ill-defined

Word family

ˌill-deˈfined adjectiveadj

1 CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDnot described clearly enough 不清楚的，不明确的

Some jobs in the company are pretty ill-defined.

公司里的一些工作职能很不明确。

2 CLEAR/EASY TO SEEnot clearly marked, or not having a clear shape 不分明的；轮廓模糊不清的 SYN indistinct

The borders were vague and ill-defined.

边界模糊，界定不明。

Examples from the Corpus

ill-defined• The procedures are ill-defined and completely untested.• With other semi-regular stars, the periods are so ill-defined as to be barely recognizable, and sometimes the fluctuations become random.• an ill-defined border• I will seek to show that it is confined within narrow, if ill-defined, bounds.• She shivered at some ill-defined idea, drifting past out of reach, in the foggy recesses of her mind.• Government documents and official statements concerning integration are replete with romantic and ill-defined language.• Above the scoop neckline of her peacock blue dress, an ill-defined rash of mottled pink broke out, then faded.• The few planetaries bright enough to be seen with binoculars show up in the guise of dim, ill-defined stars.• They constitute an assortment of ill-defined symptoms that affect people in different ways and to different extents.

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Corpus

ill-defined adj.
⇨ vague

ill-defined

Not clear to the senses: faint, invisible, subtle...

Not having a clear meaning: ambiguity, ambiguous, meaningless...