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upright.adjective
being
in a vertical.position
or direction (upright posts between
the electical wires); erect
in posture or carriage; adhering.strictly
to moral.principles
(she was a woman upright in character, as were these
women); righteous; having
integrity
upright.adverb
vertically (walk upright)
upright.noun,.plural.uprights
a perpendicular
position; verticality;
something,
such as a goal post, that stands upright
uprightly.adverb
uprightness.noun,.plural.uprightnesses
undesirable.adjective
not likely to please; objectionable
(undesirable intrusions);
not wanted (undesirable weather)
undesirable.noun
something.regarded
as undesirable (the snake in the yard was an unwanted visitor)
undesirably.adverb
undesirability.noun,.plural.undesirabilities
undesired.adjective
not desired;
unwanted;
unsought, unwished
an act or consequence
not wanted or desired and often unexpected
ungrudgingly.adverb
in a generous
and ungrudging manner
(he ungrudgingly agreed to pay for everybody's dinner when the guests found
themselves without cash)
unknowing.adjective
not knowing;
unaware
unknowingly.adverb
unknown.adjective
not known;
unfamiliar (television was unknown in earlier times); not identified or
ascertained
(received flowers from an unknown admirer); not well known or widely known
(an unknown artist) unknown.noun
a person or thing that is unknown (he is an unknown
in this town)
unknowable.adjective
impossible to know, especially being beyond the
range of human experience or understanding (the hitherto
unknowable mysteries of the invisible world)
unknowability.or.unknowableness.noun
unknowably.adverb
unknowable.noun
unfamiliar.adjective
not being acquainted
with; not conversant
(unfamiliar with the roads here); not within one's knowledge; strange
(unfamiliar faces)
unfamiliarly.adverb
unfamiliarity.noun.pronounced
'un fuh mil yare ity'
unwavering.adjective
if you describe
a feeling or attitude
as unwavering, you mean that it is strong and firm and does not weaken
(she has been encouraged
by the unwavering support of her family; his attitude
was unwavering); not wavering;
stedfast;
steady
unwaveringly.adverb
unresolvable.adjective
not easily solved (the issue of peace versus war
seems on the surface to be unresolvable and thus
remains unsolved; insoluble;
unsolvable; not capable
of being resolved
unresolved.adjective
if a problem or difficulty
is unresolved, no satisfactory.solution
has been found to it (the issue remains of solving poverty for all humanity)
unsolvable.adjective
not easily solved
or not able to be solved; insoluble;
insolvable;
irresoluble;
irresolvable;
unsoluble
unsolvability.noun,.plural.unsolvabilities
unsoluble.adjective
not easily solved
unleavened.adjective
made without yeast or any
other leavening agent (unleavened
bread)
urus.noun,.plural.uruses
an extinct wild ox, scientific
name 'Bos primigenius', of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, believed
to be the ancestor of domestic cattle, also know as aurochs
unsuitable.adjective
not suitable;
not appropriate (unsuitable
attire
is summer clothing used in a winter climate)
unsuitability.noun,.plural.unsuitabilities
unsuitableness.noun,.plural.unsuitablenesses
unsuitably.adverb
unsuited.adjective
if someone or something is unsuited to a particular
job, situation
or place, they do not have the right qualities
or characteristics
for it (he's unsuited for an outside job due to his injury; the snow cruiser
proved hopelessly unsuited to Antarctic conditions); if two people are
unsuited to each other, they have different personalities or interests
and so are unlikely to have a successful relationship
unconcern.noun,.plural.unconcerns
lack of interest; indifference; lack of worry or apprehensiveness
unconcerned.adjective
not interested; indifferent;
not anxious or not apprehensive;
unworried
unconcernedly.adverb
unconcernedness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
unworried.adjective
not worried or concerned; free of trouble and
worry and care (the carefree
joys of childhood; carefree millionaires)
unaware.adjective
not aware or cognizant
unaware, unawares.adverbs
by surprise; unexpectedly; without forethought
or plan
unawarely.adverb
unawareness.noun,.plural.unawarenesses
Usage note: Unaware,
followed by 'of' (expressed or implied),
is the usual adjectival form modifying a noun or pronoun or following a
linking verb (unaware of the difficulty, I went ahead; he was unaware of
my presence); 'unawares' is the usual adverbial form (the rain caught them
unawares meaning, without warning; they came upon it unawares meaning without
design or plan). See more Usage notes
unintimidated.adjective
not intimidated;
not shrinking from danger
unassuming.adjective
exhibiting
no pretensions,
boastfulness
or ostentation;
modest
unassumingly.adverb
unassumingness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
unworldly,
unworldlier,
unworldliest.adjectives
not of this world; spiritual;
concerned with matters of the spirit or soul; not wise to the ways of the
world; naive
unworldliness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
uncaused.adjective
existing without a perceptible
cause; spontaneous
uncreated.adjective
not having been created;
existing of itself; uncaused
uncastrated.adjective
not having been castrated
uncongenial.adjective
not congenial;
if you describe a person or place as uncongenial, you mean that they are
unfriendly and unpleasant (he continued to find the Simpsons uncongenial
bores;
it was an uncongenial place to work); not compatible
or
sympathetic,
as in character; inconsistent;
not appropriate;
unsuitable;
not pleasing;
disagreeable
uncongeniality.noun,.plural.uncongenialities
unrestrained.adjective
not restrained,
controlled or held in check; immoderate
(unrestrained exploitation
of natural resources); free of constraint;
if you describe someone's behavior as unrestrained, you mean that it is
extreme
or intense, for example because
they are expressing their feelings strongly or loudly (there was unrestrained
joy on the faces of the people); spontaneous
and natural (an unrestrained laugh) unrestrainedly.adverb
unrestrainedness.noun,.plural.unrestrainednesses
unassociated.adjective
not connected or associated
unlikely,
unlikelier,
unlikeliest.adjectives
not likely;
improbable;
if you say that something is unlikely to happen or unlikely to be true,
you believe that it will not happen or that it is not true, although you
are not completely sure; not promising;
likely to fail
unlikeliness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
unlikeness.noun,.plural.unlikenesses
the quality
or condition of being unlike;
difference
unlikelihood.noun,.plural.unlikelihoods
the state
of being unlikely or improbable;
improbability; something
unlikely
unlike.adjective
not alike;
different
(for twins, they are very unlike); not equal
in some way or in various ways,
as in amount
unlike.preposition
different from; not like
(she's unlike the rest of her family; not typical
of (it's unlike him not to call)
undisciplined.adjective
if you describe someone
as undisciplined, you mean that they behave badly or in a disorganized
way (a noisy and undisciplined group of kids); not subjected
to discipline (undisciplined
talent); not subjected to correction or discipline (let her children grow
up uncorrected); lacking in discipline or control (undisciplined behavior)
unrelated.adjective
two things that are unrelated
are not connected
to each other in any way; if one thing is unrelated to another, there is
no connection between them; you can also say that two things are unrelated
(my line of work is entirely unrelated to politics); unconnected;
if one person is unrelated to another, they are not members of the same
family; you can also say that two people are unrelated; not
associated;
not connected by
kinship (Jimmy
is adopted and thus unrelated
to Beth by blood; the two men look alike but are unrelated; dissimilar,
unlike;
unconnected; irrelevant; unassociated;
incompatible
unconnected.adjective
not joined or connected;
not coherent; disconnected
(unconnected sentences)
unconnectedly.adverb
unconnectedness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
unsullied.adjective
not sullied;
spotlessly
clean and fresh (the unsullied snow of mountains); if something is unsullied,
it has not been spoiled or made less pure by the addition of something
unpleasant or unacceptable (she had the combined talents of toughness,
intellect, experience and unsullied reputation; he smiled, unsullied by
doubt)
utility.noun,.plural.utilities
the quality
or condition of being useful;
usefulness; a useful article or
device;
a publicly owned utility, such
as electricity, water or public transportation, that is provided by the
public utility providing the
service)
utility.adjective
used, serving or working
in several capacities as needed;
designed for various practical
uses (a utility knife; a utility vehicle); raised or kept for the production
of a farm product rather than for show or as pets (utility livestock);
of the lowest grade (utility beef
and chicken)
unsullied.adjective
if something is unsullied,
it has not been spoiled or made less pure by the addition of something
unpleasant or unacceptable (unsullied water; unsullied character);
not sullied; not tainted;
not tarnished; uncorrupted;
uninjured; uncontaminated; undefiled;
clean; pure; innocent
unaccounted.adjective
not taken into consideration
or explained (she failed to get winter or all weather tires as she unaccounted
for the snow on mountain roads this time of year; it's unaccounted for
how the crop circle showed up)
unaccounted for.adjective
if people or things are
unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to
them; not explained, understood or taken into account; missing or absent
without explanation
unaccountable.adjective
impossible to account for;
inexplicable
(unaccountable absences; unaccountable errors); free from accountability;
not responsible (government
people acting unaccountably toward the public who elected them)
unaccountability.noun,.plural.unaccountabilities
unaccountableness.noun,.plural.unaccountablenesses
unaccountably.adverb
unprovable, unproved.adjectives
not provable
(the theory of evolution
after all these years remains both unproved and unprovable)
unapproved.adjective
not approved
(there is little if any difference between an unapproved vaccine
and an approved one as they both are are risky;
an unapproved pesticide)
unscientific.adjective
not adhering
to the principles of science;
not knowledgeable
about science
or the scientific method
unscientifically.adverb
unclean, uncleaner,
uncleanest.adjectives
foul
or dirty; morally.defiled;
unchaste;
not clean
uncleanness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
undefiled.adjective
free from stain
or blemish;
immaculate;
uncorrupted;
chaste;
clean, decent,
immaculate,
modest,
pure,
spotless, unblemished,
unsullied
unspoiled,
unspoilt.adjectives
if you describe
a place as unspoiled, you think it is beautiful because it has not been
changed or built on for a long time (the port is quiet and unspoiled; the
unspoiled island of Cozumel off the coast of southeast Mexico near Cancun)
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