obscure
adjective
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
obscureness
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a word derived from
obscure.
Example Sentences
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And while his aesthetic seems like ingratiating wholesome Americana, there’s an avant-garde obscureness underneath it.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
The dark companion, no longer able to hide itself by its obscureness, was brought out into the light of direct observation by means of its gravitational effects.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 by Various
The contents of consciousness are vivid or clear in the center of this field and fade away into vagueness or obscureness in proportion to their approach to the periphery.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
The place so offensive for its cloudiness, is, —The obscureness of her birth Cannot eclipse the lustre of her eyes, Which make her all one light.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Theophilus Cibber
"The obscureness of her birth Cannot eclipse the lustre of her eyes Which make her all one light."
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
