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And yet, as verbose as the movie can be (and in some sense, needs to be, as a corrective to decades of misinformation), what goes unsaid is just as powerful.—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025 What is going unsaid here is that Leon needs to improve the defensive side of his game.—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025 Thus, the story’s depth comes not from what is said, but from what is left unsaid, what is never fully understood from the moments that shift in meaning as time passes.—Travis Bean, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 Left unsaid during the pomp of Vrabel’s big day is what his presence next to Maye solidifies.—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsaid
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unsaid was
before the 12th century
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