unspoken
adj/ʌnˈspoʊkən/
Etymology From un- + spoken.
1
Postpositional, Sometimes Not spoken; not said.
2
Postpositional, Sometimes Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood.
- 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.1973 December 22, Bill, “Merry Christmas, with Love”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 7:
1 more example
- To melt with the sight of a smile that divulges the words unspoken.2013, Tina Marie Lees, Me:
- Derived terms
- unspoken rizz, unspoken rule, unspoken water