hedged

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  2. verb hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
  3. verb enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

Synonyms

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep

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