"ambiguous" in the adjective sense

1. equivocal, ambiguous

open to two or more interpretations 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"

2. ambiguous

having more than one possible meaning

"ambiguous words"

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

3. ambiguous

having no intrinsic or objective meaning not organized in conventional patterns

"an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"

"ambiguous inkblots"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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