U-boat, Noun
  • (n) submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat: (a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes)
U.K., Noun
  • (n) United_Kingdom, UK, , Britain, United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland, Great_Britain: (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
U.S.A., Noun
  • (n) United_States, United_States_of_America, America, the_States, US, , USA, : (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
U.S., Noun
  • (n) United_States, United_States_of_America, America, the_States, US, , USA, : (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
  • (n) United_States_government, United_States, _government, US_Government, : (the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States)
U308, Noun
  • (n) yellowcake, U308: (an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore)
UFO, Noun
  • (n) unidentified_flying_object, UFO, flying_saucer: (an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins)
UK, Noun
  • (n) United_Kingdom, UK, , Britain, United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland, Great_Britain: (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
UNESCO, Noun
  • (n) United_Nations_Educational_Scientific_and_Cultural_Organization, UNESCO: (an agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts)
UNICEF, Noun
  • (n) United_Nations_Children's_Fund, United_Nations_International_Children's_Emergency_Fund, UNICEF: (an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries)
UNIX, Noun
  • (n) UNIX, UNIX_system, UNIX_operating_system: (trademark for a powerful operating system)
UN, Noun
  • (n) United_Nations, UN: (an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security)
UPPP, Noun
  • (n) palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP: (surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea))
URL, Noun
  • (n) URL, uniform_resource_locator, universal_resource_locator: (the address of a web page on the world wide web)
USA, Noun
  • (n) United_States, United_States_of_America, America, the_States, US, , USA, : (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
  • (n) United_States_Army, US_Army, _Army, Army, USA: (the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare)
USDA, Noun
  • (n) Department_of_Agriculture, Agriculture_Department, Agriculture, USDA: (the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862)
USN, Noun
  • (n) United_States_Navy, US_Navy, USN, Navy: (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)
USPS, Noun
  • (n) United_States_Postal_Service, US_Postal_Service, USPS: (an independent federal agency that provides mail processing and delivery service for individuals and businesses in the United States)
USSR, Noun
  • (n) Soviet_Union, Russia, Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics, USSR: (a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991)
US, Noun
  • (n) U, u: (the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) United_States, United_States_of_America, America, the_States, US, , USA, : (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
  • (n) uracil, U: (a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine)
  • (n) uranium, U, atomic_number_92: (a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons)
UT1, Noun
  • (n) Greenwich_Mean_Time, Greenwich_Time, GMT, universal_time, UT, UT1: (the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere)
UT, Noun
  • (n) do, doh, ut: (the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization)
  • (n) Greenwich_Mean_Time, Greenwich_Time, GMT, universal_time, UT, UT1: (the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere)
  • (n) Utah, Beehive_State, Mormon_State, UT: (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)
UV, Noun
  • (n) ultraviolet, ultraviolet_radiation, ultraviolet_light, ultraviolet_illumination, UV: (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)
U, Noun
  • (n) U, u: (the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet)
  • (n) uracil, U: (a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine)
  • (n) uranium, U, atomic_number_92: (a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons)
Ubermensch, Noun
  • (n) demigod, superman, Ubermensch: (a person with great powers and abilities)
Uca, Noun
  • (n) Uca, genus_Uca: (fiddler crabs)
Udmurt, Noun
  • (n) Udmurt, Votyak: (a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia)
  • (n) Udmurt, Votyak: (the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak)
Uganda, Noun
  • (n) Uganda, Republic_of_Uganda: (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
Ugandan, Adjective
  • (a) Ugandan: (of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people) "Ugandan game parks"
Ugandan, Noun
  • (n) Ugandan: (a native or inhabitant of Uganda)
Ugrian, Noun
  • (n) Ugric, Ugrian: (one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia)
Ugric, Noun
  • (n) Ugric, Ugrian: (one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia)
Uighur, Noun
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language)
Uigur, Noun
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language)
Ukraine, Noun
  • (n) Ukraine, Ukrayina: (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)
Ukrainian, Adjective
  • (a) Ukrainian: (of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture)
Ukrainian, Noun
  • (n) Ukrainian: (the Slavic language spoken in the Ukraine)
Ukrayina, Noun
  • (n) Ukraine, Ukrayina: (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)
Ulaanbaatar, Noun
  • (n) Ulan_Bator, Ulaanbaatar, Urga, Kulun, capital_of_Mongolia: (the capital and largest city of Mongolia)
Ulfila, Noun
  • (n) Ulfilas, Bishop_Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop_Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop_Wulfila: (a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382))
Ulfilas, Noun
  • (n) Ulfilas, Bishop_Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop_Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop_Wulfila: (a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382))
Ull, Noun
  • (n) Ull, Ullr: ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor)
Ullr, Noun
  • (n) Ull, Ullr: ((Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor)
Ulster, Noun
  • (n) Ulster: (a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland)
  • (n) ulster: (loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted)
Ultracef, Noun
  • (n) cefadroxil, Ultracef: (a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef))
Ulysses, Noun
  • (n) Ulysses: ((Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus)
Uma, Noun
  • (n) Uma: (a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor')
  • (n) Uma, genus_Uma: (fringe-toed lizard)
Umayyad, Noun
  • (n) Umayyad, Ommiad, Omayyad: (the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus)
Umbelliferae, Noun
  • (n) Umbelliferae, family_Umbelliferae, Apiaceae, family_Apiaceae, carrot_family: (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
Umbria, Noun
  • (n) Umbria: (a mountainous region in central Italy)
Umbrian, Noun
  • (n) Umbrian: (an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy)
Umma, Noun
  • (n) Ummah, Umma, Muslim_Ummah, Islamic_Ummah, Islam_Nation: (the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan) "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"
Ummah, Noun
  • (n) Ummah, Umma, Muslim_Ummah, Islamic_Ummah, Islam_Nation: (the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan) "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"
Uniat, Noun
  • (n) Uniat, Uniate, Uniate_Christian: (a member of the Uniat Church)
Uniate, Adjective
  • (a) Uniate: (of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law)
Uniate, Noun
  • (n) Uniat, Uniate, Uniate_Christian: (a member of the Uniat Church)
Union, Adjective
  • (a) union: (of trade unions) "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"
  • (s) Union, Federal: (being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War) "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"
Union, Noun
  • (n) coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual_union: (the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes) "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
  • (n) marriage, matrimony, union, spousal_relationship, wedlock: (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)) "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
  • (n) union, labor_union, trade_union, trades_union, brotherhood: (an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer) "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
  • (n) Union, North: (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)) "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"
  • (n) union, unification: (the state of being joined or united or linked) "there is strength in union"
  • (n) union, conglutination: (healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones)
  • (n) union: (a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations) "the Soviet Union"
  • (n) union, sum, join: (a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets) "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
  • (n) union: (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts) "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"
  • (n) union: (a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner))
  • (n) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure: (the act of making or becoming a single unit) "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
Unitarian, Adjective
  • (a) Unitarian: (of or relating to or characterizing Unitarianism)
Unitarian, Noun
  • (n) Unitarian: (adherent of Unitarianism)
Unq, Noun
  • (n) rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element_104, atomic_number_104: (a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized)
Upper-Normandy, Noun
  • (n) Haute-Normandie, Upper-Normandy: (a division of Normandy)
Uppsala, Noun
  • (n) Uppsala, Upsala: (a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm)
Upsala, Noun
  • (n) Uppsala, Upsala: (a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm)
Urania, Noun
  • (n) Urania: ((Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy)
  • (n) Venus, Urania: (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite)
Uranus, Noun
  • (n) Ouranos, Uranus: ((Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology)
  • (n) Uranus: (a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites) "Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
Urd, Noun
  • (n) Urd, Urth: (goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past)
Urdu, Noun
  • (n) Urdu: (the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script)
Urex, Noun
  • (n) methenamine, Mandelamine, Urex: (antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections)
Urga, Noun
  • (n) Ulan_Bator, Ulaanbaatar, Urga, Kulun, capital_of_Mongolia: (the capital and largest city of Mongolia)
Uriah, Noun
  • (n) Uriah: ((Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC))
Urmia, Noun
  • (n) Lake_Urmia, Urmia, Daryacheh-ye_Orumiyeh: (a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey)
  • (n) Urmia, Orumiyeh: (a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran)
Urochorda, Noun
  • (n) Urochordata, subphylum_Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum_Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum_Tunicata: (tunicates)
Urochordata, Noun
  • (n) Urochordata, subphylum_Urochordata, Urochorda, subphylum_Urochorda, Tunicata, subphylum_Tunicata: (tunicates)
Urodella, Noun
  • (n) Urodella, order_Urodella, Caudata, order_Caudata: (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)
Uropygi, Noun
  • (n) Pedipalpi, order_Pedipalpi, Uropygi, order_Uropygi: (whip scorpions)
Urth, Noun
  • (n) Urd, Urth: (goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past)
Uruguay, Noun
  • (n) Uruguay: (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
Usbeg, Noun
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas)
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek)
Usbek, Noun
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas)
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek)
Usher, Noun
  • (n) usher, doorkeeper: (an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber)
  • (n) usher, guide: (someone employed to conduct others)
  • (n) Ussher, James_Ussher, Usher, James_Usher: (Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656))
Uskub, Noun
  • (n) Skopje, Skoplje, Uskub: (capital of modern Macedonia)
Ussher, Noun
  • (n) Ussher, James_Ussher, Usher, James_Usher: (Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656))
Ustilago, Noun
  • (n) Ustilago, genus_Ustilago: (type genus of the Ustilaginaceae; genus comprising the loose smuts)
Usumbura, Noun
  • (n) Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital_of_Burundi: (the capital and largest city of Burundi) "Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962"
Utah, Noun
  • (n) Utah, Beehive_State, Mormon_State, UT: (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)
Utica, Noun
  • (n) Utica: (a city in central New York)
  • (n) Utica: (an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD)
Utopia, Noun
  • (n) Utopia: (a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island)
  • (n) utopia: (ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects)
  • (n) utopia: (a work of fiction describing a utopia)
  • (n) Utopia, Zion, Sion: (an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal)
Utopian, Adjective
  • (a) utopian, Utopian: (of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia) "a Utopian novel"
  • (a) utopian: (characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection) "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"
Utopian, Noun
  • (n) Utopian: (an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer) "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
Utu, Noun
  • (n) Utu, Utug: (sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash)
Utug, Noun
  • (n) Utu, Utug: (sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash)
Uub, Noun
  • (n) ununbium, Uub, element_112, atomic_number_112: (a radioactive transuranic element)
Uuh, Noun
  • (n) ununhexium, Uuh, element_116, atomic_number_116: (a radioactive transuranic element)
Uup, Noun
  • (n) ununpentium, Uup, element_115, atomic_number_115: (a radioactive transuranic element)
Uuq, Noun
  • (n) ununquadium, Uuq, element_114, atomic_number_114: (a radioactive transuranic element)
Uut, Noun
  • (n) ununtrium, Uut, element_113, atomic_number_113: (a radioactive transuranic element)
Uygur, Noun
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China)
  • (n) Uighur, Uigur, Uygur: (the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language)
Uzbak, Noun
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas)
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek)
Uzbeg, Noun
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas)
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek)
Uzbek, Noun
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (a member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas)
  • (n) Uzbek, Uzbeg, Uzbak, Usbek, Usbeg: (the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek)
  • (n) Uzbekistan, Republic_of_Uzbekistan, Uzbek: (a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)
Uzbekistan, Noun
  • (n) Uzbekistan, Republic_of_Uzbekistan, Uzbek: (a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet)
u-drive, Noun
  • (n) car_rental, hire_car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive: (a rented car) "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel"
u, Adjective
  • (s) u: ((chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use)
ubiquitous, Adjective
  • (s) omnipresent, ubiquitous: (being present everywhere at once)
ubiquitousness, Noun
  • (n) ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence: (the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once))
ubiquity, Noun
  • (n) ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence: (the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once))
udder, Noun
  • (n) udder, bag: (mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats))
udometer, Noun
  • (n) rain_gauge, rain_gage, pluviometer, udometer: (gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation)
ugli, Noun
  • (n) tangelo, ugli, ugli_fruit: (large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin)
uglify, Verb
  • (v) uglify: (make ugly)
ugliness, Noun
  • (n) nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness: (the quality of being wicked)
  • (n) ugliness: (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
ugly, Adjective
  • (s) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly: (provoking horror) "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill"; "an ugly wound"
  • (s) despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched: (morally reprehensible) "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
  • (s) surly, ugly: (inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace) "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"
  • (a) ugly: (displeasing to the senses) "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"
uintathere, Noun
  • (n) dinoceras, uintathere: (a variety of dinocerate)
uke, Noun
  • (n) uke, ukulele: (a small guitar having four strings)
ukulele, Noun
  • (n) uke, ukulele: (a small guitar having four strings)
ulama, Noun
  • (n) ulema, ulama: (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)
ulcer, Noun
  • (n) ulcer, ulceration: (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)
ulcerate, Verb
  • (v) ulcerate: (undergo ulceration) "Her stomach ulcerated"
  • (v) ulcerate: (affect with an ulcer) "Her stomach was ulcerated"
ulcerated, Adjective
  • (s) cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous: (having an ulcer or canker)
ulceration, Noun
  • (n) ulcer, ulceration: (a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue)
  • (n) ulceration: (the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated)
ulcerative, Adjective
  • (a) ulcerative: (of or relating to or characterized by ulceration) "ulcerative colitis"
ulcerous, Adjective
  • (s) cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous: (having an ulcer or canker)
ulema, Noun
  • (n) ulema, ulama: (the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community)
ulnar, Adjective
  • (a) ulnar: (relating to or near the ulna)
ult, Adjective
  • (s) ultimo, ult: (in or of the month preceding the present one) "your letter received on the 29th ult"
ulterior, Adjective
  • (s) later, ulterior, posterior: (coming at a subsequent time or stage) "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
  • (s) subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior: (lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)) "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell"
  • (s) ulterior: (beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote) "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw"
ultima, Noun
  • (n) ultima: (the last syllable in a word)
ultimacy, Noun
  • (n) ultimacy, ultimateness: (the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values")
ultimate, Adjective
  • (a) ultimate: (furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme) "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"
  • (s) ultimate: (being the last or concluding element of a series) "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"
ultimate, Noun
  • (n) ultimate: (the finest or most superior quality of its kind) "the ultimate in luxury"
ultimateness, Noun
  • (n) ultimacy, ultimateness: (the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values")
ultimatum, Noun
  • (n) ultimatum: (a final peremptory demand)
ultimo, Adjective
  • (s) ultimo, ult: (in or of the month preceding the present one) "your letter received on the 29th ult"
ultra, Adjective
  • (s) extremist, radical, ultra: ((used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm) "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"
ultraconservative, Adjective
  • (s) ultraconservative: (extremely conservative)
ultraconservative, Noun
  • (n) reactionary, ultraconservative, extreme_right-winger: (an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism)
ultramontane, Adjective
  • (s) cisalpine, ultramontane: (on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps) "ancient cisalpine Gaul included an area south and east of the Alps"
  • (s) transalpine, ultramontane: (on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)) "ancient transalpine Gaul was an area northwest of the Alps and included modern France and Belgium"; "Cracow was a transalpine university"
  • (a) ultramontane: (of or relating to ultramontanism)
ultramontane, Noun
  • (n) ultramontane: (a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline))
ultranationalism, Noun
  • (n) chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism: (fanatical patriotism)
ultranationalistic, Adjective
  • (s) chauvinistic, flag-waving, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic: (fanatically patriotic)
ultrasonic, Adjective
  • (s) supersonic, ultrasonic: (having frequencies above those of audible sound)
ultrasonography, Noun
  • (n) sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound: (using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs)
ultrasound, Noun
  • (n) sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound: (using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs)
  • (n) ultrasound: (very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography)
ultraviolet, Adjective
  • (s) ultraviolet: (having or employing wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X-rays; lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end) "ultraviolet radiation"; "an ultraviolet lamp"
ultraviolet, Noun
  • (n) ultraviolet, ultraviolet_radiation, ultraviolet_light, ultraviolet_illumination, UV: (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)
ululate, Verb
  • (v) howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup: (emit long loud cries) "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
ululation, Noun
  • (n) howl, howling, ululation: (a long loud emotional utterance) "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"
umbel-like, Adjective
  • (s) umbellate, umbel-like: (resembling an umbel in form)
umbellar, Adjective
  • (a) umbellate, umbellar: (bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels)
umbellate, Adjective
  • (a) umbellate, umbellar: (bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels)
  • (s) umbellate, umbel-like: (resembling an umbel in form)
umber, Adjective
  • (s) umber: (of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments)
umber, Noun
  • (n) chocolate, coffee, deep_brown, umber, burnt_umber: (a medium brown to dark-brown color)
  • (n) umber: (an earth pigment)
umbilical, Adjective
  • (a) umbilical: (relating to or resembling the umbilicus) "umbilical cord"
umbilical, Noun
  • (n) umbilical_cord, umbilical: (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)
umbilicus, Noun
  • (n) navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly_button, omphalos, omphalus: (a scar where the umbilical cord was attached) "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"
umbrage, Noun
  • (n) umbrage, offense, offence: (a feeling of anger caused by being offended) "he took offence at my question"
umbrageous, Adjective
  • (s) indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous: (angered at something unjust or wrong) "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"
  • (s) shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous: (filled with shade) "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
umbrella, Adjective
  • (s) umbrella: (covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups) "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage"
umbrella, Noun
  • (n) umbrella: (a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy)
  • (n) umbrella: (a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets) "an air umbrella over England"
  • (n) umbrella: (having the function of uniting a group of similar things) "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"
umlaut, Noun
  • (n) umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis: (a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound)
ump, Noun
  • (n) umpire, ump: (an official at a baseball game)
umpirage, Noun
  • (n) umpirage: (mediation by an umpire)
  • (n) umpirage, officiation, officiating, refereeing: (the act of umpiring) "the officiating was excellent"
umpire, Noun
  • (n) arbiter, arbitrator, umpire: (someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue) "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
  • (n) umpire, ump: (an official at a baseball game)
umpire, Verb
  • (v) referee, umpire: (be a referee or umpire in a sports competition)
umpteen, Adjective
  • (s) umpteen, umteen: (innumerable but many)
umpteenth, Adjective
  • (s) umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth: (last in an indefinitely numerous series)
umptieth, Adjective
  • (s) umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth: (last in an indefinitely numerous series)
umteen, Adjective
  • (s) umpteen, umteen: (innumerable but many)
umteenth, Adjective
  • (s) umpteenth, umteenth, umptieth: (last in an indefinitely numerous series)
un-come-at-able, Adjective
  • (s) un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable: (difficult to reach or attain)
un-get-at-able, Adjective
  • (s) un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable: (difficult to reach or attain)
unabashed, Adjective
  • (s) unabashed, unembarrassed: (not embarrassed) "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone"; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened"
unabated, Adjective
  • (s) unabated: (continuing at full strength or intensity) "the winds are unabated"; "the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated"
unable, Adjective
  • (s) ineffective, ineffectual, unable: (lacking in power or forcefulness) "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"
  • (a) unable: ((usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how) "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds"
  • (s) unable: ((usually followed by `to') lacking necessary physical or mental ability) "dyslexics are unable to learn to read adequately"; "the sun was unable to melt enough snow"
unabridged, Adjective
  • (a) unabridged: ((used of texts) not shortened) "an unabridged novel"
unabridged, Noun
  • (n) unabridged_dictionary, unabridged: (a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary)
unabused, Adjective
  • (a) unabused: (not physically abused; treated properly)
unaccented, Adjective
  • (a) atonic, unaccented: (used of syllables) "an atonic syllable carries no stress"
  • (s) unaccented, light, weak: ((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress) "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
unacceptability, Noun
  • (n) unacceptability, unacceptableness: (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards)
unacceptable, Adjective
  • (s) impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable: (used of persons or their behavior) "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
  • (a) unacceptable: (not acceptable; not welcome) "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"
  • (s) unacceptable: (not adequate to give satisfaction) "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"
  • (s) unacceptable, unaccepted: (not conforming to standard usage; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'") "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists"
unacceptableness, Noun
  • (n) unacceptability, unacceptableness: (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards)
unaccepted, Adjective
  • (s) unacceptable, unaccepted: (not conforming to standard usage; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'") "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists"
unaccessible, Adjective
  • (a) inaccessible, unaccessible: (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)
unaccommodating, Adjective
  • (a) unaccommodating, unobliging: (not accommodating) "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door"
  • (s) unaccommodating: (offering no assistance) "rudely unaccommodating to the customers"; "icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful"
unaccompanied, Adjective
  • (a) unaccompanied: (being without an escort)
  • (a) unaccompanied: (playing or singing without accompaniment) "the soloist sang unaccompanied"
  • (s) unaccompanied: ((of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time) "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms"
unaccountable, Adjective
  • (s) unaccountable, unexplainable: (not to be accounted for or explained) "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear"
  • (s) unaccountable: (free from control or responsibility)
unaccredited, Adjective
  • (s) unaccredited, unlicensed, unlicenced: (lacking official approval)
unaccustomed, Adjective
  • (a) unaccustomed: (not habituated to; unfamiliar with) "unaccustomed to wearing suits"
  • (s) unaccustomed: (not customary or usual) "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity"
unachievable, Adjective
  • (s) unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable: (impossible to achieve) "an unattainable goal"
unacknowledged, Adjective
  • (a) unacknowledged: (not recognized or admitted)
  • (s) unacknowledged: (not openly acknowledged) "an unacknowledged emergency"
unacquainted, Adjective
  • (s) innocent, unacquainted: (not knowledgeable about something specified) "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
  • (s) unacquainted, unacquainted_with, unfamiliar_with: (having little or no knowledge of) "unacquainted with city ways"
unacquisitive, Adjective
  • (a) unacquisitive: (not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything)
unactable, Adjective
  • (a) unactable: (not actable) "an unactable play"
unadaptability, Noun
  • (n) unadaptability: (the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances)
unadaptable, Adjective
  • (a) unadaptable: (not adaptable)
unadapted, Adjective
  • (s) unadapted: (not changed in form or character for a purpose)
  • (s) unadapted, unadjusted: (not having adapted to new conditions) "several unadjusted refugees"
unaddicted, Adjective
  • (a) unaddicted: (not addicted)
unaddressed, Adjective
  • (a) unaddressed: (not addressed) "an unaddressed envelope"
unadjusted, Adjective
  • (s) unadapted, unadjusted: (not having adapted to new conditions) "several unadjusted refugees"
  • (a) unadjusted: (not altered to fit certain requirements; ) "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast"
unadoptable, Adjective
  • (a) unadoptable: (difficult to place in an adoptive home)
unadorned, Adjective
  • (a) unadorned, undecorated: (not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction)
unadulterated, Adjective
  • (s) arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated: (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers) "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
  • (s) unadulterated: (not mixed with impurities) "unadulterated maple syrup"
unadventurous, Adjective
  • (a) unadventurous: (lacking in boldness)
unadvisable, Adjective
  • (a) inadvisable, unadvisable: (not prudent or wise; not recommended) "running on the ice is inadvisable"
unadvised, Adjective
  • (a) ill-advised, unadvised: (without careful prior deliberation or counsel) "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"
  • (s) unadvised: (having received no information) "a defendant unadvised of her legal rights"
unaerated, Adjective
  • (s) unaerated, unoxygenated: ((used of blood) not supplied with oxygen)
unaesthetic, Adjective
  • (a) inaesthetic, unaesthetic: (violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty) "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles"
unaffected, Adjective
  • (s) insensible, unaffected: (unaware of or indifferent to) "insensible to the suffering around him"
  • (a) unaffected: (undergoing no change when acted upon) "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment"
  • (a) unaffected: (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine) "an unaffected grace"
  • (a) unmoved, unaffected, untouched: (emotionally unmoved) "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable"
unaffectedness, Noun
  • (n) unaffectedness: (not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained)
unaffectionate, Adjective
  • (s) detached, unaffectionate, uncaring: (lacking affection or warm feeling) "an uncaring person"
unaffixed, Adjective
  • (a) unaffixed, loose: (not affixed) "the stamp came loose"
unafraid, Adjective
  • (a) secure, unafraid, untroubled: (free from fear or doubt; easy in mind) "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
  • (a) unafraid, fearless: (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them)
unaggressive, Adjective
  • (a) unaggressive, nonaggressive: (not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness)
unagitated, Adjective
  • (s) calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil: (not agitated; without losing self-possession) "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"
  • (a) unagitated: (not physically disturbed or set in motion)
  • (a) unagitated: (not agitated or disturbed emotionally)
unai, Noun
  • (n) two-toed_sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus_hoffmanni: (a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot)
  • (n) two-toed_sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus_didactylus: (relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot)
unaided, Adjective
  • (s) unaided: (carried out without aid or assistance) "his first unaided walk through the park"
unaired, Adjective
  • (s) airless, close, stuffy, unaired: (lacking fresh air) "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
unairworthy, Adjective
  • (a) unairworthy: (not fit to fly)
unalarming, Adjective
  • (a) unalarming: (not alarming; assuaging alarm)
unalert, Adjective
  • (a) unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant: (not alert to what is potentially dangerous)
unalienable, Adjective
  • (a) inalienable, unalienable: (incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another) "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"
unalike, Adjective
  • (a) unalike, dissimilar: (not alike or similar) "as unalike as two people could be"
unalterability, Noun
  • (n) fixedness, unalterability: (the quality of being fixed and unchangeable) "the fixedness of his gaze upset her"
  • (n) unalterability: (the quality of not being alterable)
unalterable, Adjective
  • (s) changeless, unalterable: (remaining the same for indefinitely long times)
  • (a) unalterable, inalterable: (not capable of being changed or altered) "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule"
  • (s) unalterable: (of a sentence; that cannot be changed) "an unalterable death sentence"
unaltered, Adjective
  • (a) unaltered, unchanged: (remaining in an original state) "persisting unaltered through time"
unambiguity, Noun
  • (n) unambiguity, unequivocalness: (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)
unambiguous, Adjective
  • (a) unambiguous: (having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning) "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa"
  • (a) unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous: (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion) "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unambitious, Adjective
  • (a) unambitious, ambitionless: (having little desire for success or achievement)
unamended, Adjective
  • (a) unamended: ((of legislation) not amended)
unanalyzable, Adjective
  • (s) unanalyzable, undecomposable: (representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts) "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"- G.S.Brett"; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable"-M.R.Cohen"
unanalyzed, Adjective
  • (a) unanalyzed: (not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination) "an unanalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data"
unangry, Adjective
  • (a) unangry: (not angry)
unanimated, Adjective
  • (a) unanimated: (not animated or enlivened; dull)
unanimity, Noun
  • (n) unanimity: (everyone being of one mind)
unanimous, Adjective
  • (s) consentaneous, consentient, unanimous: (in complete agreement) "a unanimous decision"
  • (s) solid, unanimous, whole: (acting together as a single undiversified whole) "a solid voting bloc"
unannealed, Adjective
  • (s) brittle, unannealed: ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured)
unannounced, Adjective
  • (s) unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted: (without warning or announcement) "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe"
unanswered, Adjective
  • (s) unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited: (not returned in kind) "unrequited (unanswered) love"
unanticipated, Adjective
  • (s) unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out_of_the_blue: (not anticipated) "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden"; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"
unapologetic, Adjective
  • (a) unapologetic: (unwilling to make or express an apology) "an unapologetic believer"
unappareled, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
unappealable, Adjective
  • (a) unappealable: (not subject to appeal) "the judge's ruling was handed down in a preliminary hearing rather than a trial and was therefore unappealable"
unappealing, Adjective
  • (a) unappealing: (not able to attract favorable attention) "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"
  • (a) unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable: ((of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings) "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
unappeasable, Adjective
  • (s) grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting: (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty) "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
unappendaged, Adjective
  • (a) unappendaged: (not having an appendage)
unappetising, Adjective
  • (a) unappetizing, unappetising: (not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste)
unappetisingness, Noun
  • (n) unappetizingness, unappetisingness: (the property of spoiling the appetite)
unappetizing, Adjective
  • (a) unappetizing, unappetising: (not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste)
unappetizingness, Noun
  • (n) unappetizingness, unappetisingness: (the property of spoiling the appetite)
unappreciated, Adjective
  • (s) thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying: (not likely to be rewarded) "grading papers is a thankless task"
  • (s) unappreciated, unsung, unvalued: (having value that is not acknowledged)
unapproachability, Noun
  • (n) unapproachability: (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)
unapproachable, Adjective
  • (a) unapproachable: (discouraging intimacies; reserved) "an unapproachable executive"
  • (s) unapproachable, unreachable, unreached, out_of_reach: (inaccessibly located or situated) "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"
unarbitrary, Adjective
  • (a) nonarbitrary, unarbitrary: (not subject to individual determination)
unarguable, Adjective
  • (s) inarguable, unarguable: (against which no argument can be made)
unargumentative, Adjective
  • (a) unargumentative: (not given to or characterized by argument)
unarm, Verb
  • (v) disarm, unarm: (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
unarmed, Adjective
  • (a) unarmed: ((used of persons or the military) not having or using arms) "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
  • (a) unarmed: ((used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns)
unarmored, Adjective
  • (a) unarmored, unarmoured: (used of animals; without protective covering)
  • (a) unarmored, unarmoured: ((used of persons or things military) without protective armor)
unarmoured, Adjective
  • (a) unarmored, unarmoured: (used of animals; without protective covering)
  • (a) unarmored, unarmoured: ((used of persons or things military) without protective armor)
unarticulate, Adjective
  • (a) inarticulate, unarticulate: (without or deprived of the use of speech or words) "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
unarticulated, Adjective
  • (a) unarticulated: (not consisting of segments that are held together by joints)
  • (s) unarticulated: (uttered without the use of normal words or syllables)
unartistic, Adjective
  • (s) inartistic, unartistic: (lacking aesthetic sensibility; )
unary, Adjective
  • (s) unary: (consisting of or involving a single element or component) "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result"
unascertainable, Adjective
  • (s) unascertainable, undiscoverable: (not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery)
unascribable, Adjective
  • (a) unattributable, unascribable: (not attributable)
unashamed, Adjective
  • (a) unashamed: (used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame)
unasked, Adjective
  • (s) unasked, unsolicited: (not asked for) "unasked advice"; "unsolicited junk mail"
unassailable, Adjective
  • (s) impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable: (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with) "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
  • (s) unassailable, untouchable: (impossible to assail)
  • (s) unassailable, unshakable, watertight, bulletproof: (without flaws or loopholes) "an ironclad contract"; "a watertight alibi"; "a bulletproof argument"
unassertive, Adjective
  • (a) unassertive: (inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence) "a shy unassertive person"
unassignable, Adjective
  • (s) nontransferable, unassignable, untransferable: (incapable of being transferred)
unassigned, Adjective
  • (a) unassigned: (not assigned) "unassigned personnel"
unassisted, Adjective
  • (s) single-handed, unassisted, unbacked: (unsupported by other people)
  • (a) unassisted: (lacking help)
unassuming, Adjective
  • (s) retiring, unassuming: (not arrogant or presuming) "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"
unassumingness, Noun
  • (n) sincerity, unassumingness: (a quality of naturalness and simplicity) "the simple sincerity of folk songs"
unasterisked, Adjective
  • (s) unasterisked, unstarred: (not marked with an asterisk) "unasterisked items"
unattached, Adjective
  • (s) free-swimming, unattached: ((of animals) able to swim about; not attached)
  • (a) unattached, uncommitted: (not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship)
  • (s) unattached: (not fastened together)
unattackable, Adjective
  • (s) impregnable, inviolable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable: (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with) "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
unattainable, Adjective
  • (s) unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable: (impossible to achieve) "an unattainable goal"
unattended, Adjective
  • (s) neglected, unattended: (lacking a caretaker) "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"
  • (s) unattended: (not watched) "she dashed out leaving the bar unattended"; "a fire left unattended"
  • (s) unattended: (lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort) "unattended women"; "problems unattended with danger"
unattired, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
unattractive, Adjective
  • (a) unattractive: (lacking beauty or charm) "as unattractive as most mining regions"
  • (s) unattractive: (lacking power to arouse interest) "being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect"
  • (s) unattractive, untempting: (not appealing to the senses) "untempting food"
unattractiveness, Noun
  • (n) unattractiveness: (an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers)
unattributable, Adjective
  • (a) unattributable, unascribable: (not attributable)
unau, Noun
  • (n) two-toed_sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus_hoffmanni: (a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot)
  • (n) two-toed_sloth, unau, unai, Choloepus_didactylus: (relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot)
unauthentic, Adjective
  • (s) inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious: (intended to deceive) "a spurious work of art"
unauthorised, Adjective
  • (a) unauthorized, unauthorised: (not endowed with authority)
  • (s) unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat: (without official authorization) "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
unauthorized, Adjective
  • (a) unauthorized, unauthorised: (not endowed with authority)
  • (s) unauthorized, unauthorised, wildcat: (without official authorization) "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
unavailability, Noun
  • (n) inaccessibility, unavailability: (the quality of not being available when needed)
unavailable, Adjective
  • (a) unavailable: (not available or accessible or at hand) "fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency"; "his secretary said he was unavailable for comment"
unavailing, Adjective
  • (s) futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing: (producing no result or effect) "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
unavenged, Adjective
  • (a) unavenged: (for which vengeance has not been taken) "an unavenged murder"
unavoidability, Noun
  • (n) ineluctability, unavoidability: (the quality of being impossible to avoid or evade)
unavoidable, Adjective
  • (s) ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable: (impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion") "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
unavowed, Adjective
  • (s) sneaking, unavowed: (not openly expressed) "a sneaking suspicion"
  • (s) unavowed: (not affirmed or mentioned or declared)
  • (s) unavowed, secret: (not openly made known) "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
unawakened, Adjective
  • (a) unawakened: (not aroused or activated) "unawakened emotions"
  • (s) unawakened: (still asleep)
unaware, Adjective
  • (a) unaware, incognizant: ((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"
unawareness, Noun
  • (n) unknowingness, unawareness: (unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention)
unawed, Adjective
  • (a) unawed: (not awed)
unbacked, Adjective
  • (s) single-handed, unassisted, unbacked: (unsupported by other people)
unbaffled, Adjective
  • (s) unbaffled, unconfused: (not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements)
unbalance, Noun
  • (n) derangement, mental_unsoundness, unbalance: (a state of mental disturbance and disorientation)
  • (n) imbalance, instability, unbalance: (a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium) "a hormonal imbalance"
unbalance, Verb
  • (v) unbalance: (throw out of balance or equilibrium) "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department"
  • (v) unbalance, derange: (derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane) "The death of his parents unbalanced him"
unbalanced, Adjective
  • (s) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged: (affected with madness or insanity) "a man who had gone mad"
  • (a) unbalanced, imbalanced: (being or thrown out of equilibrium)
  • (s) unbalanced: (debits and credits are not equal)
unbalconied, Adjective
  • (a) unbalconied: (not having balconies)
unbanded, Adjective
  • (a) unbanded: (not identified with a band) "an unbanded bird"
unbaptised, Adjective
  • (a) unbaptized, unbaptised: (not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism)
unbaptized, Adjective
  • (a) unbaptized, unbaptised: (not having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism)
unbar, Verb
  • (v) unbar: (remove a bar from (a door))
unbarred, Adjective
  • (s) unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured: (not firmly fastened or secured) "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room"
unbarreled, Adjective
  • (a) unbarreled, unbarrelled: (not in a barrel)
unbarrelled, Adjective
  • (a) unbarreled, unbarrelled: (not in a barrel)
unbearable, Adjective
  • (a) intolerable, unbearable, unendurable: (incapable of being put up with) "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
unbeatable, Adjective
  • (s) invincible, unbeatable, unvanquishable: (incapable of being overcome or subdued) "an invincible army"; "her invincible spirit"
  • (s) unbeatable: (hard to defeat) "an unbeatable ball team"
unbeaten, Adjective
  • (s) unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished: (not conquered)
unbecoming, Adjective
  • (s) indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (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"
unbecomingness, Noun
  • (n) unbecomingness: (the quality of being unbecoming)
unbeknown, Adjective
  • (s) unbeknown, unbeknownst: ((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"
unbeknownst, Adjective
  • (s) unbeknown, unbeknownst: ((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"
unbelief, Noun
  • (n) unbelief, disbelief: (a rejection of belief)
unbelievable, Adjective
  • (s) improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely: (having a probability too low to inspire belief)
  • (a) incredible, unbelievable: (beyond belief or understanding) "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"
unbeliever, Noun
  • (n) disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever: (someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity))
unbelieving, Adjective
  • (s) atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving: (rejecting any belief in gods)
  • (s) disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving: (denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion) "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
  • (s) nescient, unbelieving: (holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible)
unbeloved, Adjective
  • (s) bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved: (unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love)
unbelt, Verb
  • (v) unbelt: (undo the belt of) "unbelt your trousers"
unbelted, Adjective
  • (a) unbelted, beltless: (lacking a belt) "unbelted jackets are in this season"
unbend, Verb
  • (v) relax, loosen_up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow_down: (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"
  • (v) relax, unbend: (make less taut) "relax the tension on the rope"
  • (v) straighten, unbend: (straighten up or out; make straight)
  • (v) unbend: (unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay)
  • (v) unbend: (free from flexure) "unbend a bow"
  • (v) unbend: (release from mental strain, tension, or formality) "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"
unbendable, Adjective
  • (s) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering: (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable) "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
unbending, Adjective
  • (s) inflexible, rigid, unbending: (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances) "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
unbeneficed, Adjective
  • (a) unbeneficed: (not having a benefice)
unbent, Adjective
  • (s) straight, unbent, unbowed: (erect in posture) "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
  • (s) unbent: (not bent) "looking for an unbent nail"; "trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber"
unbiased, Adjective
  • (s) indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed: (characterized by a lack of partiality) "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems"
  • (s) unbiased, unbiassed: (without bias)
unbiassed, Adjective
  • (s) indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed: (characterized by a lack of partiality) "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems"
  • (s) unbiased, unbiassed: (without bias)
unbind, Verb
  • (v) unbind: (untie or unfasten) "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
unbleached, Adjective
  • (s) unbleached, uncolored, undyed: (not artificially colored or bleached) "unbleached blonde hair"; "her hair is uncolored"; "undyed cotton"
unblemished, Adjective
  • (a) unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated: (free from physical or moral spots or stains) "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion"
unblended, Adjective
  • (a) unblended: (not blended or mixed together)
unblinking, Adjective
  • (s) unblinking: (showing no visible emotion) "stood unblinking and accepted a sentence of a year"
  • (s) unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking: (not shrinking from danger)
unblock, Verb
  • (v) unblock: (clear or remove an obstruction from) "the procedure unblocked his arteries"
  • (v) unblock: (play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding)
  • (v) unblock, unfreeze, free, release: (make (assets) available) "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
unbloody, Adjective
  • (s) nonviolent, unbloody: (achieved without bloodshed) "an unbloody transfer of power"
unblushing, Adjective
  • (s) shameless, unblushing: (feeling no shame) "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism"
unbodied, Adjective
  • (s) discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied: (not having a material body) "bodiless ghosts"
  • (a) unbodied: (having no body)
unbolt, Verb
  • (v) unbolt: (undo the bolt of) "unbolt the door"
unbolted, Adjective
  • (s) unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured: (not firmly fastened or secured) "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room"
unbordered, Adjective
  • (a) unbordered: (having no border)
unborn, Adjective
  • (a) unborn: (not yet brought into existence) "unborn generations"
unbosom, Verb
  • (v) unbosom, relieve: (relieve oneself of troubling information)
unbound, Adjective
  • (a) unbound: (not secured within a cover) "an unbound book"
  • (a) unbound: (not restrained or tied down by bonds)
  • (s) unbound: (not held in chemical or physical combination)
unbounded, Adjective
  • (s) boundless, unbounded, limitless: (seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent) "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"
unboundedness, Noun
  • (n) infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness, boundlessness, limitlessness: (the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit)
unbowed, Adjective
  • (s) straight, unbent, unbowed: (erect in posture) "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
  • (s) unbowed: (not forced to bow down to a conqueror)
unbox, Verb
  • (v) unbox: (remove from a box) "unbox the presents"
unbrace, Verb
  • (v) unbrace: (remove from tension)
  • (v) unbrace: (remove a brace or braces from)
  • (v) untie, unbrace, unlace: (undo the ties of) "They untied the prisoner"
unbraid, Verb
  • (v) unbraid: (undo the braids of) "unbraid my hair"
unbrainwashed, Adjective
  • (a) unbrainwashed: (not successfully subjected to brainwashing) "despite the torture and the psychological pressure some POWs remained unbrainwashed"
unbranched, Adjective
  • (s) unbranched, unbranching: (without branches) "a tree with an unbranched trunk"
unbranching, Adjective
  • (s) unbranched, unbranching: (without branches) "a tree with an unbranched trunk"
unbranded, Adjective
  • (a) unbranded: (not marked with a brand) "unbranded cattle"
unbreakable, Adjective
  • (a) unbreakable: (impossible to break especially under ordinary usage) "unbreakable plastic dinnerwear"
unbreakableness, Noun
  • (n) unbreakableness: (a consistency of something that does not break under pressure)
unbridgeable, Adjective
  • (a) unbridgeable: (not bridgeable) "a wide unbridgeable river"; "unbridgeable generation gap"
unbridle, Verb
  • (v) unbridle: (remove the bridle from (a horse or mule))
unbridled, Adjective
  • (s) unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned: (not restrained or controlled) "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"
unbroken, Adjective
  • (a) unbroken: (marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence) "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon"
  • (a) unbroken, kept: ((especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded) "unbroken promises"; "promises kept"
  • (a) unbroken: (not broken; whole and intact; in one piece) "fortunately the other lens is unbroken"
  • (s) unbroken: (not subdued or trained for service or use) "unbroken colts"
  • (a) unplowed, unploughed, unbroken: ((of farmland) not plowed) "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"
unbuckle, Verb
  • (v) unbuckle: (undo the buckle of) "Unbuckle your seat belt"
unburden, Verb
  • (v) unburden: (free or relieve (someone) of a burden)
  • (v) unburden, disburden: (take the burden off; remove the burden from) "unburden the donkey"
unburdened, Adjective
  • (s) burdenless, unburdened: (not encumbered with a physical burden or load)
  • (a) unburdened: (not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities) "unburdened by an overarching theory"- Alex Inkeles"
unburied, Adjective
  • (a) unburied: (not buried)
unbutton, Verb
  • (v) unbutton: (undo the buttons of) "unbutton the shirt"
unbuttoned, Adjective
  • (a) unbuttoned, unfastened: (not buttoned) "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat"
  • (s) unbuttoned, unlaced: (not under constraint in action or expression) "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok"; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub"
uncalled-for, Adjective
  • (s) gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for: (unnecessary and unwarranted) "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
  • (s) uncalled-for: (not required or requested) "uncalled-for suggestions"
uncamphorated, Adjective
  • (a) uncamphorated: (not containing camphor)
uncanny, Adjective
  • (s) eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly: (suggesting the operation of supernatural influences) "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy"; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley"
  • (s) preternatural, uncanny: (surpassing the ordinary or normal) "Beyond his preternatural affability there is some acid and some steel" - George Will"; "his uncanny sense of direction"
uncapped, Adjective
  • (s) uncapped: (used especially of front teeth) "natural uncapped teeth"
uncarbonated, Adjective
  • (s) noncarbonated, uncarbonated: (not having carbonation)
uncared-for, Adjective
  • (a) uncared-for: (lacking needed care and attention)
uncaring, Adjective
  • (s) detached, unaffectionate, uncaring: (lacking affection or warm feeling) "an uncaring person"
  • (s) thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking: (without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'") "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread"
uncarpeted, Adjective
  • (a) uncarpeted: (not carpeted) "bare uncarpeted floors"
uncarved, Adjective
  • (a) uncarved: (not carved)
uncase, Verb
  • (v) undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip_down, disrobe, peel: (get undressed) "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
uncastrated, Adjective
  • (a) uncastrated: (not castrated)
uncategorised, Adjective
  • (s) uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted: (not categorized or sorted)
uncategorized, Adjective
  • (s) uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted: (not categorized or sorted)
uncaulked, Adjective
  • (a) uncaulked: (not caulked or sealed)
uncaused, Adjective
  • (s) causeless, fortuitous, uncaused: (having no cause or apparent cause) "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
unceasing, Adjective
  • (s) ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing: (continuing forever or indefinitely) "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
  • (s) ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting: (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing) "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
uncensored, Adjective
  • (a) uncensored: (not subject to censorship) "uncensored news reports"
unceremonial, Adjective
  • (s) unceremonious, unceremonial: (without ceremony or formality) "an unceremonious speech"
unceremonious, Adjective
  • (s) unceremonious, unceremonial: (without ceremony or formality) "an unceremonious speech"
  • (s) unceremonious: (without due formalities) "unceremonious dismissal from office"
unceremoniousness, Noun
  • (n) unceremoniousness: (an unceremonial manner)
uncertain, Adjective
  • (s) changeable, uncertain, unsettled: (subject to change) "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"
  • (a) uncertain, unsure, incertain: (lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance) "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"
  • (a) uncertain: (not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown) "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"
  • (a) uncertain: (not certain to occur; not inevitable) "everything is uncertain about the army"; "the issue is uncertain"
  • (s) uncertain: (not consistent or dependable) "an uncertain recollection of events"; "a gun with a rather uncertain trigger"
  • (s) uncertain: (ambiguous (especially in the negative)) "she spoke in no uncertain terms"
  • (a) unsealed, uncertain: (not established or confirmed) "his doom is as yet unsealed"
uncertainness, Noun
  • (n) uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness: (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance) "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
uncertainty, Noun
  • (n) doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness: (the state of being unsure of something)
  • (n) uncertainty, uncertainness, precariousness: (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance) "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"
uncertified, Adjective
  • (a) uncertified: (lacking requisite official documentation or endorsement)
unchain, Verb
  • (v) unchain: (remove the chains from)
  • (v) unchain: (make free)
unchained, Adjective
  • (s) unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied: (not bound by shackles and chains)
unchallenged, Adjective
  • (s) undisputed, unchallenged, unquestioned: (generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute) "the undisputed fact"
unchangeability, Noun
  • (n) changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness: (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
unchangeable, Adjective
  • (a) unchangeable: (not changeable or subject to change) "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu"; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life"
unchangeableness, Noun
  • (n) changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness: (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
unchanged, Adjective
  • (a) unaltered, unchanged: (remaining in an original state) "persisting unaltered through time"
  • (a) unchanged: (not made or become different) "the causes that produced them have remained unchanged"
unchanging, Adjective
  • (s) static, stable, unchanging: (showing little if any change) "a static population"
  • (s) unchanging: (conforming to the same principles or course of action over time)
unchangingness, Noun
  • (n) changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness: (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
uncharacteristic, Adjective
  • (a) uncharacteristic: (distinctive and not typical) "a book uncharacteristic of its author"
uncharged, Adjective
  • (a) uncharged: (of a particle or body or system; having no charge) "an uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery"
uncharitable, Adjective
  • (a) uncharitable: (lacking love and generosity) "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade"
uncharted, Adjective
  • (s) chartless, uncharted, unmapped: ((of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated) "uncharted seas"
unchartered, Adjective
  • (a) unchartered: (not chartered)
unchaste, Adjective
  • (a) unchaste: (not chaste) "unchaste conduct"
unchecked, Adjective
  • (s) unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned: (not restrained or controlled) "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"
uncheerful, Adjective
  • (a) depressing, cheerless, uncheerful: (causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy) "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"
uncheerfulness, Noun
  • (n) cheerlessness, uncheerfulness: (a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness)
  • (n) uncheerfulness: (not conducive to cheer or good spirits)
unchewable, Adjective
  • (s) fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable: ((of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew)
unchivalrous, Adjective
  • (s) caddish, unchivalrous, ungallant: (offensively discourteous)
unchristian, Adjective
  • (a) unchristian: (not of a Christian faith)
unchristianly, Adjective
  • (s) unchristianly, unchristlike: (not becoming to or like a Christian) "ashamed to have to recognize how unchristianly his assumptions and motives are"
unchristlike, Adjective
  • (s) unchristianly, unchristlike: (not becoming to or like a Christian) "ashamed to have to recognize how unchristianly his assumptions and motives are"
unchurch, Verb
  • (v) excommunicate, unchurch, curse: (exclude from a church or a religious community) "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
uncivil, Adjective
  • (a) uncivil, rude: (lacking civility or good manners) "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather"
uncivilised, Adjective
  • (s) barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild: (without civilizing influences) "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade"; "wild tribes"
uncivilized, Adjective
  • (s) barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild: (without civilizing influences) "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade"; "wild tribes"
unclad, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
unclaimed, Adjective
  • (s) unclaimed: (not claimed or called for by an owner or assignee) "unclaimed luggage"
unclasp, Verb
  • (v) unclasp: (release from a clasp) "She clasped and unclasped her hands"
unclassified, Adjective
  • (a) unclassified: (not subject to a security classification)
  • (a) unclassified: (not arranged in any specific grouping)
uncle, Noun
  • (n) uncle: (the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt)
  • (n) uncle: (a source of help and advice and encouragement) "he played uncle to lonely students"
unclean, Adjective
  • (a) dirty, soiled, unclean: (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime) "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
  • (a) unclean, impure: (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws) "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3"
uncleanliness, Noun
  • (n) uncleanliness: (lack of cleanly habits)
uncleanness, Noun
  • (n) dirtiness, uncleanness: (the state of being unsanitary)
unclear, Adjective
  • (a) ill-defined, unclear: (poorly stated or described) "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts"
  • (s) indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable: (not easily deciphered) "indecipherable handwriting"
  • (a) unclear: (not clear to the mind) "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"
uncleared, Adjective
  • (a) uncleared: (not cleared; not rid of objects or obstructions) "uncleared land"; "many cars were stuck in the snow on uncleared streets"
unclearness, Noun
  • (n) unclearness: (incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear)
unclimbable, Adjective
  • (a) unscalable, unclimbable: (incapable of being ascended)
  • (s) unsurmountable, unclimbable: (incapable of being surmounted or climbed)
unclip, Verb
  • (v) unclip: (remove the clip from)
uncloak, Verb
  • (v) uncloak: (remove a cloak from)
  • (v) unmask, uncloak: (reveal the true nature of) "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"
unclog, Verb
  • (v) unclog: (become or cause to become unobstructed) "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it"
unclothe, Verb
  • (v) unclothe: (strip) "unclothe your heart of envy"
  • (v) unclothe: (take the covers off) "She unclothed her innermost feelings"
  • (v) undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip_down, disrobe, peel: (get undressed) "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
unclothed, Adjective
  • (a) unclothed: (not wearing clothing)
unclouded, Adjective
  • (s) clean, clear, light, unclouded: ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims) "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
  • (s) cloudless, unclouded: (free from clouds) "under a cloudless sky"
  • (s) unclouded: (not mentally disordered) "an unclouded mind"
  • (s) unclouded: (not made opaque or cloudy by sediment) "the wine was unclouded"
uncloudedness, Noun
  • (n) clearness, clarity, uncloudedness: (the quality of clear water) "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
unclutter, Verb
  • (v) unclutter, clear: (rid of obstructions) "Clear your desk"
uncluttered, Adjective
  • (s) uncluttered, unlittered: (having nothing extraneous) "an uncluttered room"; "the unlittered shoulders of the road"
uncoated, Adjective
  • (a) uncoated: (not having a coating) "uncoated paper"
uncoerced, Adjective
  • (s) uncoerced, unforced, willing: (not brought about by coercion or force) "the confession was uncoerced"
uncoil, Verb
  • (v) uncoil: (unwind or untwist)
uncoiled, Adjective
  • (a) uncoiled, straight: (no longer coiled)
uncollected, Adjective
  • (a) uncollected, ungathered: (not brought together in one place) "uncollected garbage in the streets"
uncollectible, Adjective
  • (s) bad, uncollectible: (not capable of being collected) "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
uncolored, Adjective
  • (s) unbleached, uncolored, undyed: (not artificially colored or bleached) "unbleached blonde hair"; "her hair is uncolored"; "undyed cotton"
  • (a) uncolored, uncoloured: (without color) "pure water is uncolored"
uncoloured, Adjective
  • (a) uncolored, uncoloured: (without color) "pure water is uncolored"
uncolumned, Adjective
  • (a) noncolumned, uncolumned: (not having columns)
uncombed, Adjective
  • (a) uncombed: ((of hair) not combed) "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair"
uncombined, Adjective
  • (a) uncombined: (not joined or united into one)
uncomely, Adjective
  • (s) indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (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"
uncomfortable, Adjective
  • (a) uncomfortable: (conducive to or feeling mental discomfort) "this kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable"; "the uncomfortable truth"; "grew uncomfortable beneath his appraising eye"; "an uncomfortable way of surprising me just when I felt surest"; "the teacher's presence at the conference made the child very uncomfortable"
  • (a) uncomfortable: (providing or experiencing physical discomfort) "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
uncomfortableness, Noun
  • (n) discomfort, uncomfortableness: (the state of being tense and feeling pain)
  • (n) self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness: (embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you)
uncommercialised, Adjective
  • (s) uncommercialized, uncommercialised: (not having been commercialized)
uncommercialized, Adjective
  • (s) uncommercialized, uncommercialised: (not having been commercialized)
uncommitted, Adjective
  • (s) available, uncommitted: (not busy; not otherwise committed) "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and willing to accompany her"
  • (a) unattached, uncommitted: (not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship)
  • (a) uncommitted: (not bound or pledged)
uncommon, Adjective
  • (s) rare, uncommon: (marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind) "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell"; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
  • (a) uncommon: (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind) "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"
uncommonness, Noun
  • (n) uncommonness: (extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality)
  • (n) uncommonness: (extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered)
uncommunicative, Adjective
  • (a) uncommunicative, incommunicative: (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)
uncommunicativeness, Noun
  • (n) uncommunicativeness: (the trait of being uncommunicative)
uncomparable, Adjective
  • (a) incomparable, uncomparable: (such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared) "an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"; "the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"; "this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"
uncompartmented, Adjective
  • (a) uncompartmented: (not compartmented; not divided into compartments or isolated units)
uncompassionate, Adjective
  • (a) uncompassionate: (lacking compassion or feeling for others) "nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire"- Shakespeare"
uncompensated, Adjective
  • (s) uncompensated, unsalaried: (not paying a salary) "an uncompensated federal post"
uncomplaining, Adjective
  • (a) uncomplaining: (not complaining) "uncomplaining courage"
uncomplete, Adjective
  • (a) incomplete, uncomplete: (not complete or total; not completed) "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
uncompleted, Adjective
  • (s) incomplete, uncompleted: (not yet finished) "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"
  • (s) uncompleted: (not caught or not caught within bounds) "an uncompleted pass"
uncomplicated, Adjective
  • (s) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic: (easy and not involved or complicated) "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
  • (s) uncomplicated, unsophisticated: (lacking complexity) "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine"
uncomplimentary, Adjective
  • (a) uncomplimentary: (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)
  • (a) unflattering, uncomplimentary: (showing or representing unfavorably) "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress"
uncompounded, Adjective
  • (s) uncompounded, unmixed: (not constituting a compound)
uncomprehensible, Adjective
  • (a) incomprehensible, uncomprehensible: (difficult to understand) "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein"
uncompress, Verb
  • (v) decompress, uncompress: (restore to its uncompressed form) "decompress data"
uncompromising, Adjective
  • (a) uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible: (not making concessions) "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"
unconcealed, Adjective
  • (a) unconcealed: (not concealed or hidden) "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity"
unconcern, Noun
  • (n) nonchalance, unconcern, indifference: (the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern)
  • (n) unconcern: (a feeling of lack of concern)
unconcerned, Adjective
  • (a) unconcerned: (lacking in interest or care or feeling) "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"
  • (s) unconcerned: (easy in mind; not worried) "the prisoner seems entirely unconcerned as to the outcome of the examination"
  • (s) unconcerned: (not occupied or engaged with) "readers unconcerned with style"
unconditional, Adjective
  • (s) categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional: (not modified or restricted by reservations) "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
  • (a) unconditional, unconditioned: (not conditional) "unconditional surrender"
  • (s) unconditional: (not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else)
unconditioned, Adjective
  • (a) unconditional, unconditioned: (not conditional) "unconditional surrender"
  • (a) unconditioned, innate, unlearned: (not established by conditioning or learning) "an unconditioned reflex"
unconfined, Adjective
  • (a) unconfined: (not confined)
  • (s) unconfined, unimprisoned: (free from confinement or physical restraint)
unconfirmed, Adjective
  • (a) unconfirmed: (not finally established or settled) "an unconfirmed letter of credit"; "unconfirmed rumors"
unconformist, Adjective
  • (a) nonconformist, unconformist: (not conforming to some norm or socially approved pattern of behavior or thought) "their rabidly nonconformist deportment has made them legendary"; "the old stubborn nonconformist spirit of the early settlers"
unconfused, Adjective
  • (s) unbaffled, unconfused: (not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements)
uncongenial, Adjective
  • (s) hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly: (very unfavorable to life or growth) "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
  • (a) uncongenial, incompatible: (not suitable to your tastes or needs) "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"
  • (s) uncongenial: (used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted)
uncongeniality, Noun
  • (n) uncongeniality: (a disposition not to be congenial)
unconnected, Adjective
  • (s) confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected: (lacking orderly continuity) "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
  • (a) unconnected: (not joined or linked together)
  • (s) unconnected: (not connected by birth or family)
unconnectedness, Noun
  • (n) unconnectedness: (the lack of a connection between things)
unconquerable, Adjective
  • (s) insuperable, unconquerable: (incapable of being surmounted or excelled) "insuperable odds"; "insuperable heroes"
  • (a) unconquerable: (not capable of being conquered or vanquished or overcome) "a tribute to his courage...and his unconquerable will"- R.E.Danielson"; "faced unconquerable difficulties"
unconquered, Adjective
  • (s) unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished: (not conquered)
unconscientious, Adjective
  • (a) unconscientious: (not conscientious; )
unconscientiousness, Noun
  • (n) unconscientiousness: (the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience)
  • (n) unconscientiousness: (the trait of not being painstaking or careful)
unconscionable, Adjective
  • (s) conscienceless, unconscionable: (lacking a conscience) "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"
  • (s) exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious: (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation) "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
unconscious, Adjective
  • (a) unconscious: (not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead) "lay unconscious on the floor"
  • (s) unconscious: (without conscious volition)
  • (s) unconscious: ((followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving) "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens"
unconscious, Noun
  • (n) unconscious_mind, unconscious: (that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware)
unconsciousness, Noun
  • (n) unconsciousness: (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)
unconsecrated, Adjective
  • (s) profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified: (not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled)
unconsidered, Adjective
  • (s) inconsiderate, unconsidered: (without proper consideration or reflection) "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions"
unconsolable, Adjective
  • (a) inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable: (sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled) "inconsolable when her son died"
unconstipated, Adjective
  • (a) unconstipated, regular: (not constipated)
unconstitutional, Adjective
  • (a) unconstitutional: (not consistent with or according to a constitution; contrary to the U.S. Constitution)
unconstraint, Noun
  • (n) abandon, wantonness, unconstraint: (the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry) "she danced with abandon"
unconstricted, Adjective
  • (a) unconstricted: (not constricted physically or by extension psychologically) "healthy unconstricted arteries"
unconsummated, Adjective
  • (a) unconsummated: (not consummated (especially of a marriage)) "an unconsummated marriage can be annulled"
uncontaminated, Adjective
  • (a) uncontaminated: (not corrupted by contact or association) "there is no culture uncontaminated by contact with the outside world"
  • (s) uncontaminated, unpolluted: (free from admixture with noxious elements; clean) "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake"
uncontaminating, Adjective
  • (a) clean, uncontaminating: (not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination) "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"
uncontested, Adjective
  • (a) uncontested: (not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition) "uncontested authority"
uncontrived, Adjective
  • (a) unstudied, uncontrived: (not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu) "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"
uncontrollable, Adjective
  • (s) indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly: (of persons) "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
  • (s) irrepressible, uncontrollable: (impossible to repress or control) "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
  • (s) uncontrollable, unmanageable: (difficult to solve or alleviate) "uncontrollable pain"
  • (s) uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable: (incapable of being controlled or managed) "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
uncontrolled, Adjective
  • (a) uncontrolled: (not being under control; out of control) "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"
uncontroversial, Adjective
  • (a) uncontroversial, noncontroversial: (not likely to arouse controversy)
unconventional, Adjective
  • (s) improper, unconventional, unlawful: (not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention) "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
  • (a) unconventional: (not conforming to accepted rules or standards) "her unconventional dress and hair style"
  • (a) unconventional: (not conventional or conformist) "unconventional life styles"
unconventionality, Noun
  • (n) unconventionality: (originality by virtue of being unconventional)
  • (n) unconventionality: (unorthodoxy by virtue of being unconventional)
unconverted, Adjective
  • (s) unconverted, unpersuaded: (not converted)
unconvertible, Adjective
  • (a) inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable: (used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value)
unconvinced, Adjective
  • (a) unconvinced: (lacking conviction) "I remain unconvinced"
unconvincing, Adjective
  • (s) improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely: (having a probability too low to inspire belief)
  • (a) unconvincing, flimsy: (not convincing) "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing as a forced smile"
uncooperative, Adjective
  • (s) disobliging, uncooperative: (intentionally unaccommodating) "the action was not offensive to him but proved somewhat disobliging"
  • (a) uncooperative: (unwilling to cooperate) "an uncooperative witness"
uncork, Verb
  • (v) uncork: (release) "uncork his anger"
  • (v) uncork: (draw the cork from (bottles)) "uncork the French wine"
uncorrectable, Adjective
  • (s) uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable: (incapable of being controlled or managed) "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
uncorrected, Adjective
  • (a) uncorrected: (left faulty or wrong) "uncorrected astigmatism"
  • (s) uncorrected, undisciplined: (not subjected to correction or discipline) "let her children grow up uncorrected"
uncorroborated, Adjective
  • (s) uncorroborated, unsubstantiated: (unsupported by other evidence)
uncorrupted, Adjective
  • (s) uncorrupted, undefiled: ((of language) not having its purity or excellence debased) "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks"
  • (s) uncorrupted, unspoiled: (not decayed or decomposed)
  • (s) uncorrupted: (not debased) "though his associates were dishonest, he remained uncorrupted"; "uncorrupted values"
uncounted, Adjective
  • (s) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
uncouple, Verb
  • (v) uncouple, decouple: (disconnect or separate) "uncouple the hounds"
uncousinly, Adjective
  • (a) uncousinly: (not befitting a cousin)
uncouth, Adjective
  • (s) coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar: (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste) "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
uncouthness, Noun
  • (n) boorishness, uncouthness: (inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor)
uncover, Verb
  • (v) uncover, bring_out, unveil, reveal: (make visible) "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"
  • (v) uncover, expose: (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body) "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
uncovered, Adjective
  • (s) exposed, uncovered: (not covered with clothing) "her exposed breast"
uncovering, Noun
  • (n) denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking: (the removal of covering)
  • (n) discovery, find, uncovering: (the act of discovering something)
uncrannied, Adjective
  • (a) uncrannied: (without chinks or crannies)
uncrate, Verb
  • (v) uncrate: (remove from the crate) "uncrate the glassed carefully!"
uncreased, Adjective
  • (s) creaseless, uncreased: (used especially of fabrics) "uncreased trousers"
uncreative, Adjective
  • (a) uncreative: (not creative) "an uncreative imagination"
uncreativeness, Noun
  • (n) uncreativeness: (a lack of creativity)
uncritical, Adjective
  • (a) uncritical, noncritical: (marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures) "news sources reflected uncritical estimates of the number of juvenile addicts"
  • (a) uncritical: (not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors) "a devoted and almost uncritical admirer"
uncross, Verb
  • (v) uncross: (change from a crossed to an uncrossed position) "She uncrossed her legs"
uncrossed, Adjective
  • (a) uncrossed: ((of a check) not crossed)
  • (a) uncrossed: (not crossed) "sitting primly with uncrossed legs"
uncrowded, Adjective
  • (a) uncrowded: (having or allowing sufficient room) "an uncrowded train"; "an uncrowded view"
uncrowned, Adjective
  • (a) uncrowned: (not having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; used especially of molars and bicuspids) "uncrowned teeth badly in need of attention"
  • (a) uncrowned, crownless: (not (especially not yet) provided with a crown) "the uncrowned king"
uncrystallised, Adjective
  • (s) amorphous, uncrystallized, uncrystallised: (without real or apparent crystalline form) "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure"
  • (a) uncrystallized, uncrystallised: (not finally or definitely formed) "uncrystallized ideas"
uncrystallized, Adjective
  • (s) amorphous, uncrystallized, uncrystallised: (without real or apparent crystalline form) "an amorphous mineral"; "amorphous structure"
  • (a) uncrystallized, uncrystallised: (not finally or definitely formed) "uncrystallized ideas"
unction, Noun
  • (n) fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction: (smug self-serving earnestness)
  • (n) ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve: (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)
  • (n) unction, smarm, fulsomeness: (excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm)
  • (n) unction, inunction: (anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual)
unctuous, Adjective
  • (s) buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, soapy, unctuous: (unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech) "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
unctuousness, Noun
  • (n) fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unctuousness, unction: (smug self-serving earnestness)
uncultivable, Adjective
  • (s) uncultivable, uncultivatable: (not suitable for cultivation or tilling) "thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer"
uncultivatable, Adjective
  • (s) uncultivable, uncultivatable: (not suitable for cultivation or tilling) "thickets of indigenous trees...on uncultivable land"- C.B.Palmer"
uncultivated, Adjective
  • (s) artless, uncultivated, uncultured: ((of persons) lacking art or knowledge)
  • (s) lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated: (characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes) "lowbrow tastes"
  • (a) uncultivated: ((of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops) "uncultivated land"
uncultured, Adjective
  • (s) artless, uncultivated, uncultured: ((of persons) lacking art or knowledge)
uncurbed, Adjective
  • (s) unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned: (not restrained or controlled) "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"
uncurtained, Adjective
  • (a) curtainless, uncurtained: (not provided with curtains) "blank, curtainless windows stared back at her"
uncurved, Adjective
  • (s) uncurved, uncurving: (having no curves)
uncurving, Adjective
  • (s) uncurved, uncurving: (having no curves)
uncut, Adjective
  • (s) full-length, uncut: (complete) "the full-length play"
  • (a) uncut, rough: (not shaped by cutting or trimming) "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones"
  • (a) uncut: ((of pages of a book) having adjacent leaves still joined at the fore edge) "a book with its leaves still uncut"
  • (a) uncut: (not cut)
  • (s) uncut: (not cut) "glad to get out of the house with my throat uncut"- Tobias Smollett"
  • (a) unmown, uncut: ((used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine) "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn"
  • (a) untrimmed, uncut: (not trimmed) "shaggy untrimmed locks"
undamaged, Adjective
  • (a) undamaged: (not harmed or spoiled; sound)
undatable, Adjective
  • (a) undatable: (not capable of being given a date)
undated, Adjective
  • (s) dateless, undated: (not bearing a date) "a dateless letter"
undaunted, Adjective
  • (s) undaunted, undismayed, unshaken: (unshaken in purpose) "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made"
  • (s) undaunted: (resolutely courageous) "undaunted in the face of death"
undeceive, Verb
  • (v) undeceive: (free from deception or illusion)
undeceived, Adjective
  • (s) disabused, undeceived: (freed of a mistaken or misguided notion) "some people are still not disabused of the old idea that the universe revolves around the Earth"
undecided, Adjective
  • (s) on_the_fence, undecided: (characterized by indecision) "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided"
  • (s) open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved: (not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought) "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"
  • (s) undecided: (not yet having made a commitment) "undecided voters"
undecipherable, Adjective
  • (s) indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable: (not easily deciphered) "indecipherable handwriting"
undeciphered, Adjective
  • (a) undeciphered: (not deciphered) "Linear A is still undeciphered"
undeclared, Adjective
  • (a) undeclared: (not announced or openly acknowledged) "fighting an undeclared war"
undecomposable, Adjective
  • (s) unanalyzable, undecomposable: (representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts) "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"- G.S.Brett"; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and unanalyzable"-M.R.Cohen"
undecomposed, Adjective
  • (s) good, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt: (not left to spoil) "the meat is still good"
undecorated, Adjective
  • (a) unadorned, undecorated: (not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction)
undedicated, Adjective
  • (a) undedicated: (not dedicated) "the playground has been completed but is still undedicated"
undefeated, Adjective
  • (a) undefeated: (victorious) "undefeated in battle"; "an undefeated team"
undefendable, Adjective
  • (s) assailable, undefendable, undefended, open: (not defended or capable of being defended) "an open city"; "open to attack"
undefended, Adjective
  • (s) assailable, undefendable, undefended, open: (not defended or capable of being defended) "an open city"; "open to attack"
undefiled, Adjective
  • (s) immaculate, undefiled: (free from stain or blemish)
  • (s) uncorrupted, undefiled: ((of language) not having its purity or excellence debased) "uncorrupted English"; "learn to speak pure English undefiled"- Van Wyck Brooks"
undefinable, Adjective
  • (s) indefinable, undefinable: (not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words) "an indefinable feeling of terror"; "an abstract concept that seems indefinable"
undefined, Adjective
  • (a) undefined, vague: (not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished) "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
undelineated, Adjective
  • (a) undelineated: (not represented accurately or precisely)
undemanding, Adjective
  • (a) undemanding: (requiring little if any patience or effort or skill) "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss"
undemocratic, Adjective
  • (a) undemocratic: (not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals) "the union broke with its past undemocratic procedures"
undemonstrative, Adjective
  • (a) undemonstrative: (not given to open expression of emotion)
undeniable, Adjective
  • (a) undeniable: (not possible to deny)
undependability, Noun
  • (n) undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness: (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)
undependable, Adjective
  • (s) undependable, unreliable: (liable to be erroneous or misleading) "an undependable generalization"
  • (a) unreliable, undependable: (not worthy of reliance or trust) "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
undependableness, Noun
  • (n) undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness: (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)
undepicted, Adjective
  • (s) undepicted, unpictured: (not pictured)
under-the-table, Adjective
  • (s) sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes: (designed and carried out secretly or confidentially) "a sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing"
under, Adjective
  • (s) nether, under: (located below or beneath something else) "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
  • (s) under: (lower in rank, power, or authority) "an under secretary"
underachieve, Verb
  • (v) underachieve, underperform: (perform less well or with less success than expected) "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year"
underachievement, Noun
  • (n) underachievement: (poorer than expected performance (poorer than might have been predicted from intelligence tests))
underachiever, Noun
  • (n) underachiever, underperformer, nonachiever: (a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates)
underact, Verb
  • (v) underact, underplay: (act (a role) with great restraint)
underactive, Adjective
  • (s) hypoactive, underactive: (abnormally inactive)
underage, Adjective
  • (a) minor, nonaged, underage: (not of legal age) "minor children"
  • (s) underage: (dependent by virtue of youth)
underarm, Adjective
  • (a) underhand, underhanded, underarm: (with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level) "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
underbelly, Noun
  • (n) underbelly: (lower side) "the underbellies of clouds"
  • (n) underbelly, underbody: (the soft belly or underside of an animal's body)
  • (n) underbelly: (the quality of being weak or unprotected) "the soft underbelly of the Axis"- Winston Churchill"
underbid, Verb
  • (v) underbid: (bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants)
  • (v) underbid: (bid lower than a competing bidder)
  • (v) underbid: (bid too low)
underbodice, Noun
  • (n) camisole, underbodice: (a short sleeveless undergarment for women)
underbody, Noun
  • (n) underbelly, underbody: (the soft belly or underside of an animal's body)
underbred, Adjective
  • (s) ill-bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish: ((of persons) lacking in refinement or grace)
  • (s) underbred: (of inferior or mixed breed) "an underbred dog"
underbrush, Noun
  • (n) underbrush, undergrowth, underwood: (the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest)
undercarriage, Noun
  • (n) undercarriage: (framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle)
undercharge, Noun
  • (n) undercharge: (a price that is too low)
  • (n) undercharge: (an insufficient charge)
undercharge, Verb
  • (v) undercharge: (charge (someone) too little money)
underclassman, Noun
  • (n) lowerclassman, underclassman: (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)
underclothed, Adjective
  • (s) half-clothed, scantily_clad, underclothed: (inadequately clothed)
underclothes, Noun
  • (n) underwear, underclothes, underclothing: (undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments)
underclothing, Noun
  • (n) underwear, underclothes, underclothing: (undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments)
undercoat, Noun
  • (n) flat_coat, ground, primer, priming, primer_coat, priming_coat, undercoat: (the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface)
  • (n) undercoat, underseal: (seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion)
  • (n) undercoat, underfur: (thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair)
undercoat, Verb
  • (v) prime, ground, undercoat: (cover with a primer; apply a primer to)
undercoated, Adjective
  • (s) undercoated, undersealed: ((of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside)
undercover, Adjective
  • (s) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground: (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods) "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
undercurrent, Noun
  • (n) undertide, undercurrent: (a current below the surface of a fluid)
  • (n) undertone, undercurrent: (a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning)
undercut, Noun
  • (n) cut, undercut: ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball) "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
  • (n) tenderloin, undercut: (the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column)
  • (n) undercut: (the material removed by a cut made underneath)
  • (n) undercut: (a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall)
  • (n) undercut: (a cut made underneath to remove material)
undercut, Verb
  • (v) undercut: (cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief)
  • (v) undercut: (cut away the underpart of) "undercut a vein of ore"
  • (v) undercut: (strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot)
  • (v) undercut: (cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall)
  • (v) undersell, undercut: (sell cheaper than one's competition)
underdevelop, Verb
  • (v) underdevelop: (process (a film or photographic plate) less than the required time or in an ineffective solution or at an insufficiently high temperature) "These photos are underdeveloped"
underdeveloped, Adjective
  • (s) developing, underdeveloped: (relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply)
  • (s) underdeveloped: (not yet fully developed)
underdevelopment, Noun
  • (n) underdevelopment: (state of inadequate development) "much poverty can be traced to the underdevelopment of industry"
  • (n) underdevelopment: ((photography) inadequate processing of film resulting in inadequate contrast)
underdog, Noun
  • (n) underdog: (one at a disadvantage and expected to lose)
underdone, Adjective
  • (s) half-baked, underdone: (insufficiently cooked)
underdrawers, Noun
  • (n) drawers, underdrawers, shorts, boxers, boxershorts: (underpants worn by men)
underdress, Verb
  • (v) dress_down, underdress: (dress informally and casually) "On Fridays, employees can underdress"
  • (v) underdress: (dress without sufficient warmth) "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia"
undereducated, Adjective
  • (s) undereducated: (poorly or insufficiently educated)
underestimate, Noun
  • (n) underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning: (an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value)
underestimate, Verb
  • (v) lowball, underestimate: (make a deliberately low estimate) "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
  • (v) underestimate, underrate: (make too low an estimate of) "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
  • (v) undervalue, underestimate: (assign too low a value to) "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price"
underestimation, Noun
  • (n) underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning: (an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value)
underexpose, Verb
  • (v) underexpose: (expose to too little light) "The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark"
  • (v) underexpose: (expose insufficiently) "The child was underexposed to language"
underfed, Adjective
  • (s) ill-fed, underfed, undernourished: (not getting adequate food) "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished"
underframe, Noun
  • (n) skeleton, skeletal_frame, frame, underframe: (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape) "the building has a steel skeleton"
underfur, Noun
  • (n) undercoat, underfur: (thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair)
undergarment, Noun
  • (n) undergarment, unmentionable: (a garment worn under other garments)
undergo, Verb
  • (v) undergo: (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
undergrad, Noun
  • (n) undergraduate, undergrad: (a university student who has not yet received a first degree)
undergraduate, Noun
  • (n) undergraduate, undergrad: (a university student who has not yet received a first degree)
underground, Adjective
  • (s) belowground, underground: (under the level of the ground) "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns"
  • (s) clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground: (conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods) "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
underground, Noun
  • (n) metro, tube, underground, subway_system, subway: (an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)) "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"
  • (n) underground, resistance: (a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force)
undergrowth, Noun
  • (n) underbrush, undergrowth, underwood: (the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest)
underhand, Adjective
  • (s) sneaky, underhand, underhanded: (marked by deception) "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
  • (a) underhand, underhanded, underarm: (with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level) "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
underhanded, Adjective
  • (s) sneaky, underhand, underhanded: (marked by deception) "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
  • (a) underhand, underhanded, underarm: (with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level) "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
underhung, Adjective
  • (s) underhung: (supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above) "underhung sliding doors"
  • (s) underhung, undershot, underslung: (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper) "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog"
underived, Adjective
  • (a) underived: (not derived; primary or simple)
underlay, Noun
  • (n) carpet_pad, rug_pad, underlay, underlayment: (a pad placed under a carpet)
underlay, Verb
  • (v) underlay: (raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type) "underlay the plate"
  • (v) underlay: (put (something) under or beneath) "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper"
  • (v) underlay: (provide with a base, support, lining, or backing) "underlay the boards with joists"
  • (v) underlie: (be or form the base for)
  • (v) underlie: (lie underneath)
underlayment, Noun
  • (n) carpet_pad, rug_pad, underlay, underlayment: (a pad placed under a carpet)
underlie, Verb
  • (v) underlie: (be or form the base for)
  • (v) underlie: (lie underneath)
underline, Noun
  • (n) underscore, underline: (a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter))
underline, Verb
  • (v) underline, underscore: (draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to)
  • (v) underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise: (give extra weight to (a communication)) "Her gesture emphasized her words"
underling, Noun
  • (n) subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot_soldier: (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)
underlying, Adjective
  • (s) fundamental, rudimentary, underlying: (being or involving basic facts or principles) "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
  • (s) implicit_in, inherent, underlying: (in the nature of something though not readily apparent) "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"
  • (s) underlying: (located beneath or below)
undermanned, Adjective
  • (s) short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed: (inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.) "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
undermentioned, Adjective
  • (s) following, undermentioned: (about to be mentioned or specified) "the following items"
undermine, Verb
  • (v) cave, undermine: (hollow out as if making a cave or opening) "The river was caving the banks"
  • (v) sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken: (destroy property or hinder normal operations) "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
undernourish, Verb
  • (v) undernourish, malnourish: (provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment) "The stunted growth of these children shows that they are undernourished"
undernourished, Adjective
  • (s) ill-fed, underfed, undernourished: (not getting adequate food) "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished"
undernourishment, Noun
  • (n) undernourishment, malnourishment: (not having enough food to develop or function normally)
underpants, Noun
  • (n) underpants: (an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin)
underpass, Noun
  • (n) underpass, subway: (an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway)
underpay, Verb
  • (v) underpay: (pay too little)
underperform, Verb
  • (v) underachieve, underperform: (perform less well or with less success than expected) "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year"
  • (v) underperform: (perform too rarely) "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
underperformer, Noun
  • (n) underachiever, underperformer, nonachiever: (a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates)
  • (n) underperformer: (a business that is less successful than expected)
underpin, Verb
  • (v) corroborate, underpin, bear_out, support: (support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm) "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
  • (v) underpin: (support from beneath)
underplay, Verb
  • (v) underact, underplay: (act (a role) with great restraint)
  • (v) underplay: (play a card lower than (a held high card))
underprice, Verb
  • (v) dump, underprice: (sell at artificially low prices)
underprivileged, Adjective
  • (a) underprivileged: (lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society)
underrate, Verb
  • (v) underestimate, underrate: (make too low an estimate of) "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
underrating, Noun
  • (n) underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning: (an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value)
underreckoning, Noun
  • (n) underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning: (an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value)
underscore, Noun
  • (n) underscore, underline: (a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter))
underscore, Verb
  • (v) underline, underscore: (draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to)
  • (v) underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise: (give extra weight to (a communication)) "Her gesture emphasized her words"
undersea, Adjective
  • (s) submarine, undersea: (beneath the surface of the sea)
underseal, Noun
  • (n) undercoat, underseal: (seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion)
undersealed, Adjective
  • (s) undercoated, undersealed: ((of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside)
undersecretary, Noun
  • (n) undersecretary: (a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government)
undersell, Verb
  • (v) undersell, undercut: (sell cheaper than one's competition)
undershirt, Noun
  • (n) singlet, vest, undershirt: (a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body)
undershoot, Verb
  • (v) undershoot: (fall short of (the runway) in a landing) "The plane undershot the runway"
  • (v) undershoot: (shoot short of or below (a target))
undershot, Adjective
  • (s) underhung, undershot, underslung: (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper) "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog"
underside, Noun
  • (n) bottom, underside, undersurface: (the lower side of anything)
undersign, Verb
  • (v) undersign: (sign at the bottom of (a document))
undersize, Adjective
  • (s) undersize, undersized: (smaller than normal for its kind)
undersized, Adjective
  • (s) undersize, undersized: (smaller than normal for its kind)
underskirt, Noun
  • (n) petticoat, half-slip, underskirt: (undergarment worn under a skirt)
underslung, Adjective
  • (s) squat, underslung: (having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground)
  • (s) underhung, undershot, underslung: (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper) "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog"
  • (s) underslung: (supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below)
undersoil, Noun
  • (n) subsoil, undersoil: (the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock)
underspend, Verb
  • (v) underspend: (spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example))
  • (v) underspend: (spend at less than the normal rate)
understaffed, Adjective
  • (s) short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed: (inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.) "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
understand, Verb
  • (v) sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand: (be understanding of) "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
  • (v) understand: (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of) "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
  • (v) understand, realize, realise, see: (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally) "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"
  • (v) understand, read, interpret, translate: (make sense of a language) "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
  • (v) understand, infer: (believe to be the case) "I understand you have no previous experience?"
understandability, Noun
  • (n) comprehensibility, understandability: (the quality of comprehensible language or thought)
understandable, Adjective
  • (s) apprehensible, intelligible, graspable, perceivable, understandable: (capable of being apprehended or understood)
understanding, Adjective
  • (s) understanding: (characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy) "an understanding friend"
understanding, Noun
  • (n) agreement, understanding: (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises) "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers"
  • (n) reason, understanding, intellect: (the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination) "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
  • (n) sympathy, understanding: (an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion) "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
  • (n) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy: (the cognitive condition of someone who understands) "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
understate, Verb
  • (v) understate, minimize, minimise, downplay: (represent as less significant or important)
understated, Adjective
  • (s) understated, unostentatious, unpretentious: (exhibiting restrained good taste) "the room is pleasant and understated"
understatement, Noun
  • (n) understatement: (a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said)
understock, Verb
  • (v) understock: (stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity)
understood, Adjective
  • (s) silent, tacit, understood: (implied by or inferred from actions or statements) "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
  • (a) understood: (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation) "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear"
understructure, Noun
  • (n) foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure: (lowest support of a structure) "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
understudy, Noun
  • (n) understudy, standby: (an actor able to replace a regular performer when required)
understudy, Verb
  • (v) understudy, alternate: (be an understudy or alternate for a role)
undersurface, Noun
  • (n) bottom, underside, undersurface: (the lower side of anything)
undertake, Verb
  • (v) contract, undertake: (enter into a contractual arrangement)
  • (v) undertake, set_about, attempt: (enter upon an activity or enterprise)
  • (v) undertake, tackle, take_on: (accept as a challenge) "I'll tackle this difficult task"
  • (v) undertake, guarantee: (promise to do or accomplish) "guarantee to free the prisoners"
  • (v) undertake, take_in_charge: (accept as a charge)
undertaker, Noun
  • (n) mortician, undertaker, funeral_undertaker, funeral_director: (one whose business is the management of funerals)
undertaking, Noun
  • (n) undertaking, project, task, labor: (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted) "he prepared for great undertakings"
  • (n) undertaking: (the trade of a funeral director)
undertide, Noun
  • (n) undertide, undercurrent: (a current below the surface of a fluid)
undertone, Noun
  • (n) undertone: (a quiet or hushed tone of voice) "spoke in undertones"
  • (n) undertone, undercurrent: (a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning)
  • (n) undertone, tinge: (a pale or subdued color)
undertow, Noun
  • (n) undertow: (an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling) "his account had a poignant undertow of regret"
  • (n) undertow, sea_puss, sea-puss, sea_purse, sea-purse, sea-poose: (the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore)
undervalue, Verb
  • (v) depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue: (lose in value) "The dollar depreciated again"
  • (v) undervalue, underestimate: (assign too low a value to) "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price"
  • (v) undervalue: (esteem lightly)
underwater, Adjective
  • (s) subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed, underwater: (growing or remaining under water) "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves"
  • (s) submerged, submersed, underwater: (beneath the surface of the water) "submerged rocks"
underway, Adjective
  • (s) afoot, underway: (currently in progress) "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"
underwear, Noun
  • (n) underwear, underclothes, underclothing: (undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments)
underweight, Adjective
  • (s) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy: (being very thin) "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
underwood, Noun
  • (n) underbrush, undergrowth, underwood: (the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest)
underworld, Noun
  • (n) Hell, Hades, infernal_region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld: ((religion) the world of the dead) "No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth"-Theognis"
  • (n) underworld: (the criminal class)
underwrite, Verb
  • (v) cover, insure, underwrite: (protect by insurance) "The insurance won't cover this"
  • (v) underwrite, subvention, subvent: (guarantee financial support of) "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
underwriter, Noun
  • (n) insurance_broker, insurance_agent, general_agent, underwriter: (an agent who sells insurance)
  • (n) insurance_company, insurance_firm, insurer, insurance_underwriter, underwriter: (a financial institution that sells insurance)
  • (n) investment_banker, underwriter: (a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities)
undescriptive, Adjective
  • (a) undescriptive: (not successful in describing)
undeserved, Adjective
  • (s) undeserved: (not deserved or earned) "has an undeserved reputation as a coward"
undeserving, Adjective
  • (s) undeserving, unworthy: (not deserving) "the undeserving poor"
undesigned, Adjective
  • (a) undesigned: (not done or made or performed with purpose or intent)
undesirability, Noun
  • (n) undesirability: (the quality possessed by something that should be avoided)
undesirable, Adjective
  • (a) undesirable, unwanted: (not wanted) "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"; "removed the unwanted vegetation"
  • (s) undesirable, unsuitable: (not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse))
undesirable, Noun
  • (n) undesirable: (one whose presence is undesirable) "rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables"
undesired, Adjective
  • (s) undesired, unsought: (not desired) "an undesired result"
undesiring, Adjective
  • (a) undesirous, undesiring: (having or feeling no desire) "a very private man, totally undesirous of public office"
undesirous, Adjective
  • (a) undesirous, undesiring: (having or feeling no desire) "a very private man, totally undesirous of public office"
undestroyable, Adjective
  • (s) durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable: (very long lasting) "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent"
  • (s) undestroyable: (not capable of being destroyed)
undetectable, Adjective
  • (s) indiscernible, insensible, undetectable: (barely able to be perceived) "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
  • (s) undetectable: (not easily seen)
undetected, Adjective
  • (a) undetected: (not perceived or discerned) "they feared some undetected trace of poison"; "she looked around to be sure her faux pas was undetected"
undeterminable, Adjective
  • (a) indeterminable, undeterminable: (not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained)
undetermined, Adjective
  • (a) indeterminate, undetermined: (not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance) "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future"
  • (s) open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved: (not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought) "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"
  • (a) undetermined: (not yet having been ascertained or determined) "of undetermined species"
undeterred, Adjective
  • (s) undeterred, undiscouraged: (not deterred) "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell"
undeveloped, Adjective
  • (a) undeveloped: (not developed) "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness"
  • (a) unexploited, undeveloped: (undeveloped or unused) "vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources"; "taxes on undeveloped lots are low"
undeviating, Adjective
  • (s) undeviating, unswerving: (going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside) "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"
  • (s) undeviating: (used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady) "undeviating loyalty"
undiagnosable, Adjective
  • (s) undiagnosable: (not possible to diagnose)
undiagnosed, Adjective
  • (s) undiagnosed: (eluding diagnosis) "undiagnosed disease"
undies, Noun
  • (n) undies: (women's underwear)
undifferentiated, Adjective
  • (a) undifferentiated, uniform: (not differentiated)
undignified, Adjective
  • (a) undignified: (lacking dignity)
undiluted, Adjective
  • (a) undiluted: (not diluted) "undiluted milk"; "an undiluted racial strain"
undiminished, Adjective
  • (s) undiminished, unrelieved: (not lessened or diminished) "unrelieved suffering"
undimmed, Adjective
  • (a) undimmed, bright: (not made dim or less bright) "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"
undiplomatic, Adjective
  • (a) undiplomatic: (not skilled in dealing with others)
undirected, Adjective
  • (s) adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected: (aimlessly drifting)
undiscerning, Adjective
  • (a) undiscerning: (lacking discernment)
undischarged, Adjective
  • (s) outstanding, owing, undischarged: (owed as a debt) "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"
  • (s) undischarged, unexploded: (still capable of exploding or being fired) "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb"
undiscipline, Noun
  • (n) indiscipline, undiscipline: (the trait of lacking discipline)
undisciplined, Adjective
  • (s) uncorrected, undisciplined: (not subjected to correction or discipline) "let her children grow up uncorrected"
  • (s) undisciplined: (not subjected to discipline) "undisciplined talent"
  • (s) undisciplined, ungoverned: (lacking in discipline or control) "undisciplined behavior"; "ungoverned youth"
undisclosed, Adjective
  • (s) undisclosed, unrevealed: (not made known)
undiscouraged, Adjective
  • (s) undeterred, undiscouraged: (not deterred) "pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding"- Osbert Sitwell"
undiscoverable, Adjective
  • (s) unascertainable, undiscoverable: (not able to be ascertained; resisting discovery)
undiscovered, Adjective
  • (s) undiscovered: (not discovered) "with earth-based telescopes many stars remain undiscovered"
  • (s) undiscovered, unexplored: (not yet discovered) "undiscovered islands"
undiscriminating, Adjective
  • (a) undiscriminating, indiscriminating: (not discriminating)
undismayed, Adjective
  • (s) undaunted, undismayed, unshaken: (unshaken in purpose) "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made"
undisputable, Adjective
  • (s) incontestable, indisputable, undisputable: (not open to question; obviously true) "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness"
undisputed, Adjective
  • (s) undisputed, unchallenged, unquestioned: (generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute) "the undisputed fact"
undistinguishable, Adjective
  • (a) indistinguishable, undistinguishable: (not capable of being distinguished or differentiated) "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity"
undistinguished, Adjective
  • (s) insignificant, undistinguished: (not worthy of notice)
undistributed, Adjective
  • (s) undistributed: ((of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities)
undisturbed, Adjective
  • (s) undisturbed: (untroubled by interference or disturbance) "he could pursue his studies undisturbed"
undiversified, Adjective
  • (a) undiversified: (not diversified)
undivided, Adjective
  • (s) single, undivided, exclusive: (not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective) "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention"
  • (s) undivided: (not parted by conflict of opinion) "presented an undivided front"
  • (s) undivided: (not shared by or among others) "undivided responsibility"
  • (s) undivided: (not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit) "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share"
undo, Verb
  • (v) undo: (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect) "I wish I could undo my actions"
  • (v) undo: (cause the ruin or downfall of) "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign"
  • (v) unmake, undo: (deprive of certain characteristics)
  • (v) untie, undo, loosen: (cause to become loose) "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
  • (v) unwrap, undo: (remove the outer cover or wrapping of) "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
undoable, Adjective
  • (s) unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable: (impossible to achieve) "an unattainable goal"
undock, Verb
  • (v) undock: (move out of a dock) "We docked at noon"
  • (v) undock: (take (a ship) out of a dock) "undock the ship"
undocumented, Adjective
  • (a) undocumented: (lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)) "undocumented aliens"; "undocumented tax deductions"
undoer, Noun
  • (n) destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter: (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
  • (n) undoer: (a seducer who ruins a woman) "she awoke in the arms of her cruel undoer"
  • (n) undoer, opener, unfastener, untier: (a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens) "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces"
undogmatic, Adjective
  • (s) free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical: (unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion))
undogmatical, Adjective
  • (s) free-thinking, latitudinarian, undogmatic, undogmatical: (unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion))
undoing, Noun
  • (n) undoing: (an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done))
  • (n) untying, undoing, unfastening: (loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy") "the tying of bow ties is an art"
undomestic, Adjective
  • (a) undomestic: (not domestic or related to home) "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven"
undone, Adjective
  • (s) done_for, ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up: (doomed to extinction)
  • (s) undone: (not done) "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared"
  • (s) undone: (not fastened or tied or secured) "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"
  • (s) unstuck, undone: (thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence) "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
undrained, Adjective
  • (a) undrained: (not drained; keep them undrained") "preserve wetlands"
undramatic, Adjective
  • (a) undramatic: (lacking dramatic force and quality) "moved with quiet force and undramatic bearing"
undreamed, Adjective
  • (s) undreamed, undreamed_of, undreamt, undreamt_of, unimagined: (not imagined even in a dream)
undreamt, Adjective
  • (s) undreamed, undreamed_of, undreamt, undreamt_of, unimagined: (not imagined even in a dream)
undress, Noun
  • (n) undress: (partial or complete nakedness) "a state of undress"
undress, Verb
  • (v) strip, undress, divest, disinvest: (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes) "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
  • (v) undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip_down, disrobe, peel: (get undressed) "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
undressed, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
  • (s) undressed: (of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed) "undressed granite"; "undressed hides"
undrinkable, Adjective
  • (a) undrinkable: (unsuitable for drinking)
undue, Adjective
  • (s) excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable: (beyond normal limits) "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
  • (a) undue: (not yet payable) "an undue loan"
  • (a) undue: (not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances) "undue influence"; "I didn't want to show undue excitement"; "accused of using undue force"
  • (s) undue, unjustified, unwarranted: (lacking justification or authorization) "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
undulant, Adjective
  • (a) undulatory, undulant: (resembling waves in form or outline or motion)
undulate, Adjective
  • (s) undulate: (having a wavy margin and rippled surface)
undulate, Verb
  • (v) ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulate: (stir up (water) so as to form ripples)
  • (v) roll, undulate: (occur in soft rounded shapes) "The hills rolled past"
  • (v) roll, undulate, flap, wave: (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion) "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
  • (v) undulate: (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
undulation, Noun
  • (n) undulation: (wavelike motion; a gentle rising and falling in the manner of waves)
  • (n) wave, undulation: ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)
  • (n) wave, undulation: (an undulating curve)
undulatory, Adjective
  • (a) undulatory, undulant: (resembling waves in form or outline or motion)
undutiful, Adjective
  • (s) impious, undutiful: (lacking due respect or dutifulness) "impious toward one's parents"; "an undutiful son"
undyed, Adjective
  • (s) unbleached, uncolored, undyed: (not artificially colored or bleached) "unbleached blonde hair"; "her hair is uncolored"; "undyed cotton"
undying, Adjective
  • (s) deathless, undying: (never dying) "his undying fame"
undynamic, Adjective
  • (a) undynamic, adynamic: (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness)
uneager, Adjective
  • (a) uneager: (lacking interest or spirit or animation) "decrepit, colorless uneager things"
unearned, Adjective
  • (a) unearned: (not gained by merit or labor or service) "accepted the unearned rewards that came his ways as well as the unearned criticism"; "unearned income"; "an unearned run"
unearth, Verb
  • (v) excavate, unearth: (recover through digging) "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
  • (v) unearth: (bring to light) "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"
unearthly, Adjective
  • (s) eldritch, weird, uncanny, unearthly: (suggesting the operation of supernatural influences) "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy"; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley"
  • (s) spiritual, unearthly: (concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul) "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
unease, Noun
  • (n) disquiet, unease, uneasiness: (the trait of seeming ill at ease)
  • (n) malaise, unease, uneasiness: (physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression))
uneasiness, Noun
  • (n) disquiet, unease, uneasiness: (the trait of seeming ill at ease)
  • (n) edginess, uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude: (feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable)
  • (n) malaise, unease, uneasiness: (physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression))
  • (n) restlessness, uneasiness, queasiness: (inability to rest or relax or be still)
  • (n) self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness: (embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you)
uneasy, Adjective
  • (s) anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet: (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"
  • (s) awkward, ill_at_ease, uneasy: (socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner) "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
  • (a) restless, uneasy: (lacking or not affording physical or mental rest) "a restless night"; "she fell into an uneasy sleep"
  • (a) uneasy: (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance) "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group"
  • (s) uneasy: (relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort)
uneatable, Adjective
  • (a) inedible, uneatable: (not suitable for food)
uneconomic, Adjective
  • (s) uneconomical, uneconomic: (wasteful of resources)
uneconomical, Adjective
  • (s) uneconomical, wasteful: (inefficient in use of time and effort and materials) "a clumsy and wasteful process"; "wasteful duplication of effort"; "uneconomical ebb and flow of power"
  • (s) uneconomical, uneconomic: (wasteful of resources)
unedifying, Adjective
  • (a) unedifying, unenlightening: (not edifying)
uneducated, Adjective
  • (a) uneducated: (not having a good education)
uneffective, Adjective
  • (a) ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual: (not producing an intended effect) "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"
unelaborate, Adjective
  • (s) inelaborate, unelaborate: (not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail)
unelaborated, Adjective
  • (s) sketchy, unelaborated: (giving only major points; lacking completeness) "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"
unembarrassed, Adjective
  • (s) unabashed, unembarrassed: (not embarrassed) "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone"; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened"
unembellished, Adjective
  • (s) plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented: (lacking embellishment or ornamentation) "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
unembodied, Adjective
  • (s) discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied, disembodied: (not having a material body) "bodiless ghosts"
unemotional, Adjective
  • (s) restrained, reticent, unemotional: (cool and formal in manner)
  • (a) unemotional: (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
unemotionality, Noun
  • (n) emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness, phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality: (apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions)
  • (n) unemotionality, emotionlessness: (absence of emotion)
unemployable, Adjective
  • (a) unemployable: (not acceptable for employment as a worker) "his illiteracy made him unemployable"
unemployed, Adjective
  • (a) unemployed: (not engaged in a gainful occupation) "unemployed workers marched on the capital"
unemployed, Noun
  • (n) unemployed_people, unemployed: (people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group)) "the long-term unemployed need assistance"
unemployment, Noun
  • (n) unemployment: (the state of being unemployed or not having a job) "unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
unenclosed, Adjective
  • (a) unenclosed: (not closed in our surrounded or included) "an unenclosed porch"; "unenclosed common land"
unencumbered, Adjective
  • (a) unencumbered: (free of encumbrance) "inherited an unencumbered estate"
  • (s) unencumbered: (not burdened with cares or responsibilities) "living an unencumbered life"
unending, Adjective
  • (s) ageless, aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending, unceasing: (continuing forever or indefinitely) "the ageless themes of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending bliss of heaven"
unendowed, Adjective
  • (a) unendowed: (not equipped or provided) "unendowed with genius"- J.L.Lowes"
unendurable, Adjective
  • (a) intolerable, unbearable, unendurable: (incapable of being put up with) "an intolerable degree of sentimentality"
unenergetic, Adjective
  • (s) slowgoing, unenergetic: (not inclined to be enterprising)
unenforceable, Adjective
  • (a) unenforceable: (not enforceable; not capable of being brought about by compulsion) "an unenforceable law"; "unenforceable reforms"
unenforced, Adjective
  • (a) unenforced: (not enforced; not compelled especially by legal or police action) "too many unenforced laws can breed contempt for law"
unengaged, Adjective
  • (s) unengaged: (not busy or occupied; free) "the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon"
  • (s) unengaged, unpledged, unpromised: (not promised in marriage) "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis"
unenlightened, Adjective
  • (a) unenlightened: (not enlightened; ignorant) "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
  • (s) uninstructed, unenlightened, naive: (lacking information or instruction) "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
unenlightening, Adjective
  • (a) unedifying, unenlightening: (not edifying)
  • (a) unenlightening, unilluminating: (failing to inform or clarify) "an unenlightening comment"
unenlightenment, Noun
  • (n) unenlightenment: (a lack of understanding)
unenlivened, Adjective
  • (a) unenlivened: (not made lively or brightened) "a life unenlivened by romance"
unenrgetic, Adjective
  • (a) lethargic, unenrgetic: (deficient in alertness or activity) "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"
unenterprising, Adjective
  • (a) unenterprising, nonenterprising: (lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome)
unenthusiastic, Adjective
  • (a) unenthusiastic: (not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor) "an unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra"; "unenthusiastic applause"
unentitled, Adjective
  • (s) unentitled, unqualified: (having no right or entitlement) "a distinction to which he was unentitled"
unenviable, Adjective
  • (s) awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable: (hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment) "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
  • (s) unenviable: (so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy) "unenviable notoriety"
unequal, Adjective
  • (a) inadequate, unequal: (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task) "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
  • (a) unequal: (poorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure)
unequaled, Adjective
  • (s) alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled: (radically distinctive and without equal) "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
unequalised, Adjective
  • (s) unequalized, unequalised: (not caused to be equal)
unequalized, Adjective
  • (s) unequalized, unequalised: (not caused to be equal)
unequalled, Adjective
  • (s) alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled: (radically distinctive and without equal) "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
unequipped, Adjective
  • (a) unequipped: (without necessary physical or intellectual equipment) "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"
unequivocal, Adjective
  • (s) definitive, unequivocal: (clearly defined or formulated) "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney"
  • (a) unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous: (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion) "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unequivocalness, Noun
  • (n) unambiguity, unequivocalness: (clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity)
unerasable, Adjective
  • (s) indelible, unerasable: (cannot be removed or erased) "an indelible stain"; "indelible memories"
unerect, Adjective
  • (a) unerect: (not upright in position or posture)
unerring, Adjective
  • (s) inerrable, inerrant, unerring: (not liable to error) "the Church was...theoretically inerrant and omnicompetent"-G.G.Coulton"; "lack an inerrant literary sense"; "an unerring marksman"
unessential, Adjective
  • (a) inessential, unessential: (not basic or fundamental)
unestablished, Adjective
  • (a) unestablished: (not established) "a reputation as yet unestablished"
unethical, Adjective
  • (a) unethical: (not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior) "unethical business practices"
uneven, Adjective
  • (s) mismatched, uneven: ((of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents) "vaudeville...waged an uneven battle against the church"
  • (a) odd, uneven: (not divisible by two)
  • (s) spotty, uneven, scratchy: (lacking consistency) "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"
  • (a) uneven: (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture) "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"
  • (s) uneven: (variable and recurring at irregular intervals) "an uneven gait"; "uneven spacing"
unevenness, Noun
  • (n) unevenness, variability: (the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity)
  • (n) unevenness: (the quality of being unbalanced)
uneventful, Adjective
  • (a) uneventful: (marked by no noteworthy or significant events) "an uneventful life"; "the voyage was pleasant and uneventful"; "recovery was uneventful"
unexampled, Adjective
  • (s) new, unexampled: (having no previous example or precedent or parallel) "a time of unexampled prosperity"
unexceeded, Adjective
  • (s) unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed: (not capable of being improved on)
unexcelled, Adjective
  • (s) unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed: (not capable of being improved on)
unexceptionable, Adjective
  • (s) unexceptionable, unimpeachable: (completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach) "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable"
unexceptional, Adjective
  • (s) run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine, mine_run, unexceptional: (not special in any way) "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"
unexchangeability, Noun
  • (n) unexchangeability: (the quality of being incapable of exchange or interchange)
unexchangeable, Adjective
  • (a) inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable: (used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value)
  • (a) unexchangeable: (not suitable to be exchanged)
unexcitable, Adjective
  • (a) unexcitable: (not easily excited) "an unexcitable temperament"
unexcited, Adjective
  • (a) unexcited: (not excited) "made an unexcited appraisal of the situation"
unexciting, Adjective
  • (a) unexciting: (not exciting) "an unexciting novel"; "lived an unexciting life"
  • (a) unstimulating, unexciting: (not stimulating)
unexclusive, Adjective
  • (s) unexclusive, unrestricted: (accessible to all)
unexcused, Adjective
  • (s) unexcused: (not excused) "too many unexcused absences"
unexhausted, Adjective
  • (a) unexhausted: (not used up completely) "an unexhausted well"
unexpansive, Adjective
  • (a) unexpansive: (showing no tendency to expand) "unexpansive bodies"
  • (s) unexpansive: (not given to high spirits or effusiveness) "an unexpansive man"
unexpected, Adjective
  • (a) unexpected: (not expected or anticipated) "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news"
unexpectedness, Noun
  • (n) unexpectedness, surprisingness: (extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected) "the unexpectedness of the warm welcome"
unexpendable, Adjective
  • (a) unexpendable: (not suitable to be expended)
unexpended, Adjective
  • (s) leftover, left_over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended: (not used up) "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
  • (s) unspent, unexpended: ((of financial resources) not spent) "unexpended funds"; "his unspent allowance"
unexpired, Adjective
  • (a) unexpired: (not having come to an end or been terminated by passage of time) "elected to fill the senator's unexpired term"; "an unexpired driver's license"
unexplainable, Adjective
  • (s) unaccountable, unexplainable: (not to be accounted for or explained) "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear"
unexplained, Adjective
  • (s) unexplained: (not explained) "accomplished by some unexplained process"
  • (s) unexplained: (having the reason or cause not made clear) "an unexplained error"
unexploded, Adjective
  • (s) undischarged, unexploded: (still capable of exploding or being fired) "undischarged ammunition"; "an unexploded bomb"
unexploited, Adjective
  • (a) unexploited, undeveloped: (undeveloped or unused) "vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources"; "taxes on undeveloped lots are low"
unexplorative, Adjective
  • (a) nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative: (not exploratory)
unexploratory, Adjective
  • (a) nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative: (not exploratory)
unexplored, Adjective
  • (s) undiscovered, unexplored: (not yet discovered) "undiscovered islands"
unexportable, Adjective
  • (a) unexportable: (not suitable for export)
unexpressed, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unexpressible, Adjective
  • (a) inexpressible, unexpressible: (defying expression)
unexpressive, Adjective
  • (s) deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive: (deliberately impassive in manner) "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
unextended, Adjective
  • (a) unextended: (not extended or stretched out) "an unextended arm"
unfaceted, Adjective
  • (a) unfaceted: (lacking facets) "an unfaceted gem"
unfading, Adjective
  • (s) amaranthine, unfading: (of an imaginary flower that never fades)
unfailing, Adjective
  • (s) foolproof, unfailing: (not liable to failure) "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"
  • (s) unfailing: (always able to supply more) "an unfailing source of good stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest"
  • (s) unfailing, unflagging: (unceasing) "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy"
unfair, Adjective
  • (a) unfair, unjust: (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception) "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
unfairness, Noun
  • (n) injustice, unfairness, iniquity, shabbiness: (an unjust act)
  • (n) unfairness: (partiality that is not fair or equitable)
  • (n) unfairness, inequity: (injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards)
unfaithful, Adjective
  • (s) faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous: (having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor) "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
  • (a) unfaithful: (not true to duty or obligation or promises) "an unfaithful lover"
  • (a) unfaithful: (having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend) "her husband was unfaithful"
  • (s) unfaithful: (not trustworthy) "an unfaithful reproduction"
unfaithfulness, Noun
  • (n) infidelity, unfaithfulness: (the quality of being unfaithful)
unfaltering, Adjective
  • (s) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering: (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable) "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
unfamiliar, Adjective
  • (a) unfamiliar: (not known or well known) "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
unfamiliarity, Noun
  • (n) unfamiliarity, strangeness: (unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)
unfashionable, Adjective
  • (a) unfashionable, unstylish: (not in accord with or not following current fashion) "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
unfasten, Verb
  • (v) unfasten: (cause to become undone) "unfasten your belt"
  • (v) unfasten: (become undone or untied) "The shoelaces unfastened"
unfastened, Adjective
  • (a) open, unfastened: (affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed) "an open door"; "they left the door open"
  • (a) unbuttoned, unfastened: (not buttoned) "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat"
  • (a) unfastened: (not closed or secured) "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts"
  • (a) untied, unfastened: (not tied)
unfastener, Noun
  • (n) undoer, opener, unfastener, untier: (a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens) "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces"
unfastening, Noun
  • (n) untying, undoing, unfastening: (loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy") "the tying of bow ties is an art"
unfastidious, Adjective
  • (a) unfastidious: (not exacting in nutritional requirements)
  • (a) unfastidious: (marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness) "unfastidious in her dress"
unfathomable, Adjective
  • (s) abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable: (resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable) "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
  • (a) unfathomable: (of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured)
  • (s) unfathomable: (impossible to come to understand)
unfathomed, Adjective
  • (s) profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded: (situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed) "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray"; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
unfavorable, Adjective
  • (a) unfavorable, unfavourable: (not encouraging or approving or pleasing) "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"
  • (a) unfavorable, unfavourable: ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose) "unfavorable winds"
  • (s) unfavorable, unfavourable: (not favorable) "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"
unfavorableness, Noun
  • (n) unfavorableness, unfavourableness: (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
unfavourable, Adjective
  • (a) unfavorable, unfavourable: (not encouraging or approving or pleasing) "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"
  • (a) unfavorable, unfavourable: ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose) "unfavorable winds"
  • (s) unfavorable, unfavourable: (not favorable) "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"
unfavourableness, Noun
  • (n) unfavorableness, unfavourableness: (the quality of not being encouraging or indicative of success)
unfearing, Adjective
  • (s) audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, intrepid, unfearing: (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
unfeasibility, Noun
  • (n) infeasibility, unfeasibility: (the quality of not being doable)
unfeasible, Adjective
  • (s) impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable: (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"
unfeathered, Adjective
  • (a) unfeathered, featherless: (having no feathers) "a featherless biped"; "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington"
  • (s) unfeathered: (not having feathers) "the unfeathered brood"
unfeeling, Adjective
  • (s) hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling: (devoid of feeling for others) "an unfeeling wretch"
  • (s) unfeeling: (devoid of feeling or sensation) "unfeeling trees"
unfeelingness, Noun
  • (n) unfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibility: (devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness)
unfeigned, Adjective
  • (s) genuine, true, unfeigned: (not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed) "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
unfermented, Adjective
  • (s) fresh, sweet, unfermented: (not soured or preserved) "sweet milk"
unfertile, Adjective
  • (a) sterile, unfertile, infertile: (incapable of reproducing) "an infertile couple"
unfertilised, Adjective
  • (s) unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated: (not having been fertilized) "an unfertilized egg"
unfertilized, Adjective
  • (s) unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated: (not having been fertilized) "an unfertilized egg"
unfettered, Adjective
  • (s) unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied: (not bound by shackles and chains)
unfilled, Adjective
  • (a) unfilled: (of purchase orders that have not been filled)
unfilmed, Adjective
  • (s) unfilmed, untaped: (not recorded on film or tape)
unfinished, Adjective
  • (s) bare, unfinished: (lacking a surface finish such as paint) "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture"
  • (a) unfinished: (not brought to the desired final state)
  • (a) unfinished: (not brought to an end or conclusion) "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"
unfirm, Adjective
  • (s) shifting, unfirm: ((of soil) unstable) "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"
  • (s) unfirm, unsteady: (not firmly or solidly positioned) "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance"
unfit, Adjective
  • (s) bad, unfit, unsound: (physically unsound or diseased) "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
  • (a) unfit: (below the required standards for a purpose) "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"
  • (a) unfit: (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition) "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
unfit, Verb
  • (v) disqualify, unfit, indispose: (make unfit or unsuitable) "Your income disqualifies you"
unfitness, Noun
  • (n) inability, unfitness: (lacking the power to perform)
  • (n) unfitness, softness: (poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury))
  • (n) unfitness: (the quality of not being suitable) "the judges agreed on his unfitness for the appointment"
unfitting, Adjective
  • (s) inappropriate, incompatible, out_or_keeping, unfitting: (not in keeping with what is correct or proper) "completely inappropriate behavior"
unfixed, Adjective
  • (s) nebulous, unfixed: (lacking definition or definite content) "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen"
  • (a) unfixed: (not firmly placed or set or fastened)
unflagging, Adjective
  • (s) indefatigable, tireless, unflagging, unwearying: (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality) "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"
  • (s) unfailing, unflagging: (unceasing) "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits"; "unflagging courtesy"
unflappable, Adjective
  • (s) imperturbable, unflappable: (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure) "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis"
unflattering, Adjective
  • (a) unflattering, uncomplimentary: (showing or representing unfavorably) "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress"
unflavored, Adjective
  • (s) unflavored, unflavoured, nonflavored, nonflavoured: (without flavoring added)
unflavoured, Adjective
  • (s) unflavored, unflavoured, nonflavored, nonflavoured: (without flavoring added)
unflawed, Adjective
  • (s) flawless, unflawed: (without a flaw) "a flawless gemstone"
unfledged, Adjective
  • (s) fledgling, unfledged, callow: (young and inexperienced) "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
  • (a) unfledged, immature: ((of birds) not yet having developed feathers) "a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill"
  • (s) unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned: ((of an arrow) not equipped with feathers) "shot an unfledged arrow"
unflinching, Adjective
  • (s) unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking: (not shrinking from danger)
unfluctuating, Adjective
  • (s) firm, steady, unfluctuating: (not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall) "stocks are still firm"
unflurried, Adjective
  • (s) unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled: (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension) "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope"
unflustered, Adjective
  • (s) unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled: (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension) "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope"
unfocused, Adjective
  • (a) unfocused, unfocussed: ((of an image) not being in or brought into focus) "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus"
  • (s) unfocused, unfocussed: (not concentrated at one point or upon one objective) "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister"
unfocussed, Adjective
  • (a) unfocused, unfocussed: ((of an image) not being in or brought into focus) "at their edges things were pretty much out of focus"
  • (s) unfocused, unfocussed: (not concentrated at one point or upon one objective) "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister"
unfold, Verb
  • (v) blossom, blossom_out, blossom_forth, unfold: (develop or come to a promising stage) "Youth blossomed into maturity"
  • (v) unfold: (open to the view) "A walk through town will unfold many interesting buildings"
  • (v) unfold, stretch, stretch_out, extend: (extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length) "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
  • (v) unfold, spread, spread_out, open: (spread out or open from a closed or folded state) "open the map"; "spread your arms"
unfolding, Noun
  • (n) unfolding, flowering: (a developmental process) "the flowering of antebellum culture"
unforced, Adjective
  • (s) uncoerced, unforced, willing: (not brought about by coercion or force) "the confession was uncoerced"
  • (s) unforced, unstrained: (not resulting from undue effort; not forced) "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained"
unforceful, Adjective
  • (a) forceless, unforceful: (lacking force; feeble) "a forceless argument"
unforeseeable, Adjective
  • (s) unforeseeable: (incapable of being anticipated) "unforeseeable consequences"
unforeseen, Adjective
  • (s) unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out_of_the_blue: (not anticipated) "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden"; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"
unforesightful, Adjective
  • (s) short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic: (lacking foresight or scope) "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
unforfeitable, Adjective
  • (s) unforfeitable, inalienable: (not subject to forfeiture) "an unforfeitable right"
unforgettable, Adjective
  • (a) unforgettable: (impossible to forget)
unforgivable, Adjective
  • (s) inexcusable, unforgivable: (not excusable)
unforgiving, Adjective
  • (s) grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting: (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty) "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
  • (a) unforgiving: (unwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy) "a surly unforgiving old woman"
unformed, Adjective
  • (a) unformed: (not having form or shape) "unformed clay"
  • (s) unformed: (not formed or organized) "an as yet unformed government"
unfortunate, Adjective
  • (a) inauspicious, unfortunate: (not auspicious; boding ill)
  • (a) unfortunate: (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune) "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
  • (s) unfortunate: (unsuitable or regrettable) "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
unfortunate, Noun
  • (n) unfortunate, unfortunate_person: (a person who suffers misfortune)
unfounded, Adjective
  • (s) baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild: (without a basis in reason or fact) "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
unframed, Adjective
  • (a) unframed: (not provided with a frame) "unframed pictures"
unfree, Adjective
  • (a) unfree: (held in servitude) "he was born of slave parents"
  • (a) unfree: (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)
unfreeze, Verb
  • (v) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt: (become or cause to become soft or liquid) "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
  • (v) unblock, unfreeze, free, release: (make (assets) available) "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
unfrequented, Adjective
  • (s) lonely, solitary, unfrequented: (devoid of creatures) "a lonely crossroads"; "a solitary retreat"; "a trail leading to an unfrequented lake"
unfretted, Adjective
  • (a) unfretted: (without frets)
unfriendliness, Noun
  • (n) unfriendliness: (dislike experienced as an absence of friendliness)
  • (n) unfriendliness: (an unfriendly disposition)
unfriendly, Adjective
  • (s) hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly: (very unfavorable to life or growth) "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes"
  • (a) unfriendly: (not easy to understand or use) "user-unfriendly"
  • (a) unfriendly: (not disposed to friendship or friendliness) "an unfriendly coldness of manner"; "an unfriendly action to take"
  • (s) unfriendly, inimical: (not friendly) "an unfriendly act of aggression"; "an inimical critic"
unfrock, Verb
  • (v) defrock, unfrock: (divest of the frock; of church officials)
unfrozen, Adjective
  • (a) unfrozen: (not frozen) "unfrozen ground"
unfruitful, Adjective
  • (a) unfruitful: (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)
unfueled, Adjective
  • (a) unfueled: (not provided with fuel)
unfulfilled, Adjective
  • (s) unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised: (of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities) "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"
unfunded, Adjective
  • (a) unfunded: (not furnished with funds) "an unfunded project"
unfurl, Verb
  • (v) unfurl, unroll: (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state) "unfurl a banner"
unfurnished, Adjective
  • (a) unfurnished: (not equipped with what is needed especially furniture) "an unfurnished apartment"
unfurrowed, Adjective
  • (a) unfurrowed: (not marked with shallow depressions or furrows) "an unfurrowed field"; "unfurrowed cheeks"
ungainliness, Noun
  • (n) gawkiness, ungainliness: (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant)
ungainly, Adjective
  • (s) awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly: (difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape) "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
  • (s) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy: (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"
ungallant, Adjective
  • (s) caddish, unchivalrous, ungallant: (offensively discourteous)
ungarbed, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
ungarmented, Adjective
  • (s) unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented: (having removed clothing)
ungathered, Adjective
  • (a) uncollected, ungathered: (not brought together in one place) "uncollected garbage in the streets"
ungeared, Adjective
  • (a) ungeared: (having gears not engaged or disconnected) "the machine's ungeared pinion"
ungenerous, Adjective
  • (a) stingy, ungenerous: (unwilling to spend) "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
  • (a) ungenerous, meanspirited: (lacking in magnanimity) "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup."; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"
ungentle, Adjective
  • (s) ignoble, ungentle, untitled: (not of the nobility) "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
ungentlemanlike, Adjective
  • (s) ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike: (not befitting a gentleman)
ungentlemanly, Adjective
  • (s) ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike: (not befitting a gentleman)
ungetatable, Adjective
  • (s) un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable: (difficult to reach or attain)
unglamorous, Adjective
  • (s) commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous: (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement) "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
unglamourous, Adjective
  • (s) commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous: (not challenging; dull and lacking excitement) "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
unglazed, Adjective
  • (a) unglazed, glassless: (not furnished with glass) "windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible"
  • (a) unglazed: (not having a shiny coating) "unglazed paper"
ungodliness, Noun
  • (n) ungodliness, godlessness: (impiety by virtue of not being a godly person)
ungodly, Adjective
  • (s) iniquitous, sinful, ungodly: (characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin) "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"
ungovernable, Adjective
  • (s) indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly: (of persons) "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
ungoverned, Adjective
  • (s) unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned: (not restrained or controlled) "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"
  • (s) undisciplined, ungoverned: (lacking in discipline or control) "undisciplined behavior"; "ungoverned youth"
ungraceful, Adjective
  • (s) graceless, ungraceful: (lacking grace; clumsy) "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott"
ungracefulness, Noun
  • (n) gracelessness, ungracefulness: (an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression)
ungracious, Adjective
  • (s) discourteous, ungracious: (lacking social graces)
  • (a) ungracious: (lacking charm and good taste) "an ungracious industrial city"; "this curt summary is not meant to be ungracious"; "ungracious behavior"
ungraciousness, Noun
  • (n) ungraciousness: (an offensive lack of good manners)
ungraded, Adjective
  • (s) dirt, ungraded: ((of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel)
  • (s) ungraded, unordered, unranked: (not arranged in order hierarchically)
ungrammatical, Adjective
  • (a) ungrammatical, ill-formed: (not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage)
ungrateful, Adjective
  • (a) ungrateful, thankless, unthankful: (not feeling or showing gratitude) "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare"
  • (s) ungrateful: (disagreeable) "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure"- Abraham Lincoln"
ungratefulness, Noun
  • (n) ingratitude, ungratefulness: (a lack of gratitude)
ungratified, Adjective
  • (s) restless, ungratified, unsatisfied: (worried and uneasy)
ungratifying, Adjective
  • (s) thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying: (not likely to be rewarded) "grading papers is a thankless task"
ungreased, Adjective
  • (a) unlubricated, ungreased: (not lubricated)
ungregarious, Adjective
  • (a) ungregarious: ((of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together)
  • (a) ungregarious: ((of animals) not gregarious)
  • (s) ungregarious: (not disposed to seek company) "a lonely ungregarious person"
ungroomed, Adjective
  • (a) ungroomed: (not neat and smart in appearance) "he was wrinkled and ungroomed, with a two-day beard"; "ungroomed hair"
unguaranteed, Adjective
  • (s) unguaranteed, unsecured: (without financial security) "an unsecured note"
unguent, Noun
  • (n) ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve: (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)
unguiculate, Adjective
  • (a) unguiculate, unguiculated: (having or resembling claws or nails) "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"
unguiculate, Noun
  • (n) unguiculate, unguiculate_mammal: (a mammal having nails or claws)
unguiculated, Adjective
  • (a) unguiculate, unguiculated: (having or resembling claws or nails) "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"
unguided, Adjective
  • (a) unguided: (not subject to guidance or control after launching) "unguided missiles"
ungulate, Adjective
  • (a) ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved: (having or resembling hoofs) "horses and other hoofed animals"
ungulate, Noun
  • (n) ungulate, hoofed_mammal: (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)
ungulated, Adjective
  • (a) ungulate, ungulated, hoofed, hooved: (having or resembling hoofs) "horses and other hoofed animals"
ungusseted, Adjective
  • (a) ungusseted: (not having gussets)
unhallow, Verb
  • (v) desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate: (remove the consecration from a person or an object)
unhallowed, Adjective
  • (a) unholy, unhallowed: (not hallowed or consecrated)
unhampered, Adjective
  • (s) unhampered, unhindered: (not slowed or blocked or interfered with) "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"
  • (s) unhampered: (not held in check or subject to control) "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism"
unhappiness, Noun
  • (n) sadness, unhappiness: (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
  • (n) unhappiness: (state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief)
unhappy, Adjective
  • (a) dysphoric, distressed, unhappy: (generalized feeling of distress)
  • (s) infelicitous, unhappy: (marked by or producing unhappiness) "infelicitous circumstances"; "unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes"- American Guide Series"
  • (a) unhappy: (experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent) "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"
  • (s) unhappy: (causing discomfort) "the unhappy truth"
unhardened, Adjective
  • (a) untempered, unhardened: (not brought to a proper consistency or hardness) "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel"
unharmed, Adjective
  • (s) unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole: (not injured)
unharmonious, Adjective
  • (a) inharmonious, unharmonious: (not in harmony)
unharness, Verb
  • (v) unharness: (remove the harness from) "unharness a horse"
unhazardous, Adjective
  • (s) risk-free, riskless, unhazardous: (thought to be devoid of risk)
unheaded, Adjective
  • (a) unheaded: (not having a heading or caption) "unheaded sections"
unhealed, Adjective
  • (s) unhealed: (not healed) "an unhealed wound"
unhealthful, Adjective
  • (s) insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy: (detrimental to health)
  • (a) unhealthful: (detrimental to good health) "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
  • (a) unsanitary, insanitary, unhealthful: (not sanitary or healthful) "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"
unhealthfulness, Noun
  • (n) unhealthfulness: (the quality of promoting poor health)
unhealthy, Adjective
  • (s) insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy: (detrimental to health)
  • (a) unhealthy: (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind) "unhealthy ulcers"
  • (s) unhealthy: (not conducive to good health) "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"
unhearable, Adjective
  • (a) inaudible, unhearable: (impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear) "an inaudible conversation"
unheard, Adjective
  • (s) unheard: (not necessarily inaudible but not heard)
unhearing, Adjective
  • (s) profoundly_deaf, stone-deaf, deaf_as_a_post, unhearing: (totally deaf; unable to hear anything)
unheated, Adjective
  • (s) unheated, unwarmed: (not having been heated or warmed) "an unheated room"; "unwarmed rolls"
unheeded, Adjective
  • (s) ignored, neglected, unheeded: (disregarded) "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice"
unheeding, Adjective
  • (a) heedless, unheeding: (marked by or paying little heed or attention; we know now that it is bad economics"--Franklin D. Roosevelt) "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals"; "heedless of danger"; "heedless of the child's crying"
unhelpful, Adjective
  • (a) unhelpful: (providing no assistance)
unheralded, Adjective
  • (s) unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted: (without warning or announcement) "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe"
unhesitating, Adjective
  • (s) unhesitating, resolute: (characterized by quickness and firmness) "his reply was unhesitating"
unhindered, Adjective
  • (s) unhampered, unhindered: (not slowed or blocked or interfered with) "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"
unhinge, Verb
  • (v) perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder: (disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed) "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
  • (v) unhinge: (remove the hinges from) "unhinge the door"
unhinged, Adjective
  • (s) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged: (affected with madness or insanity) "a man who had gone mad"
unhitch, Verb
  • (v) unhitch: (unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch)
unholiness, Noun
  • (n) unholiness: (the quality of being unholy)
unholy, Adjective
  • (s) demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy: (extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell) "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war"; "satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces"
  • (s) sinful, unholy, wicked: (having committed unrighteous acts) "a sinful person"
  • (a) unholy, unhallowed: (not hallowed or consecrated)
unhomogenised, Adjective
  • (s) unhomogenized, unhomogenised: (not having undergone homogenization)
unhomogenized, Adjective
  • (s) unhomogenized, unhomogenised: (not having undergone homogenization)
unhook, Verb
  • (v) unhook: (take off a hook)
unhoped-for, Adjective
  • (s) unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of: (so unexpected as to have not been imagined) "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"
unhoped, Adjective
  • (s) unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of: (so unexpected as to have not been imagined) "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"
unhopeful, Adjective
  • (s) abject, unhopeful: (showing utter resignation or hopelessness) "abject surrender"
unhorse, Verb
  • (v) unhorse, dismount, light, get_off, get_down: (alight from (a horse))
unhuman, Adjective
  • (s) dehumanized, dehumanised, unhuman: (divested of human qualities or attributes)
unhumorous, Adjective
  • (a) humorless, humourless, unhumorous: (lacking humor; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote) "it was a humorless wink"
unhurried, Adjective
  • (a) unhurried: (relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste) "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice"
  • (s) unhurried: (capable of accepting delay with equanimity) "was unhurried with the small children"
unhurriedness, Noun
  • (n) slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness: (a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry)
unhurt, Adjective
  • (s) safe_and_sound, unhurt: (free from danger or injury) "the children were found safe and sound"
  • (s) unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole: (not injured)
unicameral, Adjective
  • (a) unicameral: (composed of one legislative body)
unicorn, Noun
  • (n) unicorn: (an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead)
unicycle, Noun
  • (n) unicycle, monocycle: (a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals)
unicycle, Verb
  • (v) unicycle: (ride a unicycle)
unidentifiable, Adjective
  • (a) unidentifiable: (impossible to identify)
unidentified, Adjective
  • (s) nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed: (being or having an unknown or unnamed source) "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
  • (s) unidentified: (not yet identified) "an unidentified species"; "an unidentified witness"
unidimensional, Adjective
  • (a) unidimensional, one-dimensional: (relating to a single dimension or aspect; having no depth or scope) "a prose statement of fact is unidimensional, its value being measured wholly in terms of its truth"- Mary Sheehan"; "a novel with one-dimensional characters"
unidirectional, Adjective
  • (a) unidirectional: (operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only) "a unidirectional flow"; "a unidirectional antenna"; "a unidirectional approach to a problem"
unification, Noun
  • (n) fusion, merger, unification: (an occurrence that involves the production of a union)
  • (n) union, unification: (the state of being joined or united or linked) "there is strength in union"
  • (n) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure: (the act of making or becoming a single unit) "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
unified, Adjective
  • (s) coordinated, co-ordinated, interconnected, unified: (operating as a unit) "a unified utility system"; "a coordinated program"
  • (s) incorporate, incorporated, integrated, merged, unified: (formed or united into a whole)
uniform, Adjective
  • (s) consistent, uniform: (the same throughout in structure or composition) "bituminous coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous product"
  • (a) undifferentiated, uniform: (not differentiated)
  • (a) uniform, unvarying: (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences) "a street of uniform tall white buildings"
  • (s) uniform: (evenly spaced) "at regular (or uniform) intervals"
uniform, Noun
  • (n) uniform: (clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification)
uniform, Verb
  • (v) uniform: (provide with uniforms) "The guards were uniformed"
uniformed, Adjective
  • (s) uniformed: (dressed in a uniform) "uniformed policemen lined the President's route"
uniformise, Verb
  • (v) uniformize, uniformise: (make uniform) "the data have been uniformized"
uniformity, Noun
  • (n) uniformity: (a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying)
  • (n) uniformity, uniformness: (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))
uniformize, Verb
  • (v) uniformize, uniformise: (make uniform) "the data have been uniformized"
uniformness, Noun
  • (n) uniformity, uniformness: (the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom))
unify, Verb
  • (v) mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate: (to bring or combine together or with something else) "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
  • (v) unify, unite, merge: (become one) "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
  • (v) unite, unify: (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
  • (v) unite, unify: (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation) "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"
  • (v) unite, unify, merge: (join or combine) "We merged our resources"
unifying, Adjective
  • (s) centripetal, unifying: (tending to unify)
  • (s) consolidative, unifying: (combining into a single unit)
unilateral, Adjective
  • (a) unilateral, one-sided: (involving only one part or side) "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision"
  • (s) unilateral: (tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only)
unilluminated, Adjective
  • (s) lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit: (without illumination) "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"
unilluminating, Adjective
  • (a) unenlightening, unilluminating: (failing to inform or clarify) "an unenlightening comment"
unimaginable, Adjective
  • (s) impossible, inconceivable, out_of_the_question, unimaginable: (totally unlikely)
unimaginative, Adjective
  • (s) stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative: (lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality) "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"
  • (s) sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive: (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention) "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
  • (s) unimaginative: (dealing only with concrete facts)
unimagined, Adjective
  • (s) undreamed, undreamed_of, undreamt, undreamt_of, unimagined: (not imagined even in a dream)
unimodal, Adjective
  • (a) unimodal: (having a single mode)
unimpaired, Adjective
  • (a) unimpaired: (not damaged or diminished in any respect) "his speech remained unimpaired"
unimpeachable, Adjective
  • (s) blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable: (free of guilt; not subject to blame) "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation"
  • (s) unexceptionable, unimpeachable: (completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach) "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable"
  • (s) unimpeachable: (beyond doubt or reproach) "an unimpeachable source"
unimpeded, Adjective
  • (s) unimpeded: (not slowed or prevented) "a time of unimpeded growth"; "an unimpeded sweep of meadows and hills afforded a peaceful setting"
unimportance, Noun
  • (n) humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness: (the state of being humble and unimportant)
  • (n) unimportance: (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
unimportant, Adjective
  • (a) insignificant, unimportant: (devoid of importance, meaning, or force)
  • (a) unimportant: (not important) "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant"
unimpregnated, Adjective
  • (s) unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated: (not having been fertilized) "an unfertilized egg"
unimpressionable, Adjective
  • (a) unimpressionable: (not sensitive or susceptible to impression) "an unimpressionable mind"
unimpressive, Adjective
  • (a) unimpressive: (not capable of impressing)
unimprisoned, Adjective
  • (s) unconfined, unimprisoned: (free from confinement or physical restraint)
unimproved, Adjective
  • (a) unimproved: (not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing) "taxes on unimproved land are low"; "unimproved dirt roads"
  • (s) unimproved: ((of land) not cleared of trees and brush; in the wild or natural state) "a farm with 50 acres of unimproved and 68 acres of improved land"; "unimproved woodlands"
unindustrialised, Adjective
  • (s) unindustrialized, unindustrialised: (not converted to industrialism)
unindustrialized, Adjective
  • (s) unindustrialized, unindustrialised: (not converted to industrialism)
uninebriated, Adjective
  • (s) uninebriated, unintoxicated: (not inebriated)
uninfected, Adjective
  • (s) uninfected, clean: (free from sepsis or infection) "a clean (or uninfected) wound"
uninflected, Adjective
  • (a) analytic, uninflected: (expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection)
  • (a) uninflected: ((of the voice) not inflected) "uninflected words"; "monotonic uninflected speech"
  • (a) uninflected: (not inflected) "`boy' and `swim' are uninflected English words"
uninfluenced, Adjective
  • (s) uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched: (not influenced or affected) "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington"; "unswayed by personal considerations"
uninfluential, Adjective
  • (a) uninfluential: (not influential)
uninformative, Adjective
  • (a) uninformative: (lacking information)
uninformed, Adjective
  • (a) uninformed: (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information) "the uninformed public"
uninhabited, Adjective
  • (a) uninhabited: (not having inhabitants; not lived in) "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"
uninhibited, Adjective
  • (a) uninhibited: (not inhibited or restrained) "uninhibited exuberance"
uninitiate, Adjective
  • (s) uninitiate, uninitiated, naive: (not initiated; deficient in relevant experience) "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
uninitiate, Noun
  • (n) uninitiate: (people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity) "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate"
uninitiated, Adjective
  • (s) uninitiate, uninitiated, naive: (not initiated; deficient in relevant experience) "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
uninjectable, Adjective
  • (a) uninjectable: ((used of drugs) not capable of being injected)
uninjured, Adjective
  • (a) uninjured: (not injured physically or mentally)
uninominal, Adjective
  • (s) uninominal, one-member: (based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature)) "a uninominal electoral system"
uninquiring, Adjective
  • (a) uninquiring, uninquisitive: (not inquiring)
  • (s) uninquiring, uninquisitive: (deficient in curiosity)
uninquisitive, Adjective
  • (a) uninquiring, uninquisitive: (not inquiring)
  • (s) uninquiring, uninquisitive: (deficient in curiosity)
uninspired, Adjective
  • (s) sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive: (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention) "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
  • (s) uninspired: (having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement) "the production was professional but uninspired"
uninspiring, Adjective
  • (a) uninspiring: (depressing to the spirit) "a villa of uninspiring design"
uninstructed, Adjective
  • (s) uninstructed, unenlightened, naive: (lacking information or instruction) "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
uninstructive, Adjective
  • (a) uninstructive: (failing to instruct)
uninsurability, Noun
  • (n) uninsurability: (the quality of being uninsurable; the conditions under which an insurance company will refuse to issue insurance to an applicant (based on standards set by the insurance company))
uninsured, Adjective
  • (a) uninsured: (not covered by insurance) "an uninsured motorist"
unintegrated, Adjective
  • (a) nonintegrated, unintegrated: (not integrated; not taken into or made a part of a whole)
  • (a) segregated, unintegrated: (separated or isolated from others or a main group) "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
unintelligent, Adjective
  • (a) unintelligent, stupid: (lacking intelligence) "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers"
unintelligibility, Noun
  • (n) incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility: (nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible)
  • (n) unintelligibility: (incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible)
unintelligible, Adjective
  • (s) opaque, unintelligible: (not clearly understood or expressed)
  • (a) unintelligible: (poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise) "unintelligible speech"
unintended, Adjective
  • (a) unintended: (not deliberate)
unintentional, Adjective
  • (s) unintentional, unwilled: (without deliberate intent) "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald"
  • (s) unintentional, unplanned, unwitting: (not done with purpose or intent) "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"
uninterested, Adjective
  • (a) uninterested: (not having or showing interest) "an uninterested spectator"
  • (s) uninterested: (having no care or interest in knowing) "she appeared totally uninterested"
uninteresting, Adjective
  • (a) uninteresting: (arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement) "a very uninteresting account of her trip"
  • (s) uninteresting: (characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative) "institutional food"
uninterestingness, Noun
  • (n) uninterestingness: (inability to capture or hold one's interest)
uninterrupted, Adjective
  • (a) continuous, uninterrupted: (continuing in time or space without interruption) "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans"; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"
  • (s) uninterrupted: (having undisturbed continuity) "a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep"
unintimidated, Adjective
  • (s) unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking: (not shrinking from danger)
unintoxicated, Adjective
  • (s) uninebriated, unintoxicated: (not inebriated)
unintrusive, Adjective
  • (a) unintrusive, not_intrusive: (not interfering or meddling)
uninucleate, Adjective
  • (a) uninucleate: (having one nucleus)
uninventive, Adjective
  • (s) sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive: (deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention) "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"
uninviting, Adjective
  • (a) uninviting: (neither attractive nor tempting)
  • (s) uninviting, untempting: (not tempting)
uninvolved, Adjective
  • (s) degage, detached, uninvolved: (showing lack of emotional involvement) "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman"; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
  • (a) uninvolved: (not involved) "being uninvolved he remained objective"
unionisation, Noun
  • (n) unionization, unionisation: (act of forming labor unions) "the issue underlying the strike was unionization"
unionise, Verb
  • (v) unionize, unionise: (recruit for a union or organize into a union) "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
  • (v) unionize, unionise, organize, organise: (form or join a union) "The auto workers decided to unionize"
unionised, Adjective
  • (a) nonionized, nonionised, unionized, unionised, nonionic: (not converted into ions)
  • (s) organized, organised, unionized, unionised: (being a member of or formed into a labor union) "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop"
unionist, Noun
  • (n) trade_unionist, unionist, union_member: (a worker who belongs to a trade union)
unionization, Noun
  • (n) unionization, unionisation: (act of forming labor unions) "the issue underlying the strike was unionization"
unionize, Verb
  • (v) unionize, unionise: (recruit for a union or organize into a union) "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
  • (v) unionize, unionise, organize, organise: (form or join a union) "The auto workers decided to unionize"
unionized, Adjective
  • (a) nonionized, nonionised, unionized, unionised, nonionic: (not converted into ions)
  • (s) organized, organised, unionized, unionised: (being a member of or formed into a labor union) "organized labor"; "unionized workers"; "a unionized shop"
uniovular, Adjective
  • (a) uniovular, uniovulate: (having a single ovule)
uniovulate, Adjective
  • (a) uniovular, uniovulate: (having a single ovule)
uniparous, Adjective
  • (a) uniparous: (producing only one offspring at a time)
unipolar, Adjective
  • (a) unipolar: (having a single pole)
unique, Adjective
  • (s) alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled: (radically distinctive and without equal) "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
  • (s) singular, unique: (the single one of its kind) "a singular example"; "the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems have unique solutions"
  • (s) unique: ((followed by `to') applying exclusively to a given category or condition or locality) "a species unique to Australia"
  • (s) unique: (highly unusual or rare but not the single instance) "spoke with a unique accent"; "had unique ability in raising funds"; "a frankness unique in literature"; "a unique dining experience"
uniqueness, Noun
  • (n) singularity, uniqueness: (the quality of being one of a kind) "that singularity distinguished him from all his companions"
unironed, Adjective
  • (a) unironed, wrinkled: ((of linens or clothes) not ironed) "a pile of unironed laundry"; "wore unironed jeans"
unisex, Adjective
  • (s) unisex: (not distinguished on the basis of sex)
unit, Noun
  • (n) unit: (an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole) "the reduced the number of units and installations"; "the word is a basic linguistic unit"
  • (n) unit, social_unit: (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
  • (n) unit: (a single undivided whole) "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another"
  • (n) unit, building_block: (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else) "units of nucleic acids"
  • (n) unit_of_measurement, unit: (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange) "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"
  • (n) whole, unit: (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
unitard, Noun
  • (n) leotard, unitard, body_suit, cat_suit: (a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance)
unitary, Adjective
  • (s) one, unitary: (having the indivisible character of a unit) "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"
  • (a) unitary: (relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity) "the unitary principles of nationalism"; "a unitary movement in politics"
  • (a) unitary: (of or pertaining to or involving the use of units) "a unitary method was applied"; "established a unitary distance on which to base subsequent calculations"
  • (a) unitary: (characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority) "a unitary as opposed to a federal form of government"
unite, Verb
  • (v) connect, link, link_up, join, unite: (be or become joined or united or linked) "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
  • (v) unify, unite, merge: (become one) "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells merge"
  • (v) unite, unify: (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
  • (v) unite, combine: (have or possess in combination) "she unites charm with a good business sense"
  • (v) unite, unify: (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation) "the Democratic Patry platform united several splinter groups"
  • (v) unite, unify, merge: (join or combine) "We merged our resources"
united, Adjective
  • (s) joined, united: (of or relating to two people who are married to each other)
  • (a) united: (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity) "presented a united front"
uniting, Noun
  • (n) amalgamation, merger, uniting: (the combination of two or more commercial companies)
  • (n) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure: (the act of making or becoming a single unit) "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
unitisation, Noun
  • (n) unitization, unitisation, chunking: ((psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies)
unitise, Verb
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (divide (bulk material) and process as units)
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (make into a unit) "unitize a car body"
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (separate or classify into units) "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"
unitization, Noun
  • (n) unitization, unitisation, chunking: ((psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (conversion of an investment trust into a unit investment trust)
  • (n) unitization, unitisation: (the joint development of a petroleum resource that straddles territory controlled by different companies)
unitize, Verb
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (divide (bulk material) and process as units)
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (make into a unit) "unitize a car body"
  • (v) unitize, unitise: (separate or classify into units) "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"
unity, Noun
  • (n) integrity, unity, wholeness: (an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting) "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"
  • (n) one, 1, I, ace, single, unity: (the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number) "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • (n) oneness, unity: (the quality of being united into one)
univalent, Adjective
  • (a) monovalent, univalent: (having a valence of 1)
  • (a) univalent: (used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis) "a univalent chromosome"
univalve, Adjective
  • (a) univalve: (used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.)
univalve, Noun
  • (n) gastropod, univalve: (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)
universal, Adjective
  • (s) cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide: (of worldwide scope or applicability) "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley"; "universal experience"
  • (s) universal: (applicable to or common to all members of a group or set) "the play opened to universal acclaim"; "rap enjoys universal appeal among teenage boys"
  • (s) universal: (adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations) "universal wrench", "universal chuck"; "universal screwdriver"
universal, Noun
  • (n) universal, linguistic_universal: ((linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages)
  • (n) universal, universal_proposition: ((logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class)
  • (n) universal: (a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings) "some form of religion seems to be a human universal"
  • (n) universal_joint, universal: (coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions) "in motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps"
universalise, Verb
  • (v) universalize, universalise: (make universal) "This author's stories universalize old themes"
universalist, Adjective
  • (a) universalistic, universalist: (of or relating to or tending toward universalism)
universalistic, Adjective
  • (a) universalistic, universalist: (of or relating to or tending toward universalism)
  • (a) universalistic: (of or relating to the whole)
universality, Noun
  • (n) universality, catholicity: (the quality of being universal; existing everywhere)
universalize, Verb
  • (v) universalize, universalise: (make universal) "This author's stories universalize old themes"
universe, Noun
  • (n) population, universe: ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
  • (n) universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm: (everything that exists anywhere) "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
  • (n) universe, universe_of_discourse: (everything stated or assumed in a given discussion)
university, Noun
  • (n) university: (the body of faculty and students at a university)
  • (n) university: (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
  • (n) university: (a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees)
univocal, Adjective
  • (a) unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous: (admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion) "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unjust, Adjective
  • (a) inequitable, unjust: (not equitable or fair) "the inequitable division of wealth"; "inequitable taxation"
  • (a) unfair, unjust: (not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception) "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
  • (a) unjust: (violating principles of justice) "unjust punishment"; "an unjust judge"; "an unjust accusation"
unjustifiable, Adjective
  • (s) indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted: (incapable of being justified or explained)
unjustified, Adjective
  • (s) undue, unjustified, unwarranted: (lacking justification or authorization) "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
unjustness, Noun
  • (n) injustice, unjustness: (the practice of being unjust or unfair)
unkemptness, Noun
  • (n) sloppiness, slovenliness, unkemptness: (a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for)
unkept, Adjective
  • (a) broken, unkept: ((especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded) "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
unkeyed, Adjective
  • (a) atonal, unkeyed: (characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality)
unkind, Adjective
  • (s) pitiless, unkind: (deficient in humane and kindly feelings)
  • (a) unkind: (lacking kindness) "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the unkindest cut of all"
unkindly, Adjective
  • (s) unkindly, unsympathetic: (lacking in sympathy and kindness) "unkindly ancts"
unkindness, Noun
  • (n) unkindness: (lack of sympathy)
unknot, Verb
  • (v) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick: (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of) "unravel the thread"
unknowable, Adjective
  • (a) unknowable: (not knowable) "the unknowable mysteries of life"
unknowing, Adjective
  • (s) ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting: (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge) "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
unknowing, Noun
  • (n) ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness: (ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs))
unknowingness, Noun
  • (n) ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness: (ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs))
  • (n) unknowingness, unawareness: (unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention)
unknowledgeable, Adjective
  • (s) ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting: (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge) "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
unknown, Adjective
  • (s) nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed: (being or having an unknown or unnamed source) "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
  • (s) obscure, unknown, unsung: (not famous or acclaimed) "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
  • (s) strange, unknown: (not known before) "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
  • (a) unknown: (not known) "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
  • (s) unknown: (not known to exist) "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
unknown, Noun
  • (n) stranger, alien, unknown: (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)
  • (n) unknown, unknown_region, terra_incognita: (an unknown and unexplored region) "they came like angels out the unknown"
  • (n) unknown, unknown_quantity: (a variable whose values are solutions of an equation)
unlabeled, Adjective
  • (a) unlabeled, unlabelled, untagged: (lacking a label or tag) "unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost"
unlabelled, Adjective
  • (a) unlabeled, unlabelled, untagged: (lacking a label or tag) "unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost"
unlace, Verb
  • (v) untie, unbrace, unlace: (undo the ties of) "They untied the prisoner"
unlaced, Adjective
  • (s) unbuttoned, unlaced: (not under constraint in action or expression) "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok"; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub"
  • (a) unlaced, untied: (with laces not tied) "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers"
unlade, Verb
  • (v) unload, unlade, offload: (take the load off (a container or vehicle)) "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
unlamented, Adjective
  • (a) unlamented, unmourned: (not grieved for; causing no mourning) "interred in an unlamented grave"
unlash, Verb
  • (v) unlash: (untie the lashing of) "unlash the horse"
unlatched, Adjective
  • (s) unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured: (not firmly fastened or secured) "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room"
unlaureled, Adjective
  • (a) unlaureled, unlaurelled: (not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward) "the unlaureled heroism of endurance"- Francis Parkman"
unlaurelled, Adjective
  • (a) unlaureled, unlaurelled: (not crowned with laurel; having no acclaim or reward) "the unlaureled heroism of endurance"- Francis Parkman"
unlawful, Adjective
  • (s) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful: (contrary to or forbidden by law) "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
  • (s) improper, unconventional, unlawful: (not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention) "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"
  • (a) unlawful: (contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law) "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"
  • (s) unlawful: (not morally right or permissible) "unlawful love"
  • (s) unlawful, wrongful: (having no legally established claim) "the wrongful heir to the throne"
unlawfulness, Noun
  • (n) unlawfulness: (the quality of failing to conform to law)
unlax, Verb
  • (v) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen_up, unwind, make_relaxed: (cause to feel relaxed) "A hot bath always relaxes me"
unleaded, Adjective
  • (a) unleaded, leadless: (not treated with lead) "unleaded gasoline"
  • (s) unleaded: (not having leads between the lines)
unlearn, Verb
  • (v) unlearn: (try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge)
  • (v) unlearn: (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
unlearned, Adjective
  • (s) ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered: (uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication) "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
  • (a) unconditioned, innate, unlearned: (not established by conditioning or learning) "an unconditioned reflex"
  • (s) unlearned: (not well learned)
unleash, Verb
  • (v) unleash: (release or vent) "unleash one's anger"
  • (v) unleash: (release from a leash) "unleash the dogs in the park"
  • (v) unleash, let_loose, loose: (turn loose or free from restraint) "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
unleavened, Adjective
  • (a) unleavened, unraised: (made without leavening) "unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water"
unlettered, Adjective
  • (s) analphabetic, unlettered: (having little acquaintance with writing) "special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society"
  • (s) ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered: (uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication) "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"
unlicenced, Adjective
  • (s) unaccredited, unlicensed, unlicenced: (lacking official approval)
unlicensed, Adjective
  • (s) unaccredited, unlicensed, unlicenced: (lacking official approval)
unlifelike, Adjective
  • (s) cardboard, unlifelike: (without substance) "cardboard caricatures of historical figures"
unlighted, Adjective
  • (s) lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit: (without illumination) "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"
  • (a) unlighted, unlit: (not set afire or burning) "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette"
unlikable, Adjective
  • (s) unlikable, unlikeable: (difficult or impossible to like) "a disagreeable and unlikable old woman"
  • (a) unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable: ((of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings) "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
unlike, Adjective
  • (a) unlike, dissimilar, different: (marked by dissimilarity) "for twins they are very unlike"; "people are profoundly different"
  • (a) unlike: (not equal in amount) "they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities"
unlikeable, Adjective
  • (s) unlikable, unlikeable: (difficult or impossible to like) "a disagreeable and unlikable old woman"
  • (a) unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable: ((of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings) "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
unlikelihood, Noun
  • (n) unlikelihood, unlikeliness: (the improbability of a specified outcome)
unlikeliness, Noun
  • (n) unlikelihood, unlikeliness: (the improbability of a specified outcome)
unlikely, Adjective
  • (a) improbable, unlikely: (not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred) "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
  • (s) improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely: (having a probability too low to inspire belief)
  • (a) unlikely: (has little chance of being the case or coming about) "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"
unlikeness, Noun
  • (n) unlikeness, dissimilitude: (dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness)
unlimited, Adjective
  • (s) inexhaustible, unlimited: (that cannot be entirely consumed or used up) "an inexhaustible supply of coal"
  • (s) outright, straight-out, unlimited: (without reservation or exception)
  • (a) unlimited, limitless: (having no limits in range or scope) "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv"; "the limitless reaches of outer space"
unlined, Adjective
  • (s) seamless, unlined, unseamed: (smooth, especially of skin) "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"
  • (a) unlined: (not having a lining or liner) "a thin unlined jacket"
unlipped, Adjective
  • (a) lipless, unlipped: (without a lip or lips)
unlisted, Adjective
  • (a) unlisted: (not on a list) "an unlisted telephone number"
  • (s) unlisted: (not having your name entered on a voting list) "an unlisted voter"
unlit, Adjective
  • (s) lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit: (without illumination) "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets"
  • (a) unlighted, unlit: (not set afire or burning) "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette"
unliterary, Adjective
  • (s) unliterary, nonliterary: (marked by lack of affectation or pedantry) "her talk was very unliterary"- W.D.Howells"
unlittered, Adjective
  • (s) uncluttered, unlittered: (having nothing extraneous) "an uncluttered room"; "the unlittered shoulders of the road"
unlivable, Adjective
  • (a) unlivable, unliveable: (unfit or unsuitable to live in or with) "unlivable substandard housing"
unliveable, Adjective
  • (a) unlivable, unliveable: (unfit or unsuitable to live in or with) "unlivable substandard housing"
unliveried, Adjective
  • (a) unliveried: (not wearing livery) "an unliveried chauffeur"
unload, Verb
  • (v) drop, drop_off, set_down, put_down, unload, discharge: (leave or unload) "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
  • (v) unload, unlade, offload: (take the load off (a container or vehicle)) "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
unloaded, Adjective
  • (a) unloaded: ((of weapons) not charged with ammunition) "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded"
unloading, Noun
  • (n) unloading: (the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.)
unlock, Verb
  • (v) unlock: (open the lock of) "unlock the door"
  • (v) unlock: (set free or release)
  • (v) unlock: (become unlocked) "The door unlocked from the inside"
unlocked, Adjective
  • (s) unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured: (not firmly fastened or secured) "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room"
unlogical, Adjective
  • (a) illogical, unlogical: (lacking in correct logical relation)
unlooked-for, Adjective
  • (s) unanticipated, unforeseen, unlooked-for, out_of_the_blue: (not anticipated) "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden"; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"
unloose, Verb
  • (v) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose: (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  • (v) unloose, unloosen: (loosen the ties of) "unloose your sneakers"
unloosen, Verb
  • (v) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose: (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
  • (v) unloose, unloosen: (loosen the ties of) "unloose your sneakers"
unloved, Adjective
  • (a) unloved: (not loved)
unlovely, Adjective
  • (s) unlovely, unpicturesque: (without beauty or charm)
unloving, Adjective
  • (a) unloving: (not giving or reciprocating affection)
unlubricated, Adjective
  • (a) unlubricated, ungreased: (not lubricated)
unlucky, Adjective
  • (s) doomed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky: (marked by or promising bad fortune) "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott"
  • (a) unlucky, luckless: (having or bringing misfortune) "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"
unmade, Adjective
  • (a) unmade: ((of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order) "an unmade bed with tangled sheets and blankets"
unmake, Verb
  • (v) unmake, undo: (deprive of certain characteristics)
unmalicious, Adjective
  • (a) unmalicious: (not malicious or spiteful)
unmalleability, Noun
  • (n) unmalleability: (a lack of malleability)
unmalted, Adjective
  • (a) unmalted: (of grain that has not been converted into malt) "unmalted barley"
unman, Verb
  • (v) unman: (cause to lose one's nerve) "an unmanning experience"
unmanageable, Adjective
  • (s) uncontrollable, unmanageable: (difficult to solve or alleviate) "uncontrollable pain"
  • (s) uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable: (incapable of being controlled or managed) "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
  • (a) unmanageable, difficult: (hard to control) "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
  • (a) unwieldy, unmanageable: (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"
unmanageableness, Noun
  • (n) refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy: (the trait of being unmanageable)
unmanful, Adjective
  • (a) unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike: (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
unmanlike, Adjective
  • (a) unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike: (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
unmanliness, Noun
  • (n) effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness: (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)) "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"
unmanly, Adjective
  • (s) pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly: (lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful)
  • (a) unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike: (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
unmanned, Adjective
  • (a) unmanned, remote-controlled: (lacking a crew) "an unmanned satellite to Mars"
unmannered, Adjective
  • (s) ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly: (socially incorrect in behavior) "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
  • (s) unmannered: (without artificiality; natural) "the doctor's quiet unmannered entry"
unmannerly, Adjective
  • (s) ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, unmannered, unmannerly: (socially incorrect in behavior) "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion"
unmapped, Adjective
  • (s) chartless, uncharted, unmapped: ((of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated) "uncharted seas"
unmarked, Adjective
  • (s) overlooked, unmarked, unnoted: (not taken into account) "his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked"
  • (a) unmarked: (not having an identifying mark) "unmarked cards"; "an unmarked police car"
unmarketable, Adjective
  • (s) unmarketable, unmerchantable, unvendible: (not fit for sale)
  • (s) unmarketable: (not capable of being sold)
unmarred, Adjective
  • (a) unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated: (free from physical or moral spots or stains) "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion"
unmarried, Adjective
  • (a) unmarried, single: (not married or related to the unmarried state) "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
unmask, Verb
  • (v) unmask, uncloak: (reveal the true nature of) "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician"
  • (v) unmask: (take the mask off) "unmask the imposter"
unmasking, Noun
  • (n) expose, unmasking: (the exposure of an impostor or a fraud) "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
unmatchable, Adjective
  • (s) matchless, nonpareil, one, one_and_only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled: (eminent beyond or above comparison) "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
unmatched, Adjective
  • (s) matchless, nonpareil, one, one_and_only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled: (eminent beyond or above comparison) "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
  • (s) odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired: (of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.)
unmated, Adjective
  • (s) odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired: (of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.)
  • (a) unmated: (not mated sexually)
unmeasurable, Adjective
  • (a) immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured: (impossible to measure) "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"
unmeasured, Adjective
  • (a) immeasurable, unmeasurable, immensurable, unmeasured: (impossible to measure) "unmeasurable reaches of outer space"
  • (s) unmeasured: (not composed of measured syllables; not metrical) "unmeasured prose"
unmechanical, Adjective
  • (s) unmechanical, nonmechanical: ((of a person) lacking mechanical skills)
unmechanised, Adjective
  • (s) unmechanized, unmechanised: (not mechanized) "production of furniture remained largely unmechanized"- Gordon Russell"
unmechanized, Adjective
  • (s) unmechanized, unmechanised: (not mechanized) "production of furniture remained largely unmechanized"- Gordon Russell"
unmediated, Adjective
  • (s) direct, unmediated: (having no intervening persons, agents, conditions) "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"
unmedical, Adjective
  • (s) unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal: (not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed) "he took mind-altering drugs for nonmedicinal reasons"
unmedicative, Adjective
  • (s) unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal: (not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed) "he took mind-altering drugs for nonmedicinal reasons"
unmedicinal, Adjective
  • (s) unmedicinal, unmedicative, unmedical, nonmedicinal: (not having a medicinal effect or not medically prescribed) "he took mind-altering drugs for nonmedicinal reasons"
unmelodic, Adjective
  • (a) unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical: (lacking melody)
unmelodious, Adjective
  • (a) tuneless, untuneful, unmelodious: (not having a musical sound or pleasing tune)
  • (a) unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical: (lacking melody)
unmelted, Adjective
  • (a) unmelted: (not melted) "streets unpassable because of piles of unmelted snow"
unmentionable, Adjective
  • (s) unmentionable: (unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation) "unmentionable words"
unmentionable, Noun
  • (n) undergarment, unmentionable: (a garment worn under other garments)
unmerchantable, Adjective
  • (s) unmarketable, unmerchantable, unvendible: (not fit for sale)
unmerciful, Adjective
  • (a) merciless, unmerciful: (having or showing no mercy) "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
unmercifulness, Noun
  • (n) mercilessness, unmercifulness: (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)
unmerited, Adjective
  • (a) unmerited: (not merited or deserved) "received an unmerited honorary degree"
  • (s) unmerited: (not merited) "unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject"
unmilitary, Adjective
  • (a) unmilitary, nonmilitary: (not associated with soldiers or the military) "unmilitary circles of government"; "fatigue duty involves nonmilitary labor"
unmindful, Adjective
  • (s) oblivious, unmindful: ((followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of) "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"
  • (a) unmindful, forgetful, mindless: (not mindful or attentive) "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw"
unmindfulness, Noun
  • (n) unmindfulness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency: (the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities)
unmined, Adjective
  • (a) unmined: (not mined) "deposits of unmined uranium"
unmingled, Adjective
  • (s) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed: (not mixed with extraneous elements) "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
unmistakable, Adjective
  • (s) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable: (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment) "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
  • (s) unmistakable: (clearly evident to the mind) "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"
unmitigated, Adjective
  • (a) unmitigated: (not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier) "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
unmixable, Adjective
  • (a) immiscible, non-miscible, unmixable: ((chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing)
unmixed, Adjective
  • (s) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed: (not mixed with extraneous elements) "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
  • (s) uncompounded, unmixed: (not constituting a compound)
unmoderated, Adjective
  • (s) unmoderated: (not made less extreme) "spoke with unmoderated harshness"
unmodernised, Adjective
  • (s) unmodernized, unmodernised: (not brought up to date)
unmodernized, Adjective
  • (s) unmodernized, unmodernised: (not brought up to date)
unmodifiable, Adjective
  • (a) unmodifiable: (incapable of being modified in form or character or strength (especially by making less extreme)) "these variations from custom are illogical, incomprehensible, and unmodifiable"
unmodified, Adjective
  • (a) unmodified: (not changed in form or character)
unmodulated, Adjective
  • (a) unmodulated: (characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume) "he lectured in an unmodulated voice edged with hysteria"
unmortgaged, Adjective
  • (s) clear, unmortgaged: ((especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law) "I have clear title to this property"
unmotivated, Adjective
  • (a) unmotivated: (without motivation)
unmotorised, Adjective
  • (a) unmotorized, unmotorised, motorless: (having no motor)
unmotorized, Adjective
  • (a) unmotorized, unmotorised, motorless: (having no motor)
unmourned, Adjective
  • (a) unlamented, unmourned: (not grieved for; causing no mourning) "interred in an unlamented grave"
unmovable, Adjective
  • (s) immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable: (not able or intended to be moved) "the immovable hills"
unmoved, Adjective
  • (s) in-situ, unmoved: (being in the original position; not having been moved) "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ"; "an in-situ investigator"
  • (a) unmoved, unaffected, untouched: (emotionally unmoved) "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable"
unmoving, Adjective
  • (a) nonmoving, unmoving: (not in motion)
  • (a) unmoving: (not arousing emotions)
unmown, Adjective
  • (a) unmown, uncut: ((used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine) "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn"
unmusical, Adjective
  • (a) unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical: (lacking melody)
  • (a) unmusical, nonmusical: (lacking interest in or talent for music) "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"
  • (a) unmusical, nonmusical: (not musical in nature) "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"
unmutilated, Adjective
  • (a) unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated: (free from physical or moral spots or stains) "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion"
unmuzzle, Verb
  • (v) unmuzzle: (remove the muzzle from (a dog))
unmyelinated, Adjective
  • (a) unmyelinated: ((of neurons) not myelinated)
unnameable, Adjective
  • (s) ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable: (too sacred to be uttered) "the ineffable name of the Deity"
unnamed, Adjective
  • (s) nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed: (being or having an unknown or unnamed source) "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
unnatural, Adjective
  • (a) abnormal, unnatural: (not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm) "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
  • (a) affected, unnatural: (speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression)
  • (a) unnatural: (not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature) "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"
unnaturalised, Adjective
  • (s) unnaturalized, unnaturalised: (not having acquired citizenship)
unnaturalized, Adjective
  • (s) unnaturalized, unnaturalised: (not having acquired citizenship)
unnaturalness, Noun
  • (n) unnaturalness: (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)
unnecessary, Adjective
  • (a) unnecessary, unneeded: (not necessary)
unneeded, Adjective
  • (a) unnecessary, unneeded: (not necessary)
unneighborliness, Noun
  • (n) unneighborliness: (an unneighborly disposition)
unneighborly, Adjective
  • (s) unneighborly, unneighbourly: (not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor)
unneighbourly, Adjective
  • (s) unneighborly, unneighbourly: (not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor)
unnerve, Verb
  • (v) faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle: (disturb the composure of)
unnerving, Adjective
  • (s) formidable, redoubtable, unnerving: (inspiring fear) "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston"; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"
unneurotic, Adjective
  • (a) unneurotic: (not neurotic) "successful mothers--mothers with unneurotic children"; "he's the most unneurotic person I know"
unnilquadium, Noun
  • (n) rutherfordium, Rf, unnilquadium, Unq, element_104, atomic_number_104: (a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized)
unnotched, Adjective
  • (s) unnotched, untoothed: (having no notches)
unnoted, Adjective
  • (s) overlooked, unmarked, unnoted: (not taken into account) "his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked"
unnoticeable, Adjective
  • (s) obscure, unnoticeable: (not drawing attention) "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"
  • (a) unnoticeable: (not noticeable; not drawing attention) "her clothes were simple and unnoticeable"- J.G.Cozzens"
  • (a) unobtrusive, unnoticeable: (not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable) "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial"
unnoticed, Adjective
  • (a) unnoticed: (not noticed) "hoped his departure had passed unnoticed"
unnumberable, Adjective
  • (s) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
unnumbered, Adjective
  • (s) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
unnumerable, Adjective
  • (s) countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable: (too numerous to be counted) "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
unobjectionable, Adjective
  • (a) clean, unobjectionable: ((of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers) "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"
  • (s) innocuous, unobjectionable: (not causing disapproval) "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"
  • (s) unobjectionable: (not objectionable; it's the means that one can't accept") "the ends are unobjectionable"
unobjective, Adjective
  • (s) unobjective, unverifiable: ((of e.g. evidence) not objective or easily verified)
unobligated, Adjective
  • (a) unobligated: (not obligated)
unobliging, Adjective
  • (a) unaccommodating, unobliging: (not accommodating) "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door"
unobservant, Adjective
  • (s) unobservant, unseeing: (not consciously observing) "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes"
unobserved, Adjective
  • (s) unobserved, unseen: (not observed)
  • (s) unobserved: (not observed) "managed to slip away unobserved"
unobstructed, Adjective
  • (a) unobstructed: (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance) "an unobstructed view"
unobtainable, Adjective
  • (s) inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable: (not capable of being obtained) "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
unobtrusive, Adjective
  • (a) unobtrusive, unnoticeable: (not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable) "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial"
unobtrusiveness, Noun
  • (n) unobtrusiveness: (the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way)
unobvious, Adjective
  • (a) unobvious: (not immediately apparent) "in mathematical science connections are exhibited which...are extremely unobvious"- A.N.Whitehead"
unoccupied, Adjective
  • (a) unoccupied: (not held or filled or in use) "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours"
  • (a) unoccupied: (not seized and controlled) "unoccupied areas of France"
  • (s) unoccupied, untenanted: (not leased to or occupied by a tenant) "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
unoffending, Adjective
  • (a) inoffensive, unoffending: (not causing anger or annoyance) "inoffensive behavior"
  • (a) unoffending: (not offending) "an unoffending motorist should not have been stopped"
unofficial, Adjective
  • (a) unofficial: (not having official authority or sanction) "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
  • (s) unofficial: (not officially established) "the early election returns are unofficial"
unoiled, Adjective
  • (a) unoiled: (in need of oil treatment) "dusty unoiled roads"; "a dull unoiled table"
  • (s) unoiled: (not having oil rubbed into the surface)
unopen, Adjective
  • (a) shut, unopen, closed: (not open) "the door slammed shut"
unopened, Adjective
  • (s) unopened: (not yet opened or unsealed) "unopened Christmas presents"
unopposable, Adjective
  • (a) unopposable: (not opposable)
unopposed, Adjective
  • (a) unopposed: (not having opposition or an opponent) "unopposed military forces"; "the candidate was unopposed"
unordered, Adjective
  • (a) disordered, unordered: (not arranged in order)
  • (s) ungraded, unordered, unranked: (not arranged in order hierarchically)
unorganised, Adjective
  • (a) unorganized, unorganised: (not having or belonging to a structured whole) "unorganized territories lack a formal government"
  • (s) unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised: (not affiliated in a trade union) "the workers in the plant were unorganized"
unorganized, Adjective
  • (a) unorganized, unorganised: (not having or belonging to a structured whole) "unorganized territories lack a formal government"
  • (s) unorganized, unorganised, nonunionized, nonunionised: (not affiliated in a trade union) "the workers in the plant were unorganized"
unoriented, Adjective
  • (a) unoriented: (not having position or goal definitely set or ascertained) "engaged in unoriented study"; "unoriented until she looked at the map"
unoriginal, Adjective
  • (a) unoriginal: (not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual) "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham"
unoriginality, Noun
  • (n) unoriginality: (uncreativeness due to a lack of originality)
  • (n) unoriginality: (the quality of being unoriginal)
unornamented, Adjective
  • (s) plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented: (lacking embellishment or ornamentation) "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
unorthodox, Adjective
  • (s) irregular, maverick, unorthodox: (independent in behavior or thought) "she led a somewhat irregular private life"; "maverick politicians"
  • (a) unorthodox: (breaking with convention or tradition) "an unorthodox lifestyle"
unorthodoxy, Noun
  • (n) heresy, unorthodoxy: (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)
  • (n) unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, heresy: (any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position)
  • (n) unorthodoxy, heterodoxy: (the quality of being unorthodox)
unostentatious, Adjective
  • (s) understated, unostentatious, unpretentious: (exhibiting restrained good taste) "the room is pleasant and understated"
  • (a) unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending: (not ostentatious) "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance"
unowned, Adjective
  • (a) unowned, ownerless: (having no owner)
unoxygenated, Adjective
  • (s) unaerated, unoxygenated: ((used of blood) not supplied with oxygen)
unpack, Verb
  • (v) unpack, take_out: (remove from its packing) "unpack the presents"
unpackaged, Adjective
  • (a) unpackaged: (not packaged or put into packets) "unpackaged nuts"
unpaid, Adjective
  • (s) amateur, recreational, unpaid: (engaged in as a pastime) "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary"
  • (a) unpaid: (not paid) "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill"
  • (s) unpaid, volunteer: (without payment) "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"
unpainful, Adjective
  • (s) pain-free, unpainful: (not accompanied by pain sensations) "pain-free surgery"
unpaintable, Adjective
  • (a) unpaintable: (not paintable especially not suitable for artistic representation on canvas) "the inexpressible, unpaintable `tick' in the unconscious"
unpainted, Adjective
  • (a) unpainted: (not having makeup on) "her sweet unpainted face"
  • (a) unpainted: (not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat) "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture"
unpaired, Adjective
  • (s) odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired: (of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.)
unpalatability, Noun
  • (n) unpalatability, unpalatableness: (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)
  • (n) unpalatability, unpalatableness: (the property of being unacceptable to the mind) "the policy's unpalatability caused an uproar"
unpalatable, Adjective
  • (a) unpalatable: (not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind) "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
unpalatableness, Noun
  • (n) unpalatability, unpalatableness: (the property of being unacceptable to the mouth)
  • (n) unpalatability, unpalatableness: (the property of being unacceptable to the mind) "the policy's unpalatability caused an uproar"
unparallel, Adjective
  • (s) unparallel: (not straight or parallel)
unparalleled, Adjective
  • (s) alone, unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled: (radically distinctive and without equal) "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"
unpardonable, Adjective
  • (a) unpardonable: (not admitting of pardon) "unpardonable behavior"
unparented, Adjective
  • (a) unparented, parentless: (having no parent or parents or not cared for by parent surrogates)
unpassable, Adjective
  • (a) impassable, unpassable: (incapable of being passed)
unpasteurised, Adjective
  • (a) unpasteurized, unpasteurised: (not having undergone pasteurization)
unpasteurized, Adjective
  • (a) unpasteurized, unpasteurised: (not having undergone pasteurization)
unpatriotic, Adjective
  • (a) unpatriotic, disloyal: (showing lack of love for your country)
unpatronised, Adjective
  • (a) unpatronized, unpatronised, patronless: (having little patronage or few clients) "a restaurant unpatronized by the elite"
unpatronized, Adjective
  • (a) unpatronized, unpatronised, patronless: (having little patronage or few clients) "a restaurant unpatronized by the elite"
unpatterned, Adjective
  • (a) plain, unpatterned: (lacking patterns especially in color)
unpaved, Adjective
  • (a) unpaved: (not having a paved surface)
unpeaceful, Adjective
  • (a) unpeaceful: (not peaceful) "unpeaceful times"; "an unpeaceful marriage"
unpeopled, Adjective
  • (s) unpeopled, unpopulated: (with no people living there) "vast unpopulated plains"
unperceivable, Adjective
  • (a) imperceptible, unperceivable: (impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses) "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"
unperceived, Adjective
  • (s) unperceived, unremarked: (not perceived or commented on)
unperceiving, Adjective
  • (a) unperceptive, unperceiving: (lacking perception) "as unperceptive as a boulder"
unperceptive, Adjective
  • (a) unperceptive, unperceiving: (lacking perception) "as unperceptive as a boulder"
  • (s) unperceptive: (lacking sensitivity, taste, or judgment)
unperceptiveness, Noun
  • (n) unperceptiveness: (the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding)
unpermissive, Adjective
  • (a) unpermissive: (not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline)
unpermissiveness, Noun
  • (n) unpermissiveness, restrictiveness: (a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits)
unperplexed, Adjective
  • (a) unperplexed: (experiencing no difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
unperson, Noun
  • (n) nonperson, unperson: (a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)) "the former senator is treated as a nonperson by this administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political dissidents would be treated as unpersons"
unpersuadable, Adjective
  • (s) unpersuadable, unsuasible: (not susceptible to persuasion)
unpersuaded, Adjective
  • (s) unconverted, unpersuaded: (not converted)
unpersuasiveness, Noun
  • (n) unpersuasiveness: (inability to persuade)
unperturbed, Adjective
  • (s) unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled: (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension) "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope"
unpick, Verb
  • (v) unpick: (undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing))
  • (v) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick: (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of) "unravel the thread"
unpictured, Adjective
  • (s) undepicted, unpictured: (not pictured)
unpicturesque, Adjective
  • (s) unlovely, unpicturesque: (without beauty or charm)
unpin, Verb
  • (v) unpin: (remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of)
unpitying, Adjective
  • (s) pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unpitying: (without mercy or pity) "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"
unplanned, Adjective
  • (s) unintentional, unplanned, unwitting: (not done with purpose or intent) "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"
  • (a) unplanned: (without apparent forethought or prompting or planning) "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks"
unplanted, Adjective
  • (a) unplanted: (not planted)
unplayable, Adjective
  • (a) unplayable: (not capable of or suitable for being played or played on) "the golf ball was in an unplayable lie"; "the field was unplayable"; "some music seems almost unplayable"
unplayful, Adjective
  • (a) unplayful, serious, sober: (completely lacking in playfulness)
unpleasant-smelling, Adjective
  • (a) malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky: (having an unpleasant smell)
unpleasant, Adjective
  • (a) unpleasant: (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings) "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
unpleasantness, Noun
  • (n) unpleasantness: (the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling)
  • (n) unpleasantness: (the quality of giving displeasure) "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"
unpleasing, Adjective
  • (s) graceless, unpleasing: (lacking graciousness) "a totally graceless hostess"
unpleasingness, Noun
  • (n) unpleasingness: (the quality of being unpleasant)
unpledged, Adjective
  • (s) unengaged, unpledged, unpromised: (not promised in marriage) "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis"
unploughed, Adjective
  • (a) unplowed, unploughed, unbroken: ((of farmland) not plowed) "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"
unplowed, Adjective
  • (a) unplowed, unploughed, unbroken: ((of farmland) not plowed) "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"
unplug, Verb
  • (v) unplug, disconnect: (pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable) "unplug the hair dryer after using it"
unplumbed, Adjective
  • (s) profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded: (situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed) "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray"; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
unpointed, Adjective
  • (a) pointless, unpointed: (not having a point especially a sharp point) "my pencils are all pointless"
unpointedness, Noun
  • (n) unpointedness: (the property of having only a dull tip (if any))
unpolished, Adjective
  • (s) gauche, graceless, unpolished: (lacking social polish) "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
  • (a) unpolished: (not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing) "dull unpolished shoes"
unpolitical, Adjective
  • (s) apolitical, unpolitical: (politically neutral)
unpolluted, Adjective
  • (s) uncontaminated, unpolluted: (free from admixture with noxious elements; clean) "unpolluted streams"; "a contaminated lake"
unpopular, Adjective
  • (a) unpopular: (regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval) "unpopular ideas"; "an unpopular war"
unpopularity, Noun
  • (n) unpopularity: (the quality of lacking general approval or acceptance)
unpopulated, Adjective
  • (s) unpeopled, unpopulated: (with no people living there) "vast unpopulated plains"
unportable, Adjective
  • (a) unportable: (not portable; not easily moved or transported)
unposed, Adjective
  • (a) unposed: (not arranged for pictorial purposes) "unposed photographs"
unpotted, Adjective
  • (a) unpotted: (not planted in pots)
unpowered, Adjective
  • (a) unpowered: (not having or using power) "an autogiro is supported in flight by unpowered rotating wings"
unpracticed, Adjective
  • (s) unpracticed, unpractised, unversed: (not having had extensive practice)
unpractised, Adjective
  • (s) unpracticed, unpractised, unversed: (not having had extensive practice)
unprecedented, Adjective
  • (a) unprecedented: (having no precedent; novel) "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry"
unpredictability, Noun
  • (n) capriciousness, unpredictability: (the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses)
  • (n) unpredictability: (lacking predictability)
  • (n) volatility, unpredictability: (the trait of being unpredictably irresolute) "the volatility of the market drove many investors away"
unpredictable, Adjective
  • (s) irregular, unpredictable: (not occurring at expected times)
  • (a) unpredictable: (not capable of being foretold)
  • (s) unpredictable: (unknown in advance) "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future"
unpredicted, Adjective
  • (s) unannounced, unheralded, unpredicted: (without warning or announcement) "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe"
unprejudiced, Adjective
  • (a) unprejudiced, impartial: (free from undue bias or preconceived opinions) "an unprejudiced appraisal of the pros and cons"; "the impartial eye of a scientist"
unpremeditated, Adjective
  • (a) unpremeditated: (not premeditated)
  • (s) unpremeditated: (not prepared or planned in advance) "asked an unpremeditated question"
unprepared, Adjective
  • (a) unprepared: (without preparation; not prepared for) "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson"
unprepossessing, Adjective
  • (s) unprepossessing, unpresentable: (creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression)
unpresentable, Adjective
  • (s) unprepossessing, unpresentable: (creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression)
unpresidential, Adjective
  • (a) unpresidential: (not presidential) "very unpresidential behavior"
unpretending, Adjective
  • (a) unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending: (not ostentatious) "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance"
unpretentious, Adjective
  • (s) understated, unostentatious, unpretentious: (exhibiting restrained good taste) "the room is pleasant and understated"
  • (a) unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending: (not ostentatious) "his unostentatious office"; "unostentatious elegance"
  • (a) unpretentious: (lacking pretension or affectation) "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"
unpretentiousness, Noun
  • (n) unpretentiousness: (the quality of being natural and without pretensions)
unpreventable, Adjective
  • (a) unpreventable: (not preventable) "unpreventable hysteria"
unpriestly, Adjective
  • (a) unpriestly: (not priestly; unbefitting a priest) "unpriestly behavior"
unprincipled, Adjective
  • (a) unprincipled: (lacking principles or moral scruples) "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson"
  • (s) unprincipled: (having little or no integrity)
unprintable, Adjective
  • (a) unprintable: (unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste) "an unprintable epithet"; "unprintable pictures"
unproblematic, Adjective
  • (s) elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic: (easy and not involved or complicated) "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
unprocessed, Adjective
  • (a) unprocessed: (not altered from an original or natural state) "unprocessed commodities"
  • (s) unprocessed: (not treated or prepared by a special process)
  • (a) unrefined, unprocessed, crude: (not refined or processed) "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
unprocurable, Adjective
  • (s) inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable: (not capable of being obtained) "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
unproductive, Adjective
  • (a) unproductive: (not producing or capable of producing) "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
  • (s) unproductive: (not producing desired results) "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"
unproductiveness, Noun
  • (n) unproductiveness: (the quality of lacking the power to produce)
unprofessional, Adjective
  • (a) unprofessional: (not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession) "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs"
unprofitability, Noun
  • (n) unprofitableness, unprofitability: (the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit)
unprofitable, Adjective
  • (a) unprofitable: (producing little or no profit or gain) "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"
unprofitableness, Noun
  • (n) unprofitableness, unprofitability: (the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit)
unprogressive, Adjective
  • (s) fusty, standpat, unprogressive, nonprogressive: (old-fashioned and out of date)
unpromised, Adjective
  • (s) unengaged, unpledged, unpromised: (not promised in marriage) "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis"
unprompted, Adjective
  • (s) impulsive, unprompted: (proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus) "an impulsive gesture of affection"
unpronounceable, Adjective
  • (a) unpronounceable: (impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly)
  • (s) unpronounceable, unutterable: (very difficult to pronounce correctly) "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
unprophetic, Adjective
  • (a) unprophetic: (not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly)
unpropitious, Adjective
  • (a) unpropitious: (not propitious)
unpropitiousness, Noun
  • (n) inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness: (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)
unprotected, Adjective
  • (a) unprotected: (lacking protection or defense)
unprotectedness, Noun
  • (n) defenselessness, defencelessness, unprotectedness: (the property of being helpless in the face of attack)
unprotective, Adjective
  • (a) unprotective: (not affording protection)
unproved, Adjective
  • (a) unproved, unproven: (not proved) "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"
unproven, Adjective
  • (a) unproved, unproven: (not proved) "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"
unprovocative, Adjective
  • (a) unprovocative, unprovoking: (not provocative)
unprovoked, Adjective
  • (s) motiveless, unprovoked, wanton: (occurring without motivation or provocation) "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt"
unprovoking, Adjective
  • (a) unprovocative, unprovoking: (not provocative)
unpublishable, Adjective
  • (a) unpublishable: (not suitable for publication)
unpublished, Adjective
  • (a) unpublished: (not published) "unpublished letters and diaries"
unpunctual, Adjective
  • (a) unpunctual: (not punctual; after the appointed time)
unpunished, Adjective
  • (a) unpunished: (not punished) "would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished?"
unqualified, Adjective
  • (a) incompetent, unqualified: (legally not qualified or sufficient) "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; "incompetent witnesses"
  • (s) unentitled, unqualified: (having no right or entitlement) "a distinction to which he was unentitled"
  • (a) unqualified: (not limited or restricted) "an unqualified denial"
  • (a) unqualified: (not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training)
unquenchable, Adjective
  • (s) quenchless, unquenchable: (impossible to quench) "unquenchable thirst"
unquestionability, Noun
  • (n) indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness: (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)
unquestionable, Adjective
  • (s) authentic, bona_fide, unquestionable, veritable: (not counterfeit or copied) "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
  • (a) unquestionable: (incapable of being questioned) "unquestionable authority"
  • (s) unquestionable: (not open to question) "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige"
unquestionableness, Noun
  • (n) indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness: (the quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt)
unquestioned, Adjective
  • (s) undisputed, unchallenged, unquestioned: (generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute) "the undisputed fact"
unquestioning, Adjective
  • (s) implicit, unquestioning: (being without doubt or reserve) "implicit trust"
  • (s) unquestioning: (not inclined to ask questions)
unquiet, Adjective
  • (s) anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet: (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"
  • (a) unquiet: (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"
unquotable, Adjective
  • (a) unrepeatable, unquotable: (not able or fit to be repeated or quoted) "what he said was funny but unquotable"
unraised, Adjective
  • (a) unleavened, unraised: (made without leavening) "unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water"
unranked, Adjective
  • (s) ungraded, unordered, unranked: (not arranged in order hierarchically)
unravel, Verb
  • (v) ravel, unravel, ravel_out: (disentangle) "can you unravel the mystery?"
  • (v) run, unravel: (become undone) "the sweater unraveled"
  • (v) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick: (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of) "unravel the thread"
unraveler, Noun
  • (n) disentangler, unraveler, unraveller: (a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state)
unraveller, Noun
  • (n) disentangler, unraveler, unraveller: (a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state)
unreachable, Adjective
  • (s) unapproachable, unreachable, unreached, out_of_reach: (inaccessibly located or situated) "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"
unreached, Adjective
  • (s) unapproachable, unreachable, unreached, out_of_reach: (inaccessibly located or situated) "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"; "the unreachable stars"
unreactive, Adjective
  • (a) unreactive: ((chemistry) not reacting chemically)
  • (s) unreactive: (not tending to react to stimulation)
unreadable, Adjective
  • (s) indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable: (not easily deciphered) "indecipherable handwriting"
unready, Adjective
  • (a) unready: (not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond) "she cursed her unready tongue"
unreal, Adjective
  • (a) artificial, unreal: (contrived by art rather than nature) "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
  • (a) insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal: (lacking material form or substance; unreal) "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
  • (a) unreal: (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria) "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
  • (a) unreal: (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"
unrealised, Adjective
  • (s) unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised: (of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities) "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"
unrealism, Noun
  • (n) abstractionism, unrealism: (a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples)
unrealistic, Adjective
  • (a) unrealistic: (not realistic) "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"
unreality, Noun
  • (n) unreality: (the quality possessed by something that is unreal)
  • (n) unreality, irreality: (the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact)
unrealizable, Adjective
  • (s) unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable: (impossible to achieve) "an unattainable goal"
unrealized, Adjective
  • (s) unfulfilled, unrealized, unrealised: (of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities) "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"
unreason, Noun
  • (n) irrationality, unreason: (the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding)
unreasonable, Adjective
  • (s) excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable: (beyond normal limits) "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
  • (a) unreasonable: (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)
unreasoning, Adjective
  • (s) blind, unreasoning: (not based on reason or evidence) "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
unreassuring, Adjective
  • (a) unreassuring, worrisome: (not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety)
unreceptive, Adjective
  • (a) unreceptive: (not receptive)
unreciprocated, Adjective
  • (s) unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited: (not returned in kind) "unrequited (unanswered) love"
unrecognisable, Adjective
  • (s) unrecognizable, unrecognisable: (defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration)
unrecognised, Adjective
  • (s) unrecognized, unrecognised: (not recognized) "he was unrecognized in his disguise"
  • (s) unrecognized, unrecognised: (not having a secure reputation) "short stories by unrecognized writers"
unrecognizable, Adjective
  • (s) unrecognizable, unrecognisable: (defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration)
unrecognized, Adjective
  • (s) unrecognized, unrecognised: (not recognized) "he was unrecognized in his disguise"
  • (s) unrecognized, unrecognised: (not having a secure reputation) "short stories by unrecognized writers"
unreconcilable, Adjective
  • (a) irreconcilable, unreconcilable: (impossible to reconcile) "irreconcilable differences"
unreconstructed, Adjective
  • (a) unreconstructed: (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"
unrecorded, Adjective
  • (a) live, unrecorded: (actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing) "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
unrecoverable, Adjective
  • (a) unrecoverable, irrecoverable: (incapable of being recovered or regained)
unredeemable, Adjective
  • (s) irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable: (insusceptible of reform) "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"
unredeemed, Adjective
  • (s) cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved: (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell) "poor damned souls"
unrefined, Adjective
  • (a) unrefined, unprocessed, crude: (not refined or processed) "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
  • (a) unrefined: ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth) "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
unreflected, Adjective
  • (a) unreflected: ((especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection)
unreflective, Adjective
  • (s) unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful: (not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
unreformable, Adjective
  • (s) irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable: (insusceptible of reform) "vicious irreclaimable boys"; "irredeemable sinners"
  • (s) unreformable, unregenerate: (unrepentant and incapable of being reformed) "an unregenerate criminal"
unrefreshed, Adjective
  • (s) unrefreshed, unrested: (not rested or refreshed; )
unregenerate, Adjective
  • (a) stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate: (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
  • (s) unreformable, unregenerate: (unrepentant and incapable of being reformed) "an unregenerate criminal"
  • (a) unregenerate, unregenerated: (not reformed morally or spiritually) "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"
unregenerated, Adjective
  • (a) unregenerate, unregenerated: (not reformed morally or spiritually) "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"
unregistered, Adjective
  • (a) unregistered: ((of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association) "unregistered dairy cattle"
  • (a) unregistered: (not registered) "an unregistered citizen"
  • (s) unregistered: ((a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents)
unregretful, Adjective
  • (a) unregretful, unregretting: (feeling no regret) "was completely unregretful about what had happened"
unregretting, Adjective
  • (a) unregretful, unregretting: (feeling no regret) "was completely unregretful about what had happened"
unregularity, Noun
  • (n) irregularity, unregularity: (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
unregulated, Adjective
  • (a) unregulated: (not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline) "unregulated off-shore fishing"
  • (s) unregulated: (without regulation or discipline) "an unregulated environment"
unrehearsed, Adjective
  • (s) ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed: (with little or no preparation or forethought) "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit"; "an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast"; "a few unrehearsed comments"
unrelated, Adjective
  • (a) unrelated: (lacking a logical or causal relation)
  • (a) unrelated: (not connected by kinship)
unrelatedness, Noun
  • (n) unrelatedness: (the lack of any particular manner of connectedness)
unreleased, Adjective
  • (s) unreleased: (not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication) "someone leaked the unreleased announcement"; "a film that remained unreleased for years"
unrelenting, Adjective
  • (s) brutal, unrelenting: (harsh) "the brutal summer sun"; "a brutal winter"
  • (s) grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting: (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty) "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
  • (s) persistent, relentless, unrelenting: (never-ceasing) "the relentless beat of the drums"
unreliability, Noun
  • (n) undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness: (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)
unreliable, Adjective
  • (s) treacherous, unreliable: (dangerously unstable and unpredictable) "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle"
  • (s) undependable, unreliable: (liable to be erroneous or misleading) "an undependable generalization"
  • (a) unreliable, undependable: (not worthy of reliance or trust) "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"
  • (s) unreliable: (lacking a sense of responsibility)
unreliableness, Noun
  • (n) undependability, undependableness, unreliability, unreliableness: (the trait of not being dependable or reliable)
unrelieved, Adjective
  • (s) undiminished, unrelieved: (not lessened or diminished) "unrelieved suffering"
unremarkable, Adjective
  • (s) everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday: (found in the ordinary course of events) "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant"
unremarked, Adjective
  • (s) unperceived, unremarked: (not perceived or commented on)
unremitting, Adjective
  • (s) ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting: (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing) "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
unremorseful, Adjective
  • (a) impenitent, unrepentant, unremorseful: (not penitent or remorseful)
unrenewable, Adjective
  • (a) unrenewable, nonrenewable: (that can not be renewed) "books on that shelf are unrenewable"; "gas and oil are nonrenewable resources"
unrenewed, Adjective
  • (a) unrevived, unrenewed: (not revived)
unrentable, Adjective
  • (a) unrentable: (not able or fit to be rented) "the house was unrentable in that condition"
unrepaired, Adjective
  • (s) unrepaired: (unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made)
unrepeatable, Adjective
  • (a) unrepeatable, unquotable: (not able or fit to be repeated or quoted) "what he said was funny but unquotable"
  • (s) unrepeatable: (unique) "dogs and mice and flies are as unrepeatable as men are"- Theodosius Dobzhansky"
unrepentant, Adjective
  • (s) cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant: (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing)
  • (a) impenitent, unrepentant, unremorseful: (not penitent or remorseful)
unreplaceable, Adjective
  • (a) irreplaceable, unreplaceable: (impossible to replace) "irreplaceable antiques"
unreportable, Adjective
  • (a) unreportable: ((of income) not reportable; not required by law to be reported) "very little income is unreportable"
unreported, Adjective
  • (a) unreported: (not reported) "unreported results"
unreproducible, Adjective
  • (a) unreproducible, irreproducible: (impossible to reproduce or duplicate)
unrequested, Adjective
  • (a) unrequested: (not requested) "the merchandise was unrequested"
unrequited, Adjective
  • (s) unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited: (not returned in kind) "unrequited (unanswered) love"
unresentful, Adjective
  • (a) unresentful: (not resentful) "completely unresentful and forgiving"
unreserved, Adjective
  • (a) unreserved: (not reserved)
  • (a) unreserved: (not cautious or reticent) "unreserved behavior"
unresistant, Adjective
  • (s) liable, nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant: ((often followed by `to') likely to be affected with) "liable to diabetes"
unresisting, Adjective
  • (s) resistless, supine, unresisting: (offering no resistance) "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt"
unresolvable, Adjective
  • (s) insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable: (not easily solved) "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones"
  • (s) unresolvable: (not capable of being resolved) "unresolvable confusion"
unresolved, Adjective
  • (s) open, undecided, undetermined, unresolved: (not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought) "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"
  • (s) unresolved, dissonant: (characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved)
  • (a) unsolved, unresolved: (not solved) "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved"
unrespectability, Noun
  • (n) unrespectability, disreputability, disreputableness: (dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation)
unrespectable, Adjective
  • (a) unrespectable: (unworthy of respect)
unresponsive, Adjective
  • (a) unresponsive: (not responding to some influence or stimulus)
  • (s) unresponsive: (aloof or indifferent) "was unresponsive to her passionate advances"
  • (s) unresponsive: (not susceptible to suggestion or influence)
unresponsiveness, Noun
  • (n) unresponsiveness, deadness: (the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events) "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
unrest, Noun
  • (n) agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest: (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development) "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"
  • (n) unrest: (a feeling of restless agitation)
unrested, Adjective
  • (s) unrefreshed, unrested: (not rested or refreshed; )
unrestrained, Adjective
  • (s) delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained: (marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion) "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
  • (a) unrestrained: (not subject to restraint) "unrestrained laughter"
unrestraint, Noun
  • (n) unrestraint: (the quality of lacking restraint)
unrestricted, Adjective
  • (s) nonsensitive, unrestricted: (never having had security classification)
  • (s) unexclusive, unrestricted: (accessible to all)
  • (a) unrestricted: (not subject to or subjected to restriction)
  • (s) unrestricted: (free of restrictions on conduct) "I had unrestricted access"
  • (s) unrestricted: (not restricted or modified in meaning) "unrestricted verbs are usually stronger than those qualified by adverbs"
unrestrictive, Adjective
  • (a) unrestrictive: (not tending to restrict)
unretentive, Adjective
  • (a) unretentive, forgetful, short: ((of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range) "a short memory"
unretrievable, Adjective
  • (s) irretrievable, unretrievable: (impossible to recover or recoup or overcome) "an irretrievable loss"; "irretrievable errors in judgment"
unrevealed, Adjective
  • (s) undisclosed, unrevealed: (not made known)
unreverberant, Adjective
  • (a) unreverberant, nonresonant: (not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate)
unrevived, Adjective
  • (a) unrevived, unrenewed: (not revived)
unrewarded, Adjective
  • (s) empty-handed, unrewarded: (having acquired or gained nothing) "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"
unrewarding, Adjective
  • (a) unrewarding: (not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction)
unrhetorical, Adjective
  • (a) unrhetorical: (not rhetorical)
unrhymed, Adjective
  • (a) unrhymed, unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless: (not having rhyme) "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net"
unrhythmic, Adjective
  • (a) unrhythmical, unrhythmic: (not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent)
unrhythmical, Adjective
  • (a) unrhythmical, unrhythmic: (not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent)
unrifled, Adjective
  • (a) unrifled, smoothbore: (of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel)
unrigged, Adjective
  • (a) unrigged: (stripped of rigging)
unrighteous, Adjective
  • (a) unrighteous: (not righteous) "an unrighteous man"; "an unrighteous law"
unrighteousness, Noun
  • (n) unrighteousness: (failure to adhere to moral principles) "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness"
unrimed, Adjective
  • (a) unrhymed, unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless: (not having rhyme) "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net"
unripe, Adjective
  • (a) green, unripe, unripened, immature: (not fully developed or mature; not ripe) "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
  • (s) unripe: (not fully prepared)
unripened, Adjective
  • (a) green, unripe, unripened, immature: (not fully developed or mature; not ripe) "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"
unrivaled, Adjective
  • (s) matchless, nonpareil, one, one_and_only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled: (eminent beyond or above comparison) "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
unrivalled, Adjective
  • (s) matchless, nonpareil, one, one_and_only, peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled: (eminent beyond or above comparison) "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
unroll, Verb
  • (v) unfurl, unroll: (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state) "unfurl a banner"
  • (v) unwind, wind_off, unroll: (reverse the winding or twisting of) "unwind a ball of yarn"
unruffled, Adjective
  • (s) placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled: ((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"
  • (s) unflurried, unflustered, unperturbed, unruffled: (free from emotional agitation or nervous tension) "the waiters were unflurried and good natured"; "with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope"
unruliness, Noun
  • (n) unruliness, fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness: (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)
unruly, Adjective
  • (s) boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly: (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"
  • (s) disobedient, unruly: (unwilling to submit to authority) "unruly teenagers"
  • (s) indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly: (of persons) "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
unsaddle, Verb
  • (v) unsaddle, offsaddle: (remove the saddle from) "They unsaddled their mounts"
unsaddled, Adjective
  • (a) unsaddled: (with no saddle)
unsafe, Adjective
  • (a) dangerous, unsafe: (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm) "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
  • (a) insecure, unsafe: (lacking in security or safety) "his fortune was increasingly insecure"; "an insecure future"
  • (s) insecure, unsafe: (not safe from attack)
unsaid, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unsalable, Adjective
  • (a) unsalable, unsaleable: (impossible to sell)
unsalaried, Adjective
  • (s) uncompensated, unsalaried: (not paying a salary) "an uncompensated federal post"
unsaleable, Adjective
  • (a) unsalable, unsaleable: (impossible to sell)
unsalted, Adjective
  • (s) unsalted, unseasoned: (without salt or seasoning)
unsanctification, Noun
  • (n) profaneness, unsanctification: (unholiness by virtue of being profane)
unsanctified, Adjective
  • (s) profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified: (not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled)
unsanctioned, Adjective
  • (s) unsanctioned: (without explicit official permission) "unsanctioned use of company cars"
unsanded, Adjective
  • (s) raw, unsanded: (used of wood and furniture) "raw wood"
unsanitariness, Noun
  • (n) unsanitariness: (a state that is not conducive to health)
unsanitary, Adjective
  • (a) unsanitary, insanitary, unhealthful: (not sanitary or healthful) "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"
unsaponified, Adjective
  • (a) unsaponified: (not converted into soap) "unsaponified fat"
unsarcastic, Adjective
  • (a) unsarcastic: (not sarcastic)
unsated, Adjective
  • (s) unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfied: (not having been satisfied)
unsatiable, Adjective
  • (a) insatiate, insatiable, unsatiable: (impossible to satisfy) "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable"
unsatiated, Adjective
  • (s) unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfied: (not having been satisfied)
unsatisfactoriness, Noun
  • (n) unsatisfactoriness: (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)
unsatisfactory, Adjective
  • (a) unsatisfactory: (not giving satisfaction) "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"
unsatisfied, Adjective
  • (s) restless, ungratified, unsatisfied: (worried and uneasy)
  • (s) unsated, unsatiated, unsatisfied: (not having been satisfied)
unsatisfying, Adjective
  • (s) disappointing, dissatisfactory, unsatisfying: (not up to expectations) "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"
unsaturated, Adjective
  • (a) unsaturated: (not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature) "an unsaturated salt solution"
  • (a) unsaturated: (used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond) "unsaturated fats"
  • (a) unsaturated: ((of color) not chromatically pure; diluted) "an unsaturated red"
unsaved, Adjective
  • (s) cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved: (in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell) "poor damned souls"
unsavoriness, Noun
  • (n) disgustingness, distastefulness, nauseatingness, sickeningness, unsavoriness: (extreme unpalatability to the mouth)
  • (n) disgustingness, unsavoriness: (the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind)
unsavory, Adjective
  • (s) distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury: (not pleasing in odor or taste)
  • (a) unsavory, unsavoury, offensive: (morally offensive) "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
unsavoury, Adjective
  • (s) distasteful, unsavory, unsavoury: (not pleasing in odor or taste)
  • (a) unsavory, unsavoury, offensive: (morally offensive) "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
unsay, Verb
  • (v) swallow, take_back, unsay, withdraw: (take back what one has said) "He swallowed his words"
unscalable, Adjective
  • (a) unscalable, unclimbable: (incapable of being ascended)
unscathed, Adjective
  • (s) unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole: (not injured)
unscheduled, Adjective
  • (a) unscheduled: (not scheduled or not on a regular schedule) "an unscheduled meeting"; "the plane made an unscheduled stop at Gander for refueling"
unscholarly, Adjective
  • (a) unscholarly: (not scholarly)
unschooled, Adjective
  • (s) unschooled, untaught, untutored: (lacking in schooling) "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
unscientific, Adjective
  • (a) unscientific: (not consistent with the methods or principles of science) "an unscientific lack of objectivity"
unscramble, Verb
  • (v) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick: (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of) "unravel the thread"
  • (v) unscramble: (make intelligible) "Can you unscramble the message?"
unscrew, Verb
  • (v) unscrew: (loosen something by unscrewing it) "unscrew the outlet plate"
  • (v) unscrew: (loosen by turning) "unscrew the bottle cap"
unscripted, Adjective
  • (a) unscripted: (not furnished with or using a script) "unrehearsed and unscript spot interviews"; "unscripted talk shows"
unscrupulous, Adjective
  • (a) unscrupulous: (without scruples or principles) "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"
unscrupulousness, Noun
  • (n) unscrupulousness: (the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty)
unseal, Verb
  • (v) unseal: (break the seal of) "He unsealed the letter"
unsealed, Adjective
  • (a) unsealed, uncertain: (not established or confirmed) "his doom is as yet unsealed"
  • (a) unsealed: (not closed or secured with or as if with a seal) "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed"
unseamanlike, Adjective
  • (a) unseamanlike: (not seamanlike)
unseamed, Adjective
  • (s) seamless, unlined, unseamed: (smooth, especially of skin) "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"
  • (s) unseamed: (having no seams) "an unseamed garment made of plastic"
unseasonable, Adjective
  • (s) ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong: (badly timed) "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
  • (a) unseasonable: (not in keeping with (and usually undesirable for) the season) "a sudden unseasonable blizzard"; "unseasonable bright blue weather in November"
unseasonableness, Noun
  • (n) unseasonableness, untimeliness: (being at an inappropriate time)
unseasoned, Adjective
  • (s) unsalted, unseasoned: (without salt or seasoning)
  • (a) unseasoned: (not aged or processed) "unseasoned timber"
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
unseaworthy, Adjective
  • (a) unseaworthy: (unfit for a voyage)
unsectarian, Adjective
  • (a) nonsectarian, unsectarian: (not restricted to one sect or school or party) "religious training in a nonsectarian atmosphere"; "nonsectarian colleges"; "a wide and unsectarian interest in religion"- Bertrand Russell"
unsecured, Adjective
  • (s) unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured: (not firmly fastened or secured) "an unbarred door"; "went through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked room"
  • (s) unguaranteed, unsecured: (without financial security) "an unsecured note"
unseductive, Adjective
  • (a) unseductive: (not seductive)
unseeable, Adjective
  • (a) invisible, unseeable: (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye) "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending"
unseeded, Adjective
  • (a) unseeded: (not seeded; used of players of lesser skill)
  • (s) unseeded, unsown: ((of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it) "farmland still unsown"
unseeing, Adjective
  • (s) eyeless, sightless, unseeing: (lacking sight) "blind as an eyeless beggar"
  • (s) unobservant, unseeing: (not consciously observing) "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes"
unseemliness, Noun
  • (n) unseemliness: (a lack of consideration for others)
unseemly, Adjective
  • (s) indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (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"
unseen, Adjective
  • (s) unobserved, unseen: (not observed)
unseen, Noun
  • (n) spiritual_world, spiritual_domain, unseen: (a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit)
unsegmented, Adjective
  • (s) unsegmented, nonsegmental: (having a body that is not divided into segments) "unsegmented worms"
unsegregated, Adjective
  • (s) desegrated, nonsegregated, unsegregated: (rid of segregation; having had segregation ended)
unselected, Adjective
  • (a) unselected: (not selected)
unselfconsciousness, Noun
  • (n) unselfconsciousness: (the quality of being not self-conscious; unawareness of yourself or of others' views of yourself) "he had the unselfconsciousness of a child"
unselfish, Adjective
  • (a) unselfish: (disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others)
  • (s) unselfish: (not greedy)
unselfishness, Noun
  • (n) generosity, unselfishness: (acting generously)
  • (n) unselfishness: (the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others) "rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins"
unsensational, Adjective
  • (a) unsensational: (not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction)
unsent, Adjective
  • (a) unsent: (not dispatched or transmitted) "the letter remained unwritten and unsent"
unsentimental, Adjective
  • (s) tough-minded, unsentimental: (facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination)
unserviceable, Adjective
  • (a) unserviceable: (not ready for service) "unserviceable equipment may be replaced"
  • (s) unserviceable, unusable, unuseable: (not capable of being used)
unservile, Adjective
  • (a) unservile, unsubmissive: (not servile or submissive)
unsettle, Verb
  • (v) faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle: (disturb the composure of)
unsettled, Adjective
  • (s) changeable, uncertain, unsettled: (subject to change) "a changeable climate"; "the weather is uncertain"; "unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other"
  • (a) unsettled: (still in doubt) "an unsettled issue"; "an unsettled state of mind"
  • (a) unsettled: (not settled or established) "an unsettled lifestyle"
  • (s) unsettled: (not yet settled) "unsettled territory"
unsex, Verb
  • (v) sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix: (make infertile) "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
  • (v) unsex: (deprive of sex or sexual powers)
  • (v) unsex: (remove the qualities typical of one's sex) "She unsexed herself"
unsexed, Adjective
  • (a) castrated, unsexed: (deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes)
unsexy, Adjective
  • (a) unsexy: (not sexually aroused or arousing)
unshackled, Adjective
  • (s) unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied: (not bound by shackles and chains)
unshaded, Adjective
  • (a) unshaded: ((of pictures) not having shadow represented) "unshaded drawings resembling cartoons"
  • (a) unshaded: (not darkened or dimmed by shade) "an unshaded meadow"; "a bright and unshaded lane"
unshakable, Adjective
  • (s) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering: (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable) "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
  • (s) unassailable, unshakable, watertight, bulletproof: (without flaws or loopholes) "an ironclad contract"; "a watertight alibi"; "a bulletproof argument"
unshaken, Adjective
  • (s) undaunted, undismayed, unshaken: (unshaken in purpose) "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made"
unshaped, Adjective
  • (s) unshaped, unshapen: (incompletely or imperfectly shaped) "unshaped dough"; "unshaped timbers"
unshapely, Adjective
  • (a) unshapely: (not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape) "a stout unshapely woman"
unshapen, Adjective
  • (s) unshaped, unshapen: (incompletely or imperfectly shaped) "unshaped dough"; "unshaped timbers"
unshared, Adjective
  • (a) unshared: (not shared)
unshaved, Adjective
  • (a) unshaven, unshaved: (not shaved)
unshaven, Adjective
  • (a) unshaven, unshaved: (not shaved)
unsheared, Adjective
  • (a) unsheared, unshorn: (not sheared) "a grizzly unshorn beard"; "unshorn sheep"
  • (s) unsheared: ((used especially of fur or wool) not having been sheared) "unsheared beaver"
unsheathe, Verb
  • (v) unsheathe: (draw from a sheath or scabbard) "the knight unsheathed his sword"
unsheathed, Adjective
  • (a) unsheathed, bare: (not having a protective covering) "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"
unshelled, Adjective
  • (a) unshelled, shell-less: (of animals or fruits that have no shell)
unshielded, Adjective
  • (s) unshielded: ((used especially of machinery) not protected by a shield)
unshockable, Adjective
  • (a) unshockable, broad-minded: (incapable of being shocked) "he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable"
unshod, Adjective
  • (a) discalced, discalceate, unshod: ((used of certain religious orders) barefoot or wearing only sandals) "discalced friars"
  • (a) unshod, unshoed: (not shod)
unshoed, Adjective
  • (a) unshod, unshoed: (not shod)
unshorn, Adjective
  • (a) unsheared, unshorn: (not sheared) "a grizzly unshorn beard"; "unshorn sheep"
unshrinkable, Adjective
  • (a) unshrinkable: (incapable of being shrunk or diminished or reduced)
unshrinking, Adjective
  • (s) unblinking, unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking: (not shrinking from danger)
unshuttered, Adjective
  • (a) unshuttered: (not provided with shutters or having the shuttered open) "unshuttered windows"
unsighted, Adjective
  • (a) blind, unsighted: (unable to see) "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan"
unsightly, Adjective
  • (s) unsightly: (unpleasant to look at) "unsightly billboards"
unsigned, Adjective
  • (a) unsigned: (lacking a signature) "the message was typewritten and unsigned"
unsilenced, Adjective
  • (a) unsilenced: (not silenced)
unsimilarity, Noun
  • (n) dissimilarity, unsimilarity: (the quality of being dissimilar)
unsinkable, Adjective
  • (a) unsinkable: (incapable of being sunk) "they thought the Titanic was unsinkable"
unsized, Adjective
  • (a) unsized: (not having the surface treated or coated with sizing) "unsized paper"
  • (a) unsized: (not fashioned to sizes; one size fits all") "unsized gloves"
unskilled, Adjective
  • (s) amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled: (lacking professional skill or expertise) "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
  • (s) incompetent, unskilled: (not doing a good job) "incompetent at chess"
  • (a) unskilled: (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency) "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
unskillful, Adjective
  • (s) botchy, butcherly, unskillful: (poorly done) "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
unskillfulness, Noun
  • (n) unskillfulness: (a lack of cognitive skill)
unsleeping, Adjective
  • (s) unsleeping, wide-awake: (fully awake) "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"
unsloped, Adjective
  • (s) upright, unsloped: (in a vertical position; not sloping) "an upright post"
unsmooth, Adjective
  • (a) rough, unsmooth: (having or caused by an irregular surface) "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
unsnarl, Verb
  • (v) disentangle, unsnarl, straighten_out: (extricate from entanglement) "Can you disentangle the cord?"
unsnarled, Adjective
  • (s) disentangled, loosened, unsnarled: (straightened out)
unsnarling, Noun
  • (n) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication: (the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition)
unsociability, Noun
  • (n) unsociability, unsociableness: (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
unsociable, Adjective
  • (a) unsociable: (not inclined to society or companionship) "an unsociable nature...shy and reserved"; "generally unsociable except with intimate friends"; "unsociable behavior"; "an unsociable neighborhood"
unsociableness, Noun
  • (n) unsociability, unsociableness: (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)
unsocial, Adjective
  • (a) unsocial: (not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions) "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"
unsoiled, Adjective
  • (s) unsoiled, unspotted, unstained: (without soil or spot or stain)
unsold, Adjective
  • (a) unsold: (not disposed of by purchase) "the house has been on the market almost a year and is still unsold"
unsolicited, Adjective
  • (s) unasked, unsolicited: (not asked for) "unasked advice"; "unsolicited junk mail"
unsoluble, Adjective
  • (s) insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable: (not easily solved) "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones"
unsolvability, Noun
  • (n) unsolvability, insolubility: (the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve)
unsolvable, Adjective
  • (s) insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable: (not easily solved) "an apparantly insolvable problem"; "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones"
unsolved, Adjective
  • (a) unsolved, unresolved: (not solved) "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved"
unsophisticated, Adjective
  • (s) bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated: (awkwardly simple and provincial) "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
  • (s) uncomplicated, unsophisticated: (lacking complexity) "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine"
  • (s) unsophisticated, unworldly: (not wise in the ways of the world) "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien"
unsorted, Adjective
  • (s) uncategorized, uncategorised, unsorted: (not categorized or sorted)
  • (s) unsorted: (not arranged according to size)
unsought, Adjective
  • (s) undesired, unsought: (not desired) "an undesired result"
unsound, Adjective
  • (s) bad, unfit, unsound: (physically unsound or diseased) "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
  • (s) fallacious, unsound: (containing or based on a fallacy) "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
  • (s) mentally_ill, unsound, unstable: (suffering from severe mental illness) "of unsound mind"
  • (a) unsound: (not in good condition; damaged or decayed) "an unsound foundation"
  • (a) unsound: (not sound financially) "unsound banking practices"
  • (s) unsound: (of e.g. advice)
unsounded, Adjective
  • (s) profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded: (situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed) "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray"; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
  • (s) silent, unsounded: (not made to sound) "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
unsoundness, Noun
  • (n) unsoundness: (a condition of damage or decay)
  • (n) unsoundness: (a misconception that is fallacious and not true or valid) "the unsoundness of his conclusion was obvious"
  • (n) unsoundness: (not mentally or physically healthy) "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind"
unsoured, Adjective
  • (a) unsoured: (not having turned bad)
unsown, Adjective
  • (s) unseeded, unsown: ((of a piece of ground) not have a crop sown on it) "farmland still unsown"
unspaced, Adjective
  • (a) unspaced: (arranged without spaces between)
unsparing, Adjective
  • (s) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting: (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"
  • (s) unsparing: (not forbearing; ruthless) "an unsparing critic"
unspeakable, Adjective
  • (s) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable: (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"
  • (s) indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
  • (s) ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable: (too sacred to be uttered) "the ineffable name of the Deity"
unspecialised, Adjective
  • (a) unspecialized, unspecialised: (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function)
unspecialized, Adjective
  • (a) unspecialized, unspecialised: (not specialized or modified for a particular purpose or function)
unspecific, Adjective
  • (s) broad, unspecific: (not detailed or specific) "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
unspecified, Adjective
  • (a) unspecified: (not stated explicitly or in detail) "threatened unspecified reprisals"
unspectacular, Adjective
  • (s) unspectacular: (not spectacular) "an unspectacular but necessary task"
unspell, Verb
  • (v) unspell: (release from a spell)
unspent, Adjective
  • (s) unspent, unexpended: ((of financial resources) not spent) "unexpended funds"; "his unspent allowance"
unspoiled, Adjective
  • (s) good, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt: (not left to spoil) "the meat is still good"
  • (s) uncorrupted, unspoiled: (not decayed or decomposed)
unspoilt, Adjective
  • (s) good, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt: (not left to spoil) "the meat is still good"
unspoken, Adjective
  • (s) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless: (expressed without speech) "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson"; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe"
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unsporting, Adjective
  • (s) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike: (violating accepted standards or rules) "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
unsportsmanlike, Adjective
  • (s) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike: (violating accepted standards or rules) "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
unspotted, Adjective
  • (s) unsoiled, unspotted, unstained: (without soil or spot or stain)
unstable, Adjective
  • (s) fluid, unstable: (subject to change; variable) "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
  • (s) mentally_ill, unsound, unstable: (suffering from severe mental illness) "of unsound mind"
  • (s) precarious, unstable: (affording no ease or reassurance) "a precarious truce"
  • (a) unstable: (lacking stability or fixity or firmness) "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
  • (s) unstable: (highly or violently reactive) "sensitive and highly unstable compounds"
  • (s) unstable: (disposed to psychological variability) "his rather unstable religious convictions"
unstableness, Noun
  • (n) instability, unstableness: (the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute)
unstaged, Adjective
  • (a) unstaged: (not performed on the stage)
unstained, Adjective
  • (s) stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished: ((of reputation) free from blemishes) "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"
  • (s) unsoiled, unspotted, unstained: (without soil or spot or stain)
  • (a) unstained: (not stained) "An apron keeps his clothing unstained"
  • (s) unstained, unvarnished: (not having a coating of stain or varnish)
unstaple, Verb
  • (v) unstaple: (take the staples off) "unstaple the piece of paper from the receipt"
unstarred, Adjective
  • (s) unasterisked, unstarred: (not marked with an asterisk) "unasterisked items"
unstated, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unstatesmanlike, Adjective
  • (a) unstatesmanlike: (not statesmanlike) "unstatesmanlike procedure"
unsteadiness, Noun
  • (n) unsteadiness, ricketiness: (the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place)
  • (n) unsteadiness: (the quality of being unsteady--varying and unpredictable)
unsteady, Adjective
  • (s) unfirm, unsteady: (not firmly or solidly positioned) "climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder"; "an unfirm stance"
  • (a) unsteady: (subject to change or variation) "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"
unsterilised, Adjective
  • (s) unsterilized, unsterilised: (not sterilized)
unsterilized, Adjective
  • (s) unsterilized, unsterilised: (not sterilized)
unstimulating, Adjective
  • (a) unstimulating, unexciting: (not stimulating)
unstinted, Adjective
  • (s) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting: (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"
unstinting, Adjective
  • (s) lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting: (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"
unstoppable, Adjective
  • (a) unstoppable: (not capable of being stopped) "as unstoppable as the wind"
unstrain, Verb
  • (v) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen_up, unwind, make_relaxed: (cause to feel relaxed) "A hot bath always relaxes me"
unstrained, Adjective
  • (s) unforced, unstrained: (not resulting from undue effort; not forced) "a voice with a pleasingly unforced quality"; "his playing is facile and unstrained"
  • (s) unstrained: (not placed under psychological stress) "the campaign would not leave party loyalties unstrained"
unstrap, Verb
  • (v) unstrap: (remove the strap or straps from)
unstratified, Adjective
  • (a) unstratified: (not deposited in layers) "glacial till is unstratified"
unstressed, Adjective
  • (a) unstressed: (not bearing a stress or accent) "short vowels are unstressed"
unstring, Verb
  • (v) unstring: (remove the strings from) "unstring my guitar"
unstructured, Adjective
  • (s) amorphous, unstructured: (lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies)
  • (a) unstructured: (lacking definite structure or organization) "an unstructured situation with no one in authority"; "a neighborhood gang with a relatively unstructured system"; "children in an unstructured environment often feel insecure"; "unstructured inkblots"
unstuck, Adjective
  • (a) unstuck: (free) "a man with a mule got my car unstuck"; "the gears locked in second and would not come unstuck"
  • (s) unstuck, undone: (thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence) "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
unstudied, Adjective
  • (a) unstudied, uncontrived: (not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu) "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"
  • (s) unstudied: (lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field) "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters"
unstuff, Verb
  • (v) unstuff, loosen_up: (cause to become unblocked) "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
unstylish, Adjective
  • (a) styleless, unstylish: (lacking in style or elegance) "a styleless way of dressing"; "expensive but styleless country tweeds"; "wearing unstylish clothes"
  • (a) unfashionable, unstylish: (not in accord with or not following current fashion) "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
unsuasible, Adjective
  • (s) unpersuadable, unsuasible: (not susceptible to persuasion)
unsubdivided, Adjective
  • (a) simple, unsubdivided: ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
unsubduable, Adjective
  • (s) indomitable, never-say-die, unsubduable: (impossible to subdue)
unsubmissive, Adjective
  • (a) unservile, unsubmissive: (not servile or submissive)
unsubstantial, Adjective
  • (a) insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal: (lacking material form or substance; unreal) "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"
unsubstantialise, Verb
  • (v) immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise: (render immaterial or incorporeal)
unsubstantialize, Verb
  • (v) immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise: (render immaterial or incorporeal)
unsubstantiated, Adjective
  • (s) uncorroborated, unsubstantiated: (unsupported by other evidence)
unsubtle, Adjective
  • (s) broad, unsubtle: (lacking subtlety; obvious) "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
unsuccessful, Adjective
  • (s) abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful: (failing to accomplish an intended result) "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
  • (a) unsuccessful: (not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome)
unsufferable, Adjective
  • (s) impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable: (used of persons or their behavior) "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"
unsuitability, Noun
  • (n) unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness: (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
unsuitable, Adjective
  • (s) inapplicable, unsuitable: (not capable of being applied) "rules inapplicable to day students"
  • (s) undesirable, unsuitable: (not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse))
  • (s) unsuitable: (not meant or adapted for a particular purpose) "a solvent unsuitable for use on wood surfaces"
  • (s) unsuitable: (not conducive to good moral development) "the movie is unsuitable for children"
unsuitableness, Noun
  • (n) unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness: (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
unsuited, Adjective
  • (s) ill-sorted, incompatible, mismated, unsuited: (not easy to combine harmoniously)
unsullied, Adjective
  • (s) stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished: ((of reputation) free from blemishes) "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"
  • (s) unsullied: (spotlessly clean and fresh) "the unsullied snow of mountains"
unsung, Adjective
  • (s) obscure, unknown, unsung: (not famous or acclaimed) "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
  • (s) unappreciated, unsung, unvalued: (having value that is not acknowledged)
unsupervised, Adjective
  • (a) unsupervised: (not supervised or under constant observation) "the school maintains unsupervised study halls during free periods"; "reliable workers are generally unsupervised"
unsupported, Adjective
  • (a) unsupported: (not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid) "unsupported accusations"
  • (a) unsupported: (not held up or borne) "removal of the central post left the roof unsupported"
unsupportive, Adjective
  • (a) unsupportive: (not furnishing support or assistance)
unsure, Adjective
  • (a) diffident, shy, timid, unsure: (lacking self-confidence) "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
  • (a) uncertain, unsure, incertain: (lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance) "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"
unsurmountable, Adjective
  • (a) insurmountable, unsurmountable: (not capable of being surmounted or overcome) "insurmountable disadvantages"
  • (s) unsurmountable, unclimbable: (incapable of being surmounted or climbed)
unsurpassed, Adjective
  • (s) unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed: (not capable of being improved on)
unsurprised, Adjective
  • (a) unsurprised, not_surprised: (not surprised or expressing surprise) "that unsuprised obstinate look on his face"
unsurprising, Adjective
  • (a) unsurprising: (not causing surprise)
unsusceptibility, Noun
  • (n) unsusceptibility, immunity: (the state of not being susceptible) "unsusceptibility to rust"
unsusceptible, Adjective
  • (a) unsusceptible, insusceptible: (not susceptible to)
unsuspected, Adjective
  • (a) unsuspected: (not suspected or believed likely) "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected"; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road"
unsuspecting, Adjective
  • (s) unsuspecting, unsuspicious: (not suspicious) "deceiving the unsuspecting public"
  • (s) unsuspecting: ((often followed by `of') not knowing or expecting; not thinking likely) "an unsuspecting victim"; "unsuspecting (or unaware) of the fact that I would one day be their leader"
unsuspicious, Adjective
  • (s) unsuspecting, unsuspicious: (not suspicious) "deceiving the unsuspecting public"
unswayed, Adjective
  • (s) uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched: (not influenced or affected) "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington"; "unswayed by personal considerations"
unsweet, Adjective
  • (s) sec, unsweet: ((of champagne) moderately dry)
  • (s) unsweet: (distasteful) "he found life unsweet"
unswept, Adjective
  • (a) unswept: (not swept or having sweep) "a boxy little plane with square unswept wings"
  • (s) unswept: (not having been swept) "unswept floors"
unswerving, Adjective
  • (s) steadfast, staunch, unswerving: (firm and dependable especially in loyalty) "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"
  • (s) undeviating, unswerving: (going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside) "some people see evolution as an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road unswerving across the lowlands"
unsworn, Adjective
  • (a) unsworn: (not bound by or stated on oath) "the witness stands unsworn"; "unsworn testimony"
unsyllabic, Adjective
  • (a) nonsyllabic, unsyllabic: (not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable; consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)) "the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'"; "the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'"
unsymbolic, Adjective
  • (a) nonrepresentative, unsymbolic: (not standing for something else)
unsymmetric, Adjective
  • (s) unsymmetric, unsymmetrical: (lacking symmetry)
unsymmetrical, Adjective
  • (s) anisometric, unsymmetrical: (having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or measurements)
  • (s) unsymmetric, unsymmetrical: (lacking symmetry)
unsympathetic, Adjective
  • (s) closed, unsympathetic: (not having an open mind) "a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas"
  • (s) disagreeable, unsympathetic: (not agreeing with your tastes or expectations) "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"
  • (s) unkindly, unsympathetic: (lacking in sympathy and kindness) "unkindly ancts"
  • (a) unsympathetic: (not sympathetic or disposed toward) "unsympathetic officialdom"; "people unsympathetic to the revolution"; "his dignity made him seem aloof and unsympathetic"
  • (a) unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable: ((of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings) "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic"
unsympathising, Adjective
  • (s) unsympathizing, unsympathising: (not showing or expressing sympathy) "an uncharitable and unsympathizing attitude"
unsympathizing, Adjective
  • (s) unsympathizing, unsympathising: (not showing or expressing sympathy) "an uncharitable and unsympathizing attitude"
unsynchronised, Adjective
  • (s) nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronised, unsynchronous: (not occurring together)
unsynchronized, Adjective
  • (s) nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronised, unsynchronous: (not occurring together)
unsynchronous, Adjective
  • (s) nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronised, unsynchronous: (not occurring together)
unsystematic, Adjective
  • (a) unsystematic: (lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization) "unsystematic and fragmentary records"; "he works in an unsystematic manner"
untactful, Adjective
  • (a) tactless, untactful: (lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others) "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"
untagged, Adjective
  • (a) unlabeled, unlabelled, untagged: (lacking a label or tag) "unlabeled luggage is liable to be lost"
untainted, Adjective
  • (s) stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished: ((of reputation) free from blemishes) "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"
untalented, Adjective
  • (a) untalented, talentless: (devoid of talent; not gifted)
untalkative, Adjective
  • (s) reticent, untalkative: (temperamentally disinclined to talk)
untamed, Adjective
  • (a) wild, untamed: (in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated) "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
untangle, Verb
  • (v) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber: (release from entanglement of difficulty) "I cannot extricate myself from this task"
  • (v) unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick: (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of) "unravel the thread"
untangled, Adjective
  • (a) untangled: (not tangled)
untangling, Noun
  • (n) unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication: (the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition)
untanned, Adjective
  • (a) untanned: (not converted to leather by a tanning agent) "a whip made of untanned hide"
untaped, Adjective
  • (s) unfilmed, untaped: (not recorded on film or tape)
untapped, Adjective
  • (a) untapped: (not subjected to tapping) "an untapped keg"; "an untapped sugar maple"
  • (s) untapped: (not drawn upon or used) "untapped reserves of coal"; "the untapped stockrooms of our minds"- G.R.Harrison"
untarnished, Adjective
  • (s) stainless, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished: ((of reputation) free from blemishes) "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"
untasted, Adjective
  • (s) untouched, untasted: (still full) "an untouched cocktail in her hand"
untaught, Adjective
  • (s) unschooled, untaught, untutored: (lacking in schooling) "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
untaxed, Adjective
  • (s) tax-exempt, tax-free, untaxed: ((of goods or funds) not taxed) "tax-exempt bonds"; "an untaxed expense account"
unteach, Verb
  • (v) unteach: (cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier)
  • (v) unteach: (cause to unlearn) "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods"
untechnical, Adjective
  • (a) nontechnical, untechnical: (not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences) "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language"
untellable, Adjective
  • (s) indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
untempered, Adjective
  • (a) untempered, unhardened: (not brought to a proper consistency or hardness) "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel"
  • (a) untempered: (not moderated or controlled) "his untempered individualism"
untempting, Adjective
  • (s) unattractive, untempting: (not appealing to the senses) "untempting food"
  • (s) uninviting, untempting: (not tempting)
untenable, Adjective
  • (s) indefensible, untenable: ((of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified)
untenanted, Adjective
  • (s) unoccupied, untenanted: (not leased to or occupied by a tenant) "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
untested, Adjective
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
  • (s) untested, untried: (not yet proved or subjected to testing) "an untested drug"; "untested theory"; "an untried procedure"
unthankful, Adjective
  • (a) ungrateful, thankless, unthankful: (not feeling or showing gratitude) "ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare"
unthaw, Verb
  • (v) dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt: (become or cause to become soft or liquid) "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
untheatrical, Adjective
  • (a) untheatrical: (not suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater) "a well-written but untheatrical play"; "an untheatrical personality"
unthematic, Adjective
  • (a) unthematic: (not relating to a melodic subject) "there is nothing unthematic in this composition"
unthinkable, Adjective
  • (a) unthinkable: (incapable of being conceived or considered)
unthinking, Adjective
  • (s) lumpish, lumpen, unthinking: (mentally sluggish)
  • (s) thoughtless, uncaring, unthinking: (without care or thought for others; `Let them eat cake'") "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread"
  • (s) unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful: (not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
unthought-of, Adjective
  • (s) unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of: (so unexpected as to have not been imagined) "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"
unthought, Adjective
  • (s) unhoped, unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of: (so unexpected as to have not been imagined) "an unhoped-for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an unthought-of place to find the key"
unthoughtful, Adjective
  • (s) unreflective, unthinking, unthoughtful: (not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
unthoughtfulness, Noun
  • (n) unthoughtfulness, thoughtlessness: (the trait of not thinking carefully before acting)
unthreatening, Adjective
  • (s) well-meaning, unthreatening: (not unfriendly or threatening) "her well-meaning words were received in silence"; "the exasperation of a...well-meaning cow worried by dogs"
untidiness, Noun
  • (n) untidiness: (the condition of being untidy)
  • (n) untidiness, messiness: (the trait of being untidy and messy)
untidy, Adjective
  • (a) untidy: (not neat and tidy) "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
untie, Verb
  • (v) untie, unbrace, unlace: (undo the ties of) "They untied the prisoner"
  • (v) untie, undo, loosen: (cause to become loose) "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
untied, Adjective
  • (s) unchained, unfettered, unshackled, untied: (not bound by shackles and chains)
  • (a) unlaced, untied: (with laces not tied) "teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers"
  • (a) untied, unfastened: (not tied)
untier, Noun
  • (n) undoer, opener, unfastener, untier: (a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens) "children are talented undoers of their shoelaces"
untimbered, Adjective
  • (a) untimbered: (lacking timbers) "an untimbered boat"
  • (s) untimbered: (without trees) "an untimbered area"
untimeliness, Noun
  • (n) inopportuneness, untimeliness: (the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time)
  • (n) unseasonableness, untimeliness: (being at an inappropriate time)
untimely, Adjective
  • (s) ill-timed, unseasonable, untimely, wrong: (badly timed) "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
  • (s) premature, untimely: (uncommonly early or before the expected time) "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
untipped, Adjective
  • (a) untipped: (not provided with a special tip) "untipped cigarettes"
untired, Adjective
  • (s) untired, unwearied, unweary: (with unreduced energy)
untiring, Adjective
  • (s) hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring: (characterized by hard work and perseverance)
untitled, Adjective
  • (s) ignoble, ungentle, untitled: (not of the nobility) "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"
untold, Adjective
  • (s) untold: (of an incalculable amount) "untold suffering"
untoothed, Adjective
  • (s) unnotched, untoothed: (having no notches)
untouchable, Adjective
  • (s) inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable: (not capable of being obtained) "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"
  • (s) unassailable, untouchable: (impossible to assail)
  • (s) untouchable: (beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment) "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek"
  • (s) untouchable: (forbidden to the touch) "in most museums such articles are untouchable"
  • (s) untouchable: (( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling)
untouchable, Noun
  • (n) untouchable, Harijan: (belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India)
untouched, Adjective
  • (s) uninfluenced, unswayed, untouched: (not influenced or affected) "stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old world"- V.L.Parrington"; "unswayed by personal considerations"
  • (a) unmoved, unaffected, untouched: (emotionally unmoved) "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable"
  • (a) untouched: (not having come in contact)
  • (s) untouched, untasted: (still full) "an untouched cocktail in her hand"
untoughened, Adjective
  • (a) tender, untoughened: (physically untoughened) "tender feet"
untoward, Adjective
  • (s) adverse, inauspicious, untoward: (contrary to your interests or welfare) "adverse circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions"
  • (s) indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward: (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"
untraceable, Adjective
  • (a) untraceable: (incapable of being traced or tracked down) "an untraceable source"
untracked, Adjective
  • (s) pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden: (lacking pathways) "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"
untraditional, Adjective
  • (a) nontraditional, untraditional: (not conforming to or in accord with tradition) "nontraditional designs"; "nontraditional practices"
untrained, Adjective
  • (a) untrained: (not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training) "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration"
untrammeled, Adjective
  • (s) untrammeled, untrammelled: (not confined or limited) "the gift of a fresh eye and an untrammeled curiosity"- Russell Lord"; "the untrammeled rush that the snows had shown in the first spring sun"- Farley Mowat"
untrammelled, Adjective
  • (s) untrammeled, untrammelled: (not confined or limited) "the gift of a fresh eye and an untrammeled curiosity"- Russell Lord"; "the untrammeled rush that the snows had shown in the first spring sun"- Farley Mowat"
untransferable, Adjective
  • (s) nontransferable, unassignable, untransferable: (incapable of being transferred)
untranslatable, Adjective
  • (a) untranslatable: (not capable of being put into another form or style or language) "an untranslatable idiom"; "untranslatable art"
untransmutable, Adjective
  • (s) inconvertible, untransmutable: (not capable of being changed into something else) "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals"
untraveled, Adjective
  • (a) untraveled, untravelled: (not traveled over or through) "untraveled roads"
untravelled, Adjective
  • (a) untraveled, untravelled: (not traveled over or through) "untraveled roads"
untreated, Adjective
  • (a) untreated: (not given medical care or treatment) "an untreated disease"; "the untreated wounded lay on makeshift cots"
  • (a) untreated: (not subjected to chemical or physical treatment) "an untreated fabric"
  • (s) untreated: ((of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye)
untried, Adjective
  • (s) unseasoned, untested, untried, young: (not tried or tested by experience) "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
  • (s) untested, untried: (not yet proved or subjected to testing) "an untested drug"; "untested theory"; "an untried procedure"
untrimmed, Adjective
  • (a) untrimmed, uncut: (not trimmed) "shaggy untrimmed locks"
untrod, Adjective
  • (s) pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden: (lacking pathways) "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"
untrodden, Adjective
  • (s) pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden: (lacking pathways) "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas"
untroubled, Adjective
  • (a) secure, unafraid, untroubled: (free from fear or doubt; easy in mind) "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
  • (a) untroubled: (not beset by troubles or disturbance or distress) "seemed untroubled by doubts of any kind"; "untroubled sleep"; "a kind untroubled face"
  • (s) untroubled: (free from turmoil or worries) "untroubled times"
untrue, Adjective
  • (s) false, untrue: ((used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful) "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
  • (s) out_of_true, untrue: (not accurately fitted; not level) "the frame was out of true"; "off-level floors and untrue doors and windows"
  • (s) untrue: (not according with the facts) "unfortunately the statement was simply untrue"
  • (s) untrue: (not true to an obligation or trust) "is untrue to his highest opportunity and duty"-Bruno Laske"
untrustiness, Noun
  • (n) untrustworthiness, untrustiness: (the trait of not deserving trust or confidence)
untrusting, Adjective
  • (s) leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary: (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide)
untrustworthiness, Noun
  • (n) untrustworthiness, untrustiness: (the trait of not deserving trust or confidence)
untrustworthy, Adjective
  • (a) untrustworthy, untrusty: (not worthy of trust or belief) "an untrustworthy person"
untrusty, Adjective
  • (a) untrustworthy, untrusty: (not worthy of trust or belief) "an untrustworthy person"
untruth, Noun
  • (n) falsehood, falsity, untruth: (a false statement)
untruthful, Adjective
  • (a) untruthful: (not expressing or given to expressing the truth) "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person"
untruthfulness, Noun
  • (n) untruthfulness: (the quality of being untruthful)
untucked, Adjective
  • (a) untucked: (lacking tucks or not being tucked) "the sheet came untucked"; "plain untucked shirt front"
untune, Verb
  • (v) untune: (cause to be out of tune) "Don't untune that string!"
  • (v) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit: (cause to lose one's composure)
untuneful, Adjective
  • (a) tuneless, untuneful, unmelodious: (not having a musical sound or pleasing tune)
unturned, Adjective
  • (a) unturned: (not turned) "left no stone unturned"
untutored, Adjective
  • (s) unschooled, untaught, untutored: (lacking in schooling) "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
untwine, Verb
  • (v) untwine: (undo what has been twined together) "untwine the strings"
untwist, Verb
  • (v) untwist: (cause to become untwisted)
untying, Noun
  • (n) untying, undoing, unfastening: (loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy") "the tying of bow ties is an art"
untypical, Adjective
  • (a) atypical, untypical: (not representative of a group, class, or type) "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
untypicality, Noun
  • (n) atypicality, untypicality: (any state that is not typical)
ununbium, Noun
  • (n) ununbium, Uub, element_112, atomic_number_112: (a radioactive transuranic element)
ununderstood, Adjective
  • (a) ununderstood: (not understood) "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry"
ununhexium, Noun
  • (n) ununhexium, Uuh, element_116, atomic_number_116: (a radioactive transuranic element)
ununpentium, Noun
  • (n) ununpentium, Uup, element_115, atomic_number_115: (a radioactive transuranic element)
ununquadium, Noun
  • (n) ununquadium, Uuq, element_114, atomic_number_114: (a radioactive transuranic element)
ununtrium, Noun
  • (n) ununtrium, Uut, element_113, atomic_number_113: (a radioactive transuranic element)
unusable, Adjective
  • (s) unserviceable, unusable, unuseable: (not capable of being used)
unuseable, Adjective
  • (s) unserviceable, unusable, unuseable: (not capable of being used)
unused, Adjective
  • (s) fresh, unused: (not yet used or soiled) "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
  • (s) idle, unused: (not in active use) "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
  • (s) unused: (not yet put into use) "we bought an unused car for a change"
  • (s) unused: (infrequently exposed to) "feet unused to shoes"
unusefulness, Noun
  • (n) inutility, uselessness, unusefulness: (the quality of having no practical use)
unusual, Adjective
  • (a) strange, unusual: (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird) "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has"
  • (a) unusual: (not usual or common or ordinary) "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"
  • (s) unusual: (not commonly encountered) "two-career families are no longer unusual"
unusualness, Noun
  • (n) unusualness: (uncommonness by virtue of being unusual)
unutterable, Adjective
  • (s) indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable: (defying expression or description) "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
  • (s) ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable: (too sacred to be uttered) "the ineffable name of the Deity"
  • (s) unpronounceable, unutterable: (very difficult to pronounce correctly) "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
unuttered, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unvaccinated, Adjective
  • (s) unvaccinated: (not vaccinated)
unvalued, Adjective
  • (s) unappreciated, unsung, unvalued: (having value that is not acknowledged)
unvaned, Adjective
  • (s) unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned: ((of an arrow) not equipped with feathers) "shot an unfledged arrow"
unvanquishable, Adjective
  • (s) invincible, unbeatable, unvanquishable: (incapable of being overcome or subdued) "an invincible army"; "her invincible spirit"
unvanquished, Adjective
  • (s) unbeaten, unconquered, unvanquished: (not conquered)
unvaried, Adjective
  • (a) unvaried, unvarying: (lacking variety)
unvariedness, Noun
  • (n) unvariedness: (characterized by an absence of variation)
unvarnished, Adjective
  • (s) plain, unvarnished: (free from any effort to soften to disguise) "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
  • (s) unstained, unvarnished: (not having a coating of stain or varnish)
unvarying, Adjective
  • (s) changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying: (unvarying in nature) "maintained a constant temperature"; "principles of unvarying validity"
  • (a) uniform, unvarying: (always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences) "a street of uniform tall white buildings"
  • (a) unvaried, unvarying: (lacking variety)
unveil, Verb
  • (v) uncover, bring_out, unveil, reveal: (make visible) "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"
  • (v) unveil: (remove the veil from) "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies"
  • (v) unveil: (remove the cover from) "unveil a painting"
unveiled, Adjective
  • (a) unveiled: (revealed; especially by having a veil removed) "a new generation of unveiled women in Iran"; "applauding the unveiled statue of Winston Churchill"
unveiling, Noun
  • (n) introduction, debut, first_appearance, launching, unveiling, entry: (the act of beginning something new) "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
  • (n) unveiling: (putting on display for the first time) "he attended the unveiling of the statue"
unvendible, Adjective
  • (s) unmarketable, unmerchantable, unvendible: (not fit for sale)
unventilated, Adjective
  • (a) unventilated: (not ventilated) "stuffy unventilated rooms"
unverbalised, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unverbalized, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
unverifiable, Adjective
  • (s) unobjective, unverifiable: ((of e.g. evidence) not objective or easily verified)
unversed, Adjective
  • (s) unpracticed, unpractised, unversed: (not having had extensive practice)
unvigilant, Adjective
  • (a) unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant: (not alert to what is potentially dangerous)
unvoiced, Adjective
  • (s) unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken: (not made explicit) "the unexpressed terms of the agreement"; "things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his action is clear but his reason remains unstated"
  • (a) unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard: (produced without vibration of the vocal cords) "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
unvoluntary, Adjective
  • (a) involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary: (not subject to the control of the will) "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy"
unvulcanised, Adjective
  • (s) unvulcanized, unvulcanised: ((used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization)
unvulcanized, Adjective
  • (s) unvulcanized, unvulcanised: ((used of rubber) not subjected to the process of vulcanization)
unwanted, Adjective
  • (a) undesirable, unwanted: (not wanted) "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"; "removed the unwanted vegetation"
  • (a) unwanted: (not wanted; not needed) "tried to give away unwanted kittens"
unwariness, Noun
  • (n) unwariness: (the trait of not being cautious and watchful)
unwarmed, Adjective
  • (s) unheated, unwarmed: (not having been heated or warmed) "an unheated room"; "unwarmed rolls"
unwarrantable, Adjective
  • (s) indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted: (incapable of being justified or explained)
unwarranted, Adjective
  • (s) baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild: (without a basis in reason or fact) "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
  • (s) indefensible, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted: (incapable of being justified or explained)
  • (s) undue, unjustified, unwarranted: (lacking justification or authorization) "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
unwary, Adjective
  • (a) unwary: (not alert to danger or deception) "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell"
unwashed, Adjective
  • (s) common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed: (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"
  • (s) unwashed: (not cleaned with or as if with soap and water) "a sink full of unwashed dishes"
unwatchful, Adjective
  • (a) unalert, unwatchful, unvigilant: (not alert to what is potentially dangerous)
unwavering, Adjective
  • (s) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering: (marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable) "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
  • (s) level, unwavering: (not showing abrupt variations) "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss"
unwaxed, Adjective
  • (a) unwaxed: (not waxed) "the unwaxed floor"
unweaned, Adjective
  • (a) unweaned: (not weaned) "some children remain unweaned until their second or third birthdays"
unwearable, Adjective
  • (a) unwearable: (not suitable for wear or able to be worn) "shoes so dilapidated as to be unwearable"
unwearied, Adjective
  • (s) untired, unwearied, unweary: (with unreduced energy)
unweary, Adjective
  • (s) untired, unwearied, unweary: (with unreduced energy)
unwearying, Adjective
  • (s) indefatigable, tireless, unflagging, unwearying: (showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality) "an indefatigable advocate of equal rights"; "a tireless worker"; "unflagging pursuit of excellence"
unweave, Verb
  • (v) unweave: (undo strands that have been woven together)
unwebbed, Adjective
  • (a) unwebbed: ((of the feet of some animals) not webbed) "a primitive frog with unwebbed toes"
unwed, Adjective
  • (s) unwed, unwedded: (of someone who has not been married) "unwed mother"
unwedded, Adjective
  • (s) unwed, unwedded: (of someone who has not been married) "unwed mother"
unwelcome, Adjective
  • (a) unwelcome: (not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure) "unwelcome publicity"; "unwelcome interruptions"; "unwelcome visitors"
  • (s) unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for: (not welcome) "unwelcome publicity"
unwell, Adjective
  • (s) ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under_the_weather, seedy: (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"
unwellness, Noun
  • (n) illness, unwellness, malady, sickness: (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)
unwholesome, Adjective
  • (a) unwholesome: (detrimental to physical or moral well-being) "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
unwholesomeness, Noun
  • (n) unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity: (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)
unwieldiness, Noun
  • (n) awkwardness, cumbersomeness, unwieldiness: (trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape) "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
  • (n) unwieldiness: (the quality of being difficult to direct or control by reason of complexity) "avoiding the unwieldiness of formal legal processes"; "the onset of unwieldiness and bureaucracy in large organizations"
unwieldy, Adjective
  • (s) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy: (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"
  • (a) unwieldy, unmanageable: (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"
  • (s) unwieldy: (difficult to work or manipulate) "unwieldy rules and regulations"
unwilled, Adjective
  • (s) unintentional, unwilled: (without deliberate intent) "my heart with unwilled love grew warm"- George Macdonald"
  • (s) unwilled: (without deliberate volition)
unwilling, Adjective
  • (a) unwilling: (not disposed or inclined toward) "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts"
  • (s) unwilling: (in spite of contrary volition)
unwillingness, Noun
  • (n) unwillingness, involuntariness: (the trait of being unwilling) "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
unwind, Verb
  • (v) relax, loosen_up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow_down: (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"
  • (v) relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen_up, unwind, make_relaxed: (cause to feel relaxed) "A hot bath always relaxes me"
  • (v) unwind, wind_off, unroll: (reverse the winding or twisting of) "unwind a ball of yarn"
  • (v) unwind, disentangle: (separate the tangles of)
unwire, Verb
  • (v) unwire: (undo the wiring of)
unwise, Adjective
  • (s) inexpedient, unwise: (not appropriate to the purpose)
  • (s) unwise: (showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom) "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
unwiseness, Noun
  • (n) folly, foolishness, unwiseness: (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)
unwished-for, Adjective
  • (s) unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for: (not welcome) "unwelcome publicity"
unwished, Adjective
  • (s) unwelcome, unwished, unwished-for: (not welcome) "unwelcome publicity"
unwitting, Adjective
  • (s) ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting: (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge) "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
  • (s) unintentional, unplanned, unwitting: (not done with purpose or intent) "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"
  • (a) unwitting: (not aware or knowing) "an unwitting subject in an experiment"
unwomanly, Adjective
  • (a) unwomanly: (not womanly) "the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly"
unwooded, Adjective
  • (a) unwooded, treeless: (not wooded)
unworkable, Adjective
  • (s) impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable: (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"
unworldly, Adjective
  • (s) unsophisticated, unworldly: (not wise in the ways of the world) "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien"
  • (a) unworldly: (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations) "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney"
unworried, Adjective
  • (s) carefree, unworried: (free of trouble and worry and care) "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially"
unworthiness, Noun
  • (n) inappropriateness, unworthiness: (the quality of being not particularly suitable or befitting) "he retracted nothing that he had said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person"; "his praise released from her loud protestations of her unworthiness"
  • (n) unworthiness: (the quality or state of lacking merit or value)
unworthy, Adjective
  • (s) despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched: (morally reprehensible) "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
  • (s) undeserving, unworthy: (not deserving) "the undeserving poor"
  • (a) unworthy: (lacking in value or merit) "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"
unwoven, Adjective
  • (a) unwoven: (not woven) "tapa cloth is an unwoven fabric made by pounding bark into a thin sheet"
unwrap, Verb
  • (v) unwrap, undo: (remove the outer cover or wrapping of) "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
  • (v) unwrap, disclose, let_on, bring_out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give_away, let_out: (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret) "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
unwrapped, Adjective
  • (a) unwrapped: (not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed) "she faced a mountainous pile of presents still unwrapped"; "the floor around the tree was littered with gifts already unwrapped"
unwrinkled, Adjective
  • (a) unwrinkled, wrinkleless: (not wrinkled or creased)
unwritten, Adjective
  • (s) ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten: (said or done without having been planned or written in advance) "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
  • (s) oral, unwritten: (using speech rather than writing) "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement"
  • (a) unwritten: (based on custom rather than documentation) "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence"
unyielding, Adjective
  • (s) dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding: (stubbornly unyielding) "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot"; "men tenacious of opinion"
  • (s) unyielding: (resistant to physical force or pressure) "an unyielding head support"
unyieldingness, Noun
  • (n) adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness: (resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible)
unyoke, Verb
  • (v) unyoke: (remove the yoke from) "unyoke the cow"
unzip, Verb
  • (v) unzip: (open the zipper of) "unzip the bag"
up-and-coming, Adjective
  • (s) energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming: (working hard to promote an enterprise)
up-to-date, Adjective
  • (s) up-to-date: (reflecting the latest information or changes) "an up-to-date issue of the magazine"
  • (s) up-to-date, cutting-edge, with-it: (in accord with the most fashionable ideas or style) "wears only the latest style"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "cutting-edge technology"; "a with-it boutique"
up-to-dateness, Noun
  • (n) currentness, currency, up-to-dateness: (the property of belonging to the present time) "the currency of a slang term"
up-to-the-minute, Adjective
  • (s) up-to-the-minute, latest: (up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date) "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries"
up, Adjective
  • (s) astir, up: (out of bed) "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"
  • (s) improving, up: (getting higher or more vigorous) "its an up market"; "an improving economy"
  • (a) up: (being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level) "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"
  • (s) up, upward: (extending or moving toward a higher place) "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
  • (s) up: ((usually followed by `on' or `for') in readiness) "he was up on his homework"; "had to be up for the game"
  • (s) up: (open) "the windows are up"
  • (s) up: ((used of computers) operating properly) "how soon will the computers be up?"
  • (s) up: (used up) "time is up"
up, Verb
  • (v) up: (raise) "up the ante"
upbeat, Adjective
  • (s) cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat: (pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic)
upbeat, Noun
  • (n) upbeat, offbeat: (an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure))
  • (n) wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia: (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous) "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles"
upbraid, Verb
  • (v) reproach, upbraid: (express criticism towards) "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
upbraider, Noun
  • (n) upbraider, reprover, reproacher, rebuker: (someone who finds fault or imputes blame)
upbraiding, Noun
  • (n) castigation, earful, bawling_out, chewing_out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing_down: (a severe scolding)
upbringing, Noun
  • (n) breeding, bringing_up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing: (helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community) "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
  • (n) upbringing: (properties acquired during a person's formative years)
upchuck, Verb
  • (v) vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up: (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth) "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
upcoming, Adjective
  • (s) approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming: (of the relatively near future) "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
upcountry, Adjective
  • (s) interior, midland, upcountry: (of or coming from the middle of a region or country) "upcountry districts"
update, Noun
  • (n) update: (news that updates your information)
update, Verb
  • (v) update: (modernize or bring up to date) "We updated the kitchen in the old house"
  • (v) update: (bring up to date; supply with recent information)
  • (v) update: (bring to the latest state of technology)
updraft, Noun
  • (n) updraft: (a strong upward air current)
upend, Verb
  • (v) upend: (become turned or set on end) "the airplanes upended"
  • (v) upend: (set, turn, or stand on end) "upend the box and empty the contents"
upended, Adjective
  • (s) upended: (turned up on end)
upending, Noun
  • (n) inversion, upending: (turning upside down; setting on end)
upfront, Adjective
  • (s) upfront: (frank and honest) "he was upfront about his intentions"
upgrade, Noun
  • (n) ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade: (an upward slope or grade (as in a road)) "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
  • (n) upgrade: (software that provides better performance than an earlier version did)
  • (n) upgrade: (a reservation that is improved) "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full"
  • (n) upgrade, rise, rising_slope: (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)
  • (n) upgrade: (hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did)
  • (n) upgrade: (the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)) "the power plant received a new upgrade"
upgrade, Verb
  • (v) promote, upgrade, advance, kick_upstairs, raise, elevate: (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position) "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
  • (v) upgrade: (rate higher; raise in value or esteem)
  • (v) upgrade: (to improve what was old or outdated) "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
  • (v) upgrade: (get better travel conditions) "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
  • (v) upgrade: (give better travel conditions to) "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
upheaval, Noun
  • (n) agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo: (disturbance usually in protest)
  • (n) convulsion, turmoil, upheaval: (a violent disturbance) "the convulsions of the stock market"
  • (n) turbulence, upheaval, Sturm_und_Drang: (a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)) "the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence"
  • (n) upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust: ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
uphill, Adjective
  • (s) acclivitous, rising, uphill: (sloping upward)
uphill, Noun
  • (n) uphill: (the upward slope of a hill)
uphold, Verb
  • (v) continue, uphold, carry_on, bear_on, preserve: (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last) "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • (v) uphold: (stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals)
  • (v) uphold, maintain: (support against an opponent) "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
upholder, Noun
  • (n) upholder, maintainer, sustainer: (someone who upholds or maintains) "firm upholders of tradition"; "they are sustainers of the idea of democracy"
upholster, Verb
  • (v) upholster: (provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers)
upholstery, Noun
  • (n) upholstery: (covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture)
  • (n) upholstery: (the craft of upholstering)
upkeep, Noun
  • (n) care, maintenance, upkeep: (activity involved in maintaining something in good working order) "he wrote the manual on car care"
  • (n) sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep: (the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence) "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
upland, Adjective
  • (a) upland, highland: (used of high or hilly country)
upland, Noun
  • (n) highland, upland: (elevated (e.g., mountainous) land)
uplift, Noun
  • (n) upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust: ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
  • (n) uplift: (a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts)
uplift, Verb
  • (v) elate, lift_up, uplift, pick_up, intoxicate: (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism) "Music can uplift your spirits"
  • (v) uplift: (lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces) "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
  • (v) uplift: (lift up or elevate)
uplifting, Noun
  • (n) uplifting: (the rise of something) "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky"
upload, Verb
  • (v) upload: (transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location)
upmarket, Adjective
  • (a) upmarket: (designed for consumers with high incomes) "he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats"- New Yorker"
upmost, Adjective
  • (s) topmost, uppermost, upmost: (at or nearest to the top) "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"
upper-class, Adjective
  • (a) upper-class: (occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society)
upper-level, Adjective
  • (s) high-level, high-ranking, upper-level: (at an elevated level in rank or importance) "a high-level official"; "a high-level corporate briefing"; "upper-level management"
upper, Adjective
  • (s) upper: (the topmost one of two)
  • (s) upper: (higher in place or position) "the upper bunk"; "in the upper center of the picture"; "the upper stories"
  • (s) upper: (superior in rank or accomplishment) "the upper half of the class"
upper, Noun
  • (n) amphetamine, pep_pill, upper, speed: (a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression)
  • (n) upper: (piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot) "Uppers come in many styles"
  • (n) upper_berth, upper: (the higher of two berths)
uppercase, Adjective
  • (a) uppercase: (relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case; X and Y and Z etc") "uppercase letters"
uppercase, Noun
  • (n) capital, capital_letter, uppercase, upper-case_letter, majuscule: (one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters") "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases"
uppermost, Adjective
  • (s) topmost, uppermost, upmost: (at or nearest to the top) "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"
uppish, Adjective
  • (s) bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too_big_for_one's_breeches, uppish: ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant) "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage"; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
uppishness, Noun
  • (n) uppityness, uppishness: (assumption of airs beyond one's station)
uppity, Adjective
  • (s) overweening, uppity: (presumptuously arrogant) "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet"; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times"
uppityness, Noun
  • (n) uppityness, uppishness: (assumption of airs beyond one's station)
upraise, Verb
  • (v) resurrect, raise, upraise: (cause to become alive again) "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
upraised, Adjective
  • (s) upraised, lifted: (held up in the air) "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"
upright, Adjective
  • (a) erect, vertical, upright: (upright in position or posture) "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
  • (s) good, just, upright: (of moral excellence) "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
  • (s) upright, unsloped: (in a vertical position; not sloping) "an upright post"
upright, Noun
  • (n) upright, vertical: (a vertical structural member as a post or stake) "the ball sailed between the uprights"
  • (n) upright, upright_piano: (a piano with a vertical sounding board)
uprightness, Noun
  • (n) erectness, uprightness: (the property of being upright in posture)
  • (n) uprightness, rectitude: (righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest)
  • (n) verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness: (position at right angles to the horizon)
uprise, Verb
  • (v) arise, rise, uprise, get_up, stand_up: (rise to one's feet) "The audience got up and applauded"
  • (v) bristle, uprise, stand_up: (rise up as in fear) "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"
  • (v) get_up, turn_out, arise, uprise, rise: (get up and out of bed) "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
  • (v) originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring_up, grow: (come into existence; take on form or shape) "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
  • (v) resurrect, rise, uprise: (return from the dead) "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
  • (v) rise, lift, arise, move_up, go_up, come_up, uprise: (move upward) "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
  • (v) rise, come_up, uprise, ascend: (come up, of celestial bodies) "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
  • (v) uprise: (ascend as a sound) "The choirs singing uprose and filled the church"
uprising, Noun
  • (n) rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising: (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)
uproar, Noun
  • (n) hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer: (loud confused noise from many sources)
  • (n) tumult, tumultuousness, uproar, garboil: (a state of commotion and noise and confusion)
uproarious, Adjective
  • (s) hilarious, screaming, uproarious: (marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter) "hilarious broad comedy"; "a screaming farce"; "uproarious stories"
  • (s) rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious: (uncontrollably noisy)
uproot, Verb
  • (v) uproot, deracinate: (move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment) "The war uprooted many people"
  • (v) uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root_out, exterminate: (destroy completely, as if down to the roots) "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
  • (v) uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root_out: (pull up by or as if by the roots) "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
uprooter, Noun
  • (n) destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter: (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
upscale, Adjective
  • (s) upscale: (appropriate for people with good incomes) "an upscale neighborhood"; "an upscale motel"
upset, Adjective
  • (s) broken, confused, disordered, upset: (thrown into a state of disarray or confusion) "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
  • (s) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried: (afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief) "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children"
  • (s) overturned, upset, upturned: (having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom) "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
  • (s) upset: (used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win) "the Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
  • (s) upset: (mildly physically distressed) "an upset stomach"
upset, Noun
  • (n) disorder, upset: (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning) "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time"
  • (n) disturbance, perturbation, upset: (an unhappy and worried mental state) "there was too much anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she caused me"
  • (n) overturn, upset: (an improbable and unexpected victory) "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
  • (n) upset, derangement, overthrow: (the act of disturbing the mind or body) "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
  • (n) upset, swage: (a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging)
  • (n) upset, overturn, turnover: (the act of upsetting something) "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
upset, Verb
  • (v) disturb, upset, trouble: (move deeply) "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
  • (v) overturn, tip_over, turn_over, upset, knock_over, bowl_over, tump_over: (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position) "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
  • (v) swage, upset: (form metals with a swage)
  • (v) upset: (disturb the balance or stability of) "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
  • (v) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit: (cause to lose one's composure)
  • (v) upset: (defeat suddenly and unexpectedly) "The foreign team upset the local team"
upsetting, Adjective
  • (s) disconcerting, upsetting: (causing an emotional disturbance) "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen"; "an upsetting experience"
upshot, Noun
  • (n) consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot: (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon) "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
upside-down, Adjective
  • (s) inverted, upside-down: (being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed) "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
upside, Noun
  • (n) top, top_side, upper_side, upside: (the highest or uppermost side of anything) "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"
upstage, Adjective
  • (s) aloof, distant, upstage: (remote in manner) "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  • (a) upstage: (of the back half of a stage) "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
upstage, Noun
  • (n) upstage: (the rear part of the stage)
upstage, Verb
  • (v) upstage: (treat snobbishly, put in one's place)
  • (v) upstage: (move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience)
  • (v) upstage: (steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else) "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
upstair, Adjective
  • (a) upstairs, upstair: (on or of upper floors of a building) "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"
upstairs, Adjective
  • (a) upstairs, upstair: (on or of upper floors of a building) "the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room"
upstairs, Noun
  • (n) upstairs: (the part of a building above the ground floor) "no one was allowed to see the upstairs"
upstanding, Adjective
  • (s) upstanding, solid: (meriting respect or esteem) "an upstanding member of the community"
upstart, Adjective
  • (s) nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart: (characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position)
upstart, Noun
  • (n) kip, upstart: (a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright)
  • (n) upstart: (an arrogant or presumptuous person)
  • (n) upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste: (a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class)
upstream, Adjective
  • (a) upstream: (in the direction against a stream's current)
upsurge, Noun
  • (n) rush, spate, surge, upsurge: (a sudden forceful flow)
  • (n) surge, upsurge: (a sudden or abrupt strong increase) "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
uptake, Noun
  • (n) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake: (the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating))
  • (n) uptake: (a process of taking up or using up or consuming) "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"
upthrow, Noun
  • (n) upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust: ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
upthrust, Noun
  • (n) upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust: ((geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building))
uptick, Noun
  • (n) uptick: (a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction)
uptight, Adjective
  • (s) edgy, high-strung, highly_strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight: (being in a tense state)
uptime, Noun
  • (n) uptime: (a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use)
uptown, Adjective
  • (a) uptown: (of or located in the upper part of a town) "uptown residential areas"
uptown, Noun
  • (n) uptown: (a residential part of town away from the central commercial district)
upturn, Noun
  • (n) upturn: (an upward movement or trend as in business activity)
upturned, Adjective
  • (s) overturned, upset, upturned: (having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom) "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk"; "sat on an upturned bucket"
  • (s) retrousse, tip-tilted, upturned: ((used of noses) turned up at the end) "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose"
upward, Adjective
  • (s) up, upward: (extending or moving toward a higher place) "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
  • (s) upward: (directed up) "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
upwind, Adjective
  • (s) upwind, weather: (towards the side exposed to wind)
uracil, Noun
  • (n) uracil, U: (a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine)
uraemia, Noun
  • (n) uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia: (accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine)
uraemic, Adjective
  • (a) azotemic, uremic, uraemic: (of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency))
uranalysis, Noun
  • (n) urinalysis, uranalysis: ((medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis))
uraninite, Noun
  • (n) uraninite, pitchblende: (a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore)
uranium, Noun
  • (n) uranium, U, atomic_number_92: (a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons)
uranologist, Noun
  • (n) astronomer, uranologist, stargazer: (a physicist who studies astronomy)
uranology, Noun
  • (n) astronomy, uranology: (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
urarthritis, Noun
  • (n) gout, gouty_arthritis, urarthritis: (a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints)
urban, Adjective
  • (a) urban: (relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area) "urban sociology"; "urban development"
  • (a) urban: (located in or characteristic of a city or city life) "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"
urbane, Adjective
  • (s) polished, refined, svelte, urbane: (showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience) "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
urbanisation, Noun
  • (n) urbanization, urbanisation: (the condition of being urbanized)
  • (n) urbanization, urbanisation: (the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban)
urbanise, Verb
  • (v) urbanize, urbanise: (make more industrial or city-like) "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
  • (v) urbanize, urbanise: (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon) "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them"
urbanised, Adjective
  • (s) urbanized, urbanised: (made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics) "the urbanized Eastern states"
urbanity, Noun
  • (n) urbanity: (polished courtesy; elegance of manner)
  • (n) urbanity: (the quality or character of life in a city or town) "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity"
urbanization, Noun
  • (n) urbanization, urbanisation: (the condition of being urbanized)
  • (n) urbanization, urbanisation: (the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban)
urbanize, Verb
  • (v) urbanize, urbanise: (make more industrial or city-like) "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
  • (v) urbanize, urbanise: (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon) "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them"
urbanized, Adjective
  • (s) urbanized, urbanised: (made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics) "the urbanized Eastern states"
urea, Noun
  • (n) urea, carbamide: (the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed and in plastics)
uremia, Noun
  • (n) uremia, uraemia, azotemia, azotaemia: (accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine)
uremic, Adjective
  • (a) azotemic, uremic, uraemic: (of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency))
urethane, Noun
  • (n) urethane: (an ester of carbamic acid)
urethra, Noun
  • (n) urethra: (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)
urethral, Adjective
  • (a) urethral: (of or relating to the urethra)
urge, Noun
  • (n) urge, impulse: (an instinctive motive) "profound religious impulses"
  • (n) urge, itch: (a strong restless desire) "why this urge to travel?"
urge, Verb
  • (v) cheer, root_on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge_on, exhort, pep_up: (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts) "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
  • (v) recommend, urge, advocate: (push for something) "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
  • (v) urge, urge_on, press, exhort: (force or impel in an indicated direction) "I urged him to finish his studies"
urgency, Noun
  • (n) importunity, urgency, urging: (insistent solicitation and entreaty) "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
  • (n) urgency: (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)
  • (n) urgency: (pressing importance requiring speedy action) "the urgency of his need"
  • (n) urgency: (an urgent situation calling for prompt action) "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
urgent, Adjective
  • (s) pressing, urgent: (compelling immediate action) "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
urging, Noun
  • (n) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring: (a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something) "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
  • (n) importunity, urgency, urging: (insistent solicitation and entreaty) "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
  • (n) urging: (the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging)
uric, Adjective
  • (a) uric: (in or relating to or obtained from urine) "uric acid"
urinal, Noun
  • (n) urinal: (a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by men to urinate)
urinalysis, Noun
  • (n) urinalysis, uranalysis: ((medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis))
urinary, Adjective
  • (a) urinary: (of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine)
  • (a) urinary: (of or relating to the urinary system of the body)
urinate, Verb
  • (v) make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make_water, relieve_oneself, take_a_leak, spend_a_penny, wee, wee-wee, pass_water: (eliminate urine) "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
  • (v) urinate: (pass after the manner of urine) "The sick men urinated blood"
urination, Noun
  • (n) micturition, urination: (the discharge of urine)
urinator, Noun
  • (n) pisser, urinator: (a person who urinates)
urine, Noun
  • (n) urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water: (liquid excretory product) "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
urn, Noun
  • (n) urn: (a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet)
  • (n) urn: (a large pot for making coffee or tea)
urobilinogen, Noun
  • (n) urobilinogen, stercobilinogen: (a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine)
urochesia, Noun
  • (n) urochesia, urochezia: (passage of urine from the anus)
urochezia, Noun
  • (n) urochesia, urochezia: (passage of urine from the anus)
urochord, Noun
  • (n) tunicate, urochordate, urochord: (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)
  • (n) urochord: (a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region)
urochordate, Noun
  • (n) tunicate, urochordate, urochord: (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)
urodele, Noun
  • (n) urodele, caudate: (amphibians that resemble lizards)
urticaria, Noun
  • (n) urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle_rash: (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)
urticate, Verb
  • (v) nettle, urticate: (sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation)
  • (v) urticate: (whip with or as with nettles)
urtication, Noun
  • (n) urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle_rash: (an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs)
  • (n) urtication: (a sensation of having been stung by nettles)
urus, Noun
  • (n) aurochs, urus, Bos_primigenius: (large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox; considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle)
usability, Noun
  • (n) serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability: (the quality of being able to provide good service)
usable, Adjective
  • (s) available, usable, useable: (convenient for use or disposal) "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
  • (s) functional, usable, useable, operable, operational: (fit or ready for use or service) "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
  • (s) useable, usable: (capable of being put to use) "usable byproducts"
usableness, Noun
  • (n) serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability: (the quality of being able to provide good service)
usage, Noun
  • (n) custom, usage, usance: (accepted or habitual practice)
  • (n) usage: (the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written) "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
  • (n) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise: (the act of using) "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
usance, Noun
  • (n) consumption, economic_consumption, usance, use, use_of_goods_and_services: ((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing) "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  • (n) custom, usage, usance: (accepted or habitual practice)
  • (n) usance: (the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange))
use, Noun
  • (n) consumption, economic_consumption, usance, use, use_of_goods_and_services: ((economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing) "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
  • (n) function, purpose, role, use: (what something is used for) "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
  • (n) habit, use: ((psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition) "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"
  • (n) manipulation, use: (exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage) "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"
  • (n) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise: (the act of using) "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
  • (n) use: (a particular service) "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"
  • (n) use, enjoyment: ((law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property) "we were given the use of his boat"
use, Verb
  • (v) practice, apply, use: (avail oneself to) "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
  • (v) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ: (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose) "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
  • (v) use, habituate: (take or consume (regularly or habitually)) "She uses drugs rarely"
  • (v) use, expend: (use up, consume fully) "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
  • (v) use: (seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage) "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"
  • (v) use: (habitually do something (use only in the past tense)) "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"
useable, Adjective
  • (s) available, usable, useable: (convenient for use or disposal) "the house is available after July 1"; "2000 square feet of usable office space"
  • (s) functional, usable, useable, operable, operational: (fit or ready for use or service) "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
  • (s) useable, usable: (capable of being put to use) "usable byproducts"
useableness, Noun
  • (n) serviceability, serviceableness, usableness, useableness, usability: (the quality of being able to provide good service)
used, Adjective
  • (s) exploited, ill-used, put-upon, used, victimized, victimised: (of persons; taken advantage of) "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used"
  • (s) secondhand, used: (previously used or owned by another) "bought a secondhand (or used) car"
  • (a) used: (employed in accomplishing something) "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker"
useful, Adjective
  • (a) useful, utile: (being of use or service) "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
  • (s) utilitarian, useful: (having a useful function) "utilitarian steel tables"
usefulness, Noun
  • (n) utility, usefulness: (the quality of being of practical use)
useless, Adjective
  • (a) useless: (having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully) "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"
uselessness, Noun
  • (n) inutility, uselessness, unusefulness: (the quality of having no practical use)
user, Noun
  • (n) drug_user, substance_abuser, user: (a person who takes drugs)
  • (n) exploiter, user: (a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically)
  • (n) user: (a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something)
usher, Verb
  • (v) usher, show: (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums) "The usher showed us to our seats"
using, Noun
  • (n) exploitation, victimization, victimisation, using: (an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)) "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"
usual, Adjective
  • (s) common, usual: (commonly encountered) "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
  • (a) usual: (occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure) "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"
usualness, Noun
  • (n) usualness: (commonness by virtue of not being unusual)
usufruct, Noun
  • (n) usufruct: (a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way)
usurer, Noun
  • (n) usurer, loan_shark, moneylender, shylock: (someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest)
usurious, Adjective
  • (s) exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious: (greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation) "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"
usurp, Verb
  • (v) assume, usurp, seize, take_over, arrogate: (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession) "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • (v) usurp: (take the place of) "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
usurpation, Noun
  • (n) trespass, encroachment, violation, intrusion, usurpation: (entry to another's property without right or permission)
  • (n) usurpation: (wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority)) "a succession of generals who ruled by usurpation"
usurper, Noun
  • (n) usurper, supplanter: (one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another)
usury, Noun
  • (n) usury, vigorish: (an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest)
  • (n) usury: (the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest)
utahraptor, Noun
  • (n) utahraptor, superslasher: (large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous)
utensil, Noun
  • (n) utensil: (an implement for practical use (especially in a household))
uterine, Adjective
  • (a) uterine: (of or involving the uterus) "uterine cancer"
uterus, Noun
  • (n) uterus, womb: (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)
utile, Adjective
  • (a) useful, utile: (being of use or service) "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
utilisation, Noun
  • (n) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise: (the act of using) "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
utilise, Verb
  • (v) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ: (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose) "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
utilised, Adjective
  • (s) utilized, utilised: (put to use)
utiliser, Noun
  • (n) utilizer, utiliser: (someone who puts to good use) "not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen"; "the social agencies and their utilizers both objected to the budget cut"
utilitarian, Adjective
  • (s) utilitarian, useful: (having a useful function) "utilitarian steel tables"
  • (s) utilitarian: (having utility often to the exclusion of values) "plain utilitarian kitchenware"
utilitarian, Noun
  • (n) utilitarian: (someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility)
utility-grade, Adjective
  • (s) utility, utility-grade: (used of beef; usable but inferior)
utility, Adjective
  • (s) utility, utility-grade: (used of beef; usable but inferior)
  • (s) utility, substitute: (capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team) "a utility infielder"
utility, Noun
  • (n) utility, public_utility, public_utility_company, public-service_corporation: (a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation)
  • (n) utility, usefulness: (the quality of being of practical use)
  • (n) utility: (the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility) "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"
  • (n) utility: ((economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice)
  • (n) utility: (a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal) "the price of the house included all utilities"
  • (n) utility_program, utility, service_program: ((computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer) "a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users"
utilization, Noun
  • (n) use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise: (the act of using) "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"
  • (n) utilization: (the state of having been made use of) "the rate of utilization"
utilize, Verb
  • (v) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ: (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose) "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
  • (v) utilize: (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))
utilized, Adjective
  • (s) utilized, utilised: (put to use)
utilizer, Noun
  • (n) utilizer, utiliser: (someone who puts to good use) "not all organisms are utilizers of oxygen"; "the social agencies and their utilizers both objected to the budget cut"
utmost, Adjective
  • (s) extreme, utmost, uttermost: (of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity) "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
  • (s) farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost: ((comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order) "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
  • (s) last, utmost: (highest in extent or degree) "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
utmost, Noun
  • (n) utmost, uttermost, maximum, level_best: (the greatest possible degree) "he tried his utmost"
utricle, Noun
  • (n) utricle, utriculus: (a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open)
utriculus, Noun
  • (n) utricle, utriculus: (a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open)
utter, Adjective
  • (s) arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated: (without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers) "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
  • (s) dead, utter: (complete) "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
utter, Verb
  • (v) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give_tongue_to: (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise) "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
  • (v) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise: (express in speech) "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  • (v) utter, emit, let_out, let_loose: (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)) "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
  • (v) utter: (put into circulation) "utter counterfeit currency"
utterable, Adjective
  • (s) speakable, utterable: (capable of being uttered in words or sentences)
utterance, Noun
  • (n) utterance, vocalization: (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
uttered, Adjective
  • (s) expressed, uttered, verbalized, verbalised: (communicated in words) "frequently uttered sentiments"
utterer, Noun
  • (n) speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser: (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)) "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
  • (n) utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser: (an organism that can utter vocal sounds) "an utterer of foul oaths"; "is the giraffe a vocalizer?"
  • (n) utterer: (someone who circulates forged banknotes or counterfeit coins)
uttermost, Adjective
  • (s) extreme, utmost, uttermost: (of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity) "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
  • (s) farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost: ((comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order) "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
uttermost, Noun
  • (n) utmost, uttermost, maximum, level_best: (the greatest possible degree) "he tried his utmost"
utterness, Noun
  • (n) starkness, absoluteness, utterness: (the quality of being complete or utter or extreme) "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
uveal, Adjective
  • (a) uveal, uveous: (of or relating to the uvea of the eye)
uveous, Adjective
  • (a) uveal, uveous: (of or relating to the uvea of the eye)
uvula, Noun
  • (n) uvula: (a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate)
uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, Noun
  • (n) palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP: (surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea))
ux., Noun
  • (n) uxor, : ((legal terminology) the Latin word for wife)
uxor, Noun
  • (n) uxor, : ((legal terminology) the Latin word for wife)
uxorial, Adjective
  • (a) wifely, wifelike, uxorial: (befitting or characteristic of a wife)