FUZZINESS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

fuzziness

noun

Definition of fuzziness

as in vagueness

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Recent Examples of fuzziness The fuzziness hasn’t stopped most brain-computer interface startups from deploying it in a bid to differentiate their devices from others in development. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026 In fact, there is a kind of fuzziness around whom Laura is meant to report to. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2026 Its size and its rate of expansion can't be simultaneously specified with perfect precision, and that fundamental fuzziness might be enough to explain dark energy without invoking any new physics at all. — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026 But the fuzziness is not a mistake. — Gregory M. Dickinson, The Conversation, 18 May 2026 The bright reddish-orange hues, the fuzziness, the snout…there simply is no other way to put it. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 May 2026 That Josh is even aware of Glee, even if that fact is lampshaded in Melissa’s next line, gets at a fuzziness of both their characters. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026 The combined fuzziness of the electron and proton means that the electron can be anywhere inside that region—including inside the proton. — ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026 This fuzziness makes for an uncomfortable and maybe even confusing interpretation of her sexuality, but that’s part of the point. — Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025

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Noun

What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Declare the state's rules void for vagueness under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of vagueness

Noun

In fact, haziness was once considered a flaw, and there was a lot of criticism from traditionalists who viewed it as evidence of poor brewing practices.

— Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
The incident quickly became part of Hemingway’s mythos, despite—and perhaps in part because of—the haziness of some of the details.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of haziness

Noun

Now, however, the escalating trade disputes between the two nations are not only challenging this close partnership, but also creating growing uncertainty for American farmers and agricultural equipment manufacturers.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Together, the flurry of legal filings has thrust the state, its voters and election officials into a period of uncertainty ahead of the November election.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

The second system being tracked by the NHC was a weak area of low pressure with disorganized cloudiness and showers located in the northeastern and north-central Gulf.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Bakos said the overall effect of the mirrors would depend on the reflectiveness of the illuminated surface and the cloudiness of the sky.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cloudiness

Noun

But Peasley also lives with Type 1 diabetes and wanted to avoid the potential fogginess and drowsiness that can accompany anesthesia.

— Marlee Ginter, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
These exercises interrupt the foggy-thinking, giving your mind a lifeline—something to grab onto to lower your anxiety, calm your mind and provide clarity through the fogginess.

— ByBryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

Definition of fogginess

Noun

One acrylic piece plus one strip of 12 percent NDF knocked the display back to just about the perfect dimness, comparable to my existing cheap bedside clock.

— Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Both panels are wrapped by thin bezels and get up to 3500 nits of brightness, but only the Pro screen can drop to 1 nit of dimness (which is easier on the eyes for use in a dark room).

— Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Definition of dimness

Noun

Narrowing the superconductivity mystery The result also helps rule out a simple conventional explanation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Sinéty developed a knack for finding within quotidian domestic and village scenes—a woman brushing her hair, a picnic in the sun—a dreamlike sense of mystery.

— Felix Bazalgette, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of mystery

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