What Does Nebulous Mean?

I only ask because apparently Theressa May was called Nebulous by Jean-Claude Junker. They had a bit of a tiff about it, you can see it here on the Evening Standard.

And here’s the definition of ‘Nebulous’. He has a point.

1. 1.

   in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

   “a giant nebulous glow”

   synonyms:

   indistinct, indefinite, unclear, vague, hazy, cloudy, fuzzy, misty, lacking definition, blurred, blurry, out of focus, foggy, faint, shadowy, dim, obscure, shapeless, formless, unformed, amorphous; rarenebulose “the figure was still nebulous—she couldn’t quite see it”
2. 2.

   (of a concept) vague or ill-defined.

   “nebulous concepts like quality of life”

   synonyms:

   vague, ill-defined, unclear, hazy, uncertain, indefinite, indeterminate, imprecise, unformed, muddled, confused, ambiguous, inchoate, opaque, muddy “his nebulous ideas about salvation”

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