Hedges are not weakness words — they are precision instruments. Calibrated language means the strength of your verb matches the strength of your evidence, and the failure runs in both directions. Set the evidence you actually hold, then move the verb dial until the sentence on the right is neither an overclaim nor a needless retreat. Then trade your vague softeners for named limitations and watch the fog clear.
1 · The evidence you actually hold
You are writing one sentence about a medication-reminder app and missed doses. What is behind it?
Study strength
Things that cost you a step
2 · The verb you were about to use
Same finding, six strengths of claim. Only one band is honest for the evidence above.
Claim strength
3 · Hedge specifically, not vaguely
Click to add or drop. A hedge that adds information earns its place; a hedge that adds fog does not.
Vague softeners — fog
Named limitations — information
The sentence you are about to send
Rebuilt live. Red dashed = fog. Green = a limitation that told the reader something.