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An indirect suggestion, usually unfavorable or insulting.

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innuendo

The article substituted innuendo for evidence.
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Later, a visitor began to insinuate that Celia had lost the venue because the staff disliked her work. His innuendo relied on raised eyebrows and a reference to what 'everyone had heard,' not on any identified source.
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