unwritten

[uhn-rit-n] / ʌnˈrɪt n /

ADJECTIVE

understood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accepted tacit verbal

WEAK

conventional customary oral spoken traditional unformulated unrecorded unsaid vocal word-of-mouth

Antonyms

WEAK

explained explicated stated written

Example Sentences

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The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is a collective, unwritten understanding that what transpires within a team, stays in the team.

From BBC

In our political system, it's hard to think of other areas where there is the same kind of unwritten rule.

From BBC

Horvath argues that the fact that Measure J could have been unwritten in the first place is why Measure G was so needed.

From Los Angeles Times

They weren’t bound by the unwritten rules and restrictions that constrained magicians.

From Los Angeles Times