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unable adjective Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent’ weak; helpless; incapable; — now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable for work; unable to bear fatigue.
unbank verb t. To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
unbark verb t. To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree., To cause to disembark; to land.
unbear verb t. To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
unbeat verb t. To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
unbelt verb t. To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.
unbent imp. & past participle of Unbend
unbend verb t. To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow., A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care., To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use., To cast loose or untie, as a rope., To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed., To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
unbias verb t. To free from bias or prejudice.
unbind verb t. To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner’s arms; to unbind a load.
unbody verb t. To free from the body; to disembody., To leave the body; to be disembodied; — said of the soul or spirit.
unbolt verb t. To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open., To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
unbone verb t. To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone., To twist about, as if boneless.
unboot verb t. To take off the boots from.
unborn adjective Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear; future.
unbred adjective Not begotten; unborn., Not taught or trained; — with to., Not well-bred; ill-bred.
unbung verb t. To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.
unbury verb t. To disinter; to exhume; fig., to disclose.
uncage verb t. To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.
uncalm verb t. To disturb; to disquiet.
uncamp verb t. To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
uncape verb t. To remove a cap or cape from.
uncart verb t. To take from, or set free from, a cart; to unload.
uncase verb t. To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover., To strip; to flay., To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.
unciae plural of Uncia
uncial adjective Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style., An uncial letter.
uncini plural of Uncinus
uncity verb t. To deprive of the rank or rights of a city.
unclew verb t. To unwind, unfold, or untie; hence, to undo; to ruin.
unclog verb t. To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty.
unclue verb t. To unwind; to untangle.
uncock verb t. To let down the cock of, as a firearm., To deprive of its cocked shape, as a hat, etc., To open or spread from a cock or heap, as hay.
uncoif verb t. To deprive of the coif or cap.
uncoil verb t. To unwind or open, as a coil of rope.
uncolt verb t. To unhorse.
uncord verb t. To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.
uncork verb t. To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.
uncous adjective Hooklike; hooked.
uncowl verb t. To divest or deprive of a cowl.
uncult adjective Not cultivated; rude; illiterate.
uncurl verb t. To loose from curls, or ringlets; to straighten out, as anything curled or curly., To become uncurled, or straight.
uncuth adjective Unknown; strange., A stranger.
undeaf verb t. To free from deafness; to cause to hear.
undeck verb t. To divest of ornaments.
undern noun The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o’clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.
undine noun One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.
undock verb t. To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.
undoer noun One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.
undone p. p. of Undo., Not done or performed; neglected.
undraw verb t. To draw aside or open; to draw back.
unduke verb t. To deprive of dukedom.
undull verb t. To remove the dullness of; to clear.
unduly adverb In an undue manner.
undust verb t. To free from dust.
unease noun Want of ease; uneasiness.
uneasy adjective Not easy; difficult., Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed., Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment., Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
uneath adjective Not easy; difficult; hard., Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
unedge verb t. To deprive of the edge; to blunt.
uneven adjective Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground., Not equal; not of equal length., Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; — said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.
unface verb t. To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
unfair verb t. To deprive of fairness or beauty., Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
unfile verb t. To remove from a file or record.
unfirm adjective Infirm.
unfold verb t. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth., To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one’s designs; to unfold the principles of a science., To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep., To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
unfool verb t. To restore from folly, or from being a fool.
unform verb t. To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake.
unfree adjective Not free; held in bondage.
unfret verb t. To smooth after being fretted.
unfurl verb t. & i. To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
ungain adjective Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient.
ungear verb t. To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
ungeld noun A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him.
ungird verb t. To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
ungive verb t. & i. To yield; to relax; to give way.
unglue verb t. To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.
ungown verb t. To strip of a gown; to unfrock.
ungual adjective Of or pertaining to a nail, claw, talon, or hoof, or resembling one., Having a nail, claw, or hoof attached; — said of certain bones of the feet.
ungues plural of Unguis
unguis noun The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage., One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect., The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also ungula.
ungula noun A hoof, claw, or talon., A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; — so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse., Same as Unguis, 3.
unhair verb t. To deprive of hair, or of hairs; as, to unhair hides for leather.
unhand verb t. To loose from the hand; to let go.
unhang verb t. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room., To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
unhasp verb t. To unloose the hasp of; to unclose.
unhead verb t. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask., To decapitate; to behead.
unheal noun Misfortune; calamity; sickness., To uncover. See Unhele.
unhele noun Same as Unheal, n., To uncover.
unhelm verb t. To deprive of the helm or helmet.
unhide verb t. To bring out from concealment; to discover.
unhive verb t. verb t. To drive or remove from a hive., To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd.
unhold verb t. To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.
unholy adjective Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious.
unhood verb t. To remove a hood or disguise from.
unhook verb t. To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress.
unhoop verb t. To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of.
uniate noun A member of the Greek Church, who nevertheless acknowledges the supremacy of the Pope of Rome; one of the United Greeks. Also used adjectively.
unific adjective Making one or unity; unifying.
uniped adjective Having only one foot.
unique adjective Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole., A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.
unison noun Harmony; agreement; concord; union., Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves., A single, unvaried., Sounding alone., Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
united imp. & past participle of Unite, Combined; joined; made one.
uniter noun One who, or that which, unites.
unjoin verb t. To disjoin.
unjust adjective Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge., Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation.
unkard adjective See Unked.
unkent adjective Unknown; strange.
unketh adjective Uncouth.
unkind adjective Having no race or kindred; childless., Not kind; contrary to nature, or the law of kind or kindred; unnatural., Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful.
unking verb t. To cause to cease to be a king.
unkiss verb t. To cancel or annul what was done or sealed by a kiss; to cancel by a kiss.
unknit verb t. To undo or unravel what is knitted together.
unknot verb t. To free from knots; to untie.
unknow verb t. To cease to know; to lose the knowledge of., To fail of knowing; to be ignorant of., Unknown.
unlace verb t. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe., To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace., To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel.
unlade verb t. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon., To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.
unlaid adjective Not laid or placed; not fixed., Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest., Not laid out, as a corpse.
unland verb t. To deprive of lands.
unlash verb t. To loose, as that which is lashed or tied down.
unless conj. Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.
unlike adjective Not like; dissimilar; diverse; having no resemblance; as, the cases are unlike., Not likely; improbable; unlikely.
unline verb t. To take the lining out of; hence, to empty; as, to unline one’s purse.
unlink verb t. To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten.
unlive verb t. To //ve in a contrary manner, as a life; to live in a manner contrary to.
unload verb t. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast., Hence, to relieve from anything onerous., To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel., To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun., To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of., To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
unlock verb t. To unfasten, as what is locked; as, to unlock a door or a chest., To open, in general; to lay open; to undo.
unlook verb t. To recall or retract, as a look.
unlord verb t. To deprive of the rank or position of a lord.
unlove verb t. To cease to love; to hate.
unlust noun Listlessness; disinclination.
unlute verb t. To separate, as things cemented or luted; to take the lute or the clay from.
unmade adjective Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave., Deprived of form, character, etc.; disunited.
unmake verb t. To destroy the form and qualities of; to deprive of being; to uncreate.
unmask verb t. To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose., To put off a mask.
unmeet adjective Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; — usually followed by for.
unmold verb t. Alt. of Unmould
unmoor verb t. To cause to ride with one anchor less than before, after having been moored by two or more anchors., To loose from anchorage. See Moor, v. t., To weigh anchor.
unnail verb t. To remove the nails from; to unfasten by removing nails.
unnear preposition Not near; not close to; at a distance from.
unnest verb t. To eject from a nest; to unnestle.
unowed adjective Ownerless., Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
unpack verb t. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk., To relieve of a pack or burden.
unpick verb t. To pick out; to undo by picking.
unpity noun Want of piety.
unplat verb t. To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.
unpope verb t. To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope., To deprive of a pope.
unpray verb t. To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for.
unprop verb t. To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.
unpure adjective Not pure; impure.
unread adjective Not read or perused; as, an unread book., Not versed in literature; illiterate.
unreal adjective Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
unrein verb t. To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from.
unrest noun Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.
unripe adjective Not ripe; as, unripe fruit., Developing too early; premature.
unrobe verb t. & i. To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.
unroll verb t. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner., To display; to reveal., To remove from a roll or register, as a name.
unroof verb t. To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house.
unroot verb t. To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot., To be torn up by the roots.
unrude adjective Not rude; polished., Excessively rude.
unruly superl. Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
unseal verb t. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter., To disclose, as a secret.
unseam verb t. To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.
unseat verb t. To throw from one’s seat; to deprive of a seat., Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election.
unseel verb t. To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten.
unseem verb i. Not to seem.
unseen adjective Not seen or discovered., Unskilled; inexperienced.
unsely adjective Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate.
unshed adjective Not parted or divided, as the hair., Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears.
unshet verb t. To unshut.
unship verb t. To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods., To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.
unshot verb t. To remove the shot from, as from a shotted gun; to unload., Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off.
unshut verb t. To open, or throw open.
unsoft adjective Not soft; hard; coarse; rough., Not softly.
unsoot adjective Not sweet.
unsoul verb t. To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle.
unspar verb t. To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.
unsped adjective Not performed; not dispatched.
unspin verb t. To untwist, as something spun.
unstep verb t. To remove, as a mast, from its step.
unstop verb t. To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask., To free from any obstruction; to open.
unsuit verb t. Not to suit; to be unfit for.
untack verb t. To separate, as what is tacked; to disjoin; to release.
unteam verb t. To unyoke a team from.
untent verb t. To bring out of a tent.
untidy adjective Unseasonable; untimely., Not tidy or neat; slovenly.
untile verb t. To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.
untime noun An unseasonable time.
untold adjective Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets., Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.
untomb verb t. To take from the tomb; to exhume; to disinter.
untrue adjective Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue., Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal., Untruly.
untuck verb t. To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
untune verb t. To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune.
unturn verb t. To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.
unused adjective Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment., Not habituated; unaccustomed.
unvail verb t. & i. See Unveil.
unveil verb t. To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face., To remove a veil; to reveal one’s self.
unvote verb t. To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.
unware adjective Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one’s guard., Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.
unwarm verb t. To lose warmth; to grow cold.
unwarp verb t. To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.
unwary adjective Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless., Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.
unweld adjective Alt. of Unweldy
unwell adjective Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing., Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
unwild verb t. To tame; to subdue.
unwill verb t. To annul or reverse by an act of the will.
unwind verb t. To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn., To disentangle., To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
unwise adjective Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
unwish verb t. To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
unwist adjective Not known; unknown., Not knowing; unwitting.
unwont adjective Unwonted; unused; unaccustomed.
unwork verb t. To undo or destroy, as work previously done.
unwrap verb t. To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
unwray verb t. See Unwrie.
unwrie verb t. To uncover.
unyoke verb t. To loose or free from a yoke., To part; to disjoin; to disconnect.