unclear

un·clear | \ ˌən-ˈklir

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Definition of unclear

: not clear: such as

a : difficult to understand an unclear explanation unclear instructions an unclear reference

b : confused or uncertain about something —often used with aboutwas a little unclear about how to proceed

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Recent Examples on the Web Apple also said the Pencil could be equipped with a camera, but exactly what that would be used for is unclear. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Apple Talks About Privacy and App Store Sales," 11 Jan. 2020 Whether his fellow Democrats in the Legislature will agree to follow his lead is unclear. — Los Angeles Times, "Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget envisions an activist agenda but limits higher spending," 10 Jan. 2020 The timing for the exact transmission is unclear, but the earliest the House could vote on the resolution codifying the move and naming the impeachment managers, the lawmakers who will argue the Democrats’ case in the Senate, is Tuesday. — Alana Abramson, Time, "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Confirms Path Forward on Impeachment," 10 Jan. 2020 How exactly the virus makes it into a person is still unclear. — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, "Cases of mysterious shrew-transmitted disease double," 7 Jan. 2020 Whether or how much metrics influenced Camacho’s rebuff of the DNR request is unclear. — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, "The Family Wanted a Do Not Resuscitate Order. The Doctors Didn’t.," 31 Dec. 2019 Season 1 ended with 16-year-old Moriah purchasing a one-way ticket to Minnesota, so its unclear what family members would be involved in a second season. — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, "Will 'Welcome to Plathville' Have a Season 2? One of the Kids Certainly Hopes So," 28 Dec. 2019 What this means for the overall trajectory of the flu season is unclear. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "The flu is worse this holiday season than it was last year," 21 Dec. 2019 Previously, the oldest Archaeopteris fossils were no more than 365 million years old, Berry says, and exactly when the tree evolved its modern-looking features has been unclear. — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, "Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest forest—and its radical impact on life," 19 Dec. 2019

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16 Jan 2020

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“Unclear.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unclear. Accessed 23 January 2020.

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