Definitions for unspokenʌnˈspoʊ kən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•spo•kenʌnˈspoʊ kən(adj.)

  1. implied or understood without being spoken or uttered:

    unspoken truths.

Origin of unspoken:

1325–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless(adj)

    expressed without speech

    "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe

  2. unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken(adj)

    not made explicit

    "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unspoken(adjective)ʌnˈspoʊ kən

    understood without being spoken

    an unspoken bond between the men

Wiktionary

  1. unspoken(Adjective)

    Not spoken; not said.

  2. unspoken(Adjective)

    Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

    The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.


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