UNAMBIGUOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unambiguous mean? 

• UNAMBIGUOUS (adjective)
  The adjective UNAMBIGUOUS has 2 senses:

1. having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning

2. admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

  Familiarity information: UNAMBIGUOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNAMBIGUOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning

Context example:

As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous

Similar:

monosemous (having only one meaning)

Also:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

unambiguous; unequivocal; univocal (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion)

Antonym:

ambiguous (having more than one possible meaning)

Derivation:

unambiguity (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

Synonyms:

unambiguous; unequivocal; univocal

Context example:

an unequivocal (or univocal) statement

Similar:

absolute (expressing finality with no implication of possible change)

straightforward (free from ambiguity)

unquestionable (not open to question)

Also:

unambiguous (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning)

Derivation:

unambiguity (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)

 Context examples 

A class that has an unambiguous reference within the scope.

(Identifiable Class, NCI Thesaurus)

Other researchers have previously suggested that acrylonitrile is an ingredient of Titan’s atmosphere, but they did not report an unambiguous detection of the chemical in the smorgasbord of organic, or carbon-rich, molecules found there.

(NASA Finds Moon of Saturn Has Chemical That Could Form ‘Membranes’, NASA)