unwritten - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'unwritten' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Unwritten

[ a.]

- Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
- Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.

1 . unwritten

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- based on custom rather than documentation

Example in sentence:

an unwritten law;
rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times

2 . unwritten

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- using speech rather than writing

Example in sentence:

Meaning (3):
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance

Example in sentence:

unware unwares unwarily unwariness unwarm unwarp unwarped unwarrantable unwarranted unwary

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