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), un·spoke, un·spo·ken, un·speak·ing. Obsolete.
to recant; unsay.

Origin:
1595–1605; un-2 + speak

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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unspeak (ʌnˈspiːk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -speaks, -speaking, -spoke, -spoken
an obsolete word for unsay

unspoken (ʌnˈspəʊkən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Example sentences
Their main, but unspoken, purpose is to perpetuate an elite.
So it's kind of an unspoken language about a reality that is always there even
  if you're doing well.
It turns out that many people don't know these things because they go unspoken
  for one reason or another.
These discoveries give me pleasure and an unspoken awareness of the natural
  order of things.
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