difficult to find, define, or achieve Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found. the elusive concept of “literature” A solution to the problem of toxic waste is proving elusive.
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noun [uncountable]See elusive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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