Unwritten
adjective
Not having been put into writing or print.
She had a list of unwritten tasks in her head.
Often appears as...
- unwritten rules
- unwritten agreement
adjective
Not legally or officially established but regarded as established by common practice.
There are unwritten rules in every society.
Often appears as...
- unwritten understanding
- unwritten contract
adjective
Not stated directly, but suggested or felt rather than expressed.
The unwritten pain in his eyes was apparent.
Often appears as...
- unwritten feelings
- unwritten story
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Disapproving
adjective
Not having been put into writing or print.
She had a list of unwritten tasks in her head.
Often appears as...
- unwritten rules
- unwritten agreement
adjective
Not legally or officially established but regarded as established by common practice.
There are unwritten rules in every society.
Often appears as...
- unwritten understanding
- unwritten contract
adjective
Not stated directly, but suggested or felt rather than expressed.
The unwritten pain in his eyes was apparent.
Often appears as...
- unwritten feelings
- unwritten story
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Checklist
Used for thoughts or plans not yet documented.
He kept his business strategy unwritten to stay flexible.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicit Understanding
Implies something everyone knows but has not formalized.
The team followed an unwritten rule to start meetings on time.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Interpretation
Allows personal interpretation due to lack of specificity.
Their friendship was based on an unwritten mutual respect.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Checklist
Used for thoughts or plans not yet documented.
He kept his business strategy unwritten to stay flexible.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicit Understanding
Implies something everyone knows but has not formalized.
The team followed an unwritten rule to start meetings on time.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Interpretation
Allows personal interpretation due to lack of specificity.
Their friendship was based on an unwritten mutual respect.
Pro Tip 1/3Mental Checklist
Used for thoughts or plans not yet documented.
He kept his business strategy unwritten to stay flexible.
Pro Tip 2/3Implicit Understanding
Implies something everyone knows but has not formalized.
The team followed an unwritten rule to start meetings on time.
Pro Tip 3/3Open to Interpretation
Allows personal interpretation due to lack of specificity.
Their friendship was based on an unwritten mutual respect.
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How to decarbonize the...
They decided that solar was a strategic part of their future economy. So you had this unwritten agreement between the two countries, one buying a lot, the other producing a lot, that helped drive the price down 80 percent. We should be doing that with 10 technologies, or a dozen, around the world. We need policy as the magic sauce
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Why Black girls are...
Start a conversation with the school and encourage them to address their dress code and other conduct-related policies as a collaborative project, with parents and students, so as to intentionally avoid bias and discrimination. Keep in mind, though, that some of the practices that harm black girls most are unwritten.
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Why we get mad -- and...
that situation would look a lot like driving. It's true. You are, by definition, on your way somewhere, so everything that happens -- traffic, other drivers, road construction -- it feels like it's blocking your goals. There are all these written and unwritten rules of the road,
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
seriousness of his face and I realized that he hadn't been messing around he'd been preparing in deadly earnest for one of the most life transforming moments of his career now there is another one of those unspoken unwritten rules which has felt very
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Richard Thompson Ford: A...
while everyone else is doing work. So pretending you don't care about what people wear can turn into just a more subtle and insidious form of dress code. And in fact, getting rid of the written dress code sometimes leads to an unwritten dress code
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Stealth Pilot Rescue PIPE...
a real good chance that nobody would know that my phone rings and my marine captain gives me a call and says I think you need to come up to the battle sin floor because I think we've lost an aircraft there is unquestionably an unwritten
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Why you should talk to...
So now that we know that talking to strangers matters, how does it work? There are unwritten rules we tend to follow. The rules are very different depending on what country you're in, what culture you're in.
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Why corporate diversity...
she was violating an unwritten rule. The good woman is seen as modest, self-effacing and nice, not a mission-driven expert. That's why male experts in meetings exert more influence. But you know what?
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Anne Scherer: Why we're...
Clearly, there is no official rule book for socially appropriate behaviors or even socially accepted dinner topics. In fact, our social norms are usually unwritten codes of conduct,
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Anupam Mishra: The...
But here it is unwritten by law. And people made their house, and the water storage tanks. These raised up platforms just like this stage.
Video examples
How to decarbonize the...
They decided that solar was a strategic part of their future economy. So you had this unwritten agreement between the two countries, one buying a lot, the other producing a lot, that helped drive the price down 80 percent. We should be doing that with 10 technologies, or a dozen, around the world. We need policy as the magic sauce
Video examples
Why Black girls are...
Start a conversation with the school and encourage them to address their dress code and other conduct-related policies as a collaborative project, with parents and students, so as to intentionally avoid bias and discrimination. Keep in mind, though, that some of the practices that harm black girls most are unwritten.
Video examples
Why we get mad -- and...
that situation would look a lot like driving. It's true. You are, by definition, on your way somewhere, so everything that happens -- traffic, other drivers, road construction -- it feels like it's blocking your goals. There are all these written and unwritten rules of the road,
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
seriousness of his face and I realized that he hadn't been messing around he'd been preparing in deadly earnest for one of the most life transforming moments of his career now there is another one of those unspoken unwritten rules which has felt very
Video examples
Richard Thompson Ford: A...
while everyone else is doing work. So pretending you don't care about what people wear can turn into just a more subtle and insidious form of dress code. And in fact, getting rid of the written dress code sometimes leads to an unwritten dress code
Video examples
Stealth Pilot Rescue PIPE...
a real good chance that nobody would know that my phone rings and my marine captain gives me a call and says I think you need to come up to the battle sin floor because I think we've lost an aircraft there is unquestionably an unwritten
Video examples
Why you should talk to...
So now that we know that talking to strangers matters, how does it work? There are unwritten rules we tend to follow. The rules are very different depending on what country you're in, what culture you're in.
Video examples
Why corporate diversity...
she was violating an unwritten rule. The good woman is seen as modest, self-effacing and nice, not a mission-driven expert. That's why male experts in meetings exert more influence. But you know what?
Video examples
Anne Scherer: Why we're...
Clearly, there is no official rule book for socially appropriate behaviors or even socially accepted dinner topics. In fact, our social norms are usually unwritten codes of conduct,
Video examples
Anupam Mishra: The...
But here it is unwritten by law. And people made their house, and the water storage tanks. These raised up platforms just like this stage.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
What is your desired salary?' The unwritten rule when it comes to salary is this: whoever proposes a number first loses. When you interview, you should never feel pressured to answer this question. Simply let your interviewer know that the most important thing to you is how well you fit the position.
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Ja Rule
American Musician
That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.
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George P. Bush
American Businessman
It's kind of an unwritten law, I think, being - carrying the name - George Bush. At times I ask myself, 'Am I going to be able to live life the way I want to?' I'm cautious about doing certain things.
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Caroline Ghosn
American Businesswoman
The big experience of feeling like I jumped off into the deep end was that transition from college into the workforce. There were so many unwritten rules I didn't understand.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family.
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Howard Fast
American Novelist
The only thing that infuriates me is that I have more unwritten stories in me than I can conceivably write in a lifetime.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
American Activist
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Charles Davenport
American Scientist
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
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Joe Strummer
English Musician
The future is unwritten.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
What is your desired salary?' The unwritten rule when it comes to salary is this: whoever proposes a number first loses. When you interview, you should never feel pressured to answer this question. Simply let your interviewer know that the most important thing to you is how well you fit the position.
Quote examples
Ja Rule
American Musician
That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.
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George P. Bush
American Businessman
It's kind of an unwritten law, I think, being - carrying the name - George Bush. At times I ask myself, 'Am I going to be able to live life the way I want to?' I'm cautious about doing certain things.
Quote examples
Caroline Ghosn
American Businesswoman
The big experience of feeling like I jumped off into the deep end was that transition from college into the workforce. There were so many unwritten rules I didn't understand.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
It is no longer an unwritten law of American capitalism that industry will attempt to maintain wages at a level that allows a single wage to support a family.
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Howard Fast
American Novelist
The only thing that infuriates me is that I have more unwritten stories in me than I can conceivably write in a lifetime.
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Jim Crace
English Writer
I have in the past acquired a reputation for concocting non-existent writers and unwritten volumes.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
American Activist
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Charles Davenport
American Scientist
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
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Joe Strummer
English Musician
The future is unwritten.
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