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

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un·say

[uhn-sey]
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, say1

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unsaid (ʌnˈsɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
not said or expressed; unspoken

unsay (ʌnˈseɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -says, -saying, -said
(tr) to retract or withdraw (something said or written)

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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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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.
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