adjective
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characterized by reduced visibility; misty
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indistinct; vague
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Origin of hazy
First recorded in 1615–25; earlier hawsey, metathetic variant of unattested Middle English *aswy, Old English haswig “ashen, dusky”; see haze 1, -y 1
Explanation
If it's hazy, it's definitely not clear — there's fog, mist, smoke or something like that blurring the view. Hazy usually describes a sky that's fogged over or otherwise unclear. But if you're feeling a little uncertain or unsure about something, with only a bleary outline in your mind, you could say you're a bit hazy on the details.
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Satellite imagery over the Atlantic on Wednesday 9 September shows a large, brown and hazy area which is a dry, dusty later in the atmosphere moving toward the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
These sections are the least effective parts of Cusk’s book, as they are frustratingly indeterminate and hazy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Exactly when quantum computing will start disrupting billion-dollar industries remains hazy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Its infrared capabilities, however, bring out features that are harder to see in visible light, including dense concentrations of dust and hazy regions of ionized gas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Shine light on a million moving cubes and you only get a hazy, moving shadow, a molecular version of television static.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Across oceans, perhaps early humans did wonder at the hazier skies and unusually vivid sunsets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Fed rate forecast for 2027, meanwhile, is even hazier.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The skies were hazier when he lived closer to Houston, Gonzalez said, and he isn’t worried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Maggie’s desires are hazier — her defining personality trait is a lack of personality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
Tad looked at Rashid, then back at the blocked stairs and the hallway near it, which was hazier than it had been before.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
The Golden State is home to four of the national parks with the haziest skies, with Sequoia and Kings Canyon — which are contiguous — once again claiming the ignominious top slot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
But the youngest actors have the haziest relationship with AIDS, informed by the mass media of their childhood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
And, more importantly, they had only the haziest idea of who to hold responsible.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2013
And Jimmer was Jimmer, capable of carpet-bombing the best teams, but Gonzaga never had the haziest answer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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