Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 22
Unpity (n.) Want of piety. [Obs.]
Unplacable (a.) Implacable. [Obs.]
Unplaced (a.) 未受到安置的；沒有固定職位的 Not placed.
Unplaced (a.) 未得前三名（或名次）的；未獲名次的 Not one of the first three in a race or competition.
Unplaid (v. t.) To deprive of a plaid.
Unplained (a.) Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Unplat (v. t.) To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.
Unplausive (a.) Not approving; disapproving. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unpleaded, () See pleaded.
Unpleaded (a.) Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse.
Unpleaded (a.) Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit.
Unpleasant (a.) 使人不愉快的；不中意的；討厭的；不客氣的 Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un*pleas"ant*ly, adv. -- Un*pleas"ant*ness, n.
Unpleasant (a.) Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" [ant: pleasant].
Unpleasant (a.) (B1) 令人不快的，使人討厭的 Not enjoyable or pleasant.
// An unpleasant surprise.
// The unpleasant truth.
Unpleasant (a.) (C1) [ after verb ] 粗魯的，不客氣的 Rude and angry.
// When we complained, the waiter got very unpleasant with us.
Unpleasantries (n. pl. ) of Unpleasantry.
Unpleasantry (n.) Want of pleasantry. [R.]
Unpleasantry (n.) 不愉快的話 A state of disagreement; a falling out. -- Thackeray.
Unpleasive (a.) Unpleasant. [Obs.] "An unpleasive passion." -- Bp. Hall.
Unpleat (v. t.) To remove the plaits of; to smooth. -- W. Browne.
Unplight (v. t.) To unfold; to lay open; to explain. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Unplumb, () See plumb.
Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin. [R.] -- Burke.
Unplume (v. t.) To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate.
Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.
Unpoised (a.) Not poised or weighed; hence, regardless of consequences; unhesitating. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Unpoison (v. t.) To remove or expel poison from. [Obs.] -- South.
Unpolicied (a.) Not having civil polity, or a regular form of government.
Unpolicied (a.) Impolitic; imprudent. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unpolish (v. t.) To deprive of polish; to make impolite.
Unpolite (a.) 無禮貌的 Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Un`po*lite"ness, n.
Unpolitic (a.) 失算的；不當的 Impolitic; imprudent.
Unpolled (a.) 未曾投票的；未接受民意測驗的 Not polled. Specifically:
Unpolled (a.) Not enumerated or registered; as, an unpolled vote or voter.
Unpolled (a.) Not plundered. [Obs.] "Unpoll'd Arabian wealth". -- Fanshawe.
Unpope (v. t.) To divest of the character, office, or authority of a pope.
Unpope (v. t.) To deprive of a pope. [Obs.]
Rome will never so far unpope herself as to part with her pretended supremacy. -- Fuller.
Unportunate (a.) Importunate; troublesome with requests. [Obs.] -- Golden Boke.
Unportuous (a.) Having no ports. [Obs.] "An unportuous coast." -- Burke.
Unpossess (v. t.) To be without, or to resign, possession of. [Obs.]
Unpossibility (n.) 不可能性 [U]；不可能的事，辦不到的事 [C] Impossibility. [R.] "Utter unpossibility." -- Poe.
Unpossible (a.) Impossible. [R.]
Compare: Impossible
Impossible (a.) 不可能的，辦不到的 [+to-v] [+（that）]；不可能發生的；不真實的 [+to-v] [+（that）] An impossibility; as, he tried to do the impossible. [Obs.]
"Madam," quoth he, "this were an impossible!" -- Chaucer.
Impossible (a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. -- Matt. xix. 26.
Without faith it is impossible to please him. -- Heb. xi. 6.
Compare: Impracticable
Impracticable (a.) 不能實行的，行不通的；不能使用的 Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or accomplished by the means employed, or at command; impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
Impracticable (a.) Not to be overcome, persuaded, or controlled by any reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control or get along with.
This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a dainty-fingered girl. -- Rowe.
Patriotic but loyal men went away disgusted afresh with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign. -- Palfrey.
Impracticable (a.) Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an impracticable road; an impracticable method.
Syn: Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable, Impossible.
A thing is impracticable when it can not be accomplished by any human means at present possessed; a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it.
The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but not impossible, because the existing obstructions may yet be removed. "The barons exercised the most despotic authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public utility was rendered impracticable by their continued petty wars with each other." --Mickle. "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." -- Matt. xix. 26.
Impracticable (a.) Not capable of being carried out or put into practice; "refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"; "a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances" [syn: impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable].
Impossible quantity (Math.), An imaginary quantity. See Imaginary.
Syn: See Impracticable.
Impossible (a.) Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" [ant: possible].
Impossible (a.) Totally unlikely [syn: impossible, inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable].
Impossible (a.) Used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable].
Impossible (n.) Something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible."
Unpower (n.) Want of power; weakness. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman.
Unpowerful (a.) Not powerful; weak. -- Cowley.
Unpracticable (a.) Impracticable; not feasible.
Compare: Feasible
Feasible (a.) 可行的；可實行的 [+to-v]；可能的；合理的 Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.
Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice. -- Burke.
It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions. -- Beaconsfield.
Feasible (a.) Fit to be used or tilled, as land. [R.] -- R. Trumbull. Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --{Fea"si*bly"> "si*ble*ness, n. --{Fea"si*bly, adv.
Feasible (a.) Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are [syn: feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workable].
Feasible, () A description of an algorithm that takes polynomial time (that is, for a problem set of size N, the resources required to solve the problem can be expressed as some polynomial involving N).
Problems that are "feasible" are said to be "in P" where P is polynomial time. Problems that are "possible" but not "feasible" are said to be "in NP". (2001-04-12)
A description of a project or system for which a feasibility study gives a positive answer. (2006-07-11)
Unpractical (a.) 不切實際的；不實用的 Not practical; impractical. "Unpractical questions". -- H. James.
I like him none the less for being unpractical. -- Lowell.
Unpraise (v. t.) To withhold praise from; to deprive of praise. [R.]
Unpray (v. t.) To revoke or annul by prayer, as something previously prayed for. [R.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Unprayable (a.) Not to be influenced or moved by prayers; obdurate. [R.] -- Wyclif.
Unprayed (a.) Not prayed for. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Unpreach (v. t.) To undo or
overthrow by preaching. [R.] -- De Foe.
Unprecedented (a.) 史無前例的；無先例的，空前的 [Z] Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;
not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. --
{Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly}, adv.
Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent; novel; "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry" [ant: {precedented}].
Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction. -- Milton.
Unpredictable (a.) Not capable of being foretold [ant: predictable].
Unpredictable (a.) Unknown in advance; "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future."
Unpredictable (a.) Not occurring at expected times [syn: irregular, unpredictable].
Compare: Irregular
Irregular (a.) 不規則的，無規律的；不穩定的；不合法的；不合道德的；非正規的 Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular.
Mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most when most irregular they seem. -- Milton.
Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight Against the irregular and wild Glendower. -- Shak.
A flowery meadow through which a clear stream murmured in many irregular meanders. -- Jones.
Syn: Immethodical; unsystematic; abnormal; unnatural; anomalous; erratic; devious; crooked; eccentric; unsettled; uneven; variable; changeable; mutable; desultory; disorderly; wild; immoderate; intemperate; inordinate; vicious.
Irregular (n.) [C] 不規則物；非正規人員；不正常者；非正規兵 [P] One who is not regular; especially, a soldier not in regular service.
Irregular (a.) Contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice; "irregular hiring practices" [ant: regular].
Irregular (a.) Not occurring at expected times [syn: irregular, unpredictable].
Irregular (a.) (Used of the military) Not belonging to or engaged in by regular army forces; "irregular troops"; "irregular warfare" [ant: regular].
Irregular (a.) (Of solids) Not having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume must be determined with the principle of liquid displacement [ant: regular].
Irregular (a.) Falling below the manufacturer's standard; "irregular jeans."
Irregular (a.) Deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal; "these days large families are atypical"; "atypical clinical findings"; "atypical pneumonia"; "highly irregular behavior" [syn: atypical, irregular].
Irregular (a.) Lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis" [syn: irregular, temporary].
Irregular (a.) (Of a surface or shape); Not level or flat or symmetrical; "walking was difficult on the irregular cobblestoned surface."
Irregular (a.) Independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn: irregular, maverick, unorthodox].
Irregular (n.) A member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment [syn: guerrilla, guerilla, irregular, insurgent].
Irregular (n.) Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name [syn: irregular, second]
Irregular. () That which is done contrary to the common rules of law; as, irregular process, which is that issued contrary to law and the common of the court. Vide Regular and. Irregular Process.
Unprejudiced (a.) 沒有成見的；公平的；無偏見的 Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.
Unprejudiced (a.) Not warped or biased by prejudice; as, an unprejudiced judgment. -- Un*prej"u*diced*ness, n. -- V. Knox.
Unprejudiced (a.) Free from undue bias or preconceived opinions; "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist" [syn: unprejudiced, impartial] [ant: discriminatory, prejudiced].
Unprelated (a.) Deposed from the office of prelate.
Unprevented (a.) Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows. -- Shak.
Unprevented (a.) Not preceded by anything. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Unpriced (a.) 無法估價的；貴重的 Not priced; being without a fixed or certain value; also, priceless. "Amethyst unpriced." -- Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard).
Unpriest (v. t.) To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. [R.] -- Milton.
Unprince (v. t.) To deprive of the character or authority of a prince; to divest of principality of sovereignty. [R.] -- Swift.
Unprinciple (v. t.) To destroy the moral principles of. [R.]
Unprincipled (a.) 無原則的；不講道德的；不正直的 Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle. -- Un*prin"ci*pled*ness, n.
Unprincipled (a.) Lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny." -- A.E.Stevenson [ant: principled].
Unprincipled (a.) Having little or no integrity.
Unprison (v. t.) 自獄中釋出 To take or deliver from prison.
Unprizable (a.) 不值得評價的 Not prized or valued; being without value. [Obs.]
Unprizable (a.) Invaluable; being beyond estimation. [Obs.]
Unprobably (adv.) 不大可能地 Improbably.
Unprobably (adv.) In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. [Obs. & R.]
To diminish, by the authority of wise and knowing men, things unjustly and unprobably crept in. -- Strype.
Unproductive, () See productive.
Unproductive (a.) 不生產的；無收益的；沒有結果的，徒勞的；非生產性的 Not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries" [ant: {productive}].
Unproductive (a.) Not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive."
Unproductively (adv.) 生產不多地；無成效地 In an unproductive manner [syn: {unproductively}, {fruitlessly}, {unprofitably}] [ant: {fruitfully}, {productively}, {profitably}].
Unproductiveness (n.) 非生產性 The quality of lacking the power to produce [ant: {productiveness}, {productivity}].
Unproficiency (n.) Want of proficiency or improvement. -- Bp. Hall.
Unprofit (n.) Want of profit; unprofitableness. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unprofitableness (n.) The quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit [syn: unprofitableness, unprofitability] [ant: gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness].
Unprofited (a.) Profitless. [R.] -- Shak.
Unpromise (v. t.) To revoke or annul, as a promise. -- Chapman.
Unprop (v. t.) To remove a prop or props from; to deprive of support.
Unproper (a.) 不合適的，不適當的；不合標準的；不規則的 Not proper or peculiar; improper. [Obs.] -- Un*prop"er*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Unproselyte (v. t.) To convert or recover from the state of a proselyte. -- Fuller.
Unprotestantize (v. t.) 使棄新教；使無新教特色 To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic.
The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England. -- Froude.
Unprovide (v. t.) To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish.
Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again. -- Shak.
Unprovident (a.) Improvident. [Obs.] "Who for thyself art so unprovident". -- Shak.
Unprudence (n.) Imprudence. [Obs.]
Unprudent (a.) Imprudent. [Obs.]
Unprudential (a.) Imprudent. [Obs.] "The most unwise and unprudential act". -- Milton.
Unpucker (v. t.) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles of.
Unpure, () See pure.
Unpure (a.) 不純淨的；髒的；不純的，攙假的 Not pure; impure. -- Un*pure"ly, adv. -- Un*pure"ness, n.
Unpursed (a.) Robbed of a purse, or of money. [R.] -- Pollock.
Unpursed (a.) Taken from the purse; expended. [Obs.] -- Gower.
Unqualified, () See qualified.
Unqualified (a.) 不夠資格的，不合格的；無限制的，無條件的；完全的 Not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" [ant: qualified].
Unqualified (a.) Not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training [ant: qualified].
Unqualified (a.) Legally not qualified or sufficient; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses" [syn: incompetent, unqualified] [ant: competent].
Unqualified (a.) Having no right or entitlement; "a distinction to which he was unentitled" [syn: unentitled, unqualified].
Unqualify (v. t.) To disqualify; to unfit. -- Swift.
Compare: Disqualify
Disqualify (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Disqualified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.] 使不合格；取消……的資格 To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.
My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. -- Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. -- Southey.
Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
Disqualify (v.) Make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose, qualify].
Disqualify (v.) Declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete" [ant: qualify].
Unqualitied (a.) Deprived of the usual faculties. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unqueen (v. t.) 廢黜…的女王（或王后）地位；剝奪…的女王（或王后）權力 To divest of the rank or authority of queen. -- Shak.
Unquestionable (a.) [Z] 毫無疑問的；確鑿的；無懈可擊的 Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.
Unquestionable (a.) Not inviting questions or conversation. [R.] -- Shak. -- Un*ques"tion*a*bly, adv.
Unquestionable (a.) Incapable of being questioned; "unquestionable authority" [ant: questionable].
Unquestionable (a.) Not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" [syn: authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable].
Unquestionable (a.) Not open to question; "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige."
Unquestioned (a.) 不成問題的；無需調查的；毫無疑問的；無爭議的 Not called in question; not doubted.
Unquestioned (a.) Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined or examined into. -- Shak.
She muttering prayers, as holy rites she meant, Through the divided crowd unquestioned went. -- Dryden.
Unquestioned (a.) Indisputable; not to be opposed or impugned.
Their unquestioned pleasures must be served. -- B. Jonson.
Unquestioned (a.) Generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the undisputed fact" [syn: undisputed, unchallenged, unquestioned].
Unquick (a.) Not quick. [R.] -- Daniel.
Unquiet, () See quiet.
Unquiet (v. t.) To disquiet. [Obs.] -- Ld. Herbert.
Unquiet (a.) 不平靜的；不安寧的；焦急的，不安的 Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. -- Un*qui"et*ly, adv. -- Un*qui"et*ness, n.
Unquiet (a.) Characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" [ant: quiet].
Unquiet (a.) Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" [syn: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet].
Unquietude (n.) 不安 Uneasiness; inquietude.
Unravel (v. t.) 解開，拆散；闡明；弄清；解決；揭開 To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking.
Unravel (v. t.) Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot.
Unravel (v. t.) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse. "Art shall be conjured for it, and nature all unraveled." -- Dryden.
Unravel (v. i.) 散開；被解決 To become unraveled, in any sense.
Unravel (v.) Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle].
Unravel (v.) Disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?" [syn: ravel, unravel, ravel out] [ant: knot, ravel, tangle].
Unravel (v.) Become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: run, unravel].
Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled.
Unrazored (a.) Not shaven. [R.] -- Milton.
Unread, () See read.
Unread (a.) （書等）未經閱讀的；（人）不讀書的；無學識的，無教養的 Not read or perused; as, an unread book. -- Hooker.
Unread (a.) Not versed in literature; illiterate. -- Dryden.
Unread (a.) Not informed through reading; "he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory". -- V. L. Parrington
Unreadable () See readable.
Unreadable (a.) （書等）不值一讀的，讀不下去的；（筆跡）難辨認的 Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting" [syn: indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable].
Unreadiness (n.) 沒預備；不敏捷 The quality or state of being unready.