unacted
Still on paper
Unacted describes something that has not been performed or carried out.
A play may remain unacted, never staged: The script sat unacted in a drawer for decades.
Unacted impulses or desires are those not expressed through action: His unacted feelings of resentment festered.
Not yet enacted
- unstagedNot theatrically presented
- unproducedNever manufactured or performed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
- undramatizedNot adapted for performance
unplayed · unpresented · script · manuscript · shelved · dormant · theatrical · role
Not communicated outwardly
- suppressedForcibly held down
- restrainedHeld under control
- withheldKept from giving
- unrealizedNot made actual
unfulfilled · latent · dormant · repressed · inhibited · controlled · checked · curbed
Officially valid, practically void
- unimplementedNot yet built
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- dormantInactive but capable
- ratifiedFormally approved, made official
legislation · statute · bill · law · decree · ordinance · regulation · provision
unperformed
Not yet enacted
- unstagedNot theatrically presented
- unproducedNever manufactured or performed
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
undramatized · unplayed · unpresented · script · manuscript · shelved · dormant · theatrical · role · part
unexpressed
Not communicated outwardly
- suppressedForcibly held down
- restrainedHeld under control
- withheldKept from giving
unrealized · unfulfilled · latent · dormant · repressed · inhibited · controlled · checked · curbed · unexecuted
unenforced
Officially valid, practically void
- unimplementedNot yet built
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
- dormantInactive but capable
ratified · legislation · statute · bill · law · decree · ordinance · regulation · provision · clause
unactedacted upon
Influenced by something
executed · carried out · implemented · fulfilled · realized