gray area

noun

: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong

There are no gray areas in the rules.

a legal gray area

Examples of gray area in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Power forward: This is a gray area for the Heat, in light of the free agency of Martin and Hghismith, as well as the Heat remaining in the nascent stages of determining whether Nikola Jovic will move forward with his playoff starting role (or be dealt). —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024

Prior to the rule change, the platform had an unofficial policy that allowed users to upload such content, but it was neither allowed nor banned, operating in a gray area. —Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 3 June 2024

Its off-label use also has placed ketamine in a medical and legal gray area, Alexander said. —Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024

The agency’s difficulty in keeping up with Mr. Trump’s maneuvers, experts said, showed that this gray area of tax law was too easy to exploit. —Paul Kiel Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 11 May 2024