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Synonyms for unwritten
ʌnˈrɪt nun·writ·ten
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Princeton's WordNet
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-libAntonyms:
written, scripted, statute(p), codifiedoral, unwrittenadjective
using speech rather than writing
"an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"
Synonyms:
oral, ad-lib, spontaneousAntonyms:
written, codified, scripted, statute(p)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, offhandedAntonyms:
codified, written, statute(p), scripted
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unwrittenadjective
Synonyms:
oral, traditional
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unwrittenadjective
Synonyms:
traditional
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unwritten":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1950 | oral | |
#13632 | spontaneous | |
#35079 | unwritten | |
#35713 | tacit | |
#37257 | impromptu | |
#74451 | offhand | |
#128118 | extemporaneous | |
#212713 | unrehearsed | |
#263939 | extempore |
How to use unwritten in a sentence?
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.
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.
They were saying that in anticipation of Secretary Mayorkas’ visit that they were directed unwritten directives to basically clean everything up, make it look good, put people on busses, ship them out.
Also, do n’t forget, you know, there is an unwritten rule — almost, it is an unwritten law, you never bring a lawsuit within 90 days of an election.
I think I realized about the fifth inning that she was throwing a perfect game, but we all know the unwritten rule of never saying that they’re throwing the perfect game, i think we were just trying to be calm, cool, and collected, make the plays, to keep that for her and allow her to have that moment. So no one wanted to talk about it until the end, but of course we went crazy there at the end for her.
Translations for unwritten
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- nepsanýCzech
- uskrevetDanish
- ungeschriebenGerman
- tyhjä, kirjoittamaton, julkilausumaton, implisiittinen, suullinenFinnish
- չգրվածArmenian
- tidak tertulisIndonesian
- 白紙, 書くJapanese
- ongeschrevenDutch
- uskrevenNorwegian
- niepisanyPolish
- consuetudinárioPortuguese
- у́стный, чи́стый, негла́сный, непи́саныйRussian
- nèpīsān, нѐпӣса̄нSerbo-Croatian
- oskrivenSwedish
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