Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 27

Untrue (a.) [Z] 不真實的;不正確的;假的;【文】不忠實的 [F] [+to] Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.

Untrue (a.) Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. -- Chaucer.

Untrue (adv.) Untruly. [Obs. or Poetic] -- Chaucer.

Untrue (a.) Not according with the facts; "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue."

Untrue (a.) Not true to an obligation or trust; "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty" -- Bruno Laske.

Untrue (a.) Not accurately fitted; not level; "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows" [syn: {out of true}, {untrue}].

Untrue (a.) (Used especially of persons) Not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" [syn: {false}, {untrue}].

Untruism (n.) Something not true; a false statement. [Recent & R.] -- A. Trollope.

Untrunked (a.) Separated from its trunk or stock. [Obs.]

Untruss (v. t.) To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] -- Dryden. Untruss

Untruss (n.) Alt. of Untrusser

Untrusser (n.) One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.

Untrust (n.) Distrust. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Untrustful (a.) Not trustful or trusting.

Untrustful (a.) Not to be trusted; not trusty. [R.] -- Sir W. Scott.

Untruth (n.) The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. -- Chaucer.
Untruth (n.) That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. -- Shak.

Syn: Lie; falsehood. See Lie.

Untruth (n.) A false statement [syn: falsehood, falsity, untruth] [ant: true statement, truth].

Untruthful (a.) Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- Un*truth"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*truth"ful*ness, n.

Untruthful (a.) Not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person" [ant: true, truthful].

Untruthfulness (n.) 不真實,虛偽 The quality of being untruthful [ant: {truthfulness}].

Untuck (v. t.) To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.

Untune (v. t.) To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune. -- Shak.

Untune (v.) Cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit].

Untune (v.) Cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!" [ant: tune, tune up].

Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key.

Unturned (a.) Not turned; not revolved or reversed.

Untwain (v. t.) To rend in twain; to tear in two.

Untwine (v. t.) To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie.

Untwine (v. i.) To become untwined.

Untwirl (v. t.) To untwist; to undo.

Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine.

Untwist (v. t.) To untie; to open; to disentangle.

Unty (v. t.) To untie.

Unusage (n.) Want or lack of usage.

Unused (a.) Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

Unused (a.) Not habituated; unaccustomed.

Unusual (a.) Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

Unusuality (n.) Unusualness.

Unutterable (a.) Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish.

Unvail (v. t. & i.) See Unveil.

Unvaluable (a.) Invaluable; being beyond price.

Unvaluable (a.) Not valuable; having little value.

Unvalued (a.) Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate.

Unvalued (a.) Having inestimable value; invaluable.

Unvariable (a.) Invariable.

Unveil (v. t.) 除去……的面紗(或覆蓋物);揭開……的幕;使公諸於眾;揭露 To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.

Unveil (v. i.) 除去面紗(或覆蓋物);揭幕;揭露出來 To remove a veil; to reveal one's self.

Unveil (v.) Remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" [ant: veil].

Unveil (v.) Make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal].

Unveil (v.) Remove the cover from; "unveil a painting."

Unveiler (n.) One who removes a veil.

Unveracity (n.) Want of veracity; untruthfulness; as, unveracity of heart.

Unvessel (v. t.) To cause to be no longer a vessel; to empty.

Unvicar (v. t.) To deprive of the position or office a vicar.

Unviolable (a.) Inviolable.

Unvisard (v. t.) To take the vizard or mask from; to unmask.

Unvisible (a.) Invisible.

Unvisibly (adv.) Invisibly.

Unvitiated (a.) Not vitiated; pure.

Unvoluntary (a.) Involuntary.

Unvote (v. t.) To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote.

Unvoweled (a.) Having no vowel sounds or signs.

Unvulgarize (v. t.) To divest of vulgarity; to make to be not vulgar.

Unvulnerable (a.) Invulnerable.

Unware (a.) Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard.

Unware (a.) Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen.

Unwares (adv.) Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at.

Unwarily (adv.) In an unwary manner.

Unwariness (n.) The quality or state of being unwary; carelessness; heedlessness.

Unwarm (v. t.) To lose warmth; to grow cold.

Unwarp (v. t.) To restore from a warped state; to cause to be linger warped.

Unwarped (a.) Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.

Unwarrantable (a.) Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper.

Unwarranted (a.) Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.

Unwary (a.) Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.

Unwary (a.) Unexpected; unforeseen; unware.

Unwashed (a.) Not washed or cleansed; filthy; unclean.

Unwashed (a.) Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed].

Unwashed (a.) Not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes."

Unwashen (a.) Not washed. [Archaic] "To eat with unwashen hands." -- Matt. xv. 20.

Unwayed (a.) Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed. [Obs.] -- Suckling.

Unwayed (a.) Having no ways or roads; pathless. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.

Unwearied (a.) With unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied, unweary].

Unweary, () See weary.

Unweary (v. t.) To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [Obs.] -- Dryden.

Unweary (a.) With unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied, unweary].

Unweave (v. t.) To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.

Unweave (v.) Undo strands that have been woven together [ant: interweave, weave].

Unwedgeable (a.) Not to be split with wedges. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Unweeting (a.) Unwitting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser. -- Un*weet"ing*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Unweighed (a.) Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed statement.

Unweighing (a.) Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate. -- Shak. Unweld

Unweld (a.) Alt. of Unweldy.

Unweldy (a.) Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. [Obs.]

Our old limbs move [may] well be unweld. -- Chaucer.

Unwell (a.) Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.

Unwell (a.) (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

Note: This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language.

Unwell (a.) Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy].

Unwellness (n.) Quality or state of being unwell.

Unwellness (n.) Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism [syn: illness, unwellness, malady, sickness] [ant: health, wellness].

Unwemmed (a.) Not blemished; undefiled; pure. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

With body clean and with unwemmed thought. -- Chaucer.

Unwhole (a.) Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]

Unwieldy (a.) Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous. "A fat, unwieldy body of fifty-eight years old." -- Clarendon. -- Un*wield"i*ly, adv. -- Un*wield"i*ness, n.

Unwieldy (a.) Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel" [syn: unwieldy, unmanageable] [ant: wieldy].

Unwieldy (a.) Difficult to work or manipulate; "unwieldy rules and regulations."

Unwieldy (a.) Lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy].

Unwild (v. t.) To tame; to subdue. [Obs. & R.] -- Sylvester.

Unwill (v. t.) To annul or reverse by an act of the will. -- Longfellow.

Unwilled (a.) Deprived of the faculty of will or volition. -- Mrs. Browning.

Unwilling (a.) Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, "Keep your piece nine years." -- Pope. -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n.

Unwillingly (adv.) In an unwilling manner; "he had sinned against her unwillingly" [ant: volitionally, willingly].

Unwillingly (adv.) (Comparative more unwillingly, superlative most unwillingly) 不願意地;不情願地;勉強地 In an unwilling or uncooperative manner.

Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn.

Unwind (v. t.) To disentangle. [Obs.] -- Hooker.

Unwind (v. i.) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.

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

Unwind (v.) Separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle].

Unwind (v.) Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up].

Unwind (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].

Unwisdom (n.) Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance.

Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. -- J. A. Froude.

Unwise (a.) Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.

Unwise (a.) Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished."

Unwise (a.) Not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise].

Unwisely (adv.) In an unwise manner; foolishly.

Unwisely (adv.) Without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come" [syn: foolishly, unwisely] [ant: sagely, wisely].

Unwish (v. t.) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.]

Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. -- Shak.

Unwist (a.) Not known; unknown. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Spenser.

Unwist (a.) Not knowing; unwitting. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

Unwit (v. t.) To deprive of wit. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Unwit (n.) Want of wit or understanding; ignorance. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Unwitch (v. t.) To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. -- B. Jonson.

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