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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ʌnˈklɪɚ/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)

形容詞

unclear (comparative unclearer or more unclear, superlative unclearest or most unclear)

1. Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.

   The remark she made comparing her life with that of a fish was unclear.

2. Not clearly or explicitly defined.
3. Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable.

   From such a long distance away, the name on the signpost was unclear.

4. Not having a clear idea; uncertain.

   I'm still unclear about what she meant by that remark.

派生語

• unclear medicine
• unclearly (adv)

動詞

unclear (third-person singular simple present unclears, present participle unclearing, simple past and past participle uncleared)

1. (transitive, rare) To undo the process of clearing.
   • 1998, Jeffrey J. Mayer, ACT! 4 for Windows for Dummies, page xx:

     Clearing, unclearing and deleting activities

   • 2012, Gerald DeJong, Investigating Explanation-Based Learning, page 108:

     […] finally [the block] would be cleared and remain that way until moved. Although this clearing and unclearing can occur repeatedly, the current BAGGER algorithm is unable to generalize number within unwindable subproofs.

アナグラム

• crenula, lucarne, nuclear