unwritten
19
4.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈrɪtən/
:
tácito
- There are many unwritten rules that govern workplace behavior.
- unwritten rule
- unwritten law
- unwritten policy
There's all these unwritten rules of the road.
- There's all these unwritten rules of the road.
- And then there are unwritten rules or just socially reinforced rules.
- And they have to sort of somehow live by those unwritten rules.
- So a code of conduct, you know, like there's an unwritten men's code and women don't have that.
- They conquered their own party and they did it by breaking all of the kind of unwritten rules and norms.
- So, you know, there, there's this like unwritten rule in, in science fiction, I guess, where you bend, you bend reality to fit.
- I think, I think that there are unwritten rules.
- But there is a slightly unwritten rule of leave the actor alone, let them do their thing.
Examples
-
But there are so many unwritten rules in society and those are what often hold us back.
-
Despite these numerous statements, the Senate tradition and unwritten rule against filibusters of judicial nominations has been broken.
Academic text (2003) -
I think, I think that there are unwritten rules.
-
Our code is an unwritten one.
-
Perhaps there is an unwritten rule that you must not smile in state documents.
Fiction book (1998) -
That is a violation of the unwritten laws of marriage.
-
There is an unwritten agreement between the person who enters the room and the person whose room has been entered.
-
Groups develop these unwritten rules and that's how they function.
-
We live in a place that has just unwritten societal norms.
-
The behavior of people in any society is influenced by the society's heritage and its unwritten rules of behavior.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
2
3.9
Not written down in official papers
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
3
7.2
A rule people follow because of custom rather than being made by the government
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unwritten comes from the prefix un- meaning 'not' and written from write, so it simply means 'not written down'. That's why an unwritten rule or custom is not on paper but is still accepted and followed by people.