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Synonyms for unwritten


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-rit-n
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈrɪt n

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Définition of unwritten

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of write (v.). Cf. Old English unwriten, Old Norse uritinn.
  • adj understood
Example sentences :
  • It was part of a code no less binding because it was unwritten.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Among the unwritten chapters is one which touches a problem.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • Can you then assert (asked Socrates) of these unwritten laws that men made them?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • The Silvio Pellicos of Pentonville are yet unwritten martyrs.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • An unwritten law of the West he broke by letting the snake go.
  • Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
  • Except this, there is no such thing as008 unwritten law in the world.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
  • It was an unwritten law at The Woodlands never to disturb the birds.
  • Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
  • The mimus was a picture of life or, more exactly, an unwritten parody of life.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • "They were unwritten just as the title said," returned the Bellows.
  • Extract from : « Andiron Tales » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • Far above all other hunted whales, his is an unwritten life.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville

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