unspoken

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unsaid | American Dictionary

unsaid
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ʌnˈsed/
not spoken, although thought of or felt:
Some things are better left unsaid.

Examples of unsaid

unsaid
That discourse, though, remained opaque and was significant more for what was left unsaid than what was openly, though belatedly, expressed.
Most strikingly, the shared terrain of repression and liberation means that the opera is remarkable for leaving a good many things unsaid.
And even the use of "unsaid speech" is embedded in animated interaction that highlights their agency, their solidarity, and their role as protector.
Much has remained unsaid about it, many details have only been touched upon and require further investigation.
Approaching the work of these two authors on this subject is rather like looking at the half-full/half-empty glass, and both leave much unsaid.
The potential of a blueprint is, after all, what it leaves unsaid, its adaptability.
In it, they recorded all novel, previously unsaid multiword utterances the children produced, including their context.
Naturally, it is a surface-scratching process and there is a great deal which remains unsaid.
That is, what is said and by whom, how it is said, and what goes unsaid shape cases.
There are unseen lines and boundaries in their living spaces just as there are unsaid rules and social laws in their culture.
Patients extract additional information and clues from what is said as well as from what is left unsaid.
The others present have their own stories, but they remain intentionally untold, unsaid, or about to be said.
An examination of discourse reveals a gradual continuum rather than a sharp boundary between what is said and what is unsaid.
It is a chastening reminder of just how school knowledge is circumscribed and censored to remain within certain unsaid but mutually understood boundaries.
One always has to figure out the parts that have been left unsaid.
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