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 Definitions of unwritten  [ʌnˈrɪt n]  

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Definition of 'unwritten' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) unwritten
not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional.

2.  unwritten
not written; not put in writing or print; oral:
an unwritten agreement.

3.  unwritten
containing no writing; blank.

Etymology:  (1325–75)

Definition of 'unwritten' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) unwritten
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

2. (adj) oral, unwritten
using speech rather than writing
"an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"

3. (adj) ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten
said or done without having been planned or written in advance
"he made a few ad-lib remarks"


Definition of 'unwritten' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) unwritten
not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements

2. (adj) unwritten
containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper



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