murkier; murkiest
1
: characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
the murky bottom of the lake
2
3
: darkly vague or obscure
murky official rhetoric
He offered a murky explanation.
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Examples of murky in a Sentence
She peered into one of the church's murky chapels.
a politician with a murky past
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
For starters, much of the hype around generative AI was focused specifically on the threat of deepfakes, which experts and pundits worried had the potential to flood the already murky information space and fool the public.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
Export controls have been less effective than U.S. officials had hoped because supply chains are murky and therefore hard to control.
—Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The Con strand already comprises Love, Janessa, about the murky world of online romance scams.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Murky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murky. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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murky
adjective
murkier; murkiest
1
: very dark or gloomy
2
3
: difficult to understand
a murky reply designed to confuse
murkiness
noun
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