Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 25
Unsimplicity (n.) Absence of simplicity; artfulness. -- C. Kingsley.
Unsin (v. t.) To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Unsincere (a.) Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] -- Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n. [Obs.]
Unsincerity (n.) The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Unsinew (v. t.) To deprive of sinews or of strength. [R.] -- Dryden.
Unsister (v. t.) To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. [Poetic & R.] -- Tennyson.
Unsisterly (a.) Not sisterly. -- Richardson.
Unsisting (a.) Unresisting. [Obs.] "The unsisting postern." -- Shak.
Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming. [Obs.] "Unsitting words." -- Sir T. More.
Unskill (n.) Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. [Obs.] -- Sylvester.
Unskillful (a.) Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
Unskillful (a.) Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. -- Shak. -- Un*skill"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*skill"ful*ness, n.
Unskillful (a.) Poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy, butcherly, unskillful].
Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.
Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.
Unsling (v. t.) (Naut.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. -- Totten.
Unsluice (v. t.) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge. -- Dryden.
Unsociability (n.) The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.
Unsociability (n.) An unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship [syn: unsociability, unsociableness] [ant: sociability, sociableness].
Unsociable, () See sociable.
Unsociable (a.) Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.
Unsociable (a.) Not inclined to society or companionship; "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood" [ant: sociable].
Unsocket (v. t.) To loose or take from a socket.
Unsoft (a.) Not soft; hard; coarse; rough. [Obs.] "Bristles of his beard unsoft." -- Chaucer.
Unsoft (adv.) Not softly. [Obs.]
Great climbers fall unsoft. -- Spenser.
Unsolder (v. t.) To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder. [Formerly written also unsoder.] -- Tennyson.
Unsolder (v.) Remove the soldering from.
Unsoldiered (a.) Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. [Obs.] -- J. Fletcher.
Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.
Unsonable (a.) Incapable of being sounded. [Obs.]
Unsonsy (a.) Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. [Scot.]
Unsoot (a.) Not sweet. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticated
Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine. -- Un`so*phis"ti*ca`ted*ness, n.
Unsorrowed (a.) Not sorrowed for; unlamented. -- Beau. & Fl.
Unsorted (a.) Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.
Unsorted (a.) Not well selected; ill-chosen.
The purpose you undertake is dangerous; the friends you named uncertain; the time itself unsorted. -- Shak.
Unsorted (a.) Not arranged according to size.
Unsorted (a.) Not categorized or sorted [syn: uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted].
Unsoul (v. t.) To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle. [R.] -- Shelton.
Unsound (a.) Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased. -- Un*sound"ly, adv. -- Un*sound"ness, n.
Unsound (a.) Not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound foundation" [ant: sound].
Unsound (a.) Not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" [ant: sound].
Unsound (a.) Containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument" [syn: fallacious, unsound].
Unsound (a.) Suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable].
Unsound (a.) Physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound].
Unsound (a.) Of e.g. advice.
Unspar (v. t.) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from. [R.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Unsparing (a.) Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.
Unsparing (a.) Not merciful or forgiving. [R.] -- Milton. -- Un*spar"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*spar"ing*ness, n.
Unsparing (a.) Very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting].
Unsparing (a.) Not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic."
Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. [R.] -- Shak.
Unspeakable, () See speakable.
Unspeakable (a.) 無法形容的 Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage. -- Un*speak"a*bly, adv.
Ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. -- 1 Pet. i. 8.
Unspeakable (a.) Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {ineffable}, {unspeakable}, {untellable}, {unutterable}].
Unspeakable (a.) Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: {atrocious}, {abominable}, {awful}, {dreadful}, {painful}, {terrible}, {unspeakable}].
Unspeakable (a.) Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: {ineffable}, {unnameable}, {unspeakable}, {unutterable}].
Unspecialized (a.) Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. -- W. K. Brooks.
Unspecialized (a.) Not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function [syn: unspecialized, unspecialised] [ant: specialised, specialized].
Unsped (a.) Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] -- Garth.
Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. [R.]
Such practices as these, . . . The more judicious Israelites unspelled. -- Dryden
Unspell (v.) Release from a spell [ant: spell].
Unsphere (v. t.) To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb. -- Shak.
Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.
Unspilt (a.) Not spilt or wasted; not shed.
Unspin (v. t.) To untwist, as something spun.
Unspirit (v. t.) To dispirit. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Temple.
Unspiritalize (v. t.) To deprive of spiritually. -- South.
Unspleened (a.) Deprived of a spleen.
Unspotted (a.) Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation. -- Un*spot"ted*ness, n.
Unspotted (a.) Without soil or spot or stain [syn: unsoiled, unspotted, unstained].
Unsquire (v. t.) To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. -- Swift.
Unstable (a.) Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow. -- Un*sta"ble*ness, n. -- Chaucer.
Unstable equilibrium. See Stable equilibrium, under Stable.
Unstable (a.) Lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" [ant: stable].
Unstable (a.) Highly or violently reactive; "sensitive and highly unstable compounds."
Unstable (a.) Affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce" [syn: precarious, unstable].
Unstable (a.) Suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn: mentally ill, unsound, unstable].
Unstable (a.) Disposed to psychological variability; "his rather unstable religious convictions."
Unstable (a.) Subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup" [syn: fluid, unstable].
Unstack (v. t.) To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.
Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
Unstate (v. t.) To deprive of state or dignity. [R.]
High-battled Caesar will unstate his happiness. -- Shak.
Unsteel (v. t.) To disarm; to soften. -- Richardson.
Unstep (v. t.) (Naut.) To remove, as a mast, from its step.
Unstick (v. t.) To release, as one thing stuck to another. -- Richardson.
Unstill (a.) Not still; restless. [R.]
Unsting (v. t.) To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. [R.] "Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice . . . will not unsting calamity." -- J. M. Mason.
Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam. --Collier.
Unstock (v. t.) To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.
Unstock (v. t.) To remove from the stocks, as a ship.
Unstockinged (a.) Destitute of stockings. -- Sir W. Scott.
Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.
Unstop (v. t.) To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.
Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.
Unstoppable (a.) Not capable of being stopped; "as unstoppable as the wind" [ant: stoppable].
Unstoppable (a.) 不能阻止的；無法遏制的；不可阻擋的 Unable to be stopped or prevented from developing.
// The band has enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise in popularity.
Unstrain (v. t.) To relieve from a strain; to relax. -- B. Jonson.
Unstrain (v.) Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up].
Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.
Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference. -- Hakewill.
Unstrained (a.) Not placed under psychological stress; "the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained."
Unstrained (a.) Not resulting from undue effort; not forced; "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained" [syn: unforced, unstrained].
Unstratified (a.) (Geol.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.
Unstratified (a.) Not deposited in layers; "glacial till is unstratified" [ant: bedded, stratified].
Unstrength (n.) Want of strength; weakness; feebleness. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Unstriated (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Nonstriated; unstriped.
Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen. "His garland they unstring." -- Dryden. Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
Unstring (v.) Remove the strings from; "unstring my guitar" [ant: string].
Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
Unstriped (a.) Not striped.
Unstriped (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.
Unstudied, () See studied.
Unstudied (a.) Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.
Unstudied (a.) Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.
Unstudied (a.) Not spent in study. [Obs.] "To cloak the defects of their unstudied years." -- Milton.
Unstudied (a.) Not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm" [syn: unstudied, uncontrived] [ant: studied].
Unstudied (a.) Lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field; "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters."
Unsubdivided (a.) (Botany) Of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions [syn: {simple}, {unsubdivided}] [ant: {compound}].
Unsubstantial, () See substantial.
Unsubstantial (a.) Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
Unsubstantial (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].
Unsubstantialize (v. t.) To make unsubstantial. [R.]
Unsubstantialize (v.) Render immaterial or incorporeal [syn: immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise].
Unsubstantiation (n.) A divesting of substantiality.
Unsucceedable (a.) Not able or likely to succeed. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Unsuccess (n.) 失敗 Want of success; failure; misfortune. -- Prof. Wilson.
Unsuccessful (a.) 不成功的；失敗的 Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. -- {Un`suc*cess"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un`suc*cess"ful*ness}, n.
Unsuccessful (a.) Not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome [ant: {successful}].
Unsuccessful (a.) Failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [syn: {abortive}, {stillborn}, {unsuccessful}].
Unsufferable (a.) Insufferable. [Obs.] -- Hooker. -- Un*suf"fer*a*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Unsufferable (a.) Used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable].
Unsuffering (n.) Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured. [Obs.] -- Wyclif. Unsufficience
Unsufficience (n.) Alt. of Unsufficiency
Unsufficiency (n.) Insufficiency. [Obs.] -- Hooker.
Unsufficient (a.) Insufficient. [Obs.]
Unsuit (v. t.) Not to suit; to be unfit for. [Obs.] -- Quarles.
Unsuitable, () See suitable.
Unsuitable (a.) Not meant or adapted for a particular purpose; "a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces."
Unsuitable (a.) Not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students" [syn: inapplicable, unsuitable].
Unsuitable (a.) Not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children."
Unsuitable (a.) Not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse) [syn: undesirable, unsuitable].
Unsuitable (a.) (B2) 不適宜的；不合適的 Not acceptable or right for someone or something; not suitable.
// The software blocks material that is unsuitable for children.
Unsuitableness (n.) The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose [syn: unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness] [ant: suitability, suitableness].
Unsupportable (a.) Insupportable; unendurable. -- Un`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Bp. Wilkins. -- Un`sup*port"a*bly, adv.
Unsupportable (a.) Not able to be supported or defended.
Unsupportive (a.) 不鼓勵的；不支持的 Not furnishing support or assistance [ant: supportive].
Unsured (a.) Not made sure. [Obs.]
Thy now unsured assurance to the crown. -- Shak.
Unsurety (n.) Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt. [Obs.] -- Sir T. More.
Unsurmountable (a.) Insurmountable. -- Locke.
Unsurmountable (a.) Not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages" [syn: insurmountable, unsurmountable] [ant: surmountable].
Unsurmountable (a.) Incapable of being surmounted or climbed [syn: unsurmountable, unclimbable].
Unsurpassed, () See surpassed.
Unsurpassed (a.) 未被超越的；無比的；卓越的 Not capable of being improved on [syn: {unexcelled}, {unexceeded}, {unsurpassed}].
Unsurpassed (a.) 卓越的；不可超越的 Better than anyone or anything else.
// His knowledge of the subject is unsurpassed.
Unsuspicion (n.) The quality or state of being unsuspecting. -- Dickens.
Unsustainable (a.) See Sustainable.
Unsustainable (a.) 無法支撐的；無法維持的 Not able to be maintained at the current rate or level.
‘Macroeconomic instability led to an unsustainable boom.’
Unsustainable (a.) [Ecology] Upsetting the ecological balance by depleting natural resources.
‘Unsustainable fishing practices.’
Unsustainable (a.) Not able to be upheld or defended.
‘The old idea was unsustainable.’
Unswaddle (v. t.) To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.
Compare: Unswathe
Unswathe (v. t.) 解開……的裹布（或繃帶） To free from something that swathes.
Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle. -- Addison.