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unspoken

/ʌnˈspoʊkən/ adjective C1
  1. Not spoken; not said.
  2. Not formally articulated or stated; implicit or understood. · The unspoken rule is to start a new pot of coffee when it is empty.
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All my unspoken instincts, my vague suspicions, suddenly took shape and centred upon the naturalist.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 162 · C1
I suppose the concept of home is inherently malleable, perpetually reshaped by our idiosyncratic desires and the unspoken yearning for novelty.
The Malleability of Home, p. 1 · C2

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