obscure; vague; ambiguous
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
bare livelihood; subsistence
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
affixing with glue; clinging (as if glued)
paste (medicinal); salve; dope