unwritten 音标拼音: [ənr'ɪtən]
a . 没有写的,没有记录的,口头的
没有写的,没有记录的,口头的
unwritten adj 1 :
based on custom rather than documentation ; "
an unwritten law "; "
rites ...
so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times "-
J .
L .
T .
C .
Spence [
ant : {
written }]
2 :
using speech rather than writing ; "
an oral tradition "; "
an oral agreement " [
synonym : {
oral }, {
unwritten }]
3 :
said or done without having been planned or written in advance ; "
he made a few ad -
lib remarks " [
synonym : {
ad -
lib },
{
spontaneous }, {
unwritten }]
Unwritten \
Un *
writ "
ten \,
a .
1 .
Not written ;
not reduced to writing ;
oral ;
as ,
unwritten agreements .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Containing no writing ;
blank ;
as ,
unwritten paper .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Unwritten doctrines } (
Theol .),
such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth ;
oral or traditional doctrines .
{
Unwritten law }. [
Cf .
L .
lex non scripta .]
That part of the law of England and of the United States which is not derived from express legislative enactment ,
or at least from any enactment now extant and in force as such .
This law is now generally contained in the reports of judicial decisions .
See {
Common law },
under {
Common }.
{
Unwritten laws },
such laws as have been handed down by tradition or in song .
Such were the laws of the early nations of Europe .
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1913 Webster ]
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "
unwritten ":
acknowledged ,
admitted ,
articulated ,
conventional ,
customary ,
enunciated ,
established ,
fixed ,
folk ,
hallowed ,
handed down ,
heroic ,
hoary ,
immemorial ,
inveterate ,
legendary ,
lingual ,
linguistic ,
long -
established ,
long -
standing ,
mythological ,
nuncupative ,
of long standing ,
of the folk ,
oral ,
parol ,
prescriptive ,
pronounced ,
received ,
recognized ,
rooted ,
said ,
silent ,
sounded ,
speech ,
spoken ,
time -
honored ,
traditional ,
tried and true ,
true -
blue ,
undeclared ,
understood ,
unexpressed ,
unmentioned ,
unproclaimed ,
unpronounced ,
unpublished ,
unrecorded ,
unsaid ,
unspoken ,
unsung ,
untalked -
of ,
untold ,
unuttered ,
unvoiced ,
uttered ,
venerable ,
verbal ,
viva voce ,
vocal ,
vocalized ,
voiced ,
voiceful ,
word -
of -
mouth ,
wordless ,
worshipful
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