vague reference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvagueandreference
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vague
adjective
uk/veɪɡ/us/veɪɡ/
not clearly expressed, known, described, ...
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reference
noun
uk/ˈref.ər.əns/us/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofvagueandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvague reference
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There is one on housing containing avaguereferenceto improving conditions.
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I must observe that he has only supported that statement by some veryvaguereferenceto some very rough estimate.
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There is a curiouslyvaguereferencein the report to evidence of a documentary nature.
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It is in fact a rather obscure,vaguereference, which says nothing about how the scheme is to operate.
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I am not altogether happy about the rathervaguereferencein the interim report to "commercial and port organisations".
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That seems a rathervaguereferenceto this all-important matter of the security of commercially confidential information.
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Perhaps some explanation may be forthcoming to show why this rather important information was passed over with only a veryvaguereference.
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Clause 3 makes avaguereferenceto it.
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There is somevaguereferenceto creditors being the first to subscribe, but no idea of how that is to be done.
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It is true that there has been somevaguereferenceto multilateral arrangements.
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We should be clearer about this and not have thisvaguereferencemade in the hope that some people may be intimidated.
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But all this code of industrial practice can do is to make some rathervaguereferenceto facilities being related to responsibilities.
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There is avaguereferenceto the interests of the employees in the undertaking.
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They make somevaguereferenceto money coming from the area health boards to pay for them, and that the area health boards should play some part in their administration.
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We shall get thatvaguereference.
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Moreover, thevaguereferenceto the 'guarantee of growth and employment' will certainly not protect workers against the likelihood of redundancies as a result of future mergers.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Article 18 also causes concern because of a particularvaguereferenceto "executive acts", which in turn curtails the powers of the courts.
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It's a veryvaguereferenceto what the album is about.
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Wikipedia
This chapter is not clearly focused, with vague references to ' mental models ' and an unclear presentation of the binding principles.
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