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Unaudienced Un·au"di·enced adjective Not given an audience; not received or heard.

Unauspicious Un`aus·pi"cious adjective Inauspicious. Rowe.

Unauthorize Un·au"thor·ize transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + authorize .] To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Unavoidable Un`a·void"a·ble adjective 1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone.

Unavoidable hemorrhage (Medicine) , hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as to require detachment before the child can be born.

-- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness , noun -- Un`a*void"a*bly , adverb

Unavoided Un`a·void"ed adjective 1. Not avoided or shunned. Shak.

2. Unavoidable; inevitable. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.

Unaware Un`a·ware" adjective Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive. Swift.

Unaware Un`a·ware" adverb Unawares. [ Poetic] Dryden.

Unawares Un`a·wares" adverb Without design or preparation; suddenly; without premeditation, unexpectedly. "Mercies lighting unawares ." J. H. Newman.

Lest unawares we lose
This our high place, our sanctuary, our hill.

Milton.

At unaware , or At unawares , unexpectedly; by surprise.

He breaks at unawares upon our walks.

Dryden.

So we met
In this old sleepy town an at unaware .

R. Browning.

Unbacked Un·backed" adjective 1. Never mounted by a rider; unbroken. " Unbacked colts." Shak.

2. Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided. Daniel.

Unbag Un·bag" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bag .] To pour, or take, or let go, out of a bag or bags.

Unbalanced Un·bal"anced adjective [ In senses 1 and 2, prefix un- not + balanced ; in sense 3, 1st prefix un- + balance .] 1. Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.

Let Earth unbalanced from her orbit fly.

Pope.

2. (Com.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books.

3. Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind. Pope.

Unballast Un·bal"last transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + ballast .] To free from ballast; to discharge ballast from. Totten.

Unballast Un·bal"last adjective Not ballasted. [ Obsolete & R.] Addison.

Unballasted Un·bal"last·ed adjective 1. [ Properly past participle unballast .] Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

2. [ Prefix un- not + ballasted .] Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.

Unballasted by any sufficient weight of plan.

De Quincey.

Unbaned Un·ban"ed adjective [ 1st un- + band + -ed .] Wanting a band or string; unfastened. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Unbank Un·bank" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bank .] To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. H. Taylor.

Unbar Un·bar" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bar .] To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber.

Unbarbed Un·barbed" adjective 1. Not shaven. [ Obsolete]

2. Destitute of bards, or of reversed points, hairs, or plumes; as, an unbarded feather.

Unbark Un·bark" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bark rind.] To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon.

Unbark Un·bark" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bark the vessel.] To cause to disembark; to land. [ Obsolete] Hakluyt.

Unbarrel Un·bar"rel transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + barrel .] To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

Unbarricade Un·bar`ri·cade" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + barricade .] To unbolt; to unbar; to open.

You shall not unbarricade the door.

J. Webster (1623).

Unbarricadoed Un·bar`ri·ca"doed adjective Not obstructed by barricades; open; as, unbarricadoed streets. Burke.

Unbashful Un·bash"ful adjective Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak.

Unbay Un·bay" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bay to dam.] To free from the restraint of anything that surrounds or incloses; to let loose; to open. [ Obsolete]

I ought . . . to unbay the current of my passion.

Norris.

Unbe Un·be" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + be .] To cause not to be; to cause to be another. [ Obsolete & R.]

How oft, with danger of the field beset,
Or with home mutinies, would he unbe
Himself!

Old Pay.

Unbear Un·bear" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bear to support.] To remove or loose the bearing rein of (a horse).

Unbeat Un·beat" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + beast .] To deliver from the form or nature of a beast.

Unbecome Un`be·come" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + become .] To misbecome. [ Obsolete] Bp. Sherlock.

Unbecoming Un`be·com"ing adjective [ Prefix un- not + becoming .] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.

My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall.

Dryden.

-- Un`be*com"ing*ly , adverb -- Un`be*com"ing*ness , noun

Unbed Un·bed" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + bed .] To raise or rouse from bed.

Eels unbed themselves and stir at the noise of thunder.

Wa...ton.

Unbedinned Un`be·dinned" adjective Not filled with din.

Unbefool Un`be·fool" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + befool .] To deliver from the state of a fool; to awaken the mind of; to undeceive.

Unbeget Un`be·get" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + beget .] To deprive of existence. Dryden.

Unbegilt Un`be·gilt" adjective Not gilded; hence, not rewarded with gold.

Unbegot, Unbegotten Un`be·got", Un`be·got"ten adjective [ Prefix un- not + begot , begotten .] Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal.

Unbeguile Un`be·guile" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Unbeguiled ; present participle & verbal noun Unbeguiling .] [ 1st prefix un- + beguile .] To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne.

Unbegun Un`be·gun" adjective Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning.

Unbehovely Un`be·hove"ly adjective Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [ Obsolete & R.] Gower.

Unbeing Un·be"ing adjective Not existing. [ Obsolete] "Beings yet unbeing ." Sir T. Browne.

Unbeknown Un`be·known" adjective Not known; unknown. [ Colloq.]

Unbelief Un`be·lief" noun [ Prefix un- not + belief : confer Anglo-Saxon ungeleáfa .] 1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain.

Cowper.

Syn. -- See Disbelief .

Unbelieved Un`be·lieved" adjective Not believed; disbelieved.

Unbeliever Un`be·liev"er noun 1. One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.

2. A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.

Syn. -- See Infidel .

Unbelieving Un`be·liev"ing adjective 1. Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.

2. Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. " Unbelieving Jews." Acts xiv. 2.

-- Un`be*liev"ing*ly adverb -- -- Un`be*liev"ing*ness , noun

Unbelt Un·belt" transitive verb [ 1st prefix un- + belt.] To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.

Unbend Un·bend" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Unbent ; present participle & verbal noun Unbending .] [ 1st prefix un- + bend .] 1. To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

2. A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.

You do unbend your noble strength.

Shak.

3. (Nautical) (a) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use. (b) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.

Unbend Un·bend" intransitive verb 1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

2. To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

Unbending Un·bend"ing adjective [ In senses 1, 2, and 3, prefix un- not + bending ; in sense 4, properly present participle unbend .]

1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.

Pope.

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [ R.]

It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour.

Rowe.

-- Un*bend"ing*ly , adverb -- Un*bend"ing*ness , noun

Unbenevolence Un`be·nev"o·lence noun Absence or want of benevolence; ill will.

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