Ambiguous
Ambiguous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Flawed and ambiguous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flawed" instead an adjective "Ambiguous".
Nearby Words: ambiguity, ambiguously
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The real guy while seriously flawed was a deeply complex and ambiguous figure and most definitely not a dictator as the common portrayals imply.
Source: Pop-Cultural Osmosis - However, Jade keeps his emotions in check while Dist is wildly expressive, and Jade recognizes the flawed and morally ambiguous nature of their creations while Dist wants to continue studying them.
Source: Foil / Video Games - Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed is subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia, which nicely summarizes the setting - Anarres is presented as a much less flawed world than ours, but it is still far from perfect.
Source: Utopia
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Flawed and Ambiguous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/flawed
Ambiguous & Flawed. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/flawed>.
Flawed or Ambiguous. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/flawed.
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