unspoken

CEFRB2

/ʌnˈspoʊkən/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not said aloud but understood or felt.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.

Examples

  • If he had something to say, the words were left unspoken.

  • Their marriage simmered with discontentment and unspoken anger.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. past participle of unspeak

  2. Not spoken; not said.

More examples

In context

  • The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.

  • To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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There was an blank agreement between them that they would never mention the incident.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + spoken.