unwritten
unw·rit·ten
adjective
1.
based on custom rather than documentation
- “an unwritten law”
- “rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times” J.L.T.C.Spence
2.
Origin
From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, unġewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- + written.
Phrases
- unwritten rule
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