unstated
Britishadjective
Vocabulary lists containing unstated
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
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
"But there's another, more pernicious goal driving these bills that might well succeed politically precisely because it remains largely unstated," Sargent continued.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023
She was to have been the answer to his unstated, unacknowledged question—where was the life to counter the encroaching nonlife?
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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