<b><font size="4">"ambiguous"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" [syn: <a href="../equivocal.html">equivocal</a>] [ant: <a href="../unequivocal.html">unequivocal</a>] </li> <li>having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy" [ant: <a href="../unambiguous.html">unambiguous</a>] </li> <li>having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../ambiguous.html">http://www.word.sc/ambiguous</a>

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