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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She peered into one of the church's murky chapels.
a politician with a murky past
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But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
The murky jobs report could play a role in next week’s meeting of Federal Reserve officials, where the central banks will decide how to follow up September’s 50-basis-point rate cut.
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My thoughts were murkier, my muscles sorer and my mood more volatile.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Three weeks before the general election, the political climate is murky and filled with more and more inflammatory rhetoric.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
The murky jobs report could play a role in next week’s meeting of Federal Reserve officials, where the central banks will decide how to follow up September’s 50-basis-point rate cut.
—Jesse Pound,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
My thoughts were murkier, my muscles sorer and my mood more volatile.
—Melissa Kenny, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Murky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/murky. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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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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