gray zone
noun[Cusually singular]
US(UKgrey zone)us/ˈɡreɪ ˌzoʊn/uk/ˈɡreɪ ˌzəʊn/activitiesby astatethat areharmfulto anotherstateand are sometimesconsideredto beactsofwar, but are notlegallyactsofwar:
Conflict in thegrayzonehas nosingleagreed-upondefinition.
Thegrayzonebetweenwarandpeacehasgrownconsiderably.
See also
hybrid warfarespecialized
asituationin which it is notclearwhether something islegalorillegal,acceptableor notacceptable, etc.:
There is aconsiderablegrayzonein thelawwhen it comes toonlinepublishing.
Thearticleis about the manygrayzonesandpitfallsofdatingin thepostfeministera.
- Grayzonescan be animportantelementofhybridwarfare.
- They gotcaughtcrossingthelinefrom thegrayzonethatliesbetweenpeaceandwar.
- There is alargegrayzonebetweennormalandabnormallevels.
- Even whenrulesaren'tbroken, researchers oftenworkin anethicalgrayzonebyofferingchildrenortheirparentsgiftcertificatesto takepartinresearch.
Uncertainty
- amorphous
- be neither fish nor fowlidiom
- blurred
- blurry
- circumstantial
- conflicted
- dodgy
- fuzzy
- insecurely
- insecurity
- it remains to be seenidiom
- it's early daysidiom
- joker in the packidiom
- questioning
- sputter
- squishy
- stutter
- swither
- tentative
- tentatively