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unwritten

/ən'rɪtən/

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adjective
using speech rather than writing
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oral spoken
adjective
said or done without having been planned or written in advance
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ad-lib spontaneous unscripted
adjective
based on custom rather than documentation
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"an unwritten law" "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"

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common-law

Opposite:

written

Examples of unwritten

"an unwritten law"
"rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"