unstated

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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

Effective today it is not just a point of contention, it is a sin, to be ferreted out through rumor and whisper, to be punished by reprisals, unstated but ever present.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025

The unstated goal has been to delay a moment of final legal reckoning for as long as possible.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024

He leaned there, looking at us all with a remote aloofness in which I sensed an unstated questioning beneath a friendly charm.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison