gray area

noun

: an area or situation in which it is difficult to judge what is right and what is wrong

There are no gray areas in the rules.

a legal gray area

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Rather, a vase, a table, or a chair can happily hover in the gray area between art and design, a space that young galleries are swiftly moving into. —

Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2025 Products that closely resemble an iconic designer item without blatantly ripping off their trademark, often called dupes, exist in a legal gray area and can cross the line from being simply an homage to a popular style to infringing on a copyright. —

Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2025 Many things that were in a gray area this past decade are rapidly changing, and the regulation process has begun. —

Sheraz Ahmed, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 This is where the gray area between cop and thief is drawn, and Gudegast has shed some doubt about which side of the law Nick is really on. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gray area