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murky

 adjective
     
murk‧y
1 dark and difficult to see through:
murky water
2 complicated and difficult to understand [= obscure]:
The laws on intellectual property are murky.
the murky waters (=complicated subject) of sexuality and jealousy
3 involving dishonest or illegal activities that are kept secret [= shady]:
a murky world of fraud and secret deals
a politician with a murky past
—murkiness noun [uncountable]
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