Synonyms for unwritten
ʌnˈrɪt nun·writ·ten

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1. unwrittenadjective

   based on custom rather than documentation

   "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence

   Synonyms:
   oral, spontaneous, ad-lib

   Antonyms:
   written, scripted, statute(p), codified

2. oral, unwrittenadjective

   using speech rather than writing

   "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"

   Synonyms:
   oral, ad-lib, spontaneous

   Antonyms:
   written, codified, scripted, statute(p)

3. ad-lib, spontaneous, unwrittenadjective

   said or done without having been planned or written in advance

   "he made a few ad-lib remarks"

   Synonyms:
   unrehearsed, ad-lib, oral, off-the-cuff, extemporaneous, extempore, self-generated, offhand, spontaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhanded

   Antonyms:
   codified, written, statute(p), scripted

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1. unwrittenadjective

   Synonyms:
   oral, traditional

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1. unwrittenadjective

   Synonyms:
   traditional

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwritten":

   non-written, non-print, tacit

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1. Jack Kim:

   It meant for chaebol cases like this, the ruling would be three year jail sentence suspended for five years: that was the unwritten code, this case is important in that the code has been broken.

2. William McRaven:

   It was a difficult decision... to announce that I was voting. Obviously, you know, as a senior retired military officer these are challenging times and there's a little bit of an unwritten rule that senior officers don't come out and endorse a candidate.

3. Nadine Gordimer:

   Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

4. Braden Overett:

   There are rules, and then there are unwritten rules, when you’re an A-list skater, you’re essentially representing the entire sport on behalf of your country, to the world, so there are a lot of systems of feedback in place.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   Life is a mysterious puzzle, a game with incongruent sequences, strange episodes and unwritten stories. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )