obfuscation, dissembling, obstinacy, disingenuousness, tactlessness, reticence, evasions, secretiveness, prevarication, obtuseness, indecisiveness, insincerity, curtness, inarticulateness, untrustworthiness, forthrightness, clumsiness, incredulousness, slipperiness, rigidness, stonewalling, stubbornness, vagueness, defensiveness, inconsistency, intractability, duplicity, intransigence, dubiousness, naivete, sloppiness, deceptiveness, frankness, vacillation, ambiguousness, inconstancy, underhandedness, untruthfulness, gamesmanship, ineptitude, spinelessness, ineptness, cravenness, peevishness, loquaciousness, incompetence, candor, prolixity, candidness, obstinance, mendacity, deviousness, incoherency, terseness, facetiousness, waffling, churlishness, callowness, arrogance, unwillingness, glibness, clownishness, indirectness, dissimulation, tone deafness, inscrutability, disingenuity, haughtiness, doublespeak, bluster, bluntness, unseemliness, sketchiness, cantankerousness, gutlessness, incoherence, naivety, recalcitrance, doggedness, circumlocution, ineffectuality, untruths, boneheadedness, wordiness, pusillanimity, indecision, fastidiousness, dishonesty, taciturnity, hyperboles, subterfuge, truculence, amateurishness, hypocrisy, incuriosity, sincerity, unreadiness, innuendo, lack, pugnacity, illogic, uncooperativeness, equivocation, aloofness, ambivalence, awkwardness, hesitancy, indirection, leniency, hesitation

coy, elusiveness

ambiguity, equivocalness