Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unspoken

/ʌnˈspoʊkən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: un-spo-ken
IPA: /ʌnˈspoʊkən/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not spoken; not said.

adj

Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

verb

past participle of unspeak

Example Sentences

"The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty."
"I don't think we could ever have a good parent-son relationship as long as there is something as important as this that I'm hiding from you, and you (probably) are wondering about vaguely, but everything remains on a silent unspoken level."
"To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spoken English unspoken From un- + spoken.

Derived Forms

unspokenly unspokenness

Phrases

unspoken rizz unspoken rule unspoken water

Synonyms

unsaid unmouthed untongued unacknowledged unwritten implicit mute tongueless wordless silent

Rhymes With

broken spoken token woken outspoken unbroken michoacan loken misspoken kokan koken softspoken

Questions

How do you pronounce unspoken?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈspoʊkən/.
What does unspoken mean?: Not spoken; not said.
Where does unspoken come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English spoken English unspoken From un- + spoken.

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