murkiness
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈmɜrkɪnəs/
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opacidad
- There was a certain murkiness to the computer's translations.
- moral murkiness
Or how did you kind of plant your flag and that murkiness?
- Or how did you kind of plant your flag and that murkiness?
Examples
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That murkiness has been compounded by Aerospatiale, the U.S. Supreme Court's sole decision interpreting the Evidence Convention.
Academic text (2017) -
Say what you will about the murkiness of the future of clean energy, the fundamental drivers of the wider cleantech market persist.
Blog text (7) -
The murkiness of the copy above my desk must obscure some details, I think, and maybe more evidence.
Academic text (2004) -
I like the fact that there is a bit of murkiness in the politics of the 19th century in order to do something that was necessary and long-lasting.
Blog text (15) -
The result can be increased murkiness in distinguishing legitimate from illegitimate behavior and a degradation of national and international norms.
Academic text (2001) -
But her clarity shone like a searchlight into the murkiness of his own being, glaring on the black mysterious core of his guilt; she would see it as plain as the exposed stomach of the figure on the wall, and if he could not make it out himself, he felt it surely enough, guilt and shame like some horrid growth to be concealed at all costs.
Fiction book (1998) -
The murkiness of the report made it difficult for the committee to make an informed decision.
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Many investors are wary due to the murkiness surrounding the company's financial practices.
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During the investigation, the murkiness of the situation hindered the detectives from finding clear answers.
Synonyms
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6.3
A lack of clear meaning that allows people to understand it in different ways
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6.1
Lack of clear or exact meaning that makes things hard to understand
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7.3
Speech or writing that is unclear and hard to follow
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8.3
How hard something is to understand because it is unclear
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9.9
Difficulty understanding something because it is complex or unclear
How hard it is to understand something because its meaning is unclear
State of being hard to understand
Information or speech that is hard to understand and causes confusion
A situation when something is hard to understand
Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear
The state of being vague or not clear
A state of being unclear with no definite meaning or edges
A state of being unclear and hard to understand
Not being exact causes mistakes
The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex
Very hard to understand because the ideas are unclear or complicated
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Murkiness comes from the old word murk, meaning 'dark', with the ending -ness meaning 'state of being'. That's why murkiness describes unclear or confusing information — it feels like the facts are 'in the dark'.