ill-defined

adjective

: not easy to see or understand

The property's borders are ill-defined.

an ill-defined mission

Examples of ill-defined in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their children — Graham (played at 12 by Noah Alexander Sosnowski and later at 17 by Gabriel Barbosa) and Ruth (played at 8 by Riley Chung and 13 by Emma Ho) — are at turns grating, nonsensical, and ill-defined like everything else in the film. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

By Monday morning, Israeli politicians from across the spectrum were already slamming the deal, despite the fact that its details remain largely ill-defined. — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 15 June 2026

Researchers called the terms ill-defined and said they aren’t used in international counterterrorism work. — Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 14 May 2026

But together—at least at this stage—the group’s synthesis is ill-defined. — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for ill-defined

• aligned
• alined
• assigned
• behind
• combined
• confined
• consigned
• crosswind
• declined
• defined
• designed
• divined