Ethically murky

murky

See also: Murky
English
Alternative forms
mirky (dated)
Etymology
From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak), Serbo-Croatian мра;к. By surface analysis, murk +; -y.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /;m;;(;)ki/
Audio (US):
Duration: 2 seconds.0:02
Rhymes: -;;(;)ki
Adjective
murky (comparative murkier, superlative murkiest)

Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Dark, dim, gloomy.
Cloudy, indistinct, obscure.
murky waters
murky territory
(by extension) Dishonest, shady.
Synonyms
dark
Derived terms
murkily
murkiness
murky bass
Related terms
murk
Translations
±hard to see through
dark, dim, gloomy — see gloomy
cloudy, indistinct, obscure — see obscure
±dishonest, shady
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Further reading
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “murky”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., ;OCLC.
“murky”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, ;OCLC.
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Synonyms for Ethically murky




17 other terms for ethically murky- words and phrases with similar meaning
synonyms


ethically ambiguous

morally ambiguous

ethically vague

morally uncertain

morally controversial

ethically suspect

morally enigmatic

morally questionable

ethically debatable

morally indefinable


morally gray

morally ambivalent

ethically equivocal

ethically dubious

ethically unclear

ethically indeterminate

morally perplexing


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murky territory
Sentence examples for murky territory from inspiring English sources






"murky territory" is an accurate phrase that can be used in written English.
You could use it to refer to a topic or situation which is difficult to understand or an area which has unclear boundaries or laws. For example, you could say, "The ethical implications of AI research are murky territory, and scientists are still debating how the technology should be used."


But now we're getting into murky territory.

Without a doubt, Mr. Solomon said, "It's murky territory".

Still, legalization takes health consumers into murky territory.

But copyright is not the only murky territory.

Not unlike Karl Ove Knausgaard's, her novels explore the murky territory between fiction and non-fiction.

That is truly murky territory -- when voters use their suspicions to determine a player's ultimate place in history.


That much seems clear enough, but Mr. Aczel quickly careens into murkier territory.

Having been forced to work as a spy in West Germany in last week's opening episode, the baby-faced border patrol guard found himself in even murkier territory as he tried to steal secret documents from a Nato chief.

But with last season's short-lived CBS series "Cane," on which he played a Miami businessman with a thuggish streak, and now with "Dexter," Mr. Smits has entered murkier territory.

It's a strange ritual of the primary season that takes election night out of the realm of simply who won and into the murkier territory of who did not lose as much as the next guy.

"The Friend," the feature-film debut of the German journalist Elmar Fischer, wades into morally murkier territory, imagining the quandary of a young man who might have befriended one of the terrorists.