adjective
- 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
- Not made explicit.
- usage: "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, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced
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