equivocal

/əˈkwɪvəkəl/noun

A word or phrase that can be understood in more than one way; an ambiguous expression.

Example sentences

“The politician's speech was packed with equivocals designed to please both sides.”
“Lawyers are trained to spot an equivocal in a contract before signing.”

As an adjective it means deliberately ambiguous or hard to pin down: an equivocal answer. Its opposite, 'unequivocal', is the more common word.

Related words

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