nebulous concept
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnebulousandconcept
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nebulous
adjective
uk/ˈneb.jə.ləs/us/ˈneb.jə.ləs/
(especially of ideas) not clear and having ...
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concept
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sept/us/ˈkɑːn.sept/
a principle ...
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(Definition ofnebulousandconceptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The structural approach is avoided since the socio-economic situation has not markedly improved since 2001 and culture is a rathernebulousconceptto measure.
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As such, it has become such anebulousconceptthat it can never be disconfirmed, regardless of the aggregate of seemingly antithetical data.
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It may be argued that that is anebulousconcept, but it is not in the least nebulous.
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One analysis is that thatnebulousconceptof reasonable belief may have to be based on judgments of up to 34 different criteria.
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There is no doubt that the old rating system was based on thenebulousconceptof a fair market rent.
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As yet, the new order is an ill-defined and rathernebulousconcept, full of political rhetoric.
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I was not clear about what happens thereafter: is it linked to earnings or to thenebulousconceptof the shopping basket?
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It is anebulousconceptwhich belies accurate definition.
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Efficiency is not merely somenebulousconcept.
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The cyber domain, for instance, presents an extremelynebulousconcept.
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Surely the admittedly nebulous concepts of justice and equity are part of what we should include when we speak of educating our children.
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Sustainable development is one of those nebulous concepts: everyone thinks that they know what they mean by it but no one can quite accurately define what they mean.
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