different between written vs unwritten

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???tn?/, [???t?n?], [????n], [????n]
• Rhymes: -?t?n
• Hyphenation: writ?ten

Adjective

written (not comparable)

1. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).

   Antonyms: oral, verbal

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. Having been written.

   Antonym: unwritten

Quotations

Derived terms

• bewritten
• custom-written
• hand-written
• writtenness
• unwrittenness

Translations

Verb

written

1. past participle of write

Anagrams

• twinter, wren-tit, wrentit

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwriten, from Old English unwriten, un?ewriten (“unwritten”), equivalent to un- +? written.

Adjective

unwritten (not comparable)

1. Not written.
2. Oral or otherwise communicated without writing.
3. Implicit or understood but not formally articulated.

   It's an unwritten rule that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool.

4. Containing no writing; blank.

   unwritten paper

Translations

Verb

unwritten

1. past participle of unwrite

See also

• unwrittenness
• written
• de facto
• oral