25 Examples of Lexical Vagueness

Lexical Vagueness

Is named lexical vagueness to any inaccurate or imprecise terminology within a text or statement. It is presented as imprecise language, that is, the text lacks sufficient information to clarify certain concepts.

Lexical vagueness is often generated in texts where context information is missing, since this is necessary to establish additional data that anchors the reader in a certain situation. By lacking contextual data, the chances of generating lexical vagueness increase.

There are cases in which the same words always contain lexical vagueness, regardless of their context. For example, certain adjectives like rich, poor, a lot, a little or too much are words that do not correspond to an objective parameter.
The opposite of lexical vagueness is clarity and precision.

Lexical ambiguity

The ambiguity Lexical occurs when a word or a set of words has a plurality of meanings and the context does not provide sufficient clarity. This plurality is known as polysemy.

Examples of lexical vagueness

1. Juana went to your aunt's house. / Juana's aunt was not determined to her house (if she was aunt of her mother or her father).
2. Olga and Pedro watched a suspense movie. / They do not determine where they went to see the movie or what movie the statement refers to.
3. I bought the book. / It is not determined where, when or what book was purchased.
4. He handed her the letter. / It is not determined if it is a letter in a restaurant or if it is a postman who delivered a letter, for example.
5. She bought the food this morning.
6. She said something about Raúl.
7. Many things were clarified.
8. I want to know if she will go.
9. I brought a cake to eat.
10. We will go fishing.
11. Tell him to talk to me.
12. As soon as it costs up to 10, we will leave.
13. She has prepared a delicious dinner for Christmas.
14. She brings all the things that are on the table.
15. You will not go to the game on Sunday.
16. I will spend my next vacation there.
17. Ana will arrive at seven.
18. We have dated.
19. Singing that song, I dreamed again.
20. They all ran together.
21. That book is not from here.
22. When we were sleeping, it appeared.
23. We were so happy that bright sunny day.
24. Mariano and Ezequiel left there 1 hour ago.
25. Many of us did not want to go there.