AMBIGUOUS

adj. 1 equivocal, amphibological, amphibolic or amphibolous; misleading If one says 'Taylor saw Tyler drunk', which one was drunk is ambiguous 2 doubtful, dubious, questionable, obscure, indistinct, unclear, indefinite, indeterminate, uncertain, undefined, inconclusive, uncertain, vague, misty, foggy, unclear; cryptic, Delphic, enigmatic(al), oracular, mysterious, puzzling; confusable The soothsayer's prophecies were sufficiently ambiguous to allow for several conflicting interpretations 3 unreliable, undependable: How can the doctor decide on a correct diagnosis when the symptoms are ambiguous?