unsuitable
adjective · not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)
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unsuitably
adverb · in an inappropriate manner
Example: he was inappropriately dressedunsuspected
adjective · not suspected or believed likely
Example: remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ringunsuspectingly
adverb · without suspicions
Example: he was sitting unsuspectingly beyond that wall only a few yards from the burglarunswayed
adjective · not influenced or affected- V.L.Parrington
Example: stewed in its petty provincialism untouched by the brisk debates that stirred the old worldunsymmetrically
adverb · in an asymmetrical manner
Example: they were asymmetrically arrangedunsympathizing
adjective · not showing or expressing sympathy
Example: an uncharitable and unsympathizing attitudeunsystematically
adverb · in an unsystematic manner
Example: his books were lined up unsystematically on the shelfuntangle
verb · become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
Example: unravel the threaduntechnical
adjective · not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences
Example: nontechnical aspects of the jobunthaw
verb · become or cause to become soft or liquid
Example: The sun melted the iceuntheatrical
adjective · not suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater
Example: a well-written but untheatrical playunthoughtful
adjective · not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
untie
verb · undo the ties of
Example: They untied the prisoneruntier
noun · a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
Example: children are talented undoers of their shoelacesuntil now
adverb · used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example: So far he hasn't calleduntouchable
adjective · not capable of being obtained
Example: a rare work, today almost inaccessibleuntoward
adjective · contrary to your interests or welfare
Example: adverse circumstancesuntrained
adjective · not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training
Example: an untrained voiceuntried
adjective · not tried or tested by experience
Example: unseasoned artillery volunteersuntrodden
adjective · lacking pathways
Example: trackless wildernessuntruthfully
adverb · in a mendacious and untruthful manner
Example: I told him, quite untruthfully, that I had just returned from leaveuntucked
adjective · lacking tucks or not being tucked
Example: the sheet came untuckeduntwine
verb · undo what has been twined together
Example: untwine the stringsuntypically
adverb · in a manner that is not typical
Example: she was atypically quietununbium
noun · a radioactive transuranic element
unusefulness
noun · the quality of having no practical use
unveil
verb · remove the veil from
Example: Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societiesunverbalised
adjective · not made explicit
Example: the unexpressed terms of the agreementunwantedly
adverb · in an undesirable manner
Example: he was unwantedly friendlyunwarrantably
adverb · in an unwarrantable manner or to an unwarranted degree
Example: in this painting, the relationship of the upper part of the body to the lower is uneasy and the right thigh seems unwarrantably stressedunwarranted
adjective · incapable of being justified or explained
unwaveringly
adverb · with resolute determination
Example: we firmly believed itunwell
adjective · somewhat ill or prone to illness
Example: my poor ailing grandmotherunwind
verb · cause to feel relaxed
Example: A hot bath always relaxes meunwisely
adverb · without good sense or judgment
Example: He acted foolishly when he agreed to comeunwitting
adjective · not aware or knowing
Example: an unwitting subject in an experimentunwittingly
adverb · without knowledge or intention
Example: he unwittingly deleted the referencesunwomanly
adjective · not womanly
Example: the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanlyunwonted
adjective · out of the ordinary
Example: an unwonted softness in her faceunwrap
verb · make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Example: The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had soldunwrapped
adjective · not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed
Example: she faced a mountainous pile of presents still unwrappedunyielding
adjective · resistant to physical force or pressure
Example: an unyielding head supportunyoke
verb · remove the yoke from
Example: unyoke the cowunzip
verb · open the zipper of
Example: unzip the bagup to now
adverb · used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
Example: So far he hasn't calledupbraiding
noun · a severe scolding
updike
noun · United States author (born 1932)
upper cannon
noun · cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm
upper hand
noun · position of advantage and control
uppermost
adjective · at or nearest to the top
Example: the uppermost book in the pileuppishly
adverb · in a snobbish manner
Example: they snobbishly excluded their less wealthy friends from the partyuppsala
noun · a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
upraise
verb · cause to become alive again
Example: raise from the deaduprise
verb · get up and out of bed
Example: I get up at 7 A.M. every dayupriver
adverb · toward the source or against the current
uproariously
adverb · in a hilarious manner
Example: hilariously funnyuproot
verb · pull up by or as if by the roots
Example: uproot the vine that has spread all over the gardenuracil
noun · a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
urban
adjective · located in or characteristic of a city or city life
Example: urban property owners