unwritten
pronunciation
How to pronounce unwritten in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˈrɪtn]
How to pronounce unwritten in American English:
US [ˌʌnˈrɪtn]
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- Adjective:
- based on custom rather than documentation
- using speech rather than writing
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance
Word Origin
- unwritten (adj.)
- mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of write (v.). Similar formation in Old English unwriten, Old Norse uritinn.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Learn the unwritten rules of loud , lively conversations
- 2. He broke two of the unwritten rules of the pri 's authoritarian regime .
- 3. It is one of the unwritten laws of business , a matter of simple percentages .
- 4. Over past years , with a few exceptions , this policy has been an unwritten norm .
- 5. It is an unwritten rule of french politics that presidents must distance themselves from the paris elite .