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Definition: Unsaid |
UnsaidAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unsaid" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: UnsaidSynonyms: unexpressed (adj), unspoken (adj), unstated (adj), unuttered (adj), unverbalised (adj), unverbalized (adj), unvoiced (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Latency Implication | Unsaid, unwritten, unpublished, unbreathed, untalked of, untold; unsung, unexposed, unproclaimed, undisclosed; unexpressed; not expressed, tacit. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unsaid |
| English words defined with "unsaid": compulsion ♦ irresistible impulse. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You would agree, would you not, that certain things bearing on the defence of the realm are best left unsaid. (Defence of the Realm; writing credit: Martin Stellman) Some things are best left unsaid, or unseen. (Earth: Final Conflict; writing credit: Thodoris Manikas) | |
Lyrics | Come out of things unsaid (Clocks; performing artist: COLDPLAY) It would be better left unsaid (Say you'll be there; performing artist: Spice Girls) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Unsaid (2001) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Comte De Mirabeau | I know you will guess all I leave unsaid. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Unsaid" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 70.00% of the time. "Unsaid" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 70% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 20% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "unsaid": it's best leave unsaid ♦ leave smth. unsaid ♦ leave unsaid. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
all unsaid | 63 |
the unsaid movie | 16 |
left unsaid | 8 |
andy garcia unsaid | 4 |
character movie unsaid | 4 |
movie review unsaid | 3 |
better left unsaid | 2 |
review unsaid | 2 |
anguish unsaid | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unsaid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pashprehur (ineffable, inexpressible, unspeakable, unspoken, unvoiced). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неказан, неизразен (sneaking, unvoiced), неизказан (ineffable, inexplicit, inexpressible, mental, silent, unspeakable, unspoken, untold, unutterable, unvoiced). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zamlèený, nevyslovený (implied, tacit, unmentioned, unspoken, unvoiced). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناگفته (Untold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jättää sanomatta (leave . . unsaid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungesagt (unspoken, unstated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άρρητοσ (surdic, unspeakable), ανείπωτοσ (ineffable, unspeakable, untold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kimondatlan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tidak disebutkan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 言わぬが花 (silence is golden, some things are better left unsaid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いわぬがはな (silence is golden, some things are better left unsaid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aidunsay não proferido, não dito (unspoken). (various references) nespus (untold, unutterable). (various references) непроизнесенный (undelivered, unpronounced, unvoiced). (various references) nepomenut, nekazan, neiskazan (unutterable). (various references) no dicho (kept, untold). (various references) outtalad (inarticulate, unasked, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, voiceless), osagd (unspoken, untold). (various references) söylenmemiş (undelivered, unspoken, unspoken-to, untold, unvoiced), dile getirilmemiş (unmentioned, unspoken-to). (various references) несказаний. (various references) không nói ra (tacit, ulterior), chưa nói ra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Unsaid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anaspida, Kunisada, Lunndaidh, nsaid, Nsiad, runaid, Uncid, unseed, unsid, unstaid, unsti, usaid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unsaid" (pronounced unse"d) |
| 3 | -s e" d | said. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: nidus, unais. | |
-2 letters: aids, ains, ands, anis, anus, dais, dins, duns, sadi, said, sain, sand, unai. | |
-3 letters: ads, aid, ain, ais, and, ani, din, dis, dui, dun, ids, ins, nus, sad, sau, sin, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: ad, ai, an, as, id, in, is, na, nu, si, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: audings, durians, indusia, sundial. | |
+2 letters: audients, dauphins, denarius, dianthus, dinosaur, disannul, diurnals, indusial, maundies, scandium, sinuated, sudation, sundials, unbiased, unbraids, unitards, unraised, uranides. | |
+3 letters: adjusting, anguished, audiences, auditions, baudekins, crusading, custodian, dauphines, dinosaurs, disannuls, disputant, dulcianas, dulcineas, durations, gaudiness, guanidins, guardians, guidances, guildsman, humanised, humanoids, indurates, insulated, inundates, jaundices, laundries, muraenids, muscadine, nursemaid, quicksand, rigaudons, saturniid, scandiums, squadding, sudations, supinated, sustained, unadvised, unstained, urbanised, vanadiums. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 61 69 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... .- .. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01100001 01101001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s a i d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 0061 0069 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558085677570 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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