gray area

noun

: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong

There are no gray areas in the rules.

a legal gray area

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And while there’s never any doubt about who committed the crime, Preminger’s masterwork of persistent camera angles and patient editing proudly lives in the gray area of a flawed justice system. —

Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024 While still in the research stage, this novel invention is showing a lot of promise in removing the gray area of ADHD diagnosis. —

New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024 The Colts remain in a bit of a gray area with sophomore Anthony Richardson ending the season with volatility after getting benched in October. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 The shooter’s complaints placed him in a gray area between ideological terrorism and idiosyncratic lone-wolf extremism, experts say. —

Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gray area