unarticulated

adjective

Definition of unarticulatednext
as in irrational

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Recent Examples of unarticulated Director Maggie Gyllenhaal readily admits that the idea that Shelley left some piece of the story unarticulated is a fantasy of hers. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026 Their relationship vibrates with power imbalance and unarticulated desire. — Literary Hub, 4 June 2026 Young spoke with Variety about the unarticulated rivalry that the Lost Boys have with one another, playing an adult with the mind of a child and working with a real-life sheep while staging his character’s grisly demise. — Leia Mendoza, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 Lately, pop music has become even more reliant on visual shorthand, a series of unarticulated but essential codes, an unspoken, IYKYK insularity. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unarticulated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unarticulated
  1. irrational
  2. unreasonable
  3. illogical
  4. absurd
  5. incoherent
  6. daffy
  7. fatuous
  8. nonsensical
Adjective
  • Their ideas about it were often steeped in stereotypes suggesting that Buddhists were irrational and childish in their thinking.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026
  • Scammers often use isolation tactics in phone calls to panic the listener and rush them into making irrational choices that often have financial costs.
    — Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • His certification is temporarily suspended due to excessive or unreasonable force from the incident, according to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • Your request for back-to-back weeks off at the last minute is unreasonable.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of unreasonable
Adjective
  • Their complaints have been mostly incoherent and illogical, with UEFA's statement in particular being laughably inaccurate.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026
  • In spite of D'Arcy's best efforts, Rhaenyra is an impenetrable character with illogical choices and zero magnetism to the viewers (or seemingly, her councilors).
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Definition of illogical
Adjective
  • The 41-year-old is still an elite NBA player, which is still an absurd reality to consider.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The thesis rests on a claim that would have sounded absurd a year ago.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of absurd
Adjective
  • The trial was a bit incoherent, with not much solid evidence presented.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
  • However, his second wife, Alicent Hightower (played as a young girl by Emily Carey and as an adult by Olivia Cooke), interprets his incoherent dying words as a change of heart in favor of her son, Aegon II Targaryen (played as a child by Ty Tennant and as an adult by Tom Glynn-Carney).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026
Definition of incoherent
Adjective
  • Even the most memorable new character, Forky (Tony Hale)—an endearingly daffy piece of plastic cutlery with a tendency toward self-harm—could only reinforce the sense that we were being served a load of flimsy, disposable goods.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2026
  • The show's daffy, big-hearted mother hen revealed to TV Insider that fans can expect a torrent of emotions this season.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Definition of daffy
Adjective
  • The ongoing war between woke and anti-woke factions is a fatuous melodrama best left to the satirists.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatuous
Adjective
  • Sophia’s actual actions are just sort of random and nonsensical.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Measuring Sanskrit-era medicine by modern Western standards is obviously hard, if not nonsensical.
    — Horatio Clare, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
Definition of nonsensical

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“Unarticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarticulated. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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