cloudy

B1 · Intermediate

adj. describing a liquid or glass that you cannot see through clearly.

adj. lacking transparency or clarity; containing sediment or particles that make a substance opaque.

“The water in the fish tank looked cloudy and needed to be changed.”

“The chemist noted that the solution became cloudy upon the addition of the reagent, indicating the formation of a precipitate.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

adj. not clear in meaning or difficult to understand.

adj. metaphorically unclear, confused, or lacking in definition.

“His memory of the accident was a bit cloudy because it happened so fast.”

“The legal implications of the new contract remain cloudy, as several clauses appear to contradict existing employment regulations.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Computing Informal

adj. relating to services or data stored on the internet instead of a local computer.

adj. pertaining to cloud computing environments or services hosted on remote servers.

“Our company is moving toward a more cloudy setup to save money on servers.”

“The startup's infrastructure is entirely cloudy, allowing them to scale their operations rapidly without investing in physical hardware.”