gray area

noun

: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong

There are no gray areas in the rules.

a legal gray area

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What a fun moral and legal gray area that will certainly not blow up in anyone’s face! —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 This led hemp manufacturers to produce and sell THC-containing products, including delta-8 THC, which has effects similar to adult-use cannabis, but were not regulated and therefore exist in a gray area of federal and state legislation. —

Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 This is her husband, and the texts are [in] that weird gray area…where, like, the texts are too cute. —

Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 2 Oct. 2024 Hundreds of millions of dollars had already been wagered on the 2024 election, but all of those bets were made in a legal gray area, Axios' Brady Dale reports. —

Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gray area