Synonyms
Examples of unsay in a Sentence
the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier
Recent Examples on the Web
What’s said attains extra significance surrounded by what’s unsaid, and details accumulate like snowfall, as the critic Hilton Als wrote in The New Yorker.
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Darryn King, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
There’s meaning in absence, a purpose to stillness, value in what’s unseen, unsaid.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
But what often goes unsaid by Republicans is that former president Donald Trump inflamed many of those doubts with his baseless insistence that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
—Stephen Groves and Christina A. Cassidy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
The syntax of Hangul leaves much unsaid: subjects are implied; pronouns are rare.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
Now, Swift’s Speak Now earns its own second run in the spotlight, revisiting the diaristic angst of her late teens — the original, Swift’s third album, was recorded between the ages of 18 and 20 — and rekindling the album’s nebulous concept, around words left unsaid, largely bound to heartache.
—Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 7 July 2023
As if playing parts of a well-orchestrated score, other Justices in the majority picked up on what Roberts left unsaid.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
The administration released a memo ahead of Biden’s Wednesday speech that made the point that his policy ideas are broadly supported in polls, leaving unsaid that those proposals generally fare better than the president himself does.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 27 June 2023
What went unsaid in the lead-up to the signing: How much Martinez’s presence might amplify Betts’ game, as well.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
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Darryn King, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
There’s meaning in absence, a purpose to stillness, value in what’s unseen, unsaid.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
But what often goes unsaid by Republicans is that former president Donald Trump inflamed many of those doubts with his baseless insistence that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
—Stephen Groves and Christina A. Cassidy, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
The syntax of Hangul leaves much unsaid: subjects are implied; pronouns are rare.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
Now, Swift’s Speak Now earns its own second run in the spotlight, revisiting the diaristic angst of her late teens — the original, Swift’s third album, was recorded between the ages of 18 and 20 — and rekindling the album’s nebulous concept, around words left unsaid, largely bound to heartache.
—Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 7 July 2023
As if playing parts of a well-orchestrated score, other Justices in the majority picked up on what Roberts left unsaid.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
The administration released a memo ahead of Biden’s Wednesday speech that made the point that his policy ideas are broadly supported in polls, leaving unsaid that those proposals generally fare better than the president himself does.
—Josh Boak, Fortune, 27 June 2023
What went unsaid in the lead-up to the signing: How much Martinez’s presence might amplify Betts’ game, as well.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unsay was
in the 15th century
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“Unsay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsay. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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