a grey area
/ə ˌɡreɪ ˈeəriə/NEUTRAL · C1
Meaning
a situation where the rules are not clear
Examples
- 1Whether you can park outside the school on Sundays is a bit of a grey area.
- 2Sharing photos from a concert online is a grey area for many fans.
- 3Nobody could tell us whether dogs were allowed on the beach; it was a grey area.
- 4Working from a café abroad is still a grey area in my company's contract.
- 5Is copying a friend's notes cheating, or is it more of a grey area?
Grammar
Countable: a grey area, plural grey areas. Often after a bit of or more of. American spelling is gray.
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