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Unambiguousness

/ˌʌn.æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs.nəs/
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  1. 1

    The quality or state of being open to only one interpretation; absolute clarity and freedom from ambiguity.

    "The lawyer insisted on the unambiguousness of the contract clauses to prevent future disputes."
  2. 2

    The characteristic of being expressed in a plain and definite manner without vagueness.

    "We appreciated the unambiguousness of the instructions provided for the laboratory experiment."

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Derived from the adjective unambiguous, combining the native English negative prefix un- with unambiguous, which originates from the Latin ambiguus meaning doubtful or shifting, combined with the suffix -ness denoting a state or quality. The term emerged in modern English as a precise nominalization to describe absolute clarity and freedom from multiple possible interpretations.

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