiations, while Netanyahu refuses to elaborate on what his vague formulation of "two states for two peoples" might actually mean.
Administration officials hope that this vague formulation reflected a new, if cautious, sense of pragmatism -- one that might open the door to a grand bargain on offensive and defensive systems in which the treaty would be modified to accommodate the American antimissile program.
The text that did come out of Minsk is fraught with vague formulations that threaten to gum up enforcement.
And, daresay, as with the Olympic Opening Ceremony, there will be a series of vague formulations about China's peaceful rise on the world stage and its non-aggressive and inclusive approach to global affairs.
Its leader, Raffi Hovannisian (post-Soviet Armenia's first foreign minister), has hinted at Western Armenia, Javakhk and Nakhichevan with "vague formulations".
And what of the somewhat vague formulations of KPS comments such as, "40% or less"?
One of the common reasons why we categorized the selection technique as "not described" were the use of vague formulations such as "based on prior knowledge" or "a priori".
