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:
- Unclearness (the best one I guess, derived from "unclear");
- Ambiguity (derived from ambiguous);
- Incomprehensibility (from incomprehensible);
- Opaqueness (fig., derived from "opaque").
ANSWER 4
Score 2
If Wiktionary is to be believed, then disclarity is a word, albeit an uncommon one.