ill-defined
adjective
: not easy to see or understand
The property's borders are ill-defined.
an ill-defined mission
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Because this doctrine is so ill-defined, a lawyer can only guess at whether this Court will apply it to the Trump administration at all, or specifically to Trump’s tariff policies.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The latter phrase is ill-defined in the law, but certainly does not encompass political disagreement or electoral expediency.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2024
Then there’s the regulatory approval process, which is ill-defined for next-generation antivenoms.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
As for setting a more realistic timeline, Levine Cava wrote that the plan was still too ill-defined to say.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
As an actress Dunst is a bit like her director — not at all soft or ill-defined, yet somehow oblique.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
But 40 years ago, the characteristics of a promising root system were ill-defined.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
But the suit does perhaps helpfully focus attention on how fraught and ill-defined a concept AGI is.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
But the regulations for leadership PACs have been ill-defined since the FEC authorized the committees in the late 1970s.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The latter phrase is ill-defined in the law, but certainly does not encompass political disagreement or electoral expediency.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2024
Then there’s the regulatory approval process, which is ill-defined for next-generation antivenoms.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
As for setting a more realistic timeline, Levine Cava wrote that the plan was still too ill-defined to say.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
As an actress Dunst is a bit like her director — not at all soft or ill-defined, yet somehow oblique.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
But 40 years ago, the characteristics of a promising root system were ill-defined.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
But the suit does perhaps helpfully focus attention on how fraught and ill-defined a concept AGI is.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
But the regulations for leadership PACs have been ill-defined since the FEC authorized the committees in the late 1970s.
—Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Ill-defined.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-defined. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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