unarticulated

Examples

• All

• Such students generally bring with them an unarticulated sense of the nature of law's boundaries.

  Academic text (1992)

• We need certain life experiences to be able to interpret characters' thoughts, and still more their unarticulated emotions, such as fear, anxiety, longing, or joy.

  Academic text (2001)

• Customer problems and unarticulated needs.

  Academic text (1995)

• Expectations for theatre teachers go unarticulated.

  Academic text (1996)

• Some people call it bifurcation and the ability to anticipate the unarticulated needs of the customer.

  Academic text (1995)

• Whether the present analysis relies as well on unarticulated conceptions of human character remains open to further assessment.

  Academic text (1990)

• Edmund Burke recognized the unarticulated wisdom of tradition and of culture.

  Academic text (1991)

• Students already have philosophies of art, although they are usually unarticulated and colored by familiar stereotypes of what art is for.

  Academic text (1997)

• As the faculty group questioned, it was found they were handicapped by a vague, essentially unarticulated notion of the college philosophy.

  Academic text (1990)

• I must have been relying on an unarticulated faith in outside forces, a dim confidence that the injustice would be corrected.

  Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

U

unsaid

vsunarticulated

20 5.8

Not spoken out loud

may include lack of clarity even if something is said

I

incoherent

vsunarticulated

11 7.2

Unable to speak clearly because of strong emotion or illness

is about lacking clear words or remaining unspoken rather than inability

I

inarticulate

vsunarticulated

9 7.4

Not able to speak clearly or find the right words

is broader, including things not spoken or not clearly expressed

U

unstated

vsunarticulated

6 5.6

Not said or written openly

is broader, also referring to unclear or vague expression

U

unexpressed

vsunarticulated

3 6.0

Not said or shown but clearly felt

adds that the idea may be unclear even if expressed

U

unuttered

vsunarticulated

1 7.9

Not said aloud or expressed in words

can also mean unclear wording rather than only silence

U

unformulated

vsunarticulated

1 7.0

Not clearly expressed or made definite

focuses more on vagueness rather than on silence

U

unbreathed

vsunarticulated

9.6

Thought but not spoken aloud

is broader, also covering unclear expression even when spoken

U

unsounded

vsunarticulated

• Specialized

8.2

A written letter or sound that is not spoken

is broader, covering unclear wording as well as silence

U

unvocalized

vsunarticulated

• Specialized

8.7

Not pronounced aloud or written without vowel marks

is less technical and covers general unclear or unsaid ideas

U

unclarified

vsunarticulated

6.2

Not explained clearly for people to understand

is narrower, also including things simply not spoken aloud

U

undelineated

vsunarticulated

9.5

Not clearly separated from other things and lacking clear edges

is more about unclear wording than undefined boundaries

Antonyms

S

spoken

1 1.0

Said aloud rather than written

How Articulated

expressed

3.2

unarticulated

1 7.5

unspoken

56 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology