Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 37
Inequality (n.) Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.
Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. -- Bacon.
Inequality (n.) Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. -- South.
Inequality (n.) (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (.gt. or .lt.) between them; as, the inequality 2 .lt. 3, or 4 .gt. 1.
Inequality (n.) (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.
Inequality (n.) Lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor" [ant: {equality}].
Inequation (n.) An inequality.
Inequidistant (a.) Not equally distant; not equidistant.
Inequilateral (a.) Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.
Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.
Inequilobate (a.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.
Inequitable (a.) Not equitable; not just.
Inequitate (v. t.) To ride over or through.
Inequity (n.) Want of equity; injustice; wrong.
Inequivalve (a.) Alt. of Inequivalvular.
Inequivalvular (a.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.
Ineradicable (a.) Incapable of being /radicated or rooted out.
Ineradicably (adv.) So as not to be eradicable.
Inergetic (a.) Alt. of Inergetical.
Inergetical (a.) Having no energy; sluggish.
Inergetically (adv.) Without energy.
Inerm (a.) Alt. of Inermous.
Inermous (a.) Same as Inermis.
Inermis (a.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a leaf.
Inerrability (n.) Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility.
Inerrable (a.) Incapable of erring; infallible; unerring.
Inerrableness (n.) Exemption from error; inerrability; infallibility.
Inerrably (adv.) With security from error; infallibly; unerringly.
Inerrancy (n.) Exemption from error.
Inerratic (a.) Not erratic or wandering; fixed; settled; established.
Inerringly (adv.) Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly.
Inert (a.) Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert.
Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless.
Inert (a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect.
Inertia (n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.
Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Inertion (n.) Want of activity or exertion; inertness; quietude.
Inertitude (n.) Inertness; inertia.
Inertly (adv.) Without activity; sluggishly.
Inertness (n.) Want of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion; sluggishness; apathy; insensibility.
Inertness (n.) Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
Inerudite (a.) Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
Inescapable (a.) Not escapable.
Inescate (v. t.) To allure; to lay a bait for.
Inescation (n.) The act of baiting; allurement.
Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.
In esse () In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not, but may be.
Inessential (a.) 不緊要的，非必要的 Having no essence or being. -- H. Brooke.
The womb of inessential Naught. -- Shelley.
Inessential (a.) Not essential; not required to achieve a given purpose; unessential; unnecessary.
Inessential (a.) Not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] [ant: essential].
Inessential (a.) Not absolutely necessary.
Inessential (n.) 不重要事物 Anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials" [syn: inessential, nonessential] [ant: essential, necessary, necessity, requirement, requisite].
Inestimable (a.) 難以估計的，不可計量的； 極貴重的，無價的 Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges.
But above all, for thine inestimable love. -- Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Science is too inestimable for expression by a money standard. -- Lyon Playfair.
Syn: Incalculable; invaluable; priceless.
Inestimable (a.) Beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth" [syn: incomputable, inestimable, immeasurable].
Inestimably (adv.) 不能評價地；無價地 In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.
Inevasible (a.) 不可避免的 Incapable of being evaded; inevitable; unavoidable.
Inevidence (n.) Lack of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Compare: Evidence
Evidence (n.) [Mass noun] 證據；證詞；證人；物證 [U] [（+of/ for）] [+that] [+to-v]；跡象 [U] [C] [（+of）] [+（that）]；清楚，明顯 [U] The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
‘The study finds little evidence of overt discrimination.’
Evidence (n.) [Mass noun] [Law] Information drawn from personal testimony, a document, or a material object, used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in a law court.
‘Without evidence, they can't bring a charge.’
Evidence (n.) [Mass noun] Signs or indications of something.
‘There was no obvious evidence of a break-in.’
Evidence (v.) [With object] 證明；顯示，表明 Be or show evidence of.
‘The quality of the bracelet, as evidenced by the workmanship, is exceptional.’
Compare: Obscurity
Obscurity (n.) (Obscurities) [Mass noun] 暗淡；朦朧 [U]；晦澀，難解 [U]；不引人注目；隱匿 [U] The state of being unknown, inconspicuous, or unimportant.
‘He is too good a player to slide into obscurity.’
Obscurity (n.) [Mass noun] The quality of being difficult to understand.
‘Poems of impenetrable obscurity.’
Obscurity (n.) [Count noun ] A thing that is unclear or difficult to understand.
‘The obscurities in his poems and plays.’
Inevident (a.) 不明顯的；不明白的 Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.
Inevitability (n.) 不可逃避；必然性 Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness. -- Shelford.
Inevitability (n.) The quality of being unavoidable [syn: inevitability, inevitableness].
Inevitable (a.) [Z] 不可避免的；必然（發生）的 [R]；【口】照例必有的；老一套的 [B] Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain.
Inevitable (a.) Irresistible.
Comapre: Irresistible
Irresistible (a.) 不可抵抗的；不能壓制的；富有誘惑力的 Too attractive and tempting to be resisted.
‘He found the delicious-looking cakes irresistible.’
Irresistible (a.) Too powerful or convincing to be resisted.
‘She felt an irresistible urge to object.’
Inevitableness (n.) 不可逃避；必然性 The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen; inevitability. -- Prideaux.
Inevitableness (n.) The quality of being unavoidable [syn: inevitability, inevitableness].
Inevitably (adv.) 不可避免地；必然地 Without possibility of escape or evasion; unavoidably; certainly.
Inevitably thou shalt die. -- Milton.
How inevitably does immoderate laughter end in a sigh! -- South.
Inevitably (adv.) In such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective" [syn: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needs].
Inevitably (adv.) By necessity; "the situation slid inescapably toward disaster " [syn: inescapably, ineluctably, inevitably, unavoidably].
Inexact (a.) Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
Inexact (a.) Not exact [ant: exact].
Inexactitude (n.) Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.
Inexactitude (n.) Something inexact; an instance of an inexact statement, measurement, etc.; as, in two minutes the senator has produced a dozen inexactitudes.
Inexactitude (n.) The quality of being inaccurate and having errors [syn: inexactness, inexactitude] [ant: exactitude, exactness].
Inexactly (adv.) In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. -- R. A. Proctor.
Inexactly (adv.) In an imprecise manner; "he expressed himself imprecisely" [syn: imprecisely, inexactly] [ant: exactly, incisively, precisely].
Inexactness (n.) Incorrectness; want of exactness.
Inexactness (n.) The quality of being inaccurate and having errors [syn: inexactness, inexactitude] [ant: exactitude, exactness].
Inexcitability (n.) The quality of being inexcitable; insusceptibility to excitement.
Inexcitable (a.) Not susceptible of excitement; dull; lifeless; torpid.
Inexcusable (a.) Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification; as, inexcusable folly.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. -- Rom. ii. 1.
Inexcusable (a.) Without excuse or justification [ant: excusable].
Inexcusable (a.) Not excusable [syn: inexcusable, unforgivable].
Inexcusableness (n.) The quality of being inexcusable; enormity forgiveness. -- South.
Inexcusably (adv.) With a degree of guilt or folly beyond excuse or justification.
Inexcusably obstinate and perverse. -- Jortin.
Inexcusably (adv.) In an unpardonable manner or to an unpardonable degree; "he was inexcusably cruel to his wife" [syn: inexcusably, unpardonably, unforgivably] [ant: excusably, forgivably, pardonably].
Inexcusably (adv.) Without any excuse; "he is unjustifiably harsh on her" [syn: unjustifiably, inexcusably] [ant: justifiably].
Inexecrable (a.) That can not be execrated enough. [R.]
Inexecutable (a.) Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.
Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. -- Spence.
Inexertion (n.) Lack of exertion; want of effort; defect of action; indolence; laziness.
Inexhalable (a.) Incapable of being exhaled. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Inexhausted (a.) Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. -- Dryden.
Inexhaustedly (adv.) Without exhaustion.
Inexhaustibility (n.) The state or quality of being inexhaustible; abundance.
Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent; as, inexhaustible stores of provisions; an inexhaustible stock of elegant words. -- Dryden.
An inexhaustible store of anecdotes. -- Macaulay. -- In`ex*haust"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`ex*haust"i*bly, adv.
Inexhaustible (a.) That cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal" [syn: inexhaustible, unlimited].
Inexhaustible (a.) Incapable of being entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal" [ant: exhaustible].
Inexhaustive (a.) Inexhaustible. -- Thomson.
Inexist (v. i.) To exist within; to dwell within. [Obs.]
Substances inexisting within the divine mind. -- A. Tucker.
Inexistant (a.) Inexistent; nonexistent; not existing. [Obs.] -- Gudworth.
Inexistence (n.) [Obs.] Inherence; subsistence. -- Bp. Hall.
Inexistence (n.) [Obs.] That which exists within; a constituent. -- A. Tucker.
Inexistence (n.) Lack of being or existence.
Inexistent (a.) Not having being; not existing.
Inexistent (a.) Inherent; innate; indwelling. -- Boyle.
Inexorability (n.) The quality of being inexorable, or unyielding to entreaty. -- Paley.
Inexorability (n.) Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit" [syn: relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness].
Inexorable (a.) Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge ; the inexorable advance of a glacier. "Inexorable equality of laws." -- Gibbon. "Death's inexorable doom." -- Dryden.
You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. -- Shak.
Inexorable (a.) Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting].
Inexorable (a.) Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him" -- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent].
Inexorableness (n.) The quality or state of being inexorable. -- Chillingworth.
Inexorableness (n.) Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit" [syn: relentlessness, inexorability, inexorableness].
Inexorably (adv.) In an inexorable manner; inflexibly. "Inexorably firm." -- Thomson.
Inexorably (adv.) In an inexorable manner; "time marches on inexorably."
Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension. -- Tyndall.
Inexpectable (a.) Not to be expected or anticipated. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Inexpectant (a.) Not expectant. -- C. Bront['e].
Inexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation. -- Feltham.
Inexpected (a.) Unexpected. [Obs.]
Inexpectedly (adv.) Unexpectedly. [Obs.]
Inexpectedness (n.) Unexpectedness. [Obs.] Inexpedience
Inexpedience (n.) Alt. of Inexpediency.
Inexpediency (n.) The quality or state of being inexpedient; want of fitness; unsuitableness to the end or object; impropriety; as, the inexpedience of some measures.
It is not the rigor but the inexpediency of laws and acts of authority which makes them tyrannical. -- Paley.
Inexpediency (n.) The quality of being unsuited to the end in view [syn: inexpedience, inexpediency] [ant: expedience, expediency].
Inexpedient (a.) Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be inexpedient at another.
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient to use those ceremonies. -- Bp. Burnet.
Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable; inadvisable; disadvantageous.
Inexpedient (a.) Not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" [ant: expedient].
Inexpedient (a.) Not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise].
Inexpedient, (a.) Not calculated to advance one's interests.
Inexpediently (adv.) Not expediently; unfitly.
Inexpediently (adv.) In an inexpedient manner [ant: expediently, inadvisably].
Inexpensive (a.) Not expensive; cheap.
Inexpensive (a.) Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants" [syn: cheap, inexpensive] [ant: expensive].