Equivocal

adjective

ɪ'kwɪvəkəl

Adjective

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”
Similar:Ambiguous
See also:Ambiguous
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”
uncertain as a sign or indication
“the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal”