unwritten
/ənɹˈɪtən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not written.
adj
Oral or otherwise communicated without writing.
adj
Implicit or understood but not formally articulated.
adj
Containing no writing; blank.
verb
Example Sentences
- "The most important rule is unwritten but not unspoken. It is the rule of pronounceability. Sure, xzyqt looks grand, but how do you say it?"
- ""Our language is unwritten and our history and our deeds are passed down from father to son," Wazir Ghulam Mahdi told me."
- "It's an unwritten rule that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool."
- "unwritten paper"
Etymology
From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: unwriten