Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 14

Uneligible (a.) Ineligible.

Unembarrassed (a.) Not embarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed.

Unembarrassed (a.) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.

Unembarrassment (n.) Freedom from embarrassment.

Unembodied (a.) Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits.

Unembodied (a.) Not embodied; not collected into a body; not yet organized; as, unembodied militia.

Unempirically (adv.) Not empirically; without experiment or experience.

Unemployed (a.) Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

Unemployed (a.) Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital.

Unencumber (v. t.) To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.

Unendly (a.) Unending; endless.

Unentangle (v. t.) To disentangle.

Unequal (a.) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.

Unequal (a.) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

Unequal (a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain.

Unequal (a.) Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical.

Unequalable (a.) Not capable of being equaled or paralleled.

Unequaled (a.) Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.

Unequally (adv.) In an unequal manner.

Unequalness (n.) The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.

Unequitable (a.) Inequitable.

Unequity (n.) Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.

Unequivocal (a.) Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.

Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.

Unerringly (adv.) In an unerring manner.

Unessential (a.) Not essential; not of prime importance; not indispensable; unimportant.

Unessential (a.) Void of essence, or real being.

Unessential (n.) Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.

Unessentially (adv.) In an unessential manner.

Unestablish (v. t.) To disestablish.

Ubeth (adv.) Alt. of Unethes

Unethes (adv.) With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath.

Uneven (a.) Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

Uneven (a.) Not equal; not of equal length.

Uneven (a.) Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, 7, and 11 are uneven numbers.

Unevitable (a.) Inevitable.

Unexact (a.) Not exact; inexact.

Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Unexceptionable (a.) Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.

Unexceptive (a.) Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.

Unexcusable (a.) Inexcusable.

Unexhaustible (a.) Inexhaustible.

Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.

Unexpected (a.) Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.

Unexpedient (a.) Inexpedient.

Unexpensive (a.) Inexpensive.

Unexperience (n.) Inexperience.

Unexperienced (a.) Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.

Unexperienced (a.) Untried; -- applied to things.

Unexperient (a.) Inexperienced.

Unexpert (a.) Not expert; inexpert.

Unexpertly (adv.) In an unexpert manner.

Unexpressible (a.) Inexpressible.

Unexpressive (a.) Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.

Unexpressive (a.) Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable.

Unextinguishable (a.) Inextinguishable.

Unextricable (a.) Not extricable; inextricable.

Unface (v. t.) To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.

Unfailable (a.) Infallible.

Unfailing (a.) Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure.

Unfair (v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.

Unfair (a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.

Unfaith (n.) Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.

Unfaithful (a.) Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.

Unfaithful (a.) Not possessing faith; infidel.

Unfalcated (a.) Not falcated, or hooked.

Unfalcated (a.) Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished.

Unfallible (a.) Infallible.

Unfasten (v. t.) To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.

Unfathered (a.) Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature.

Unfathered (a.) Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.

Unfavorable (a.) Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging.

Unfeather (v. t.) To deprive of feathers; to strip.

Unfeatured (a.) Wanting regular features; deformed.

Unfeaty (a.) Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy.

Unfeeling (a.) Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.

Unfeeling (a.) Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.

Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man.

Unfellow (v. t.) To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever.

Unfellowed (a.) Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated.

Unfence (v. t.) To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.

Unfertile (a.) Not fertile; infertile; barren.

Unfestlich (a.) Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn.

Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.

Unfeudalize (v. t.) To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.

Unfile (v. t.) To remove from a file or record.

Unfiled (a.) Not defiled; pure.

Unfilial (a.) Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child.

Unfinished (a.) Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.

Unfirm (a.) Infirm.

Unfirmness (n.) Infirmness.

Unfit (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.

Unfit (a.) Not fit; unsuitable.

Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.

Unfix (v. t.) To make fluid; to dissolve.

Unfledged (a.) Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature.

Unflesh (v. t.) To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton.

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