nebulous (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or resembling a nebula; the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system

    [ Syn: nebular ]

  2. lacking definite form or limits; gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion- H.T.Moore; nebulous distinction between pride and conceit

    [ Syn: cloudy , nebulose ]

  3. lacking definition or definite content; nebulous reasons; unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be- Jane Austen

    [ Syn: unfixed ]

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