equivocal

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equivocal definition

1. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
• examples: an equivocal statement
• examples: the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates
• examples: the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness
• examples: popularity is an equivocal crown
• examples: an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
2. open to question; ; -Anna Jameson
• examples: aliens of equivocal loyalty
• examples: his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son
3. uncertain as a sign or indication
• examples: the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal