inexplicit

Examples

• All

• She let out a quiet, inexplicit noise.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I've been struck as somebody who's been studying risk for decades and decades at how inexplicit this idea of threat is.

• Such interpretations are not in themselves inaccurate, but they are often general and inexplicit, and as a consequence, they sometimes miss what is going on at a deeper level.

  Academic text (2000)

• Of the minority who noted the presence of racial bias, most claimed it was of a subtle nature, describing it as "benign," "disguised," "inexplicit," and "indirect."

  Academic text (2012)

• The instructions were so inexplicit that I didn't know how to start the project.

• His explanation was inexplicit, leaving many of us confused about the task.

• The report was filled with inexplicit details that made it hard to understand the findings.

Synonyms

I

ill-defined

vsinexplicit

5 6.5

Not clearly or exactly stated

is vaguer and less exact in its sense

U

unexplicit

vsinexplicit

7.2

Not said or written clearly so people do not understand it

is more vague or ambiguous in meaning

N

nonlucid

vsinexplicit

8.5

Difficult to understand

is more vague and ambiguous in content

U

undescriptive

vsinexplicit

7.2

Not giving clear details that help you imagine something

is vaguer and less descriptive in wording

U

unexplanatory

vsinexplicit

8.4

Not giving a clear reason or detail

is vaguer in general sense, not only missing explanation

I

inelaborate

vsinexplicit

7.4

Simple and having few details

is vaguer rather than just simple in form

U

unelaborate

vsinexplicit

5.9

Something that is simple and without much decoration

is vaguer in meaning rather than merely concise

Antonyms

E

explicit

142 4.8

Clear and detailed so there is no confusion

C

clear-cut

27 4.2

Easy to see and understand

How Explicit

explicit

142 4.8

ambiguous

68 6.3

vague

230 4.6

inexplicit

7.5

opaque

14 8.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology