Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 14
Uneligible (a.) Ineligible. -- Rogers.
Unembarrassed (a.) Not embarrassed. Specifically:
Unembarrassed (a.) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed.
Unembarrassed (a.) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed.
Unembarrassed (a.) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.
Unembarrassed (a.) Not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened" [syn: unabashed, unembarrassed].
Unembarrassment (n.) Freedom from embarrassment.
Unembodied (a.) Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits. -- Byron.
Compare: Disembodied
Disembodied (a.) 無實質的；脫離現實的；Disembody 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Separated from or existing without the body.
‘A disembodied ghost.’
Disembodied (a.) (Of a sound) Lacking any obvious physical source.
‘A disembodied voice at the end of the phone.’
Unembodied (a.) Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.
Unembodied (a.) Not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn: discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied].
Compare: Embody
Embody (v. t.) (Embodies, embodying, embodied) 體現，使具體化 [（+in）]；包含，收錄；賦予……以形體 Be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling).
‘A team that embodies competitive spirit and skill.’
Embody (v. t.) Provide (a spirit) with a physical form.
‘Nothing of the personality of the Spirit as embodied in Jesus will be lost.’
Embody (v. t.) Include or contain (something) as a constituent part.
‘The changes in law embodied in the Freedom of Information Act.’
Embody (v. t.) [Archaic] Form (people) into a body, especially for military purposes.
‘Livius embodied the population of the town.’
Unempirically (adv.) Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
Compare: Empirically
Empirically (adv.) 憑經驗地 By means of observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
‘Empirically tested methods.’
‘Only what was empirically verifiable could be accepted as true.’
[Sentence adverb ]‘Empirically, the theory has a number of weaknesses.’
Unemployed (a.) See employed.
Unemployed (a.) [Z] [R] 失業的，無工作的；未在使用中的；閒著的 Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.
Unemployed (a.) Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.
Unemployed (a.) (Economics) Actively seeking employment but unable to find a suitable job.
Unemployed (a.) Not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital" [ant: employed].
Unemployed (n.) People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" [syn: unemployed people, unemployed].
Unemployment (n.) [U] 失業；失業狀態；失業人數 Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
Note: Unemployment is usually cointed as the condition of those who wish to work, but cannot find a suitable job, rather than others who may voluntarily refrain from working, such as retired persons, youth, or those remaining at home to care for young children. The Unemployment rate In economics is thus the proportion of those actively seeking work but unable to find it, to the total labor force, expressed as a percentage.
Unemployment (n.) The state of being unemployed or not having a job; "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy" [ant: employ, employment].
Unencumber (v. t.) To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.
Unendly (a.) Unending; endless. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Unentangle (v. t.) To disentangle.
Unequal (a.) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.
Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
Against unequal arms to fight in pain. -- Milton.
Jerome, a very unequal relator of the opinion of his adversaries. -- John Worthington.
To punish me for what you make me do Seems much unequal. -- Shak.
Unequal (a.) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
Unequal (a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.
Unequal (a.) (Bot.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.
Unequal (a.) Poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure [ant: equal].
Unequal (a.) Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" [syn: inadequate, unequal] [ant: adequate, equal].
Unequalable (a.) Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Unequaled (a.) Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also unequalled.]
Unequally (adv.) In an unequal manner.
Unequally pinnate (Bot.), Pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets.
Unequally (adv.) In an unequal or partial manner; "profits were distributed unevenly"; "angry at being dealt with so unequally" [syn: unevenly, unequally] [ant: equally, evenly].
Unequalness (n.) The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. -- Jer. Taylor.
Unequitable (a.) Inequitable.
Unequity (n.) Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unequivocal (a.) Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words. -- Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ly, adv. -- Un`e*quiv"o*cal*ness, n.
Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.
Hissing
in air the unerring weapon flew. -- Dryden.
Unerring (a.) Not liable to error; "the
Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent" -- G. G.
Coulton; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an
unerring marksman" [syn: inerrable, inerrant, unerring].
Unerringly (adv.) In an unerring manner.
Unerringly (adv.) Without making errors; "he unerringly fixed things for us".
Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant. -- Addison.
Unessential (a.) Void of essence, or real being. [R.] -- Milton.
Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.
Unessential (a.) Not basic or fundamental [syn: inessential, unessential] [ant: essential].
Unessentially (adv.) In an unessential manner.
Unestablish (v. t.) To disestablish. [R.]
The Parliament demanded of the king to unestablish that prelatical government. -- Milton. Uneth
Uneth (adv.) Alt. of Unethes
Unethes (adv.) With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. [Written also unethe, unneth, unnethe, unnethes, etc.] [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Uneven (a.) Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.
Uneven (a.) Not equal; not of equal length.
Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. -- Peacham.
Uneven (a.) Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers. Un*e"ven*ly, adv. -- Un*e"ven*ness, n.
Unevitable (a.) Inevitable. [Obs.]
Unexact, () See exact.
Unexact (a.) Not exact; inexact.
Unexampled, () See exampled.
Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. "A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results." -- De Quincey.
Unexampled (a.) Having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity" [syn: new, unexampled].
Unexceptionable, () See exceptionable.
Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character. -- Un`ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ex*cep"tion*a*bly, adv.
Chesterfield is an unexceptionable witness. -- Macaulay.
Unexceptionable (a.) Completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable" [syn: unexceptionable, unimpeachable].
Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.
Unexcusable (a.) Inexcusable. -- Hayward. -- Un`ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.
Unexhaustible, () See exhaustible.
Unexhaustible (a.) Inexhaustible.
Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Unexpected, () See expected.
Unexpected (a.) Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient. [Obs.]
Unexpensive (a.) Inexpensive. -- Milton.
Unexperience (n.) Inexperience. [Obs.]
Unexperienced (a.) Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. -- Swift.
Unexperienced (a.) Untried; -- applied to things. -- Cheyne.
Unexperient (a.) Inexperienced. [Obs.]
Unexpert (a.) Not expert; inexpert. --Milton.
Unexpertly (adv.) In an unexpert manner.
Unexplained (a.) See {explained}.
Unexplained (a.) 未經說明的；未經解釋的；未經講解的 Not explained; "accomplished by some unexplained process".
Unexplained (a.) Having the reason or
cause not made clear; "an unexplained error".
Unexpressible, () See expressible.
Unexpressible (a.) Inexpressible. --Tillotson. -- Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.
Unexpressible (a.) Defying expression [syn: inexpressible, unexpressible] [ant: expressible].
Unexpressive (a.) Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.
Unexpressive (a.) Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.]
Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. -- Shak. -- Un`ex*press"ive*ly, adv.
Unexpressive (a.) Deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive].
Unextinguishable (a.) Inextinguishable. -- Un`ex*tin"guish*a*bly, adv.
Unextricable (a.) Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Unface (v. t.) To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
Unfailable (a.) Infallible. [Obs.] "This unfailable word of truth." -- Bp. Hall.
Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure. -- Dryden. -- Un*fail"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*fail"ing*ness, n.
Unfair (v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] -- Shak.
Unfair (a.) 不公平的，不正直的，不正當的 Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. -- Swift. -- Un*fair"ly, adv. -- Un*fair"ness, n.
Unfair (a.) Not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage" [syn: unfair, unjust] [ant: fair, just].
Unfairness (n.) 不公平 Partiality that is not fair or equitable [ant: {candor}, {candour}, {fair-mindedness}, {fairness}]
Unfairness (n.) Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards [syn: {unfairness}, {inequity}] [ant: {equity}, {fairness}]
Unfairness (n.) An unjust act [syn: {injustice}, {unfairness}, {iniquity}, {shabbiness}].
Unfaith (n.) Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. [R.]
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. -- Tennyson.
Unfaithful (a.) Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.
My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. -- Pope.
His honor rooted in dishonor stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. -- Tennyson.
Unfaithful (a.) Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] -- Milton. -- Un*faith"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*faith"ful*ness, n.
Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked.
Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished. [R.] -- Swift.
Unfallible (a.) Infallible. -- Shak.
Unfasten (v. t.) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
Unfasten (v.) Cause to become undone; "unfasten your belt" [ant: fasten, fix, secure].
Unfasten (v.) become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened" [ant: fasten].
Unfathered (a.) Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature. -- Shak.
Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.
Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging. -- Un*fa"vor*a*ble*ness, n. --
Un*fa"vor*a*bly, adv.
Unfeather (v. t.) To deprive of feathers; to strip. [R.]
Unfeatured (a.) Wanting regular features; deformed . "Visage rough, deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff." -- Dryden.
Unfeaty (a.) Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Unfeeling (a.) Destitute of feeling;
void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.
Unfeeling (a.) Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.
To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. -- Gray. -- Un*feel"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*feel"ing*ness, n.
Unfeeling (a.) Devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch" [syn: hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling].
Unfeeling (a.) Devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees".
Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. "Good faith unfeigned." -- Chaucer. -- Un*feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*feign"ed*ness, n.
Unfellow (v. t.) To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever.
Death quite unfellows us. -- Mrs. Browning.
Unfellowed (a.) Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. -- Shak.
Unfence (v. t.) To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
Unfertile (a.) Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- Un*fer"tile*ness, n.
Unfertile (a.) Incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple" [syn: sterile, unfertile, infertile] [ant: fertile].
Unfestlich (a.) Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
Unfettered, () See fettered.
Unfettered (a.) Not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied].
Unfettered (a.) Not controlled or restricted.
Unfettered (a.) Free, unrestrained <unfettered access>.
Unfeudalize (v. t.) To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal. -- Carlyle.
Unfile (v. t.) To remove from a file or record.
Unfiled (a.) Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] -- Surrey.
Unfilial (a.) Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child. -- Un*fil"ial*ly, adv.
Unfinished (a.) Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.
Unfinished (a.) Not brought to the desired final state [ant: finished]
Unfinished (a.) Not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished" [ant: finished].
Unfinished (a.) Lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture" [syn: bare, unfinished]
Unfirm (a.) 不堅實的 Infirm [R.] --Dryden.
Unfirm (a.) Not firmly or solidly positioned; "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance" [syn: unfirm, unsteady].
Unfirm (a.) (Of soil) Unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth" [syn: shifting, unfirm].
Unfirmness (n.) Infirmness. [R.]
Unfit (v. t.) 使不相宜；使不合格 [（+for）] To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
Unfit (a.) 不相宜的，不合適的；不勝任的 [（+for）] [+to-v]； （身體上）不強健的 Not fit; unsuitable. -- Un*fit"ly, adv. -- Un*fit"ness, n.
Unfit (a.) Below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption" [ant: fit].
Unfit (a.) Not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" [ant: fit].
Unfit (a.) Physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound].
Unfit (v.) Make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose, qualify].
Unfitness (n.) 不適當；不勝任 See Unfit.
Unfitness (n.) Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) [syn: unfitness, softness] [ant: fitness, physical fitness].
Unfitness (n.) Lacking the power to perform [syn: inability, unfitness] [ant: ability].
Unfitness (n.) The quality of not being suitable; "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment" [ant: fitness, fittingness].
Compare: Unfit
Unfit (a.) (Of a thing) Not of the necessary quality or standard to meet a particular purpose.
‘The land is unfit for food crops.’
Unfit (a.) (Of a person) Not having the requisite qualities or skills to undertake something competently.
‘She is unfit to have care and control of her children.’
Unfit (a.) (Of a person) Not in good physical condition, typically as a result of failure to take regular exercise.
‘The increase in the number of unfit and overweight children is alarming.’
Unfit (v.) [With object] [Archaic] Make (something or someone) unsuitable; disqualify.
‘They say that we are trying to give poor children tastes which will only unfit them for a life of hardship and toil.’
Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
Unfix (v. t.) To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.]
The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun Unfix her frosts. -- Dryden.
Unfledged (a.) Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. -- Dryden.
Unfledged (a.) (Of birds) 羽毛未豐的；未充分發達的；未成熟的；幼小的 Not yet having developed feathers; "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill" [syn: unfledged, immature] [ant: fledged, mature].
Unfledged (a.) (Of an arrow) Not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow" [syn: unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned].
Unfledged (a.) Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer" [syn: fledgling, unfledged, callow].
Unflesh (v. t.) To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." -- Wordsworth.