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unstated

ADJECTIVE
tacit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
implicit implied indirect unspoken
WEAK
alluded to allusive assumed hinted at inarticulate inferred intimated silent suggested undeclared understood unexpressed unsaid unvoiced wordless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
stated
WEAK
explicit express
ADJECTIVE
understood
Synonyms
STRONG
accepted appreciated implied inferred known pat presumed unsaid
WEAK
axiomatic down pat inferential on to roger tacit taken for granted undeclared unexpressed unspoken wise to wordless
Antonyms
STRONG
expressed stated
WEAK
explained explicit spoken written
ADJECTIVE
unsaid
Synonyms
STRONG
implied inferred silenced understood
WEAK
implicit left to the imagination tacit undeclared unexpressed unspoken unuttered unvoiced wordless
Antonyms
WEAK
expressed said stated
ADJECTIVE
unspoken
Synonyms
STRONGEST
implicit implied tacit
WEAK
inarticulate inferred intimated invoiced mute silent understood unexpressed unsaid unuttered
Antonyms
STRONGEST
explicit
WEAK
spoken stated

Example Sentences

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Take an area in which the unstated rejection of just-war theory has made it difficult to notice moral distinctions in how wars are fought.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Unknown to Wolf, Reubens, who sat for 40 hours of interviews before withdrawing from the project for unstated reasons in the film, had been sick with a blood cancer for six years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025

Harold Shipman changed an "unstated norm" around end of life care, veteran Tory Sir David Davis said during a parliamentary debate on assisted dying.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

For now, he left unstated his even deeper concern about the two-thousand-meter sprint at the Olympic trials.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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