as in tacit
understood although not put into words
an unspoken promise to remain faithful to one another
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Recent Examples of unspoken
Meta can decode unspoken sentences from your brain’s magnetic fields
Until a couple years ago, researchers couldn’t decode unspoken language without implanting electrodes inside the brain, which requires surgery.
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Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s the unspoken assumption that the president will oppose any plan to build a garbage-burning facility in Doral, which consultants say is the cheapest place to build a replacement for an incinerator that used to burn nearly half of the county’s trash every day.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
But there’s no trace of dashing bravado or heroics in Elordi’s performance, which is grounded, mature and subtle in its communication of unspoken feeling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
The rules may change, but our unspoken desires don’t always shift in accordance.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s the unspoken assumption that the president will oppose any plan to build a garbage-burning facility in Doral, which consultants say is the cheapest place to build a replacement for an incinerator that used to burn nearly half of the county’s trash every day.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
But there’s no trace of dashing bravado or heroics in Elordi’s performance, which is grounded, mature and subtle in its communication of unspoken feeling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
The rules may change, but our unspoken desires don’t always shift in accordance.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unspoken
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“Unspoken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspoken. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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