indirect

adjective

• 1not directly caused by or resulting from something:full employment would have an indirect effect on wage levels
• not done directly; conducted through intermediaries:local government under the indirect control of the British
• (of costs) deriving from overhead charges or subsidiary work: hidden or indirect costs involved in training
• (of taxation) levied on goods and services rather than income or profits.

• 2(of a route) not straight; not following the shortest way: he took a careful, indirect route home from his dockside rendezvous
• (of lighting) from a concealed source and diffusely reflected: fittings were installed to give a subdued, indirect light in the nave

• 3avoiding direct mention or exposition of a subject:an indirect attack on the Archbishop

• 4 Soccer denoting a free kick from which a goal may not be scored directly.