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un·spo·ken

   [uhn-spoh-kuhn]
adjective
1.
implied or understood without being spoken or uttered.
2.
not addressed (usually followed by to).
3.
not talking; silent.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English unspokyn. See un-1, spoken

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un·speak

   [uhn-speek]
verb (used with object), -spoke, -spo·ken, -speak·ing. Obsolete.
to recant; unsay.
Origin:
1595–1605; un-2 + speak
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unspoken (ʌnˈspəʊkən)
 
—adj
1.  understood without needing to be spoken; tacit
2.  not uttered aloud

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unspoken
late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + pp. of speak. Cf. M.Du. ongesproken, M.L.G. ungesproken.
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