unwritten

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- +‎ written.

Adjective

unwritten (not comparable)

1. Not written.
2. Oral or otherwise communicated without writing.
3. Implicit or understood but not formally articulated.

   It's an unwritten rule that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool.

4. Containing no writing; blank.

   unwritten paper

Translations

not written

• Assamese: নিলিখা (nilikha), লিখা নথকা (likha nothoka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不成文的 (zh) (bùchéngwén de)

• Czech: nepsaný m
• Dutch: ongeschreven (nl)
• Finnish: kirjoittamaton (fi)
• German: ungeschrieben
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: άγραφος (el) m (ágrafos)

  Ancient:

• Japanese: 書かれていない (ja) (kakareteinai), 白紙の (ja) (hakushi no)
• Portuguese: consuetudinário (pt) m
• Russian: непи́саный (ru) (nepísanyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nèpīsān (sh), нѐпӣса̄н

communicated without writing

• Finnish: kirjoittamaton (fi); suullinen (fi) (oral)
• Greek: άγραφος (el) m (ágrafos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: у́стный (ru) (ústnyj)

implicit or understood but not formally articulated

• Finnish: kirjoittamaton (fi), julkilausumaton, implisiittinen (fi)
• Greek: άγραφος (el) m (ágrafos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: непи́саный (ru) (nepísanyj), негла́сный (ru) (neglásnyj)

containing no writing; blank

• Finnish: kirjoittamaton (fi), tyhjä (fi)
• Greek: άγραφος (el) m (ágrafos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: чи́стый (ru) (čístyj)

Verb

unwritten

1. past participle of unwrite

See also

• unwrittenness
• written
• de facto
• oral