With no actors and no narrative, it can be universally understood.

Even if these rights are not guaranteed by law, they are universally understood.

"Protests about the financial markets being central to our capitalistic economy are not universally understood or believed."

Incidentally, even the raised middle finger is not universally understood.

She draws expressions to be understood universally, without cultural reference.

Given the size of the desert, it is universally understood that many illegal immigrants die in the heat without being found.

The song was in English, a language generally but not universally understood in this region.

"It's universally understood that you'll have a good flight with no stress."

At the time and for years afterward the act was universally understood to give the police broad wiretapping authority.

His work has become well known on the island, if not universally understood.