uncodified
Lacking official documentation
Uncodified means not organized into a formal, written code or system.
Laws, rules, or practices that are uncodified exist through custom, tradition, or precedent rather than official documentation: The UK has an uncodified constitution.
Uncodified norms govern much of social behavior—understood but never written down.
Not set down formally
- customaryDone by convention
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- oralOf the mouth
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
tacit · implied · understood · habitual · informal · unofficial · unformalized · unratified
Lacking methodical arrangement
- unorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- looseNot firmly secured
- freeformUnconstrained by structure
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
improvised · inchoate · nebulous · sketchy · undeveloped · amorphous · fluid · open-ended
Able to change accordingly
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- evolvingChanging gradually over time
- dynamicActive and changing
- responsiveQuick to react
modifiable · discretionary · interpretive · case-by-case · contextual · situational · negotiable · provisional
unwritten
Not set down formally
- customaryDone by convention
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- oralOf the mouth
conventional · tacit · implied · understood · habitual · informal · unofficial · unformalized · unratified · undeclared
unsystematic
Lacking methodical arrangement
- unorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- looseNot firmly secured
- freeformUnconstrained by structure
ad-hoc · improvised · inchoate · nebulous · sketchy · undeveloped · amorphous · fluid · open-ended · undefined
adaptive
Able to change accordingly
responsive · modifiable · discretionary · interpretive · case-by-case · contextual · situational · negotiable · provisional · mutable
uncodifiedcodified
Made into systematic rules
statutory · written · enacted · legislated · formalized
uncodifiedcodified
Made into systematic rules
systematized · formalized · written · organized · standardized
code, decode, codify, coded, codes, coding, coder, codex, codicil