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Definition: Inexplicit |
InexplicitAdjective1. Implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Inexplicit \In`ex*plic"it\, adjective. [Latin expression inexplicitus: compare to the French expression inexplicite. See In- not, and Explicit.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: InexplicitSynonym: implicit (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: explicit (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Inexplicit |
| English words defined with "inexplicit": Indefinite term. (references) |
| "Inexplicit" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Inexplicit" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inexplicit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "inexplicit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pasaktë (erroneous, fallible, false, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, lax, untrue, vague), i pacaktuar (indefinite, indeterminate, unsure, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غير بين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неконкретен (general), неопределен (ambiguous, amorphous, formless, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, infinitive, loose, neutral, nondescript, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unidentified, vague), неизречен (unspoken), неизказан (ineffable, inexpressible, mental, silent, unsaid, unspeakable, unspoken, untold, unutterable, unvoiced). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不明确. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neurèitý (ambiguous, impressionistic, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminate, intangible, undeclared, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inexplicite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unklar (blurred, cloudy, doubtful, equivocal, equivocally, foggy, foul, hazy, incoherent, indefinite, indefinitely, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinctly, misty, murky, nebulous, nondistinctive, obscure, obscurely, opaque, sketchy, unclarified, unclear, vague, woolly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ασαφήσ (ambiguous, blear, fuzzy, hazy, indeterminate, indistinct, misty, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | határozatlan (equivocal, hesitant, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, infirm, invertebrate, irresolute, obscure, shilly shally, shilly-shally, to be on the hedge, transcendental, undecided, undecisive, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, weak-kneed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 명백하지 않". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inexplicitay inexplicável (unaccountable), inexplícito, obscuro (abstruse, blur, dim, dusk, familiar, foggy, hazy, humble, ingot, misty, mysterious, namely, obscure, oral, transcendental, unclear, unnoted). (various references) neexplicit, neclar (blind, cloudy, confused, dark, darkly, difficult, diffuse, dim, dull, feeble, foggy, gloomily, hazy, inarticulate, indistinct, lax, muddy, obscurely, vague, vaguely). (various references) неопределенный (atemporal, chancy, dusty, hazy, iffy, imponderable, imprecise, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, infinite, infinitive, lax, suspenseful, uncertain, undefined, undetermined, unspecified, unsure, vague). (various references) neodređen (indefinite, indeterminate, neutral, undeterminable, undetermined, unspecified). (various references) otydlig (bleary, diaphanous, faint, inarticulate, indistinct, muzzy, obscure, vague), obestämd (airy, dreamy, fluid, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, intangible, obscure, uncertain, undecided, undetermined). (various references) net olmayan, karışık (adulterated, blended, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly), açık olmayan (cloudy, unclear, unreceptive), çapraşık (complicated, entangled, perplexed, recondite). (various references) không rõ r ng; mơ h", không nói lên rõ r ng, chung chung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "inexplicit" (pronounced 'In`ex*plic"it'): Accredit, Adhibit, Adit, Albeit, Bewit, Cohabit, Cohibit, Davit, Decrepit, Delimit, Dishabit, Disherit, Disinherit, Dispirit, Disspirit, Edit, Effrontit, Evomit, Howbeit, illicit, Immerit, implicit, inhibit, inspirit, Interposit, Intervisit, Introit, Juxtaposit, Kinit, licit, Overmerit, Petit, Pinxit, Pipit, Placit, Posit, Postposit, Prelimit, Premerit, Prohibit, Promerit, redeposit, Reexhibit, Reinhabit, Reinspirit, reposit, Retraxit, revisit, Seposit, solicit. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-i-l-n-p-t-x" | |
-2 letters: explicit. | |
-3 letters: incipit, pelitic, penicil. | |
-4 letters: client, elicit, exilic, incept, incite, inclip, lectin, lentic, pectin, pencil, pinite, pintle, tiepin. | |
-5 letters: clept, cline, clipt, elint, inept, inlet, ixtle, licit, lipin, nixie, pilei, pixel, pixie, telic, xenic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-i-l-n-p-t-x" | |
+5 letters: exemplification, inexplicability. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110100 |
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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0065 0078 0070 006C 0069 0063 0069 0074 |
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