unspoken en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ʌnˈspoʊkən/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spoken English unspoken From un- + spoken.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes) Not spoken; not said.
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(not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes) Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.
I don't think we could ever have a good parent-son relationship as long as there is something as important as this that I'm hiding from you, and you (probably) are wondering about vaguely, but everything remains on a silent unspoken level.
1973 December 22, Bill, “Merry Christmas, with Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 7:To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken.
2013, Tina Marie Lees, Me:The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.
Deriveds
unspoken rule · unspoken water · unspokenly · unspokenness · unspoken rizz
Synonyms
unacknowledged (not formally stated) · untongued (not spoken) · unmouthed (not spoken) · unwritten · unsaid (not spoken) · implicit
Translations (23)
bg неписан (not formally articulated or stated) · cs nepsaný (not formally articulated or stated) · te చెప్పని (not spoken; not said) · la indictus (not spoken; not said) · fi julkilausumaton (not formally articulated or stated) · ru невы́сказанный (not spoken; not said) · la indictus (not formally articulated or stated) · ru негла́сный (not formally articulated or stated) · ru невы́раженный (not spoken; not said) · cs nevyřčený (not spoken; not said) · de ungesagt (not spoken; not said) · fi sanomaton (not spoken; not said) · fr tacite (not formally articulated or stated) · fi kirjoittamaton (not formally articulated or stated) · hi अनकहा (not spoken; not said) · fr non-dit (not spoken; not said) · ru непи́саный (not formally articulated or stated) · grc ἄρρητος (not spoken; not said) · ja 暗黙の (not spoken; not said) · da usagt (not spoken; not said) · bg неизказан (not spoken; not said) · bg негласен (not formally articulated or stated) · ja 無言の (not spoken; not said)