vago2

² = dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], fuzzy [fuzzier - comp., fuzziest -sup.], vague [vaguer -comp., vaguest -sup.], feeble, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.], wooly [woolier -comp., wooliest -sup.], indistinct, indistinctive, nebulous.

Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.

Ex. This is a rather fuzzy basis for establishing subject headings, but fuzziness is not the guidelines only fault.

Ex. Some of the terms are vague.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. Kast points out that there is a 'rather loose, conglomeration of interests and approaches' in this developing field.

Ex. On the other side, some aspects of the planning study remains wooly.

Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.

Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.

Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.

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* de manera vaga = hazily.