unwritten

Speech parts

1. unwritten - Adjective

2. unwritten - Verb

3. unwritten - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.

Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

oral spontaneous said traditional accepted untold recognized understood conventional spoken folk vocal silent linguistic customary
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Antonyms

written strong recorded anal formal apparent
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Phrases with the word

unwritten agreement

Examples

There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law. Diogenes Laërtius

There is a sort of an unwritten code in Washington, among the underworld and the hustlers and these other guys that I am their friend. Marion Barry

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians. Shirley Chisholm

There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned later from the delightful little book of the Abbé de Bucquoy, there are also visions of books as yet unwritten. Umberto Eco

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book. John le Carré

The unwritten law - the common law. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unwrite unwriteable unwriting unwritten agreement unwritten law unwritten rule