Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To retract what one has spoken, to unsay.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. The unspoken question is why.

    deDie unausgesprochene Frage lautet: „Warum?“

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  2. The night listens to every unspoken word.

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  3. She carries the weight of unspoken worries.

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  4. Their marriage simmered with discontentment and unspoken anger.

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  5. We build bridges with words unspoken, yet understood.

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Forms

unspeaks, unspeaking, unspoke, unspoken
Base formunspeak · to unspeak
3rd person singularunspeaks
Present participleunspeaking
Past simpleunspoke
Past participleunspoken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunspeak
he, she, itunspeaks

Past simpleLesson

all personsunspoke

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unspoken
he, she, ithas unspoken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unspeak

Synonyms

3 synonyms
recanttake backunsay

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unsolvableunsolveunsophisticatedunsoundunspeakableunspecifiedunsportsmanlike
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