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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026: | Voornaamste vertalingen |
| vaag bn/bw | (onbepaald, onduidelijk) | vague, unclear adj |
| | | vaguely adv |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026: Overeenkomende vermeldingen van de andere kant van het woordenboek | Voornaamste vertalingen |
| unclear adj | (text: not clear in meaning) | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | Overall, it's a good essay, but this section is unclear; could you rewrite it so that the meaning is more evident? |
| vague adj | (not distinct) | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | Karen could make out a vague shape in the mist, but she wasn't sure what it was. |
| obscure adj | (indistinct: to the eye) | donker, obscuur bn |
| | | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | What's that obscure shape next to that tree? |
| clouded adj | figurative (confused, unclear) (figuurlijk) | beneveld bn |
| | | wazig, vaag bn |
| | | onduidelijk bn |
| | The issue was clouded by all of the related problems. |
sneaking,
also UK: sneaky adj | figurative (suspicion, feeling: vague) (vermoeden) | vaag bn |
| | Perry had a sneaking feeling that his son was lying. |
| indistinct adj | (vague, not clearly defined) | vaag, onduidelijk bn |
| | | onscherp bn |
| | The evidence is indistinct; the suspect must be released. |
| unspecific adj | (vague) | vaag, aspecifiek bn |
| vaguely adv | (faintly, slightly) | gering bw |
| | (figuurlijk) | vaag bw |
| | There are a few vaguely interesting articles in the magazine. |
| faint adj | (visibility: poor) | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | Tom saw a faint image on the screen. |
| fuzzy adj | figurative (idea, memory: vague) | vaag, verward bn |
| | Tom tried to remember what he did at the party last night, but his memory was fuzzy. |
| hazy adj | figurative (vision: blurry) | vaag, onduidelijk bn |
| | Tim's hazy vision was due to the amount of alcohol he had drunk. |
| vague adj | (memory) | vaag, onduidelijk bn |
| | I have a vague recollection of meeting that man somewhere, but I can't remember where it was. |
| blurry adj | (photo, object: indistinct) | onscherp bn |
| | | vaag, wazig bn |
| | These photos are too blurry to use in the magazine. |
| obscure adj | figurative (unclear: in meaning) (figuurlijk) | duister, obscuur bn |
| | | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | | ingewikkeld bn |
| | | ondoorgrondelijk bn |
| | The poem was so obscure I couldn't make any sense of it. |
| shadowy adj | figurative (indistinct) | onduidelijk bn |
| | | vaag bn |
| | | duister, verdacht bn |
| | | twijfelachtig bn |
| | The shadowy figure of a man appeared in the doorway. |
| nebulous adj | figurative (vague) (figuurlijk) | nevelig bn |
| | | vaag bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | troebel bn |
| | The CEO only offered nebulous reassurances regarding the future of the company. |
| loosely adv | figurative (not closely) | algemeen, vaag bw |
| | The teacher loosely examined the student's work. |
| dimly adv | figurative (vaguely) | vaag, zwak bw |
| | Harry became dimly aware that he was not alone. |
| vaguely adv | (indistinctly, imprecisely) | vaag, onscherp bw |
| | | onduidelijk bw |
| | Ruth vaguely remembered meeting David once many years ago. |
| dreamily adv | (in a vague way) | vaag bw |
| | "I think we should paint the room pink," the little girl said dreamily. |
| hazy adj | figurative (memory: unclear) | wazig, warrig, vaag bn |
| | The policeman said that his memory of the event was hazy. |
| vague adj | (understanding) | vaag, flauw bn |
| | Simon had to stand in for the maths teacher, despite only having a vague knowledge of the subject. |
| misty adj | figurative (memory: vague) | wazig, vaag bn |
| | My mother died when I was a child and my memories of her are misty. |
| indistinct adj | (sound: faint) | vaag bn |
| | | flauw bn |
| | | nauwelijks hoorbaar bw+bn |
| | The indistinct music coming from the house suggests someone may be home. |
| loose adj | figurative (vague) | vaag bn |
| | We have only a loose outline of the plan. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| soft adj | (edge: not distinct) | zacht, vaag bn |
| | I love the soft edges in this painting. |
| remote adj | (faint) (gevoel) | licht, zacht, vaag, onbestemd bn |
| | I had the remote sense that I was unwelcome. |
| cloudy adj | (issue, idea: vague, unclear) | vaag, onduidelijk bn |
| murky adj | (ideas, arguments) | onduidelijk, vaag bn |
| | The law student had a hard time getting through all the murky details of the case. |
| vague adj | (sight, vision) | vaag, wazig, onscherp bn |
| inchoate adj | (vague) | vaag, onduidelijk bn |
| | The book is full of inchoate ideas; it's not ready for publication. |
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