ambiguous

• "or of uncertain nature or significance"
• "or (often) intended to mislead"
• "an equivocal statement"
• "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"
• "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"
• "popularity is an equivocal crown"
• "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"

Synonyms

• equivocalopen to two or more interpretations; open to question; uncertain as a sign or indication

• "ambiguous words"
• "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

• "not organized in conventional patterns"
• "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"
• "ambiguous inkblots"