vagueness

noun

vague·​ness

plural -es

1

: the quality or state of being vague

the vagueness of a dream that is half forgotten

—Elizabeth Goudge

2

: something that is vague

paintings … grew touch by touch into vaguenesses at which I shuddered

—E. A. Poe

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