equivocate
/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
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American sound/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/
ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt
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ɪ - ˈkwɪvəkeɪt -> equivocate
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equivocal /Ç'kwÇvǝkl/ adj (fml )
မသေချာမတိကျသော။ မပြတ် မသား မရေမရာ။ He gave an equivocal answer, typical of a politician. ❍ The position of the Liberals was more equivocal.
❏ equivocate /Ç'kwÇvǝkeÇt/ v (fml )
(တမင်) ခပ်လုံးလုံး ပြောသည်။
‘There are no objections that we are aware of,’ the Minister equivocated.
❏ equivocation /ÇkwÇvǝ'keÇʃn/ n [U, C] မရေမရာ လုပ်ခြင်း။
They were criticized for equivocation and unwillingness to commit themselves.
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vague, ambiguous, ambivalent, oblique, unclear, evasive, shifty, amphibological, borderline, clear as mud, clouded, confusing, disreputable, doubtful, dubious, fishy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, muzzy, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, uncertain, undecided, unexplicit, unintelligible, with mixed feelings
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