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Etymology

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From un- +‎ spoken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈspoʊkən/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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unspoken (not comparable)

  1. (sometimes postpositive) Not spoken; not said.
  2. (sometimes postpositive) Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.
    The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.
    • 1973 December 22, Bill, “Merry Christmas, with Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 7:
      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.
    • 2013, Tina Marie Lees, Me[1]:
      To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken.

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Verb

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unspoken

  1. past participle of unspeak

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