Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 23

Unready (a.) 沒準備好的;不敏捷的 Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. -- Dryden.

Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. -- Keble.

Unready (a.) 不穿衣服的;裸體的 [F] Not dressed; undressed. [Obs.]

Unready (v. t.) To undress. [Obs.] -- Sir P. Sidney.

Unready (a.) Not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue" [ant: ready].

Unreal (a.) 不真實的,假的;虛構的,幻想的 Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

Unreal (a.) Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" [ant: existent, real].

Unreal (a.) Not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)].

Unreal (a.) Contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial, unreal] [ant: natural].

Unreal (a.) Lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn: insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material, real, substantial].

Unrealistic (a.) 不切實際的;非現實(主義)的 Not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels" [ant: {realistic}].

Unrealistically (adv.) 不現實地;不切實際地 In an unrealistic manner; "his expectations were unrealistically high" [ant: {realistically}].

Unreality (n.) 不真實;不現實;虛幻;不真實的事物 The quality or state of being unreal; want of reality.

Unreality (n.) The quality possessed by something that is unreal [ant: reality].

Unreality (n.) The state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact [syn: unreality, irreality] [ant: realism, reality, realness].

Unrealize (v. t.) 使變為空幻To make unreal; to idealize.

His fancy . . . unrealizes everything at a touch. -- Lowell.

Unreally (adv.) 不大可能地In an unreal manner; ideally.

Unreason (n.) 無理性;不合理 Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.

Unreason (v. t.) To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.]

To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. -- South.

Unreason (n.) The state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason].

Unreasonable, () See reasonable.

Unreasonable (a.) 不講理的,非理智的;不合理的;超出情理的;過分的 Not reasonable; irrational; immoderate; exorbitant. -- Un*rea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*rea"son*a*bly, adv.

Unreasonable (a.) Not reasonable; not showing good judgment [ant: reasonable, sensible].

Unreasonable (a.) Beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable].

Unreasoned, () See reasoned.

Unreasoned (a.) Not supported by reason; unreasonable. "Unreasoned habits." -- Burke.

Unreave (v. t.) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Unreaved, () See reaved.

Unreaved (a.) Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Unrebukable (a.) Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. -- 1 Tim. vi. 14.

Unrecognisable (adv.) Beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner; "he had unrecognizably aged" [syn: {unrecognizably}, {unrecognisable}] [ant: {recognizably}].

Unrecognisable (a.) 無法認出的;不能識別的 Defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration [syn: {unrecognizable}, {unrecognisable}].

Unreconstructed (a.) Adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded; "peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart"; "there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit" [ant: reconstructed].

Unreconstructed (a.) (Often humorous) (觀點或行爲方式)頑固守舊的,食古不化的 Having opinions or behaving in a way not considered to be modern or politically acceptable in modern times.

// She describes herself as an unreconstructed feminist.

Unrecuring (a.) Incurable. [Obs.] "Some unrecuring wound." -- Shak.

Unredeemed (a.) Not redeemed.

Unredeemed (a.) In danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved].

Unreeve (v. t.) (Naut.) To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like.

Unreformation (n.) Want of reformation; state of being unreformed. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.

Unregeneracy (n.) The quality or state of being unregenerate. -- Glanvill. Unregenerate

Unregenerate (a.) Alt. of Unregenerated

Unregenerated (a.) Not regenerated; not renewed in heart; remaining or being at enmity with God.

Unregenerate (a.) Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate] [ant: docile].

Unregenerate (a.) Not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism" [syn: unregenerate, unregenerated] [ant: regenerate].

Unregenerate (a.) Unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; "an unregenerate criminal" [syn: unreformable, unregenerate].

Unregeneration (n.) Unregeneracy.

Unrein (v. t.) To loosen the reins of; to remove restraint from. -- Addison.

Unrelenting (a.) Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.

Unreliable (a.) Not reliable; untrustworthy. See Reliable. -- Un`re*li"a*ble*ness, n.

Alcibiades . . . was too unsteady, and (according to Mr. Coleridge's coinage) "unreliable;" or perhaps, in more correct English, too "unrelyuponable." -- De Quincey.

Unreligious (a.) Irreligious. -- Wordsworth.

Unremembrance (n.) Want of remembrance; forgetfulness. -- I. Watts.

Unremitting (a.) Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions. -- Cowper. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ly, adv. -- Un`re*mit"ting*ness, n.

Unremorseless (a.) Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] "Unremorseless death." -- Cowley.

Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence. [R.]

Unreproachable (a.) Not liable to be reproached; irreproachable.

Unreprievable (a.) Not capable of being reprieved. -- Shak.

Unreproved (a.) Not reproved. -- Sandys.

Unreproved (a.) Not having incurred reproof, blameless. [Obs.]

In unreproved pleasures free. -- Milton.

Unreputable (a.) Disreputable.

Unreserve (n.) Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication. -- T. Warton.

Unreserved, () See reserved.

Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`re*serv"ed*ness, n.

Unresistance (n.) Nonresistance; passive submission; irresistance. -- Bp. Hall.

Unresisted, () See resisted.

Unresisted (a.) Not resisted; unopposed. -- Bentley.

Unresisted (a.) Resistless; as, unresisted fate. [R.] -- Pope.

Unresistible (a.) Irresistible. -- W. Temple.

Unresistingly (adv.) (In British English) In an unresisting or unopposing manner.

Unresistingly (adv.) (not  comparable) In an unresisting way; without resistance.

Unrespect (n.) Disrespect. [Obs.] "Unrespect of her toil." -- Bp. Hall.

Unresponsible (a.) Irresponsible. -- Fuller. -- Un`re*spon"si*ble*ness, n.

Unrest (n.) Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness; disquietude.

Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! -- Chaucer.

Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast? -- Tennyson.

Unrestraint (n.) Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

Unrestraint (n.) The quality of lacking restraint [ant: control, restraint].

Unresty (a.) Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Unrevenued (a.) Not furnished with a revenue. [R.] -- Milton.

Unreverence (n.) Absence or lack of reverence; irreverence. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

Unreverend (a.) Not reverend.

Unreverend (a.) Disrespectful; irreverent. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Unreverent (a.) Irreverent. [R.] -- Shak.

Unreverently (adv.) Irreverently. [R.] -- B. Jonson.

Unriddle (v. t. & i.) To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle an enigma or a mystery. -- Macaulay.

And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust. -- Parnell.

Unriddler (n.) One who unriddles. -- Lovelace.

Unrig (v. t.) (Naut.) To strip of rigging; as, to unrig a ship. -- Totten.

Unright (a.) Not right; wrong. [Obs.] -- Gower.

Unright (n.) A wrong. [Obs.]

Nor did I you never unright. -- Chaucer.

Unright (v. t.) To cause (something right) to become wrong. [Obs.] -- Gower.

Unrighteous (a.) Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence. -- Un*right"eous*ly, adv. -- Un*right"eous*ness, n.

Unrightwise (a.) Unrighteous. [Obs.] -- Wyclif. -- Un*right"wise`ly, adv. [Obs.]

Unringed (a.) Not having a ring, as in the nose. "Pigs unringed." -- Hudibras.

Unrioted (a.) Free from rioting. [Obs.] "A chaste, unrioted house." -- May (Lucan).

Unrip (v. t.) To rip; to cut open. -- Bacon.

Unripe (a.) Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

Unripe (a.) Developing too early; premature. -- Sir P. Sidney.

Unripeness (n.) Quality or state of being unripe.

Unrivaled (a.) Having no rival; without a competitor; peerless. [Spelt also unrivalled.] -- Pope.

Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates.

Unrobe (v. t. & i.) To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.

Unroll (v. t.) To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.

Unroll (v. t.) To display; to reveal. -- Dryden.

Unroll (v. t.) To remove from a roll or register, as a name.

If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! -- Shak.

Unroll (v.) Reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" [syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll, twine, wind, wrap].

Unroll (v.) Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state; "unfurl a banner" [syn: unfurl, unroll] [ant: roll up, wrap up].

Un-Romanized (a.) Not subjected to Roman arms or customs. -- J. Whitaker.

Un-Romanized (a.) (Eccl.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.

Unroof (v. t.) To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house. -- Shak.

Unroofed (a.) [Properly p. p. of unroof.] Stripped of a roof, or similar covering.  Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, all indicated the movements. -- Sir W. Scott.

Unroofed (a.) [Pref. un- not + roofed.] Not yet roofed.

Unroost (v. t.) [1st pref. un- + roost.] To drive from the roost. -- Shak.

Unroot (v. t.) [1st pref. un- + root.] To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.

Unroot (v. i.) To be torn up by the roots. -- Beau. & Fl.

Unrude (a.) Not rude; polished. -- Herrick.

Unrude (a.) Excessively rude. [Obs. & R.] "See how the unrude rascal backbites him." -- B. Jonson.

Unruffle (v. i.) [1st pref. un- + ruffle.] To cease from being ruffled or agitated. -- Dryden.

Unruffled (a.) Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.

Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea. -- Addison. Unruinate

Unruffled (a.) Free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit" -- Anthony Trollope [syn: unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled].

Unruffled (a.) (Of a body of water) Free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled].

Unruinate (a.) Alt. of Unruinated.

Unruinated (a.) Not ruined or destroyed. [Obs.] "Unruinated towers." -- Bp. Hall.

Unruled (a.) Not governed or controlled. "Unruled and undirected." -- Spenser.

Unruled (a.) Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper.

Unruliment (n.) Unruliness. [Obs.] "Breaking forth with rude unruliment." -- Spenser.

Unruliness (n.) Quality or state unruly.

Unruliness (n.) The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline [syn: unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness].

Unruly, () See ruly.

Unruly (a.) 難駕馭的,任性的,不守規矩的 Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.

But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. -- James iii. 8.

Compare: Submissive

Submissive (a.) 服從的;柔順的 [+to] Ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive.

A submissive, almost sheeplike people.

Unruly (a.) Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly].

Unruly (a.) Unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: disobedient, unruly].

Unruly (a.) Of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly].

Unrumple (v. t.) To free from rumples; to spread or lay even.

Unsacrament (v. t.) To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism. [Obs.]

Unsad (a.) Unsteady; fickle. [Obs.]

O, stormy people, unsad and ever untrue. -- Chaucer.

Unsadden (v. t.) To relieve from sadness; to cheer. [R.] -- Whitlock.

Unsaddle (v. t.) To strip of a saddle; to take the saddle from, as a horse.

Unsaddle (v. t.) To throw from the saddle; to unhorse.

Unsaddle (v.) Remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts" [syn: unsaddle, offsaddle] [ant: saddle].

Unsadness (n.) Infirmity; weakness. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

Unsafety (n.) 不安全 The quality or state of being in peril; absence of safety; insecurity. -- Bacon.

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