: not said
especially : not spoken aloud

Examples of unsaid in a Sentence

I think that some things are better left unsaid.
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So much about him was left unsaid in the script, a fact that was both intriguing and terrifying. Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024 This also cannot be left unsaid: The Shota vibes are immaculate. Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 9 Apr. 2024 With its aim to transmit into words and images what is so often left unsaid about breast cancer, The Use of Photography is the opposite: the real thing. Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024 What's not left unsaid is that these teams, and organizations, would love nothing more than to eliminate the other one. Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unsaid 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unsaid was before the 12th century

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“Unsaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsaid. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.

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