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un·said

1   [uhn-sed]
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unsay.
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un·said

2   [uhn-sed]
adjective
not said; thought but not mentioned or discussed; unstated: It was best left unsaid.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English unsa(i)d, Old English unsǣd; see un-1, said

un·say

   [uhn-sey]
verb (used with object), -said, -say·ing.
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English unsayen. See un-2, say1
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unsaid (ʌnˈsɛd)
 
—adj
not said or expressed; unspoken

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unsaid
O.E. unsæd, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of say. Cf. M.Du. ongeseit, Ger. ungesagt, O.N. usagðr.
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