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indirect
adjective as in roundabout; unintended
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- circular
- circumlocutory
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
Example Sentences
“As these markets scale, lenders may face indirect exposure if borrowers use credit to fund speculative activity,” the analysts wrote, “reinforcing the behavioral risk theme already evident in sports betting.”
There is an indirect impact on the Scottish government's finances through the complicated funding formulas that determine how much Holyrood receives from Westminster in the block grant.
However, the U.K. government blocked the purchase amid concerns about potential indirect foreign government involvement.
"Historically, catalyst engineers relied on more indirect measurements at idealized conditions to understand molecules on surfaces. Instead, this new measurement method provides a tangible description of surface bonding at catalytically-relevant conditions."
Professor John Tregoning, a vaccine immunologist, says the benefits are mostly indirect and much of what makes people feel healthier in winter may come down to stress.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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