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unwritten

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un·writ·ten  (n-rtn)
adj.
1. Not written or recorded: an unwritten agreement between friends.
2. Having authority based on custom, tradition, or usage rather than documentation: an unwritten law.
3. Not written on; blank.

unwritten [ʌnˈrɪtən]
adj
1. not printed or in writing
2. effective only through custom; traditional
3. without writing upon it
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unwritten - based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence
written - systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
2.unwritten - using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"
spoken - uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"
3.unwritten - said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
unscripted - not furnished with or using a script; "unrehearsed and unscript spot interviews"; "unscripted talk shows"

unwritten
adjective
1. oral, word-of-mouth, unrecorded, vocal the unwritten stories of his infancy and childhood
2. understood, accepted, tacit, traditional, conventional, silent, customary, implicit, unformulated They obey the one unwritten rule that binds them all - no talking.
Translations
unwritten [ˈʌnˈrɪtn] ADJno escrito
unwritten lawley f consuetudinaria
unwritten [ʌnˈrɪtən] adj [agreement] → tacite; [law, rule] → implicite
unwritten
adj story, book, constitutionungeschrieben; agreementstillschweigend
unwritten [ʌnˈrɪtn] adj (agreement) → tacito/a
it is an unwritten law that ... → la norma vuole che...
unwritten [ʌnˈrɪtn] adj (agreement) → tacito/a
it is an unwritten law that ... → la norma vuole che...


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More than ever was Boris resolved to serve in future not according to the written code, but under this unwritten law.
To speak with severe technicality, a ship or a fleet is "brought up" - the complementary words unpronounced and unwritten being, of course, "to an anchor.
Thus the most vexatious and violent disputes would often arise between the fishermen, were there not some written or unwritten, universal, undisputed law applicable to all cases.
 
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