ill-defined
1ill-defined — ill de fined adj 1.) not described clearly enough ▪ Some jobs in the company are pretty ill defined. 2.) not clearly marked, or not having a clear shape = ↑indistinct ▪ The borders were vague and ill defined …
2ill-defined — UK US adjective ► not clearly explained, described, or shown: »When your project s goals are ill defined, it can be impossible to plan the necessary steps to achieve those goals …
3ill-defined — [il′dē fīnd′] adj. poorly defined; not clear or definite …
4ill-defined — ill de|fined [ ,ıl dı faınd ] adjective not clear: a rather ill defined concept …
5ill-defined — index inconspicuous, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, nebulous, opaque, unclear, vague Burton s …
6ill-defined — ADJ GRADED If you describe something as ill defined, you mean that its exact nature or extent is not as clear as it should be or could be. ...staff with ill defined responsiblities …
7ill-defined — adjective 1 not described clearly enough: The party s policies were often vague and ill defined. 2 not clearly marked, or not having a clear shape; indistinct: an ill defined track between the two lakes …
8ill-defined — adjective an ill defined property line the ill defined messages in his art Syn: vague, indistinct, unclear, imprecise, nebulous, shadowy, obscure; blurred, fuzzy, hazy, woolly …
9ill-defined — /il di fuynd /, adj. badly or inadequately defined; vague: He confuses the reader with ill defined terms and concepts. [1865 70] * * * …
10ill-defined — adjective poorly stated or described he confuses the reader with ill defined terms and concepts • Syn: ↑unclear • Ant: ↑well defined • Derivationally related forms: ↑unclearness (for: ↑ …