unwritten

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But if the fighting in Iran stretches into a second month, heightening financial pressure on U.S. workers, the written and unwritten rules about office attendance could get put to the test.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“Smoglandia” is a great California yarn, and one with the ending still unwritten.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

I began to think less about unvisited places and more about unwritten novels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The High North has long been shielded by the concept of "Arctic exceptionalism" -- the notion that the region had its own set of unwritten rules of cooperation which were immune to geopolitical rivalries.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Even as a free man in Virginia, Isaac lived under written laws that restricted the legal rights of free blacks and the code of unwritten rules that applied to black people.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis