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unspoken

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈspoʊkən/

adj

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.

  1. Not spoken; not said.
  2. Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

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

    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.

verb

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.

  1. past participle of unspeak