unambiguous
pronunciation
How to pronounce unambiguous in British English:
UK [ˌʌnæmˈbɪgjuəs]
How to pronounce unambiguous in American English:
US [ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjuəs]
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- Adjective:
- having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning
- admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
Word Origin
- unambiguous (adj.)
- 1630s, from un- (1) "not" + ambiguous. Related: Unambiguously; unambiguousness.
Example
- 1. It offers no unambiguous advice to the nobel committee .
- 2. At the beginning of the deposition , my attorney , bob bennett , had invited the rutherford institute lawyers to ask specific and unambiguous questions about my contact with women .
- 3. The answer was clear and unambiguous .
- 4. The language of science should , in the words of thomas sprat , aim at a ' mathematical plainness ' . It should be clear , simple , accurate and , if possible , unambiguous , though an unambiguous statement is not necessarily clear of simple .