unadmitted
adjective
uk /ˌʌn.ədˈmɪt.ɪd/ us /ˌʌn.ədˈmɪt̬.ɪd/
unadmittedadjective (TRUTH)
not publicly or openly admitted:
The government has made an unadmitted reversal of its policy.
He had an unadmitted motive for accepting the job.
His arguments made me think he was an unadmitted atheist.
Some of the patients have unadmitted drug or alcohol problems.
The true scale of the environmental disaster is unadmitted by the government.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Denying & contradicting
abnegate
abnegation
breath
burst someone's bubbleidiom
contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
deny
disabuse
disagree
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
make (a) nonsense of somethingidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
recant
refute
speak for yourselfidiom
unadmittedadjective (ENTRY)
not allowed to enter or join something:
There was a long queue of unadmitted customers stretching along the pavement.
The children stood unadmitted outside the house.
Related word
admit
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
oppositional
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
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