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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?
Life is a mysterious puzzle, a game with incongruent sequences, strange episodes and unwritten stories. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )
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.
There is no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That’s not in the constitutional text.
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.
There’s no unwritten law that says that it can only be done in off years, that’s not in the constitutional text.
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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