Vague | Mean of vague in English Dictionary

/ˈveɪg/

• not clear in meaning
1. The instructions she left were vague and difficult to follow.
2. He gave only a vague answer.
3. The judges determined that the law was too vague to be fairly enforced.
• not thinking or expressing your thoughts clearly or precisely
1. She has been vague about her plans for college.
2. When I asked him what they talked about, he was rather vague. [=he did not tell me exactly what they talked about]
• not completely formed or developed
1. vague memories/recollections
2. We had only a vague idea/notion of where we were.
3. I think I have a vague understanding of how it works.
4. He bore a vague resemblance to the famous actor. [=he looked a little like the famous actor]

• not able to be described clearly
1. He longed in some vague way for something different.
2. She felt a vague sense of uneasiness when she was around him.
3. I had the vague impression that they were withholding information.
• not able to be seen clearly
1. vague [=indistinct] figures in the distance
2. We could just barely make out the vague outline of a plane in the sky.