different between rambling vs unclear

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??æm.bl??/

Verb

rambling

1. present participle of ramble

Adjective

rambling

1. Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
2. Confused and irregular; awkward.

Synonyms

• (digressing): desultory

Translations

Noun

rambling (plural ramblings)

1. A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
   • 1941, Harold Sinclair, Years of Illusion (page 145)

     […] listening with great interest to Martha's ramblings about "The War."

2. A gentle hike.

Derived terms

• rambling rose

Translations

Anagrams

• marbling

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- +? clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?kl??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Adjective

unclear (comparative unclearer or more unclear, superlative unclearest or most unclear)

1. Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
2. Not clearly or explicitly defined.
3. Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable.
4. Not having a clear idea; uncertain.

   I'm still unclear about what she meant by that remark.

Derived terms

• unclearly (adv)

Translations

Anagrams

• crenula, lucarne, nuclear