ill-defined
adjEtymology From ill + defined.
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Poorly defined; blurry, out of focus; lacking a clear boundary.
- An ill-defined dislike, a little like jealousy, arose in Henrietta's mind; a little, however, mitigated by observing that the gentleman instantly caught sight of herself; and that, when not absolutely forced to look at his companion, he looked towards her.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 45–46:
- Are you sick, or ill-defined? / Are you lost, or are you just difficult to come by?2020, Myles McCabe, “Stellar Abattoir”, in Triceratops, performed by ME REX:
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Mathematics, Sciences Defined in an inconsistent way.
- Antonyms
- well-defined
- Derived terms
- ill-definedness
- Hyponyms
- defined