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unexplicit

unexplicit

7.2
Not said or written clearly so people do not understand it
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɛkspɪlɪt/
translation icon : implícito
  • The contract had several unexplicit terms that required further clarification before signing.

Examples

  • His instructions were unexplicit, leaving everyone confused about what to do next.

  • The artist's meaning was unexplicit, allowing viewers to interpret the painting in their own way.

  • A reading that investigates the "otherness" within the contemporaneity of the literary text can begin by seeking out the questions (most often unexplicit) to which the text was the response in its time (Jauss 146).

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

unexpressed
vsunexplicit
3 6.0

Not said or shown but clearly felt

is about lacking clear detail rather than being simply unspoken
unspecific
vsunexplicit
2 5.8

Not clear or detailed enough to be useful

is about unclear or not detailed phrasing rather than merely being general
unvoiced
vsunexplicit
1 6.7

Not said out loud but understood by people

is about being unclear or lacking detail rather than only unsaid
underspecified
vsunexplicit
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Not clearly or fully described so important details are missing

is about words not being clearly stated rather than missing complete definition
inexplicit
vsunexplicit
7.5

Not clear or detailed, making the meaning unsure

is the same meaning but differs only in word form
nonspecified
vsunexplicit
6.3

Not stated or described in detail

is about unclear or not detailed statement rather than missing identity
unexplanatory
vsunexplicit
8.4

Not giving a clear reason or detail

is about not being clearly stated in words rather than lacking explanation
nonlucid
vsunexplicit
8.5

Difficult to understand

is about being not clearly stated in detail rather than simply hard to understand
unelaborate
vsunexplicit
5.9

Something that is simple and without much decoration

is about being not clearly stated or detailed rather than plain simplicity

Antonyms

142 4.8

Clear and detailed so there is no confusion

27 4.2

Easy to see and understand

How Explicit

explicit
142 4.8
clear
1.0
vague
230 4.6
unexplicit
7.2
implicit
49 6.1

Surface Forms

unexplicit positive

Morphology

unexplicit = explicit (transparent) = un + explicit

The productive negation prefix 'un-' directly yields 'not explicit', a meaning easily derived by learners who know 'explicit'.

Etymology

Unexplicit is made from the negative un- and explicit, which originally meant 'unfolded' or 'opened out', like the familiar word explain. So unexplicit means 'not made clear' or 'not stated in detail'.