Ebamäärasem

Ebamäärasem is the comparative form of the Estonian adjective ebamäärane, meaning more indefinite or vaguer. It is used to describe a higher degree of vagueness in statements, descriptions, or categories, indicating that something is less definite or precise than another reference point.

In practical use, ebamäärasem appears in analyses of language, logic, and everyday speech when comparing levels of certainty or specificity. For example, a researcher might say that one hypothesis is ebamäärasem than another, meaning it carries more uncertainty or lacks precise criteria. A news report could describe a forecast as ebamäärasem if its parameters are less clearly defined than a fixed projection. A sentence in Estonian commonly illustrating the concept is: Esialgne hinnang oli ebamäärasem kui lõplik prognoos.

Morphologically, ebamäärasem is formed from ebamäärane to express comparison; it marks a higher degree of vagueness relative to another item. The related noun ebamäärasus denotes vagueness or indeterminacy as a property or quality.

See also terms related to uncertainty and precision include ebamäärane (vague or indefinite in general), ebamäärasus (the concept of vagueness), and broader discussions of semantic precision in Estonian grammar and semantics. The use of ebamäärasem helps distinguish varying levels of definitional clarity in analysis, description, and evaluation.