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grey area
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a grey area (British & Australian, American)
a subject or problem that people do not know how to deal with because there are no clear rules. The legal difference between negligence and recklessness is a bit of a grey area.
See also: area, grey


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Because there is a certain clinical tone to this book, the various grey areas that permeate any country's foreign policy objectives and achievements are glossed over, if not completely ignored.
Ruggiero, however, overcomes these stereotypical categories to bring to life a world that operates in the grey areas or, better still, in the full array of colors that constitutes early modern Venice.
The survey also threw some light on grey areas in the overall picture.
 
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