Usually means: Implicitly understood guideline, not documented.
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  1. unwritten rule: Wiktionary
  2. Unwritten Rule (band), Unwritten Rule, Unwritten rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unwritten rule)

▸ noun:  An unspoken rule.

Similar:
unspoken rule, nonrule, nonpolicy, 11th commandment, secret, statutory exclusion, unobservable, nonsonant, nondeclaration, best-kept secret, more...

Opposite:
written rule, formal rule, explicit rule

Types:
personal space, elevator etiquette, not cutting in line, more...

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Similar:
unspoken rule, nonrule, nonpolicy, 11th commandment, secret, statutory exclusion, unobservable, nonsonant, nondeclaration, best-kept secret, more...

Opposite:
written rule, formal rule, explicit rule

Types:
personal space, elevator etiquette, not cutting in line, more...



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