There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law; that which arises from customs is the unwritten law.
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Unwritten
Synonyms for "unwritten" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄγραφος adj (not written)
Assamese
2 entries- নিলিখা adj (not written)
- লিখা নথকা adj (not written)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不成文的 adj (not written)
Czech
1 entries- nepsaný adj (not written)
Dutch
1 entries- ongeschreven adj (not written)
Finnish
4 entries- implisiittinen adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- julkilausumaton adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- kirjoittamaton adj (not written)
- kirjoittamaton adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
French
1 entries- inécrit adj (not written)
Georgian
1 entries- დაუწერელი adj (not written)
German
1 entries- ungeschrieben adj (not written)
Greek
4 entries- άγραφος adj (not written)
- άγραφος adj (communicated without writing)
- άγραφος adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- άγραφος adj (containing no writing; blank)
Hungarian
3 entries- íratlan adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- írástalan adj (containing no writing; blank)
- üres adj (containing no writing; blank)
Japanese
2 entries- 書かれていない adj (not written)
- 白紙の adj (not written)
Latin
1 entries- inscriptus adj (not written)
Macedonian
1 entries- непишан adj (not written)
Manx
3 entries- beeal adj (communicated without writing)
- beill adj (communicated without writing)
- gyn screeu adj (not written)
Norwegian
1 entries- uskreven adj (not written)
Portuguese
1 entries- consuetudinário adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
Russian
4 entries- негла́сный adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- непи́саный adj (not written)
- непи́саный adj (implicit or understood but not formally articulated)
- у́стный adj (communicated without writing)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nèpīsān adj (not written)
- нѐпӣса̄н adj (not written)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom was punished for daring to break the unwritten law.
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This is an unwritten language.
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Unwritten rules present a barrier to neurodivergent people.
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