inexplicit

Other forms: inexplicitly

If something's inexplicit, it's not clearly stated — it's vague or ambiguous. If a book's themes and plot are inexplicit, many of its readers will miss them completely and end up confused.

An explicit explanation is clear as day, its details leaving no room for misunderstanding. When things, conversely, are inexplicit, they aren't clear or definite. After making an inexplicit agreement, people may have different ideas of what they've agreed to. This adjective adds the "not" prefix in- to explicit, from the Latin explicitus, "unobstructed," and its root explicare, "unfold, unravel, or explain."

Definitions of inexplicit

1. adjective

   implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
   synonyms: implicit

   connotative

   having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

   implicit in, inherent, underlying

   in the nature of something though not readily apparent

   silent, tacit, understood

   implied by or inferred from actions or statements

   unexpressed, unsaid, unspoken, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoiced

   not made explicit

   covert

   secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed