unwritten
Example Sentences
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The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.
“That unwritten rule not to touch accredited foreign journalists, has stopped working,” said Pavlov, a member of the First Department legal aid group.
From Seattle Times
The appellate panel, however, said it is possible the schools breached “implied-in-fact contracts” — an unwritten obligation to provide face-to-face education.
From Washington Post
Where novels offer an expansive canvas to flesh out injustice and unsung culture, stories are pressed to do more with less — to compress and layer and leave traces of what remains unwritten.
From Los Angeles Times
Even after clearing two key procedural hurdles this week, it is far from guaranteed that the unwritten legislation will become law.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
