implicitly criticize

Frequency: 5.53.1 per million words

to criticize in an indirect way, without stating it clearly

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Examples (10)

  • The author's latest novel seems to implicitly criticize the very genre it belongs to.
  • By highlighting the 'new era of prosperity,' the president was implicitly criticizing the previous administration's economic policies.
  • His comment about 'needing more innovative solutions' was seen as a way to implicitly criticize the team's lack of creativity.
  • When my mother praised my sister's tidy room, I knew she was implicitly criticizing my own messiness.
  • The paper implicitly criticizes earlier research by proposing a completely different methodology.
  • The documentary, while not saying it outright, implicitly criticizes society's obsession with celebrity culture.
  • The old system was implicitly criticized when the new, more efficient one was introduced without any fanfare.
  • In his upcoming speech, he will likely implicitly criticize his rivals by focusing on his own successes.
  • The director implicitly criticizes consumerism through the film's stark and minimalist set design.
  • The report's recommendation for a complete overhaul implicitly criticizes the existing framework as fundamentally flawed.