"unwritten" meaning in English

See unwritten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwriten}} Middle English unwriten, {{inh|en|ang|unwriten}} Old English unwriten, {{m|ang|unġewriten|t=unwritten}} unġewriten (“unwritten”), {{prefix|en|un|written}} un- + written Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unwritten (not comparable)
  1. Not written. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not written): ἄγραφος (ágraphos) (Ancient Greek), নিলিখা (nilikha) (Assamese), লিখা নথকা (likha nothoka) (Assamese), 不成文的 (bùchéngwén de) (Chinese Mandarin), nepsaný [masculine] (Czech), ongeschreven (Dutch), kirjoittamaton (Finnish), inécrit (French), ungeschrieben (German), άγραφος (ágrafos) (Greek), 書かれていない (kakareteinai) (Japanese), 白紙の (hakushi no) (Japanese), inscriptus (Latin), непишан (nepišan) (Macedonian), gyn screeu (Manx), uskreven (Norwegian), непи́саный (nepísanyj) (Russian), нѐпӣса̄н [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), nèpīsān [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-unwritten-en-adj-c2kRrN5p Disambiguation of 'not written': 81 3 12 3
  2. Oral or otherwise communicated without writing. Tags: not-comparable Translations (communicated without writing): άγραφος (ágrafos) (Greek), beill (Manx), beeal (Manx), у́стный (ústnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-unwritten-en-adj-IJ-Nabk6 Disambiguation of 'communicated without writing': 5 59 2 34
  3. Implicit or understood but not formally articulated. Tags: not-comparable Translations (implicit or understood but not formally articulated): kirjoittamaton (Finnish), julkilausumaton (Finnish), implisiittinen (Finnish), άγραφος (ágrafos) (Greek), consuetudinário (Portuguese), непи́саный (nepísanyj) (Russian), негла́сный (neglásnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-unwritten-en-adj-89rsB~pZ Disambiguation of 'implicit or understood but not formally articulated': 11 1 87 1
  4. Containing no writing; blank. Tags: not-comparable Translations (containing no writing; blank): kirjoittamaton (Finnish), tyhjä (Finnish), άγραφος (ágrafos) (Greek), írástalan (Hungarian), üres (Hungarian), чи́стый (čístyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-unwritten-en-adj-G6rAr4~O Disambiguation of 'containing no writing; blank': 2 16 1 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unwritten rule

Verb

Etymology: From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unwriten}} Middle English unwriten, {{inh|en|ang|unwriten}} Old English unwriten, {{m|ang|unġewriten|t=unwritten}} unġewriten (“unwritten”), {{prefix|en|un|written}} un- + written Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unwritten
  1. past participle of unwrite Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: unwrite Related terms: unwrittenness, written, de facto, oral
    Sense id: en-unwritten-en-verb-XX6H86Dc Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 20 15 9 13 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 2 11 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 16 3 17 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 16 17 11 20 36

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          "_dis1": "81 3 12 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not written",
          "word": "inscriptus"
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        {
          "_dis1": "81 3 12 3",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nepišan",
          "sense": "not written",
          "word": "непишан"
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          "_dis1": "81 3 12 3",
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "_dis1": "5 59 2 34",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ágrafos",
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          "word": "άγραφος"
        },
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          "word": "consuetudinário"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepísanyj",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "11 1 87 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "neglásnyj",
          "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
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        }
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          "word": "kirjoittamaton"
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          "word": "άγραφος"
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      "roman": "nilikha",
      "sense": "not written",
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "likha nothoka",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "লিখা নথকা"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùchéngwén de",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "不成文的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not written",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nepsaný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "ongeschreven"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "kirjoittamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "inécrit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "ungeschrieben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágrafos",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "άγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ágraphos",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "ἄγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakareteinai",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "書かれていない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakushi no",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "白紙の"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "inscriptus"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nepišan",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "непишан"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "gyn screeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "uskreven"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepísanyj",
      "sense": "not written",
      "word": "непи́саный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not written",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нѐпӣса̄н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "not written",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
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      "word": "nèpīsān"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágrafos",
      "sense": "communicated without writing",
      "word": "άγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "communicated without writing",
      "word": "beill"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "communicated without writing",
      "word": "beeal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ústnyj",
      "sense": "communicated without writing",
      "word": "у́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "kirjoittamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "julkilausumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "implisiittinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágrafos",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "άγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "consuetudinário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepísanyj",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "непи́саный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neglásnyj",
      "sense": "implicit or understood but not formally articulated",
      "word": "негла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "kirjoittamaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "tyhjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ágrafos",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "άγραφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "írástalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "üres"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístyj",
      "sense": "containing no writing; blank",
      "word": "чи́стый"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unwritten"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives ending in -en",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verb forms"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "unwriten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unwriten",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "unwriten"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unwriten",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "unġewriten",
        "t": "unwritten"
      },
      "expansion": "unġewriten (“unwritten”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "written"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + written",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "unwritten",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "unwrittenness"
    },
    {
      "word": "written"
    },
    {
      "word": "de facto"
    },
    {
      "word": "oral"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "unwrite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of unwrite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwrite",
          "unwrite#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unwritten"
}

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