self-explanatory
Example Sentences
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Many of the new titles aren’t exactly self-explanatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
The title of the special “Lucky” feels self-explanatory given the life that you lead, at least the life people see.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
The titles are self-explanatory - Low Self Esteem, People Pleaser, Some Things Don’t Last Forever - reflecting the chatty openness of her lyrics.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
Yet the collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday might have been avoided, some of the engineers said, if the piers were adequately equipped with blocking devices with a self-explanatory name: fenders.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Most of the words were self-explanatory, but Thomas wondered about a couple of them.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
