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un·said
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verb
simple past tense and past participle of
unsay
.
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un·said
2
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ʌnˈsɛd
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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
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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un·say
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ʌnˈseɪ
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verb (used with object),
un·said,
un·say·ing.
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English
unsayen.
See
un-
2
,
say
1
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unsaid
(ʌnˈsɛd)
—
adj
not said or expressed; unspoken
unsay
(ʌnˈseɪ)
—
vb
,
-says
,
-saying
,
-said
(
tr
) to retract or withdraw (something said or written)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
unsaid
O.E. unsæd, from
un-
(1) "not" + pp. of
say
. Cf. M.Du. ongeseit, Ger. ungesagt, O.N. usagðr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
We do not consider, however, arguments left
unsaid
in the district court and raised for the first time on appeal in a reply brief.
Left
unsaid
is the fact that big pharma is depending on government, universities, and small biotech companies for that innovation.
All they say is true, but what they leave
unsaid
lessens the value of the moral
which they draw.
Its ironic, every country develops infrastructure first to meet the
unsaid
industry standards.
The ads used a means of sarcasm to state many of the
unsaid
truths about tobacco companies and image manipulation.
The coupled know there are things he must leave
unsaid
, words whose planetary impact no one could bear.
Things
unsaid
and now unsayable rise around them, but nothing is resolved.
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