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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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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#1950oral
#13632spontaneous
#35079unwritten
#35713tacit
#37257impromptu
#74451offhand
#128118extemporaneous
#212713unrehearsed
#263939extempore

How to use unwritten in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. President Obama:

    There is no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off-years. That’s not in the constitutional text.

  3. Derrick Brooks:

    There's unwritten rules with regards to manufacturing plants and when it comes to management, when it comes to us being black supervisors, you need to be more appreciative of the job title that you have and go along and do the job that we're asking you.

  4. Rebecca West:

    I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?

  5. Ariana Kukors:

    I never thought I would share my story because, in so many ways, just surviving was enough, i was able to leave a horrible monster and build a life I could have never imagined for myself. But in time, I've realized that stories like my own are too important to go unwritten.


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