unstated
adjective
un·stat·ed
ˌən-ˈstā-təd 
: not directly stated or set forth
a change made for reasons left unstated
unstated motives
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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.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Buried in much of this discourse is an unstated assumption that the real ideologues are on the other side.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
But perhaps the most consequential change has been an unstated decision to offer significantly less information to the American people on where, and for what purpose, U.S. troops are in combat overseas.
—Loren Dejonge Schulman, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2018
The obvious but unstated reason for this requirement is so that the union can ensure that agents are not taking advantage of their player-clients.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Buried in much of this discourse is an unstated assumption that the real ideologues are on the other side.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
But perhaps the most consequential change has been an unstated decision to offer significantly less information to the American people on where, and for what purpose, U.S. troops are in combat overseas.
—Loren Dejonge Schulman, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2018
The obvious but unstated reason for this requirement is so that the union can ensure that agents are not taking advantage of their player-clients.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
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“Unstated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unstated. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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