unwritten

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Close friends dining across the room from each other might exchange a wave or a quick handshake, but unsolicited business pitches go against the restaurant’s unwritten code of conduct, members say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

It might also help to ask your colleagues if there is an unwritten dress code.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

Another agent described the situation as "an unwritten rule" across T20 leagues with Indian investment.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

This is the argument, he says, that Antigone makes in burying her brother Polynices: it may be against the arbitrary and temporary law of the tyrant Creon, but not against the unwritten law of justice.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith