Modifies a noun

• undertaking: France was still trying to weaken the language of the unequivocal undertaking to relate to the ultimate goal of nuclear disarmament.

• condemnation: A moral position must begin with unequivocal condemnation, the absence of which could eliminate even the language by which people can communicate.

• ceasefire: Ministerial contact with SF was broken off until 'an unequivocal ceasefire ' was restored.

• commitment: Indeed many people during the evening were grateful for the mayor's unequivocal commitment to keep swimming pools in Forest Hill.

• backing: Will the Prime Minister continue to give his unequivocal backing?

• statement: On the 5th November 2003 Mr Justice Moses made an unequivocal statement to the media.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: The message I got from people was quite unequivocal.

• not: Nevertheless the text of the Washington Agreement was not unequivocal.

• now: CONCLUSION There is now unequivocal evidence that genetic factors are among the major risk factors for OA.

• equally: Paul Macey, former features editor of the Voice, is equally unequivocal: No.

• absolutely: The first absolutely unequivocal case of HIV ' superinfection ' was reported at the Retrovirus Conference.

• fairly: Whilst some such classifications may be fairly unequivocal, generating useful schema is an ongoing task.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Constantine lavished patronage to the Church from 312 AD and his own pronouncements seem unequivocal that he was committed to Christianity from 312 AD.

• remain: Although Selwyn goes some way to explaining away his severity, she remains unequivocal about her opposition to such parenting methods.