Translation of "Schwammiger begriff" in English

Pumpkin, "stupid" is a relative term.

But the term is vague and difficult to grasp.

Yet, "sustainability" remains a very vague concept.

Of course, the notion of energy security is fuzzy.

High power is a fairly indistinct term that means different things in different contexts.

The Committee considers that a lack of clarity persists on the term "frivolous claims" and that such a loose term has no legal status.

The However the Committee considers that a lack of clarity persists on the definition of several terms such as among others term "frivolous claims" and "public purpose" that such a loose term has no legal status.

You can literally point your finger at something that was only a loose concept before.

The advantage for someone to form a symbiosis with him is that we grant protection and psychic abilities (some would call this magic but that's a very imprecise term) to the new host who in turn uses them to influence his/her surroundings.

Moreover, in the microbial realm "type" is a rather vague concept posing difficulties even for experts.

On the other hand, I object to the obfuscation of the concept of safe third countries.

The concept social media – admittedly somewhat vague – has no direct connection to search engine optimization.

I very much welcome the fact that, for many countries, having to talk of ‘employment rates’ now rather than the somewhat malleable concept of ‘unemployment rates’ signals an important departure, in the same way as having very accurate and precise statistics on all work-related activities and on the role of women in the job market will signal an important departure.

We have put the case for this directive ultimately to include - irrespective of whether patents are included, which is, in the first instance, irrelevant - a positive list of its scope, so that the public - for whom the legislation is intended - do not get to read of some vague concept, but can see a list showing where and in what ways they can expose themselves to penalties.

The problem with international organizations’ approach is that they conflate the vague notion of “improved water sources” with genuinely clean, safe drinking water.

This vague term was finally fleshed out with a list of ten principles in September 2004, all but one of which, however, was without religious connotations.

For the large and fuzzy concept of Empire and the even more unclear terms of economy or free market determining world events behind it, anonymize social realities and leave out concrete actors and their interests.

Erik van der Weijde has penned a short manifesto about book-making, which is helpful in once again imbuing the term "artist book", which is so often vaguely invoked today, with the necessary acuity and exactitude: it enjoys cult status.

Critics are particularly sensitive when it comes to the imprecise term 'biodegradable' because the international guidelines relevant for this classification (OECD 301 and OECD 302) do not specify the period of time in which the product must degrade.