UNSAID Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

unsaid 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of unsaid

as in unmentioned

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verb

past tense of unsay

as in retracted

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) the witness tried to unsay the very testimony that he had given a few days earlier

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Recent Examples of unsaid

Adjective

Left unsaid was how perfect his Philly pivot was in his own grand scheme of things. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026 Some scenes are best left on the cutting room floor, some things better left unsaid. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026 Left unsaid was who Trump felt was the best-looking president. — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 The schedule for the launch of the next Starliner mission—now a cargo flight designated Starliner-1—was left unsaid. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unsaid

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Adjective

Left unmentioned is that the bulky bill also tries to tamp down realignment by capping conferences at 19 members and allows conferences to bundle their media rights.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The Wiener Werkstätte’s undue obscurity may have something to do with not only those epistolary expressions of skepticism by the founding fathers of the Frankfurt School, but also Hoffmann’s latter-day Nazism, which in this show goes unmentioned.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of unmentioned

Verb

When the refill is retracted, the Telegraph Key can also be pressed repeatedly, turning the mechanism into a satisfying tactile interaction even when the pen is not being used for writing.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
But the subtitle’s Hail Mary overtones hit everybody wrong, everywhere, all at once, and the movie quickly retracted it.

— Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of retracted

Adjective

Millions more have died from the by-products of those conflicts, according to Brown University’s Costs of War project, on top of untold injuries.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
The message, disseminated not just within Israel but among the diaspora, is that one Israeli, alive or dead, is worth untold numbers of Arabs.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of untold

Verb

In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat exchanged letters in which the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist and renounced violence and Israel recognized the PLO as representing the Palestinian people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of renounced

Adjective

But the details of those discussions have remained largely undisclosed.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
For example, folk rock singer Neil Young may have won an undisclosed settlement over the usage of his music during Trump rallies, though this was never confirmed.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of undisclosed

Verb

One candidate for the job, Tigers general manager Jeff Greenberg, publicly withdrew from consideration last week.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000 on opening night but withdrew from the shorter race, saying his fitness wasn't good enough for two races so close together in the wake of Achilles surgery earlier this year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdrew

Adjective

While his craft transformed a silent battle into celebrated wearable art, Damon is open about the fact that healing is an ongoing journey.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Sylvia Sims Bolton, 1st Ward, is remaining silent about both her criminal case and her future political plans.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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