unwritten Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective 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
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adjective satellite using speech rather than writing
oral.
- an oral tradition
- an oral agreement
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adjective satellite said or done without having been planned or written in advance
ad-lib; spontaneous.
- he made a few ad-lib remarks
WordNet
Un*writ"ten adjective
Definitions
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Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, .unwritten agreements -
Containing no writing; blank; as, .unwritten paper
