verb
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To erase; to revert to a state where (something) was never written.
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To nullify.
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To deconstruct.
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(computer engineering) To revert to a known state in so that new data can be written.
adjective
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Not written.
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Oral or otherwise communicated without writing.
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Implicit or understood but not formally articulated.
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It's an unwritten rule that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool.
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Containing no writing; blank.
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unwritten paper
Examples of unwritten in a Sentence
This unwritten law in some districts is supreme."
Elaborate legal enactments codified in Babylonia by the 10th century B.C. find striking parallels in Hebrew, late Jewish (Talmudic), Syrian and Mahommedan law, or in the unwritten usages of all ages; for even where there were neither written laws nor duly instituted lawgivers, there was no lawlessness, since custom and belief were, and still are, almost inflexible.
Like the high court, the court of burgesses had also its assizes 4 - a body of unwritten legal 4 As was noticed above, there were apparently separate assizes for the three principalities, in addition to the assizes of the kingdom.
The results are open to criticism in details, but form on the whole a remarkable achievement in the conversion of unwritten and highly technical law into a body of written law sufficiently clear to be administered by officers to many of whom its ideas and language are foreign.
Unyoro has played rather an important role in the past (unwritten) history of Equatorial Africa as being the region from which the ancient Gala (Hamitic) aristocracy, coming from Nileland, penetrated the forests of Bantu Africa, bringing with them the Neolithic civilization, the use of metals, and the keeping of cattle.
All of them recognize a common code or unwritten law called Pukhtunwali, which appears to be similar in general character to the old Hebraic law, though modified by Mahommedan ordinances, and strangely similar in certain particulars to Rajput custom.
Like the Gaulish druids described by Caesar, the poet (fili) and the druid possessed a huge stock of unwritten native lore, probably enshrined in verse which was learnt by rote by their pupils.
This is a formality of unwritten terms only, he said.
Arguments have been founded upon the descriptions of the blind singers in the Odyssey, with their songs inspired directly by the Muse; upon the appeals of the poet to the Muses, especially in such a place as the opening of the Catalogue; upon the Catalogue itself, which is a kind of historical document put into verse to help the memory; upon the shipowner in the Odyssey, who has " a good memory for his cargo," &c. It may be answered, however, that much of this is traditional, handed down from the time when all poetry was unwritten.
As political writers imagined a patriarchal innocence prior to codes of law, so men of letters sought in popular unwritten poetry the freshness and simplicity which were wanting in the prevailing styles.
Justice.By the theory of a Mahommedan state there should be no other courts of justice except those established for the administration of the shar, the divine or written law, but in Persia there is another judicature, which is called urf and represents the customary or known and unwritten law.
The chief motive for his journey was love of travel and antiquarian study, and it seems never to have occurred to him, till he was warned by Tiberius, that he was thereby transgressing an unwritten law which forbade any Roman of rank to set foot in Egypt without express permission.
For the content of morality we are necessarily referred, in great part, to the experience crystallized in laws and institutions and to the unwritten law of custom, honour and good breeding, which has become organic in the society of which we are members.
He introduced several internal reforms, codified the written and unwritten laws of the country, established a printing press, Greek monastic schools, and also a Latin school.
They are the last stage and climax of a gradual process of compilation and crystallization, so to speak, of unwritten church custom; and a short account of this process will show their real importance and value.
There is a further distinction between the written law, jus scriptum, laws made by the councils or popes, which are to be found in the collections, and the unwritten law, jus non scriptum, a body of practical rules arising rather from natural equity and from custom than from formal laws; with this is connected the customary law.
In the Church, as in other societies, it has happened that the unwritten customary law has undergone a gradual diminution in importance, as a consequence of centralization and the accumulation of written laws; nowadays it need not be reckoned with, save in cases where local customs are involved.
Of course, we might seek to infer an unwritten tradition of Christ's words; but without pedantic ultra-Protestant devotion to written scripture, one may distrust on scientific grounds the attempt to reconstruct tradition by a process of inference.
Everyone respects our common law, our unwritten rules - rules that don't need parliamentary assent or a special council by-law.
Without exception, the states rejected the unwritten constitution of Britain.
No wonder, even the United Nations has begun to follow the unwritten dictum.
The British constitution, largely unwritten, is based on the separation of powers.
There are true Saints but with false Lives, their true Lives as yet unwritten.
About the Course This new online course covers the ethics, conventions and often unwritten rules of publishing in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences.
Wycliffe members often focus on assisting language groups who speak previously unwritten languages.
Much unhappiness is caused by students ending up with masses of research material, no money, and most of the thesis still unwritten.
The paper had to be filled and could not wait for as-yet unwritten stories and features to arrive.
A few alternate color tank tops for a girl whose name will remain unwritten seemed to go over very well.
Without it this review would have gone unwritten for ever.
We do however disagree with things he has left unwritten!
The sterner strain in the mother's nature may be traced to intermarriage with the families of the wild interior of Corsica, where the vendetta was the unwritten but omnipotent law of the land.
Thus, the problem of the origin or antiquity of the unwritten Oral Law, a living and fluid thing, lies outside the scope of criticism; of greater utility is the study of the particular forms the laws have taken in the written sources which from time to time embody the ever-changing legacy of the past.
In time, the unwritten rules in climbing would unfold.
A very important point to note is that in the small hypothetical economic model we have constructed there are some unwritten assumptions.
In fact there is an unwritten convention that you can quote up to 5% of a work without seeking permission.
In the same way, there are unwritten laws in the church about forgiveness.
Some kind of unwritten code seems to be in perpetual force to stifle such debate.
We do however disagree with things he has left unwritten !
Certain states, like California, have unwritten guidelines for determining how long a former spouse will receive alimony.
Even if your job has a written dress code, there are sometimes unwritten rules that you're expected to follow.
While you're flying down the rainy streets at breakneck speed, you can bob your head to Mudvayne, Queens of the Stone Age, and Unwritten Law.
Known as lurking in the web world, this approach will ensure that you completely understand the unwritten rules of posting to certain group types.
Having a strong understanding of the written and unwritten rules of sexual harassment can save you from a lawsuit or at the very least, embarrassment.
Following the unwritten guidelines will make it look like you know what you are doing-even it's your first time posting.
The system may seem complex and intimidating to those who aren't familiar with it; many individuals seem to abide by some sort of unwritten rule that higher numbers are better numbers.
In fact, the company's website says its unwritten motto is "no makeup, no men, and no mirrors."
Her debut album, Unwritten, was released the following year.
Different fandoms have developed terminologies unique to their canonical material and will have a Fanfiction Glossary specific to their source, whether written or unwritten.
You need to know the unwritten rules for blogging, otherwise known as blog etiquette.
As with most social networks, Twitter has unwritten rules of etiquette that once breached, are difficult to take back.