gray area

1. Indeterminate territory, undefined position, neither here nor there. For example, There's a large gray area between what is legal and what is not. This term, which uses gray in the sense of “neither black nor white” (or halfway between the two), dates only from the mid-1900s.

Example Sentences

“We’re following the law. It’s not like this is a gray area where we might have a legal analysis that comes to a different opinion,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Secrets, twists and turns lie ahead that bridge their stories together and make you question the gray areas between good, bad, wrong and right.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s a lot of gray area in making these decisions, but all three say it’s vital for pet owners to start investigating their options well before they’re in the throes of grief.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s where the confusion is coming from, the people in the gray area.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then they create a gray area, and make the Republicans sue to get their way.

From Salon