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unambiguous

How to use unambiguous in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for unambiguous.

Editorial note

Or, put a sign up on your desk that says "I'm "not here' today, email me instead", one of our guys does that, its pretty unambiguous.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of unambiguous gathered in one view.

adjective

having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

adjective

admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for unambiguous.

adjective

having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

adjective

admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"

Example sentences

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Or, put a sign up on your desk that says "I'm "not here' today, email me instead", one of our guys does that, its pretty unambiguous.

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* Broadly speaking, while addresses have a lot of problems, they're unambiguous with human context.

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An unambiguous marker between fair use and infringement, or perhaps a litmus test for intent.

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In the most unambiguous cases, the inherent right to self defense kicks in: if someone has a gun and is acting in a threatening manner, you get to shoot.

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The oldest unambiguous weapons are throwing spears from the Palaeolithic 300,000 years ago in a cache full of thousands of animal bones.

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I'll take unambiguous over concise or 'beautiful' any day.

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Schmidle replied to the latter question with a categorical and unambiguous denial; he could not have been more straightforward.

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It's always helpful when clients give unambiguous signs of unreasonable insanity upfront instead of hiding it until you're halfway through the project.

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Canonical should make an unambiguous promise not to transmit any data to anyone, right there on the privacy settings screen, whenever that slider is set to the 'off' position.

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* Latitudes and longitudes are unambiguous, well-understood, and don't require a third-party service to be online in order to correctly decode.

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All our interactions are online, so clear, unambiguous communication and good project organisation and management are essential.

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One would like a completely unambiguous statement: the anode is the positive connection, and it is secured to the left side of the subject's scalp; the cathode is the negative connection, and it secured over the subject's right eyebrow.

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Interesting that he calles dashes "ordinary, easy-to-type, recognizable, [and] visually unambiguous.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use unambiguous in a sentence?

Or, put a sign up on your desk that says "I'm "not here' today, email me instead", one of our guys does that, its pretty unambiguous.

What does unambiguous mean?

having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

What part of speech is unambiguous?

unambiguous is commonly used as adjective.