Ambiguous
Ambiguous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Incomplete and ambiguous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incomplete" instead an adjective "Ambiguous".
Nearby Words: ambiguity, ambiguously
Incomplete
Incomplete adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Ambiguous and incomplete are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambiguous" instead an adjective "Incomplete".
Nearby Words: incompletely, incompleteness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- To make matters worse, the pronunciation guides in the glossary are not only horribly incomplete but also ambiguous and difficult to interpret.
Source: No Pronunciation Guide -
After the Bone Wars, Megalosaurus still remained a "Wastebasket taxon" to which all finds that were too incomplete or too ambiguous were assigned.
- Frequently seen for television series or anime that were cancelled before they could complete their story arcs, or which concluded with deliberately ambiguous endings, or whose author died with the series still incomplete.
Cite this Source
Incomplete and Ambiguous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/incomplete
Ambiguous & Incomplete. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/incomplete>.
Incomplete or Ambiguous. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguous/incomplete.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "ambiguous" and "incomplete" have occurred on timeline