Not clear or detailed; hard to understand or see exactly. It can describe unclear ideas, plans, memories, or shapes.
From French 'vague' meaning 'wandering, uncertain', from Latin 'vagus' (wandering, loose). It entered English in the 1500s.
Vague comes from a root meaning 'wandering', like something that won’t stay put long enough to be seen clearly. A vague answer wanders around the point instead of landing on it.
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