equivocal

adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature

or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an

equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and

equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female

candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior

increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an

equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an

embarrassing question" [syn: {ambiguous}] [ant: {unequivocal}]

2: open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his

conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of

the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

3: uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from

bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"