The English Oracle

What's the right word for "unclearity"?

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00:00 What'S The Right Word For &Quot;Unclearity&Quot;?
00:28 Answer 1 Score 9
00:46 Answer 2 Score 4
01:10 Answer 3 Score 9
02:14 Answer 4 Score 2
02:22 Thank you

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ANSWER 1

Score 9


You may mean uncertainty:

uncertainty |ˌənˈsərtntē| noun ( pl. -ties) the state of being uncertain : times of uncertainty and danger. • (usu. uncertainties) something that is uncertain or that causes one to feel uncertain : financial uncertainties.




ANSWER 2

Score 9


You could use obscurity, such that:

Well, this obscurity was in fact the very reason why I decided to call this meeting tonight.

Which is defined and exemplified over on The Free Dictionary as:

The quality or condition of being imperfectly known or difficult to understand: "writings meant to be understood . . . by all, composed without deliberate obscurity or hidden motives" (National Review).

Or, ambiguity, from the same source as above:

Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation: "leading a life of alleged moral ambiguity" (Anatole Broyard).

Or, you could use palpable, I guess:

Easily perceived; obvious

So that the sentence becomes:

Well, this lack of palpability was in fact the very reason why I decided to call this meeting tonight.

But this does alter the sentence more than you desire, just an option.




ANSWER 3

Score 4


If you mean "the fact that it was not clearly understandable", then the synonyms can be:




ANSWER 4

Score 2


If Wiktionary is to be believed, then disclarity is a word, albeit an uncommon one.