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reconditeness

noun

Definition of reconditenessnext
as in mystery

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  1. mystery
  2. ambiguity
  3. opacity
  4. uncertainty
  5. opaqueness
  6. haziness
  7. nebulousness
  8. murkiness
Noun
  • The mystery endured for decades until investigators traced one of nearly 30 keys found on him to Jacksonville, Florida, where Betkouski had lived.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Alpöge has continued to explore other mathematical mysteries.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mystery
Noun
  • Freedom and fluidity create ambiguities that the historical record cannot always resolve.
    — Colleen Dulle, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Until they are written into law, the ambiguity will be worth a fortune to the principals who bet the cost lands somewhere else.
    — Bhaskar Chakravorti, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • Johnson, who a near decade ago was a bubbly ingenue on the brink of superstardom, has since developed a reputation for a certain cool-girl deadpan opacity, a kind of mischievous remove during press appearances.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There’s an opacity around how the models are tested collectively and what the White House standards are for releasing.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of opacity
Noun
  • That adds to the uncertainty about the future balance of the five-network pool.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Zak Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock markets remain volatile as investors weigh uncertainty in the Middle East, rising interest rates and concerns about the artificial intelligence (AI) trade.
    — TipRanks Staff, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of uncertainty
Noun
  • This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Scientific consensus is that this opaqueness is caused by hazy banks of clouds that are masking the atmospheres, but what kind of aerosol particles are in the clouds?
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of opaqueness
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
  • The process of peeling those layers, though, can be disorienting, particularly in a world where attempting to map the nebulousness of self is often interrupted and fragmented by the screen.
    — Rachel Seo, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Definition of nebulousness
Noun
  • But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of murkiness
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“Reconditeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconditeness. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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