unforthcoming

adjective

Definition of unforthcomingnext
as in restrained

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforthcoming
  1. restrained
  2. ambiguous
  3. evasive
  4. inhibited
  5. laconic
  6. reserved
  7. uncommunicative
  8. reticent
Adjective
  • Expectations for Langford should still be in the restrained, cautiously optimistic category.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026
  • The famous curtains remain too, but in a more restrained way.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
Definition of restrained
Adjective
  • As for the ambiguous finale, Hall and Bravo have similar, but slightly different views on it.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Much of what couples experience as conflict is, on closer inspection, a disagreement about which interpretation of an ambiguous event is the correct one, and that disagreement is rarely settled by appeals to trust.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of ambiguous
Adjective
  • Today’s astro-weather encourages us to be emotionally intelligent without being evasive.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • In ever-busier Lisbon, where the term off-season has lost all meaning, a relaxed pace of life can be frustratingly evasive.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of evasive
Adjective
  • Both players were so inhibited for the final game of the set that the level of play resembled something from a local park.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • This really is a time to be less inhibited about going out.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 25 May 2026
Definition of inhibited
Adjective
  • His mother, Marjorie, and his father, Alex, could take a person by surprise with their laconic Oklahoma humor.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Actor Efren Ramírez nailed Pedro's laconic, deadpan style that made his promise a hilarious highlight.
    — Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Definition of laconic
Adjective
  • These tools include a new reserved cart which only holds items for checkout for a limited time before releasing them back into the storefront.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • General parking will run you $35, while reserved parking will be $55, according to Ticketmaster.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Definition of reserved
Adjective
  • Staff being uncommunicative with EMS workers.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 June 2026
  • Just as importantly, His voice was loud and and clear in marshalling a Chelsea back line that has too often appeared quiet and uncommunicative in his absence this season.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Definition of uncommunicative
Adjective
  • But the composer seems reticent to commit to other Broadway productions.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 14 July 2026
  • Lorde’s and Parker’s letters are forthright and funny from the start, but the other writers are reticent and polite at first.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of reticent
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