# ambiguous

Pronunciation: say "am-BIG-yoo-us" US/UK /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/, AUS /æmˈbɪɡ.jʉ.əs/

## Adjective

1. Able to be understood or interpreted in more than one way.
   - Simple: Having more than one possible meaning, so it is not clear what is meant.
   - _The contract's ambiguous wording led to a long dispute over who owed what._
   - _Her reply was deliberately ambiguous, leaving us unsure whether she would come to the wedding._

## Adjective

2. Of a person, hesitant and uncertain, taking neither side of a question. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Of a person, not sure what to think and not choosing either side.

## Origin

From Latin ambiguus ("moving from side to side, of doubtful nature"), from ambigere ("to go about, wander, doubt"), which combines ambi- ("around, about, on both sides") with agere ("to drive, move").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ambiguous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).