grey area

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

en-au-grey area.ogg

grey area grey areas gray area

Because grey is a blend of black and white.

penumbra

bright line

grey hat grey literature greyline grey market black and white fall between two stools twilight zone

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