unwritten

[US]/ʌn'rɪt(ə)n/

[UK]/ˌʌn'rɪtn/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.not written; not formalized; oral; blank
n.unwritten constitution；customary law; non-legislated law; convention

unwritten law

unwritten rules

an unwritten message

an unwritten agreement between friends.

the unwritten laws of good sportsmanship.

the unwritten rules of social life.

she had transgressed an unwritten social law.

They sinned against the unwritten rules of this meeting.

A powered vessel should give way to sail—it is an unwritten rule of the sea.

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