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unuttered

unuttered

1 7.9
Not said aloud or expressed in words
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈʌtərd/
translation icon : no expresado
  • The atmosphere was thick with unuttered concerns that lingered in the room.

Examples

  • His unuttered thoughts weighed heavily on his mind, trapped between silence and speech.

  • " And everywhere, through the immortal dark, something moving in the night, and something stirring in the hearts of men, and something crying in their wild, unuttered blood, the wild, unuttered tongues of its huge prophecies so soon the morning, soon the morning: 0 America.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Even here there were other unuttered words in what she said, other ideas, possibilities, impossibilities.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • " And everywhere, through the immortal dark, something moving in the night, and something stirring in the hearts of men, and something crying in their wild, unuttered blood, the wild, unuttered tongues of its huge prophecies so soon the morning, soon the morning: 0 America.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She felt many unuttered emotions during the farewell, unable to express them aloud.

Synonyms

unspoken
vsunuttered
56 4.8

Not said aloud but people understand it

is neutral about being understood and stresses not being expressed
unsaid
vsunuttered
20 5.8

Not spoken out loud

is broader, covering both silence and the lack of explicit expression
unstated
vsunuttered
6 5.6

Not said or written openly

also covers things kept silent rather than only lacking clear expression
unexpressed
vsunuttered
3 6.0

Not said or shown but clearly felt

adds emphasis on silence as well as lack of explicit wording
unvoiced
vsunuttered
1 6.7

Not said out loud but understood by people

focuses on absence of speech or explicit expression in general
unarticulated
vsunuttered
1 7.5

Thoughts or feelings not said out loud

means simply not spoken or not made explicit regardless of clarity
unverbalized
vsunuttered
9.9

Not said in words but shown by actions or looks

is about anything not spoken or made explicit, not only thoughts

Antonyms

3.4

Said out loud

3.2

Words or actions make it clear

Surface Forms

unuttered positive

Morphology

unuttered = uttered (transparent) = un + utter + ed

Formed by negating the past participle 'uttered' with 'un-', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not spoken aloud'.

Etymology

The word unuttered starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses utter meaning 'to say', so it means 'not said'. Think of an apology or a thought that stays inside and is never spoken aloud, which is exactly what the word describes.