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Adjective: unwritten  ,ún'ri-t(u)n
  1. Using speech rather than writing
    "an unwritten tradition";
    - oral
     
  2. Based on custom rather than documentation
    "an unwritten law"; "rites … so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"
     
  3. Said or done without having been planned or written in advance
    "The unwritten agreement between neighbours kept the peace";
    - ad-lib, spontaneous

See also: common-law, spoken, unscripted

Antonym: written

Encyclopedia: Unwritten