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While on the podcast, Wilde discussed wanting to make the unspoken punchlines as funny as the spoken ones, finding the humor in the unsaid moments of rage.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026 How far Angela and Joe, and Wilde’s film, are willing to go is better left unsaid.—ABC News,
24 June 2026 If Babuka Black’s first Slippers releases explored the unanswerable, 08’s appeal lies in the unsaid.—
Jude Noel,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026 The last few times have been nice… but there was something unsaid.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsaid
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of unsaid was
before the 12th century