Bare and Vague

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Bare adjective - Being this and no more.

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Vague is an antonym for bare in without covering or content topic.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Vague adjective - Not expressed in precise terms.

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Bare is an antonym for vague.

Nearby Words: vagueness, vaguely

The telegraph operator charges by the letter so the villager had to trim the message to the absolute bare essentials, instead of saying "Put on a show of force" it became "Put on a show" and the message becomes very vague.

Source: Film / ¡Three Amigos!

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