Related Words for unclear

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confusing
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Adjective, Adjective
indeterminate
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Adjective, Adjective
puzzling
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Adjective, Adjective
illegible
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Adjective, Adjective
vague
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
obscure
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Noun, Adjective
indecipherable
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Adjective, Adjective
unreadable
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Adjective, Adjective
perplexing
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Adjective, Adjective
bewildering
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Adjective, Adjective
blurred
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Adjective, Adjective
clouded
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Adjective, Adjective
clear
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Adjective, Adjective
uncertain
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Adjective
ambiguous
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Adjective
doubtful
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Adjective
unsure
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Adjective
undetermined
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Adjective
problematic
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Adjective
imprecise
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Noun
debatable
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Adjective
troubling
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Adjective
unsurprising
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Adjective
speculate
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Verb
unknown
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Adjective
understandable
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Adjective
problematical
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Adjective
inconclusive
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
questionable
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Adjective
inconsistent
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Adjective
clearly
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Adverb
baffling
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Adjective
disputable
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Adjective
apparently
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Adverb
curious
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Adjective
murky
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Adjective
dubious
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Adjective
ambivalent
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Adjective
clarify
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Verb
nebulous
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Adjective
contradictory
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Adjective
however
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Adverb
unfortunate
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Adjective
obviously
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Adverb
though
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Adverb
arguable
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Adjective
muddled
/x
Adjective, Verb
apparent
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Adjective
befuddled
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Adjective
unfortunately
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Adverb
unaware
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Adjective
worrisome
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Adjective
equivocal
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Adjective
hazy
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Adjective
irrelevant
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Adjective
complicated
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Adjective
sketchy
/x
Adjective
suspicious
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Adjective
surprising
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Adjective
frustratingly
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Adverb
unsurprisingly
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Adverb
unconvinced
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Adjective
evidently
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Adverb
conflicted
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Adjective
misunderstood
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Verb
misleading
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Adjective
wondering
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Verb
unspecific
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Adjective
indistinct
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Adjective
tricky
/x
Adjective
important
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Adjective
unsettled
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Adjective
depends
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Verb
mystified
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Verb
unlikely
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Adjective
implausible
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Adjective
understandably
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Adverb
suspect
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Noun
plausible
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Adjective
intriguing
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Adjective
specifics
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Noun
inaccurate
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Adjective
unconfirmed
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Adjective
worried
/x
Verb
irked
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Verb
stymied
/x
Verb
admittedly
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Adverb
elucidated
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Verb
paradoxical
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Adjective
confounded
x/x
Verb
crucially
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Adverb
surprisingly
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Adverb
presumably
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Adverb
misguided
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Adjective
incongruous
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Adjective
suggesting
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Verb
curiously
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Adverb
likely
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Adjective
ironic
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Adjective
indicated
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Verb
unsatisfactory
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Adjective
controversial
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Adjective
misinterpreted
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Verb
sure
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Adjective
crucial
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Adjective
difficult
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Adjective
questioned
/x
Verb
confusion
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Noun
ambiguity
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Noun
probable
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Adjective
inscrutable
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Adjective
mysterious
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Adjective
concerned
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Verb
although
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muddied
/x
Verb
undefined
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Adjective
enigmatic
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Adjective
fundamentally
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Adverb
inexact
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Adjective
uneasy
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Adjective
bizarre
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Adjective
unavoidable
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Adjective
troublesome
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Adjective
guess
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Noun
implication
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Noun
clueless
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Noun
precise
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Adjective
convoluted
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Adjective
sorry
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Adjective
tentative
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Adjective
interpretable
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Adjective
maybe
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Adverb
univocal
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Adjective
unambiguous
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Adjective
polyphonic
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Adjective
multipurpose
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Noun
intelligible
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Adjective
comprehensible
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Adjective
polyvalent
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Adjective
contingent
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Noun
diverse
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Adjective
unequivocal
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Adjective
etiology
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Noun
insertions
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Noun
hebrew
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Name
pathogenesis
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Noun
referents
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Noun
wording
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Noun
mandates
/x
Noun
demarcation
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Noun
etymology
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Noun
aetiology
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Noun
delineation
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Noun
provenance
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Noun
boundaries
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Noun
owing
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Noun
expectations
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Noun
reasons
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Noun
antecedents
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Noun
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
arcane
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Adjective
bad
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bleary
/x
Adjective
blunt
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Adjective, Name, Verb
blurry
/x
Adjective
cackling
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Noun
chaotic
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Adjective, Noun
claire
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Name
clare
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Name
cloudy
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Adjective
cryptic
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Adjective, Noun
dark
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
definite
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Adjective, Noun
diffuse
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Verb, Adjective
dim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
elusive
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Adjective
esoteric
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Adjective, Noun
evident
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Adjective
evil
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
explicit
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Adjective, Noun
feeble
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Adjective, Verb
fluid
/x
Noun, Adjective
fog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
foggy
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Adjective
fuzzy
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Adjective, Noun
grainy
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Adjective
grey
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Adjective, Name, Verb
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
huh
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Noun
impenetrable
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Adjective, Noun
incomprehensible
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Adjective, Noun
indefinite
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Adjective, Noun
insecure
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Adjective
loose
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
messy
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Adjective
mixed
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Adjective
nuclear
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Adjective, Noun
opaque
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
plain
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
poorly
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Adverb, Adjective
shadowy
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Adjective
shady
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Adjective, Noun
soft
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
twilight
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
uncertainty
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Noun
undo
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
unexplained
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Adjective
unfamiliar
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Adjective, Noun
unfocused
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Adjective
unidentified
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Adjective
unresolved
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Adjective
unspecified
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Adjective
wave
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Noun, Verb
what
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Adverb, Noun
woolly
/x
Adjective, Noun
wrong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
shirtless
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Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
anymore
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Adverb
literally
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun