unspoken meaning and definition

UNSPOKEN adjective

Definition of unspoken (adjective)

1. expressed without speech
   • "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
   • synonyms: mute, tongueless, wordless
2. not made explicit
   • "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
   • synonyms: unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unvoiced