unforthcoming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforthcoming
Adjective
  • These moves have prompted concern among segments of Trump's base supportive of a restrained international role, raising questions about the administration's direction ahead of a crucial 2026 midterm election cycle.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
  • As Rick, Goggins got to show longtime fans and incoming members of his fan club a rarer side of the actor: quiet, restrained, in deep amounts of unspoken pain.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, she was designed to be ethnically ambiguous for that reason, suggested Carlos Cortés, professor emeritus in history at UC Riverside, who consulted the creative team.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
  • Emojis in texts: More than just fun, a tool for connection While emojis can sometimes be ambiguous or misunderstood, especially in sarcastic or complex conversations, their overall impact is positive.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • At the press conference that caps his visit, Schoof is evasive when asked if the Dutch will agree to the 5% goal.
    Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
  • Tahereh is a victim here, but the documentary is evasive in its approach to the central crime.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • But Madsen was born to be the Lee Marvin of the 1990s — the kind of laconic brute who spoke softly and carried a sharp straight-razor.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2025
  • The ideas of Solar Power — laconic pacing, a quest for inner peace fed through late ’90s and early-aughts folk-pop and alternative-dance filters — are not absent, but the execution is spiffier.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Tickets are $125 per person and include Turf Club admission, a reserved table seat, two appetizers, two drink tickets (for premium cocktails, wine or beer), and chips and guacamole for the table.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • By the end, Hamilton County Commissioner Alicia Reece had spent five minutes of the county's weekly public meeting demanding answers as to why a construction worker had prevented her from parking in her reserved spot, marked with a cone.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Some supporters felt their club had become too corporate, too cold and too uncommunicative.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Often, a less qualified candidate who displays high energy and eagerness can outshine a more qualified individual who appears disinterested and uncommunicative.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The ‘big three’ countries of India, Australia and England have been reticent given that slipping into the lower bracket would scupper their money-making plans, with the trio wanting to play each other more often given the financial incentives.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In New York, however, some local pols weren’t so reticent.
    Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Coke was tight-lipped on whether the decision had been fully agreed to.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 July 2025
  • But in the winter of 2022, the Moscow PD remained tight-lipped, even to their friends over in Pullman, fearful that the smallest leak could jeopardize the investigation — which appeared to be going nowhere.
    Vicky Ward, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
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“Unforthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforthcoming. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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