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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation
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as in stupid
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening
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Recent Examples of opaque
Both artists love refurbishing Classic Bruce gestures into sleek new products, but where The War on Drugs’ lyrics can be frustratingly opaque, Fender strives to place us in the downtrodden reality he’s left behind but can’t escape.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the company’s disclosure around this has been somewhat opaque adding to more market confusion and uncertainty.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Firms have long complained the tests are opaque and subjective, but Barr cautioned that regulators should work to ensure any effort to improve visibility into the tests should not result in lowering bank capital requirements.
—Pete Schroeder, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The evolutionary purpose of this behavior is still somewhat opaque.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the company’s disclosure around this has been somewhat opaque adding to more market confusion and uncertainty.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
Firms have long complained the tests are opaque and subjective, but Barr cautioned that regulators should work to ensure any effort to improve visibility into the tests should not result in lowering bank capital requirements.
—Pete Schroeder, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The evolutionary purpose of this behavior is still somewhat opaque.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opaque
Adjective
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The film has proven divisive, though, with some audiences puzzled by its breakneck tonal shifts and ambiguous ending.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump has not commented on the military base plan specifically but delivered an ambiguous answer this week to a question regarding the use of private companies to assist with deportations.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Asking about frustrations in a broad, theoretical sense is too vague to elicit actionable insights.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Forcing schools to teach only the views supported by the federal government amounts to a violation of free speech, the organizations say, and the directive is so vague that schools don’t know what practices cross the line.—
Collin Binkley,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Thank you Hallie for thinking of me and putting my name in your stupid brother's ear.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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That would have been a stupid question just about anywhere else, but the exhibition was by Laura Owens, a painter with a penchant for trickery, and the venue was Matthew Marks Gallery in New York, whose press release for Owens’s latest outing offered little in the way of explanation.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Women possessed by the gods were oracles, predicting the future in cryptic utterances.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Escher String Quartet Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, Storrs The Escher String Quartet, named for the cryptic artist M.C. Escher, performs pieces by Ravel, Mendelssohn and Mozart on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. $39, $37 seniors, free for students and youth.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Any faint chance of heading the panel was decades away.—
David Mark,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Mars will shrink, appearing as a faint reddish speck against the sky.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ratajkowski has been fighting the stereotype of the dumb model from the beginning of her career.—
Daniel Jackson,
Allure,
18 July 2017
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Ninety nine percent of all NFL players are explicitly not dumb.—
Andy Benoit,
The MMQB,
10 July 2017
Adjective
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An open-wide view is way more important than a dark sky.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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But doctors have begun to suspect that this year's flu season—the most severe in over 15 years—has taken a yet darker turn for children.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is a relaxed, easygoing day; however, communications are a bit hazy and could be easily misunderstood.—
Georgia Nicols,
The Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2025
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From that point on, her memory is hazy, according to the suit.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Opaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opaque. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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