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/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/
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[ UK /ɪkwˈɪvəkˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪkwˈɪvəkˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
- be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
How To Use equivocate In A Sentence
- It is my total albeit, naive-sounding, to nihilists masquerading as realists belief that there is remedy to this incident; the Iranian government can make this happen without appearing to have equivocated, and frankly, without appearing as anomalous in their imprisonment of artists, because again, history is far too rife with such instances, the world over. Michael Vazquez: On The Imprisonment of Iranian Filmmakers: A Moral Option For Iran and Any Government Presuming to Silence Its Artists
- In the 1950s and 1960s, the center equivocated during the great battles for civil rights.
- Given the opportunity to allow blends of up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) in gasoline sold for cars and light trucks, EPA equivocated yet again. Bob Dinneen: EPA's Indecision on Ethanol Blends: Retreating From a Clean Energy Future
- In the face of interrogation by members of the committee, you waffled, equivocated, lied, feigned lack of memory, and even remained silent, in the face of the most probing questions.
- In the Tbilisi and Vilnius cases, Gorbachev equivocated on how deeply he was involved, hesitating to either defend or denounce the attacks. The Return
- I note that book publishing itself is becoming much more honest, truthful, unimpeachable, authentic, and precise about everything from numbers of books sold to the unvarnished, unexaggerated, unerring, and unaffected stories it tells as all who toil and sweat in this scrupulous business strive as best we can to maintain the veracious sheen-of-sham and hocus pocus so inherently attached like Superglue to our equivocated reputations for flimflam and fiddle-dee-dee. Obscure Books, Part II - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com
- Hoping he did not mean what I feared he meant, I attempted to equivocate. LORD OF THE SILENT
- Likewise equivocate AbsoluteWriters Water Cooler for info as good as inspiration. TV Anime Guide for Nov 09 Updated 1 Nov 09
- Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides.
- When the department screwed up, Clifford never equivocated. Len Levitt: The Daily News and the NYPD: Blinded by Love