Collocations for vague - adj.
VERBS
be,
look,
sound
‘Where did you leave it?’ Isobel looked vague.
‘Where did you leave it?’ Isobel looked vague.
become,
get
She seems to be getting rather vague as she grows older.
She seems to be getting rather vague as she grows older.
remain
leave sth
The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague.
leave sth
The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
hopelessly
Her directions were hopelessly vague.
hopelessly
Her directions were hopelessly vague.
a little,
slightly,
etc.
enough, sufficiently
It was a vague enough suggestion for everyone to be happy with it.
enough, sufficiently
It was a vague enough suggestion for everyone to be happy with it.
suitably
deliberately, intentionally
You're being deliberately vague.
deliberately, intentionally
You're being deliberately vague.
necessarily
Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague.
Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague.
notoriously
The law is notoriously vague on this point.
The law is notoriously vague on this point.
frustratingly
PREPOSITION
about
I am vague about what happened during the rest of the night.
I am vague about what happened during the rest of the night.
as to
I was suitably vague as to exactly how I had acquired the money.
I was suitably vague as to exactly how I had acquired the money.
in
The statement was vague in its wording.
The statement was vague in its wording.
Vague is used with these nouns:
allusion, answer, concept, description, feeling, generalization, gesture, hint, hope, idea, impression, language, law, memory, notion, outline, possibility, promise, recollection, reference, semblance, sense, shape, suggestion, suspicion, term, unease, wording
allusion, answer, concept, description, feeling, generalization, gesture, hint, hope, idea, impression, language, law, memory, notion, outline, possibility, promise, recollection, reference, semblance, sense, shape, suggestion, suspicion, term, unease, wording