unnarrated
- adjective
- /ʌnˈnɛreɪtɪd/
- The actual narrative present, the world in which the narrator actually lives, remains in an unexplained, never-identified, and largely unnarrated future.
Examples
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As the documentary played, I realized that the segment on the artist was completely unnarrated, emphasizing his work without any commentary.
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The novel does not concern itself with the story of Andrea's success, which is left unnarrated.
Academic text (1992) -
The film featured stunning visuals but remained unnarrated, allowing viewers to interpret the scenes themselves.
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Despite its complex themes, the artist's exhibition was largely unnarrated, inviting the audience to engage with the artwork on a personal level.
Antonyms
How Narrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
unnarrated = narrated (transparent) = un + narrate + ed
A straightforward negation of 'narrated' by the productive prefix 'un-'.
Etymology
Unnarrated comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and narrate meaning 'to tell a story', so it literally means 'not told by a narrator'. That is why an unnarrated film or documentary has no spoken commentary and lets the images and natural sounds tell the story.