unspoken
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4.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈspoʊkən/
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- Among us veterans, there is an unspoken understanding that we won't verify how bad it is.
- an unspoken assumption
- unspoken rules
- an unspoken premise
Are smirks betraying the intensity of our unspoken connection?
- Are smirks betraying the intensity of our unspoken connection?
- Whether it's the words spoken or the words left unspoken or simply the silence.
- Which was also, she said, an unspoken message to men.
- It's an interesting case study in unspoken peer pressure.
- Some facts, dramas and experiences are bound to never reach us and will remain unspoken, buried.
- You feel loved, you feel cared for, even in an unspoken way.
- That is a spoken and unspoken hope and wish of millions of our fellow citizens.
- Is that kind of, do you think the the unspoken reason for the current set up that we have?
- That's sort of the unspoken code of the narcissistic relationship if it's to keep going.
- So in terms of the interpreter issue, you know, you're making, you know, promises either, you know, contractually or unspoken, but recognized.
- So those types of unspoken games I just love.
Examples
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It's like an unspoken rule.
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You know, it's... it's an unspoken bond.
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Which was also, she said, an unspoken message to men.
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Yes, they will remain unspoken a little longer.
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Often, men are sent very clear unspoken messages that they are not to do this.
Academic text (2011) -
Much in our family was unspoken, daily life taking up the forefront of activities.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every single time you make a decision, you are basing it on unspoken values.
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We speak each other's unspoken language fluently.
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An unspoken bond with our fellow journeymen formed.
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There seems to be an unspoken agreement among the team members to support each other.
Synonyms
81
3.7
Understood without words
49
6.1
Understood without being directly said as part of something else
20
5.8
Not spoken out loud
20
4.1
Not using speech, often shown by a look or gesture
9
4.1
A look or action that shows feeling without words
6
5.6
Not said or written openly
4
4.4
Not said or talked about
3
6.0
Not said or shown but clearly felt
1
6.7
Not said out loud but understood by people
1
6.2
Kept secret from other people
1
7.9
Not said aloud or expressed in words
1
9.9
Shown or felt without spoken words
Not said in words but shown by actions or looks
Thought but not spoken aloud
Accepted without being said or written
Not openly admitted
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Etymology
Unspoken is made of un- meaning 'not' and spoken from speak, meaning 'to say aloud'. So unspoken describes something not said out loud but understood or felt.