as in vague
not expressed in precise terms
for questions like "What do you think of my new haircut?" sometimes an inexplicit response is safest
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Recent Examples of inexplicit
Douglas argued that the U.S. Constitution allows for several inexplicit rights, all of which flow from other protections explicitly stated in the document.
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Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022
Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature.
—Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
Looking beyond the draft, several college coaches recruiting Adams employed what has been a common technique: discouraging in casual, inexplicit terms multi-sport recruits from pursuing two sports.
—Robert Klemko, The MMQB, 13 July 2017
Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2022
Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature.
—Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
Looking beyond the draft, several college coaches recruiting Adams employed what has been a common technique: discouraging in casual, inexplicit terms multi-sport recruits from pursuing two sports.
—Robert Klemko, The MMQB, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicit
Adjective
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When breaches do occur, the notifications are often vague or slow to arrive, leaving users unaware of the risks they have been exposed to—and unsure of how to respond effectively.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The United Nations said one of its workers was killed and others injured in an explosion that hit a building housing U.N. personnel, adding that the circumstances of the incident remain unclear.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The effort to push back on Carr’s Trumpian agenda is beginning to take root, though with what degree of success remains unclear.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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An unlikely ally to Tanner and Luca as tensions rise, but loyalties remain ambiguous.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Inexplicit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicit. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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