unarticulated
adjective
un·ar·tic·u·lat·ed
ˌən-är-ˈti-kyə-ˌlā-təd 
: not articulated
especially
: not carefully reasoned or analyzed
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Director Maggie Gyllenhaal readily admits that the idea that Shelley left some piece of the story unarticulated is a fantasy of hers.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
The stats are so much more concrete than my internal, unarticulated writerly goals.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Jan. 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
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
The stats are so much more concrete than my internal, unarticulated writerly goals.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Jan. 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
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“Unarticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unarticulated. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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