Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 4
Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.
Unanswered (a.) Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.
Unanswered (a.) Not returned in kind; "unrequited (unanswered) love" [syn: unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited].
Unappalled (a.) Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted.
Unapparel (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to strip.
Unappealable (a.) Not appealable; that can not be carried to a higher tribunal by appeal; as, an unappealable suit or action.
Unappealable (a.) Not to be appealed from; -- said of a judge or a judgment that can not be overruled.
Unappetizing (a.) 引不起食慾的；引不起興趣的；索然無味的 Not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste [syn: unappetizing, unappetising] [ant: appetising, appetizing].
Unappliable (a.) Inapplicable. -- Milton.
Unapplicable (a.) Inapplicable.
Unappropriate (a.) Inappropriate; unsuitable.
Unappropriate (a.) Not appropriated. -- Bp. Warburton.
Unappropriate (v. t.) To take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly. [R.] -- Milton.
Unappropriated (a.) Not specially appropriate; having not special application. -- J. Warton.
Unappropriated (a.) Not granted to any person, corporation, or the like, to the exclusion of others; as, unappropriated lands.
Unappropriated (a.) Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury.
Note: In the proceedings of the United States congress, money for specific purposes must first be authorized by law, and must subsequently be appropriated in a separate action. Money authorized but not appropriated may be described as unappropriated.
Unapproved, () See approved.
Unapproved (a.) Not approved.
Unapproved (a.) Not proved. [Obs.]
Unapt (a.) Inapt; slow; dull. -- Bacon.
Unapt (a.) Unsuitable; unfit; inappropriate. -- Macaulay.
Unapt (a.) Not accustomed and not likely; not disposed.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep. -- Shak. -- Un*apt"ly, adv. -- Un*apt"ness, n.
Unaquit (a.) Unrequited. [R. & Obs.] -- Gower.
Unargued (a.) Not argued or debated.
Unargued (a.) Not argued against; undisputed. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Unargued (a.) Not censured. [A Latinism. Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Unarm (v. t.) To disarm. -- Sir T. Browne.
Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor. "I'll unarm again." -- Shak.
Unarm (v.) Take away the weapons from; render harmless [syn: disarm, unarm].
Unarmed, () See armed.
Unarmed (a.) Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons.
Unarmed (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.
Unarmed (a.) Not in a state in which it may be detonated; unable to be detonated; -- used of nuclear and certain other explosive devices, which, as a safety precaution, are stored and transported in a state in which normal triggering mechanisms will not function to cause the device to detonate. The weapon must first be armed by a separate action, and only subsequent to such arming will the weapon be able to detonate.
Unarmed (a.) (Used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles" [ant: armed].
Unarmed (a.) (Used of plants or animals) Lacking barbs or stings or thorns [ant: armed].
Unarted (a.) Ignorant of the arts. [Obs.] -- E. Waterhouse.
Unarted (a.) Not artificial; plain; simple. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Unartful (a.) Lacking art or skill; artless. -- Congreve. -- Un*art"ful*ly, adv. -- Swift. -- Burke.
Unartistic, () See artistic.
Unartistic (a.) Inartistic.
Unartistic (a.) Lacking aesthetic sensibility; [syn: inartistic, unartistic].
Unascried (a.) Not descried.
Unaserved (a.) Not served.
Unassuming (a.) Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
Unassured (a.) Not assured; not bold or confident.
Unassured (a.) Not to be trusted.
Unassured (a.) Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
Unatonable (a.) Not capable of being brought into harmony; irreconcilable.
Unatonable (a.) Incapable of being atoned for; inexpiable.
Unattached (a.) Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
Unattached (a.) (Mil.) Not assigned to any company or regiment.
Unattached (a.) (Law) Not taken or arrested. -- R. Junius.
Unattached (a.) Not fastened together.
Unattached (a.) Not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: unattached, uncommitted] [ant: attached, committed].
Unattached (a.) (Of animals) Able to swim about; not attached [syn: free-swimming, unattached].
Unattentive, () See attentive.
Unattentive (a.) Inattentive; careless.
Unattire (v. t.) To divest of attire; to undress.
Unau (n.) [Brazilian.] (Zool.)
The two-toed sloth ({Cholopus didactylus), native of
Unau (n.) A sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot [syn: two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus hoffmanni].
Unau (n.) Relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot [syn: two-toed sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus didactylus].
Unaudienced (a.) Not given an audience; not received or heard.
Unauspicious (a.) Inauspicious. -- Rowe.
Unauthorize (v. t.) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
Unavoidable (a.) Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
Unavoidable (a.) (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. -- Blackstone.
Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), Hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as to require detachment before the child can be born. -- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`a*void"a*bly, adv.
Unavoidable (a.) [Z] 不可避免的；不能廢除的 Impossible to avoid or evade: "inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable].
Unavoided (a.) Not avoided or shunned. -- Shak.
Unavoided (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Unaware (a.) Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. -- Swift.
Unaware (adv.) Unawares. [Poetic] -- Dryden.
Unaware (a.) (Often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known" [syn: unaware, incognizant] [ant: aware(p), cognisant, cognizant].
Unawares (adv.) Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly.
"Mercies lighting unawares." -- J. H. Newman.
Lest unawares we lose This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill. -- Milton.
At unaware, or At unawares, Unexpectedly; by surprise.
He breaks at unawares upon our walks. -- Dryden.
So we met In this old sleepy town at unaware. -- R. Browning.
Unawares (adv.) Without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares".
Unawares (adv.) Suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares" -- A. Lincoln.
Unawares (adv.) At a disadvantage; "I was caught short" [syn: short, unawares].
Unbacked (a.) Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. "Unbacked colts." -- Shak.
Unbacked (a.) Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. -- Daniel.
Unbacked (a.) Unsupported by other people [syn: single-handed, unassisted, unbacked].
Unbag (v. t.) To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.
Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly. -- Pope.
Unbalanced (a.) (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.
Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. -- Pope.
Unbalanced (a.) Being or thrown out of equilibrium [syn: unbalanced, imbalanced] [ant: balanced].
Unbalanced (a.) Affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad" [syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged].
Unbalanced (a.) Debits and credits are not equal.
Unballast (v. t.) To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. -- Totten.
Unballast (a.) Not ballasted. [Obs. & R.] -- Addison.
Unballasted (a.) Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.
Unballasted (a.) Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan. -- De Quincey.
Unbanded (a.) Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Unbank (v. t.) To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. -- H. Taylor.
Unbar (v. t.) To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. -- Heber.
Unbarbed (a.) Not shaven. [Obs.]
Unbarbed (a.) Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather.
Unbark (v. t.) To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. -- Bacon.
Unbark (v. t.) To cause to disembark; to land. [Obs.] -- Hakluyt.
Unbarrel (v. t.) To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.
Unbarricade (v. t.) To unbolt; to unbar; to open.
You shall not unbarricade the door. -- J. Webster (1623).
Unbarricadoed (a.) Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. -- Burke.
Compare: Obstruct
Obstruct (v.) [With object] 阻塞，堵塞；妨礙，阻擾，阻止 Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.
‘She was obstructing the entrance.’
Obstruct (v.) [With object] Prevent or hinder (movement or someone or something in motion).
‘They had to alter the course of the stream and obstruct the natural flow of the water.’
Obstruct (v.) [With object] Deliberately make (something) difficult.
‘Fears that the regime would obstruct the distribution of food.’
Obstruct (v.) [With object] [Law] Commit the offence of intentionally hindering (a police officer)
‘The appellants were arrested, and later convicted of obstructing the police.’
Obstruct (v.) [With object] (In various sports) Impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence.
‘An indirect free kick is awarded for intentionally obstructing an opponent.’
Barricade (n.) [C] 路障，街壘；柵欄，擋牆，障礙物 An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.
‘The police action led to riots, with hundreds of demonstrators building barricades and burning vehicles.’
Barricade (v.) [With object] 在……設置路障；築柵防禦；阻塞，擋住 Block or defend with a barricade.
‘They barricaded the building and occupied it all night.’
Barricade (v.) Shut (someone) into a place by blocking all the entrances.
‘Detainees who barricaded themselves into their dormitory.’
Man (or go to) the barricades (ph.) Strongly protest against or defend something.
Unbashful (a.) Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. -- Shak.
Unbay (v. t.) To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open. [Obs.]
I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion. -- Norris.
Unbe (v. t.) To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [Obs. & R.]
How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, would he unbe Himself! -- Old Play.
Unbear (v. t.) To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).
Unbearable (a.) See Bearable.
Unbearable (a.) 不能忍受的；令人不能容忍的 Incapable of being put up with; "an intolerable degree of sentimentality" [syn: intolerable, unbearable, unendurable] [ant: tolerable].
Unbearable (a.) Not able to be endured or tolerated.
‘The heat was getting unbearable.’
Unbearably (adv.) 不能忍受地；無法容忍地 To an unbearable degree; "it was unbearably hot in the room".
Unbeast (v. t.) To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.
Unbecome (v. t.) To misbecome. [Obs.] -- Bp. Sherlock.
Unbecoming (a.) 不適當的，不相稱的；不得體的 [（+to）]；（服飾等）不合身的；不相配的 [（+to）] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. -- Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
Unbecoming (a.) Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward].
Unbed (v. t.) To raise or rouse from bed.
Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder. -- Walton.
Unbedinned (a.) Not filled with din.
Unbefool (v. t.) To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.
Unbeget (v. t.) To deprive of existence. -- Dryden.
Unbegilt (a.) Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold. Unbegot
Unbegot (a.) Alt. of Unbegotten.
Unbegotten (a.) Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal.
Unbeguiled (imp. & p. p.) of Unbeguile.
Unbeguiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbeguile.
Unbeguile (v. t.) To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself". -- Donne.
Unbegun (a.) Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.
Unbehovely (a.) Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [Obs. & R.] -- Gower.
Unbeing (a.) Not existing. [Obs.] "Beings yet unbeing." -- Sir T. Browne.
Unbeknown (a.) 【口】未知的；不為……所知的 [（+to）] Not known; unknown. [Colloq.]
Unbeknownst (adv.) 不知地 Without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements" [syn: unbeknown, unbeknownst].
Unbeknownst (a.) (Usually used with `to') Occurring or existing without the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" [syn: unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)].
Unbelief (n.) 不信；無信仰；懷疑 The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Unbelief (n.) Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. -- Cowper.
Syn: See Disbelief.
Unbelief (n.) A rejection of belief [syn: unbelief, disbelief] [ant: belief].
Unbelieved (a.) Not believed; disbelieved.
Unbeliever (n.) 無信仰的人；異教徒；不信者，懷疑者 One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.