as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
we had trouble understanding the passage because of its murkiness
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Recent Examples of murkiness
Many technological challenges abound in the murkiness of natural language chatting.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
All of this speaks to overall murkiness around metrics in the fast-growing industry and the possibility that they might be manipulated.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
The discourse about the meteorite is shedding light on the murkiness around who owns space rocks that fall to Earth — a convoluted issue, according to the Heritage article.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
All of this speaks to overall murkiness around metrics in the fast-growing industry and the possibility that they might be manipulated.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
The discourse about the meteorite is shedding light on the murkiness around who owns space rocks that fall to Earth — a convoluted issue, according to the Heritage article.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murkiness
ambiguity
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In reality, for decades Netanyahu has upheld Israel's policy of ambiguity.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Human creativity thrives in ambiguity and adaptive thinking.—
Sarat Chakravarthi,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Murkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murkiness. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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