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un·said

(ŭn-sĕd′)

Past tense and past participle of unsay.

adj.

Not said, especially not uttered out loud: Their unsaid objections were almost palpable to the rest of the group.

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unsaid

(ʌnˈsɛd)

adj

not said or expressed; unspoken

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un•said¹

(ʌnˈsɛd)

v.

pt. and pp. of unsay.

un•said²

(ʌnˈsɛd)

adj.

not said; thought but not mentioned or discussed; unstated.

[before 1000]

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Adj.

unsaid - not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"

unstated, unuttered, unverbalised, unverbalized, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced

implicit, inexplicit - implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"

unsaid

adjective unspoken, tacit, unexpressed, undeclared, unstated, unvoiced, left to the imagination, unuttered Some things, Donald, are better left unsaid.

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unsaid

adjective

1. Not voiced or expressed:

silent, tacit, undeclared, unexpressed, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, wordless.

2. Conveyed indirectly without words or speech:

implicit, implied, inferred, tacit, understood, unspoken, unuttered, wordless.

Idiom: taken for granted.

Translations

sotto silenzio

unsaid

[ˈʌnˈsed] ADJ → sin decir
to leave sth unsaid → callar algo, dejar de decir algo
to leave nothing unsaid → no dejar nada en el tintero
much was left unsaid → muchas cosas se quedaron por decir

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unsaid

[ʌnˈsɛd] adj
to leave sth unsaid → taire qch, passer sous silence
some things are better left unsaid → il y a certaines choses qu'il vaut mieux taire, il y a certaines choses qu'il vaut mieux ne pas dire

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unsaid

pret, ptp of unsay

adj → ungesagt, unausgesprochen; to leave something unsaid → etw unausgesprochen lassen; it’s best left unsaid → das bleibt besser ungesagt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unsaid

[ʌnˈsɛd] adj → non detto/a, taciuto/a
consider it unsaid → come non detto
to leave sth unsaid → passare qc sotto silenzio
it would have been better left unsaid → sarebbe stato meglio non dirlo
much was left unsaid → molte cose sono rimaste non dette

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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