EQUIVOCAL

(adj.) 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"
synonyms : ambiguous
His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them. NOTE: The opposite is unequivocal. -added by pkhalwadekar
(adj.) uncertain as a sign or indication
"the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
(adj.) 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"

Mnemonics for equivocal

(Tag: ) If everyone spoke in an "equal-voice" you wouldn't be able to decipher who was calling.
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(Tag: ) equally vocal about both the ideas which are contradictory..
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(Tag: ) It's just talk, it doesn't mean anything: It's EQUAL to VOCAL.
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(Tag: ) Both party's advocates are equivocal. they always mislead judge.. vocate in advocate relates to vocal
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