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gray area

The correct spelling is gray area.

How to pronounce gray area

noun

Say it like: Graee- ar-ee

The correct spelling is gray area. An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy. For example: "It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal."

Usage Examples

It exists in a grey area between legal and illegal.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories, where the border between the two is fuzzy.
  2. 2.A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other, that is open to interpretation.

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