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"word": "unclear medicine"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njajásny",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "няя́сны"
},
{
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"word": "нея́сен"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bùqīng",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "不清"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "monitulkintainen"
},
{
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "unübersichtlich"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ἀσαφής"
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{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "homályos"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ködös"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ambiguo"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "confuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nejásen",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "неја́сен"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "niejasny"
},
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"word": "equívoco"
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"_dis1": "95 1 1 3",
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"word": "нея́сний"
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "אומקלאָר"
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"Not clearly or explicitly defined."
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"word": "不明顯"
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"_dis1": "1 81 8 10",
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"roman": "adiefkrínistos",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "αδιευκρίνιστος"
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"_dis1": "1 81 8 10",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "tisztázatlan"
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{
"_dis1": "1 81 8 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "vago"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 81 8 10",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "impreciso"
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"word": "不明"
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"word": "confuso"
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"word": "непоня́тный"
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"text": "From such a long distance away, the name on the signpost was unclear.",
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"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "illeggibile"
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"word": "indecifrabile"
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"ref": "2012, Gerald DeJong, Investigating Explanation-Based Learning, page 108",
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"text": "The remark she made comparing her life with that of a fish was unclear.",
"type": "example"
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[
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"clearly"
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"defined",
"defined"
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{
"text": "From such a long distance away, the name on the signpost was unclear.",
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"Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable."
],
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[
"see",
"see"
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[
"read",
"read"
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"indecipherable"
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[
"unreadable",
"unreadable"
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"text": "I'm still unclear about what she meant by that remark.",
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"Not having a clear idea; uncertain."
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"ipa": "/ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʌnˈklɪɚ/",
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"US"
]
},
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njajásny",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "няя́сны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nejásen",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "нея́сен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùqīng",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "不清"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nejasný"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "monitulkintainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "epäselvä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "unklar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "unübersichtlich"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "asaphḗs",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ἀσαφής"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "homályos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ködös"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ambiguo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "confuso"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nejásen",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "неја́сен"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "onkloa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "niejasny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "confuso"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "neclar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ambiguu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nejásnyj",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "нея́сный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
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"Cyrillic"
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"word": "нејасан"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "nejasan"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "nejasný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "nejasen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ambiguo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "equívoco"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nejásnyj",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "нея́сний"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "umklor",
"sense": "ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "אומקלאָר"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "不明顯"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù míngxiǎn",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "不明显"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
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"masculine"
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"word": "nejasný"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "epäselvä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "unklar"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adiefkrínistos",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "αδιευκρίνιστος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "tisztázatlan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "vago"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "impreciso"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fumei",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "不明"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "niejasny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "confuso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nejásnyj",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "нея́сный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neponjátnyj",
"sense": "not clearly or explicitly defined",
"word": "непоня́тный"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "epäselvä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "undeutlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "unübersichtlich"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "asaphḗs",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "ἀσαφής"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "illeggibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "indecifrabile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "incomprensibile"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of speech",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "ngau"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "hākirikiri"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nečótkij",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "нечёткий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nejásnyj",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "нея́сный"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nečitkýj",
"sense": "not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable",
"word": "нечітки́й"
}
],
"word": "unclear"
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"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Requests for review of Dutch translations",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
"Requests for review of French translations",
"Requests for review of Irish translations",
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{
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"1": "de",
"2": "unklar",
"t": "unclear"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "uklar",
"t": "unclear"
},
"expansion": "Danish uklar (“unclear”)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "oklar",
"t": "unclear"
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"expansion": "Swedish oklar (“unclear”)",
"name": "cog"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”).",
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},
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"ref": "1998, Jeffrey J. Mayer, ACT! 4 for Windows for Dummies, page xx",
"text": "Clearing, unclearing and deleting activities",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2012, Gerald DeJong, Investigating Explanation-Based Learning, page 108",
"text": "[…] finally [the block] would be cleared and remain that way until moved. Although this clearing and unclearing can occur repeatedly, the current BAGGER algorithm is unable to generalize number within unwindable subproofs.",
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"UK"
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"US"
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