"unwrittenness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: unwrittenness [singular], – [plural]
Etymology: unwritten + -ness Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|unwritten|ness}} unwritten + -ness Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The unwrittenness of a rule, language, or book is the state of not being or having been written.
    Sense id: simple-unwrittenness-en-noun-ZkTdsDax
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ness
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