Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 25

Unsimplicity (n.) Absence of simplicity; artfulness.

Unsin (v. t.) To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless.

Unsincere (a.) Not sincere or pure; insincere.

Unsincerity (n.) The quality or state of being unsincere or impure; insincerity.

Unsinew (v. t.) To deprive of sinews or of strength.

Unsister (v. t.) To separate, as sisters; to disjoin.

Unsisterly (a.) Not sisterly.

Unsisting (a.) Unresisting.

Unsitting (a.) Not sitting well; unbecoming.

Unskill (n.) Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness.

Unskillful (a.) Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

Unskillful (a.) Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.

Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime.

Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime.

Unsling (v. t.) To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings.

Unsluice (v. t.) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.

Unsociability (n.) The quality or state of being unsociable; unsociableness.

Unsociable (a.) Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper.

Unsocket (v. t.) To loose or take from a socket.

Unsoft (a.) Not soft; hard; coarse; rough.

Unsoft (adv.) Not softly.

Unsolder (v. t.) To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder.

Unsoldiered (a.) Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike.

Unsolemnize (v. t.) To divest of solemnity.

Unsonable (a.) Incapable of being sounded.

Unsonsy (a.) Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate.

Unsoot (a.) Not sweet.

Unsophisticate (a.) Alt. of Unsophisticated

Unsophisticated (a.) Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine.

Unsorrowed (a.) Not sorrowed for; unlamented.

Unsorted (a.) Not sorted; not classified; as, a lot of unsorted goods.

Unsorted (a.) Not well selected; ill-chosen.

Unsoul (v. t.) To deprive of soul, spirit, or principle.

Unsound (a.) Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

Unspar (v. t.) To take the spars, stakes, or bars from.

Unsparing (a.) Not sparing; not parsimonious; liberal; profuse.

Unsparing (a.) Not merciful or forgiving.

Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay.

Unspeakable (a.) Not speakable; incapable of being uttered or adequately described; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable; as, unspeakable grief or rage.

Unspecialized (a.) Not specialized; specifically (Biol.), not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism.

Unsped (a.) Not performed; not dispatched.

Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.

Unsphere (v. t.) To remove, as a planet, from its sphere or orb.

Unspike (v. t.) To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon.

Unspilt (a.) Not spilt or wasted; not shed.

Unspin (v. t.) To untwist, as something spun.

Unspirit (v. t.) To dispirit.

Unspiritalize (v. t.) To deprive of spiritually.

Unspleened (a.) Deprived of a spleen.

Unspotted (a.) Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation.

Unsquire (v. t.) To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire.

Unstable (a.) Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

Unstack (v. t.) To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack.

Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.

Unstate (v. t.) To deprive of state or dignity.

Unsteel (v. t.) To disarm; to soften.

Unstep (v. t.) To remove, as a mast, from its step.

Unstick (v. t.) To release, as one thing stuck to another.

Unstill (a.) Not still; restless.

Unsting (v. t.) To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of.

Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam.

Unstock (v. t.) To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast.

Unstock (v. t.) To remove from the stocks, as a ship.

Unstockinged (a.) Destitute of stockings.

Unstockinged (a.) Deprived of stockings.

Unstop (v. t.) To take the stopple or stopper from; as, to unstop a bottle or a cask.

Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.

Unstrain (v. t.) To relieve from a strain; to relax.

Unstrained (a.) Not strained; not cleared or purified by straining; as, unstrained oil or milk.

Unstrained (a.) Not forced; easy; natural; as, a unstrained deduction or inference.

Unstratified (a.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.

Unstrength (n.) Want of strength; weakness; feebleness.

Unstriated (a.) Nonstriated; unstriped.

Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.

Unstring (v. t.) To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.

Unstring (v. t.) To relax the tension of; to loosen.

Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.

Unstriped (a.) Not striped.

Unstriped (a.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.

Unstudied (a.) Not studied; not acquired by study; unlabored; natural.

Unstudied (a.) Not skilled; unversed; -- followed by in.

Unstudied (a.) Not spent in study.

Unsubstantial (a.) Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

Unsubstantialize (v. t.) To make unsubstantial.

Unsubstantiation (n.) A divesting of substantiality.

Unsucceedable (a.) Not able or likely to succeed.

Unsuccess (n.) Want of success; failure; misfortune.

Unsuccessful (a.) Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

Unsufferable (a.) Insufferable.

Unsuffering (n.) Inability or incapability of enduring, or of being endured.

Unsufficience (n.) Alt. of Unsufficiency

Unsufficiency (n.) Insufficiency.

Unsufficient (a.) Insufficient.

Unsuit (v. t.) Not to suit; to be unfit for.

Unsupportable (a.) Insupportable; unendurable.

Unsured (a.) Not made sure.

Unsurety (n.) Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.

Unsurmountable (a.) Insurmountable.

Unsuspicion (n.) The quality or state of being unsuspecting.

Unswaddle (v. t.) To take a swaddle from; to unswathe.

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