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murkiness

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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning we had trouble understanding the passage because of its murkiness

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“Murkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murkiness. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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