unspoken
adjective
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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.
- Not spoken; not said.
- 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.
- past participle of unspeak