Unverbalized (Adjective)
Meaning
Not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The new policy assumed an unverbalized understanding among employees that would not go over well in practice.
- A large part of the decision's success relies on an unverbalized yet universal interpretation of company goals.
- Despite her unemotional demeanor, her unverbalized grief echoed through her inability to speak.
- Her family based their support on an unverbalized assumption that she needed care and would not have to be asked.
- Many generations grew up with an unverbalized awareness of what the family found acceptable and what they did not.