unsaid

[uhn-sed]

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of unsay.

unsaid

[uhn-sed]

adjective

not said; thought but not mentioned or discussed; unstated: It was best left unsaid.

Origin of unsaid

before 1000; Middle English unsa(i)d, Old English unsǣd; see un-¹, said¹

unsay

[uhn-sey]

verb (used with object), un·said, un·say·ing.

to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.

Origin of unsay

First recorded in 1425–75, unsay is from the late Middle English word unsayen. See un-², say¹

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Related Words for unsaid

understood, implied, inferred, silenced, implicit, tacit, unexpressed, unspoken, undeclared, unvoiced, unstated, wordless

Examples from the Web for unsaid

Contemporary Examples of unsaid

The unsaid fact, of course, is that her search must be a Judeo-Christian one.
The Good Wife’s Religion Politics: Voters Have No Faith in Alicia's Atheism
Regina Lizik
November 24, 2014
Unsaid: "We will bail out your banks if they get into trouble."
European Finance Ministers Talk Tough About Bank Bailouts. Does It Matter?
Megan McArdle
March 26, 2013

Historical Examples of unsaid

I had said it, unfortunately, and it could not be unsaid now without many explanations.
Kent Knowles: Quahaug
Joseph C. Lincoln
He called this to mind now, but it was already too late; what he had said could not be unsaid.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Anonymous
Masses were unsaid, churches had been stripped of their ornaments.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Henry Martyn Baird
The girl would have given much to have unsaid it, to have given any sort of explanation.
The Wind Before the Dawn
Dell H. Munger
Those words were effort enough, and had better have been unsaid.
Hopes and Fears
Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for unsaid

unsaid

adjective

not said or expressed; unspoken

unsay

verb -says, -saying or -said

(tr) to retract or withdraw (something said or written)

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Word Origin and History for unsaid

adj.

Old English unsæd, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of say. Cf. Middle Dutch ongeseit, German ungesagt, Old Norse usagðr.