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Chesterfield is an unexceptionable witness. Macaulay.
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Unexceptive (?), a. Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.
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Unexcusable (?), a. Inexcusable. Hayward. -- Unexcusableness, n.
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Unexhaustible (?), a. Inexhaustible.
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Unexpectation (?), n. Absence of expectation; want of foresight. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Unexpected (?), a. Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Unexpectedly, adv. -- Unexpectedness, n.
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Unexpedient (?), a. Inexpedient. [Obs.]
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Unexpensive (?), a. Inexpensive. Milton.
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Unexperience (?), n. Inexperience. [Obs.]
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Unexperienced (?), a. 1. Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced. Swift.
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2. Untried; -- applied to things. Cheyne.
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Unexperient (?), a. Inexperienced. [Obs.]
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Unexpert (?), a. Not expert; inexpert. Milton.
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Unexpertly, adv. In an unexpert manner.
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Unexpressible (?), a. Inexpressible. Tillotson. -- Unexpressibly, adv.
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Unexpressive (?), a. 1. Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive.
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2. Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. [Obs.]
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Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree
The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. Shak.
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-- Unexpressively, adv.
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Unextinguishable (?), a. Inextinguishable. -- Unextinguishably, adv.
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Unextricable (?), a. Not extricable; inextricable. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Unface (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + face.] To remove the face or cover from; to unmask; to expose.
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Unfailable (?), a. Infallible. [Obs.] “This unfailable word of truth.” Bp. Hall.
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Unfailing, a. Not failing; not liable to fail; inexhaustible; certain; sure. Dryden. -- Unfailingly, adv. -- Unfailingness, n.
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Unfair (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fair.] To deprive of fairness or beauty. [R.] Shak.
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Unfair, a. [AS. unfæger unlovely. See not, and , a.] Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.
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You come, like an unfair merchant, to charge me with being in your debt. Swift.
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-- Unfairly, adv. -- Unfairness, n.
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Unfaith (?), n. Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. [R.]
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Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers:
Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson.
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Unfaithful (?), a. 1. 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.
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My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope.
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His honor rooted in dishonor stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Tennyson.
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2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] Milton.
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-- Unfaithfully, adv. -- Unfaithfulness, n.
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Unfalcated (?), a. 1. Not falcated, or hooked.
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2. Having no deductions; not curtailed, or shortened; undiminished. [R.] Swift.
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Unfallible (?), a. Infallible. Shak.
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Unfasten (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fasten.] To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie.
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Unfathered (?), a. 1. Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature. Shak.
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2. Having no acknowledged father; hence, illegitimate; spurious; bastard.
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Unfavorable (?), a. Not favorable; not propitious; adverse; contrary; discouraging. -- Unfavorableness, n. -- Unfavorably, adv.
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Unfeather (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + feather.] To deprive of feathers; to strip. [R.]
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Unfeatured (?; 135), a. Wanting regular features; deformed. “Visage rough, deformed, unfeatured, and a skin of buff.” Dryden.
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Unfeaty (?), a. [Un- not + feat, a.] Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
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Unfeeling (?), a. 1. Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate.
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2. Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted.
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To each his sufferings: all are men,
Condemned alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own. Gray.
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-- Unfeelingly, adv. -- Unfeelingness, n.
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Unfeigned (?), a. Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man. “Good faith unfeigned.” Chaucer. -- Unfeignedly (#), adv. -- Unfeignedness, n.
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Unfellow (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fellow.] To prevent from being a fellow or companion; to separate from one's fellows; to dissever.
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Death quite unfellows us. Mrs. Browning.
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Unfellowed (?), a. [Pref. un- + fellowed.] Being without a fellow; unmatched; unmated. Shak.
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Unfence (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fence.] To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from.
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Unfertile (?), a. Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- Unfertileness, n.
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Unfestlich (?), a. Unfit for a feast; hence, jaded; worn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Unfetter (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fetter.] To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
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Unfeudalize (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + feudalize.] To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal. Carlyle.
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Unfile (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + file.] To remove from a file or record.
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Unfiled (?), a. [Pref. un- not + filed, p. p. of file to defile.] Not defiled; pure. [Obs.] Surrey.
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Unfilial (?), a. Unsuitable to a son or a daughter; undutiful; not becoming a child. -- Unfilially, adv.
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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.
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Unfirm (?), a. Infirm. [R.] Dryden.
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Unfirmness, n. Infirmness. [R.]
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Unfit (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fit.] 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.
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Unfit, a. [Pref. un- + fit.] Not fit; unsuitable. -- Unfitly, adv. -- Unfitness, n.
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Unfix (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fix.] 1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections.
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2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [R.]
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The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun
Unfix her frosts. Dryden.
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Unfledged (?), a. Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden.
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Unflesh (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + flesh.] To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. “Unfleshed humanity.” Wordsworth.
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Unfleshly (?), a. Not pertaining to the flesh; spiritual.
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Unflexible (?), a. Inflexible.
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Unflinching (?), a. Not flinching or shrinking; unyielding. -- Unflinchingly, adv.
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Unflower (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + flower.] To strip of flowers. [R.] G. Fletcher.
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Unfold (?), v. t. [AS. unfealdan. See 1st , and , v. t.] 1. To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
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Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. Herbert.
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2. To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science.
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Unfold the passion of my love. Shak.
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3. To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.
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Unfold, v. i. To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
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The wind blows cold
While the morning doth unfold. J. Fletcher.
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Unfolder (?), n. One who, or that which, unfolds.
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Unfoldment (?), n. The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded.
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The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
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Unfool (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fool.] To restore from folly, or from being a fool. [Obs.] Shak.
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Unforesee (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + foresee.] To fail to foresee. Bp. Hacket.
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Unforeseeable (?), a. Incapable of being foreseen. South.
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Unforeskinned (?), a. [1st pref. un- + foreskin + -ed.] Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] Milton.
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Unforgettable (?), a. Not forgettable; enduring in memory.
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Pungent and unforgettable truths. Emerson.
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Unform (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + form.] To decompose, or resolve into parts; to destroy the form of; to unmake. [R.] Good.
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Unformed (?), a. [In sense 1 properly p. p. of un form; in senses 2 and 3 pref. un- not + formed.]
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1. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
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2. Not formed; not arranged into regular shape, order, or relations; shapeless; amorphous.
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3. (Biol.) Unorganized; without definite shape or structure; as, an unformed, or unorganized, ferment.
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Coloq. Unformed stars (Astron.), stars not grouped into any constellation; informed stars. See .
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Unfortunate (?), a. Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business. -- n. An unfortunate person. Hood.
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-- Unfortunately, adv. -- Unfortunateness, n.
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Unfounded (?), a. 1. Not founded; not built or established. Milton.
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2. Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. Paley.
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Unframe (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + frame.] To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
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Unfrangible (?), a. Infrangible. [Obs.] “Impassible and unfrangible.” Jer. Taylor.
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Unfrankable (?), a. Not frankable; incapable of being sent free by public conveyance.
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Unfraught (?), a. 1. [Pref. un- not + fraught.] Not fraught; not burdened.
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2. [1st pref. un- + fraught.] Removed, as a burden; unloaded. P. Fletcher.
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Unfree (?), a. Not free; held in bondage.
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There had always been a slave class, a class of the unfree, among the English as among all German peoples. J. R. Green
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Unfreeze (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + freeze.] To thaw. [Obs.]
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Unfrequency (?), n. Infrequency.
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Unfrequent (�), a. [Pref. un- not + frequent.] Infrequent. J. H. Newman. -- Unfrequently adv.
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Unfrequent (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + frequent.] To cease to frequent. [Obs.]
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They quit their thefts and unfrequent the fields. J. Philips.
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Unfrequented, a. [Pref. un- + frequented.] Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. Addison.
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Unfret (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + fret.] To smooth after being fretted. [Obs.]
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Unfriend (?), n. One not a friend; an enemy. [R.] Carlyle.
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Unfriended, a. Wanting friends; not befriended; not countenanced or supported. Goldsmith.
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If Richard indeed does come back, it must be alone, unfollowed, unfriended. Sir W. Scott.
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Unfriendly, a. 1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; hostile; as, an unfriendly neighbor.
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2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as, weather unfriendly to health.
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-- Unfriendliness (#), n.
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Unfriendship, n. The state or quality of being unfriendly; unfriendliness; enmity.
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An act of unfriendship to my sovereign person. Sir W. Scott.
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Unfrock (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + frock.] To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.
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Unfruitful (?), a. Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Unfruitfully, adv. -- Unfruitfulness, n.
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Unfumed (?), a. Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. Milton.
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Unfurl (?), v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + furl.] To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
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Unfurnish (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + furnish.] To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
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Unfusible (?), a. Infusible. [R.]
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Ungain (?), a. [OE. ungein. See .] Ungainly; clumsy; awkward; also, troublesome; inconvenient. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Beau. & Pl.
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Ungainliness, n. The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
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Ungainly, a. [OE. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv., against, opposite. See not, and , a., .]
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1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
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His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. Macaulay.
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2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] Hammond.
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Ungainly, adv. In an ungainly manner.
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Ungear (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + gear.] To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
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Ungeld (?), n. [Pref. un- not + geld payment.] (Anglo-Sax. Law) A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him. Cowell. Burrill.
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Ungenerous (?), a. Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.
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The victor never will impose on Cato
Ungenerous terms. Addison.
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Ungenerously, adv. In an ungenerous manner.
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Ungenitured (?), a. [Pref. un- not + geniture.] Destitute of genitals; impotent. [R.] Shak.
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Ungentle (?), a. Not gentle; lacking good breeding or delicacy; harsh.
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Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind. Shak.
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That ungentle flavor which distinguishes nearly all our native and uncultivated grapes. Hawthorne.
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-- Ungentleness, n. -- Ungently (#), adv.
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Unget (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + get.] To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. [R.]
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I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you. Sheridan.
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Ungifted (?), a. Being without gifts, especially native gifts or endowments. Cowper.
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Ungird (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + gird.] To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
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He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.
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Ungive (?), v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- (intensive) + give.] To yield; to relax; to give way. [Obs.]
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Ungka (?), n. (Zoöl.) The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
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Ungka-puti (?), n. (Zoöl.) The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See .
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Unglaze (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + glaze.] To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window.
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Unglorify (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + glorify.] To deprive of glory. [R.] I. Watts.
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Unglorious (?), a. Inglorious. [Obs.] Wyclif.
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Unglove (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + glove.] To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. Beau. & Fl.
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Unglue (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + glue.] To separate, part, or open, as anything fastened with glue.
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She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes,
And asks if it be time to rise. Swift.
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Ungod (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + god.] 1. To deprive of divinity; to undeify. [R.] Donne.
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2. To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical. [R.] Dryden.
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Ungodly, a. 1. Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.
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2. Polluted by sin or wickedness.
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The hours of this ungodly day. Shak.
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-- Ungodlily (#), adv. -- Ungodliness, n.
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