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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language
Category: General
Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192
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unpremeditated adjective not prepared or planned in advance; `asked an unpremeditated question`
unprepared adjective without preparation; not prepared for; `unprepared remarks`; `the shock was unprepared`; `our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared`- R.E.Danielson
unprepossessingunpresentable adjective creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
unpresidential adjective not presidential; `very unpresidential behavior`
unpressed adjective (of clothing) not smoothed with heat
unpretentious adjective lacking pretension or affectation; `an unpretentious country church`; `her quiet unpretentious demeanor`
unpretentiously adverb in an unpretentious manner; `she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor`
unpretentiousness noun the quality of being natural and without pretensions
unpreventable adjective not preventable; `unpreventable hysteria`
unpriestly adjective not priestly; unbefitting a priest; `unpriestly behavior`
unprincipled adjective having little or no integrity
unprintable adjective unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste; `an unprintable epithet`; `unprintable pictures`
unprocessed adjective not treated or prepared by a special process
unproductive adjective not producing desired results; `the talks between labor and management were unproductive`
unproductivelyfruitlessly adverb in an unproductive manner
unproductiveness noun the quality of lacking the power to produce
unprofessional adjective not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; `described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it`; `was censured for unprofessional conduct`; `unprofessional repairs`
unprofitable adjective producing little or no profit or gain; `deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable`
unprofitablenessunprofitability noun the quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profit
unpromising adjective unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; `faced an unpromising task`; `music for unpromising combinations of instruments`
unpronounceableunutterable adjective very difficult to pronounce correctly; `an unpronounceable foreign word`; `unutterable consonant clusters`
unprophetic adjective not prophetic; not foreseeing correctly
unpropitious adjective not propitious
unprotected adjective lacking protection or defense
unprotective adjective not affording protection
unprovable adjective not provable; `it was both unproved and unprovable`
unprovedunproven adjective not proved; `unproved allegations`; `unproved assumptions`
unprovided for(p) adjective not prepared or ready for
unprovocative adjective not provocative
unpublishable adjective not suitable for publication
unpublished adjective not published; `unpublished letters and diaries`
unpunctual adjective not punctual; after the appointed time
unpunished adjective not punished; `would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished?`
unpurified adjective not made pure
unputdownable adjective (of a book etc) so well written and entertaining as to be difficult to put down; `Unless the story is at once as unputdownable to a taxi driver as to a university professor it is not good enough`- Brian Burland
unqualifiedly adverb without qualification or limitation
unquestionable adjective not open to question; `an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige`
unquestionablyunimpeachably adverb without question; `Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow`; `they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members`
unquestioning adjective not inclined to ask questions
unquestioningly adverb in an unquestioning manner; `he followed his leader unquestioningly`
unquiet adjective characterized by unrest or disorder; `unquiet days of riots`; `following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation`; `spent an unquiet night tossing and turning`
unquietly adverb with agitation or turbulence
unratable adjective British; `unratable properties`
unratified adjective lacking legal authority; `the unratified Equal Right Amendment`
unravel verb disentangle; `can you unravel the mystery?`
unreactive adjective not tending to react to stimulation
unread adjective not informed through reading; `he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory`- V.L.Parrington
unready adjective not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; `she cursed her unready tongue`
unreal adjective lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; `ghosts and other unreal entities`; `unreal propaganda serving as news`
unrealistic adjective not realistic; `unrealistic expectations`; `prices at unrealistic high levels`
unrealistically adverb in an unrealistic manner; `his expectations were unrealistically high`
unreality noun the quality possessed by something that is unreal
unreasonable adjective not reasonable; not showing good judgment
unreasonably adverb to a degree that exceeds the bounds or reason or moderation; `his prices are unreasonably high`
unreasoningly adverb in an unreasoning visceral manner
unreassuring adjective not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
unreceptive adjective not receptive
unrecognizableunrecognisable adjective defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration
unrecognizablyunrecognisable adverb beyond recognition; in an unrecognizable manner; `he had unrecognizably aged`
unrecognizedunrecognised adjective not recognized; `he was unrecognized in his disguise`
unreconciled adjective (followed by `to`) not reconciled; `he remained unreconciled to the situation`
unreconstructed adjective adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded; `peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart`; `there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit`
unrecoverableirrecoverable adjective incapable of being recovered or regained
unreduced adjective not altered by reduction
unreelingunwinding adjective unwinding from or as if from a reel; `recorded on the unreeling film inside her`; `a long unwinding silk cocoon`
unreflected adjective (especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection
unreflectiveunthinking adjective not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
unreformableunregenerate adjective unrepentant and incapable of being reformed; `an unregenerate criminal`
unreformed adjective unaffected by the Reformation
unrefreshedunrested adjective not rested or refreshed;
unregenerateunregenerated adjective not reformed morally or spiritually; `unregenerate human nature`; `unregenerate conservatism`
unregistered adjective not registered; `an unregistered citizen`
unregretfulunregretting adjective feeling no regret; `was completely unregretful about what had happened`
unregulated adjective not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline; `unregulated off-shore fishing`
unrelatedness noun the lack of any particular manner of connectedness
unrelaxed adjective nor relaxed; `his life was drawing to a close in baffled zeal and unrelaxed strain`- U.B.Phillips
unreleased adjective not (or not yet) made available for distribution or publication; `someone leaked the unreleased announcement`; `a film that remained unreleased for years`
unreliableundependable adjective not worthy of reliance or trust; `in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable`; `an undependable assistant`
unremedied adjective not having been put right; `unremedied errors`
unremunerative adjective not yielding profit or recompense; `an unremunerative occupation`
unrenewablenonrenewable adjective that can not be renewed; `books on that shelf are unrenewable`; `gas and oil are nonrenewable resources`
unrentable adjective not able or fit to be rented; `the house was unrentable in that condition`
unrepaired adjective unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made
unrepeatableunquotable adjective not able or fit to be repeated or quoted; `what he said was funny but unquotable`
unreportable adjective (of income) not reportable; not required by law to be reported; `very little income is unreportable`
unreported adjective not reported; `unreported results`
unrepresentative adjective not exemplifying a class; `I soon tumbled to the fact that my weekends were atypical`; `behavior quite unrepresentative (or atypical) of the profession`
unrepressed adjective not repressed; `unrepressed hostilities`
unreproducibleirreproducible adjective impossible to reproduce or duplicate
unrequested adjective not requested; `the merchandise was unrequested`
unresentful adjective not resentful; `completely unresentful and forgiving`
unreservedly adverb without reservation; `I can unreservedly recommend this restaurant!`
unresolvable adjective not capable of being resolved; `unresolvable confusion`
unresolved adjective characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
unrespectabilitydisreputability noun dishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputation
unrespectable adjective unworthy of respect
unrespected adjective accorded no respect
unresponsive adjective not susceptible to suggestion or influence
unresponsiveness noun the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; `she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident`; `in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away`
unrest noun a feeling of restless agitation