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unwritten
(/@/n'r/I/t/-/n )

adjective (a)

  • based on custom rather than documentation(adj.all)
    Example:
    An unwritten law.
    Rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times.
    Antonym:
    written
    source: wordnet30
  • Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • using speech rather than writing(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    oral
    source: wordnet30
  • said or done without having been planned or written in advance(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    ad-lib, spontaneous
    source: wordnet30
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