<B>uncareful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>careless. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus, all that we suspected as likely to happen under an uncareful program of disarmament did happen (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not taking any thought (of). <DD><B> 3. </B>free from care; untroubled. <BR> <I>Ex. One of the ... most uncareful interludes of my life (Hawthorne).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncarpeted">
<B>uncarpeted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not carpeted. </DL>
<A NAME="uncart">
<B>uncart, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove or unload from a cart. </DL>
<A NAME="uncase">
<B>uncase, </B>transitive verb, <B>-cased,</B> <B>-casing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to take out of a case; remove the case or covering from; strip; uncover; lay bare. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to disclose or reveal. </DL>
<A NAME="uncashed">
<B>uncashed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not exchanged for cash; unsettled. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncashed check.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not yet played (said of a card certain to take a trick in bridge). </DL>
<A NAME="uncataloged">
<B>uncataloged</B> or <B>uncatalogued, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cataloged. <BR> <I>Ex. For the location of ... an uncatalogued item, your librarian has a ferret's nose (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<B>uncatholic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not catholic or universal; limited. <BR> <I>Ex. Paradoxical indeed how many of us Catholics can be so uncatholic in our application of freedom (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not Roman Catholic. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who is not a Roman Catholic. </DL>
<A NAME="uncaused">
<B>uncaused, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not caused; self-existent. </DL>
<A NAME="unceasing">
<B>unceasing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not or never ceasing; continuous; constant. <BR> <I>Ex. unceasing labor, unceasing rain.</I> adv. <B>unceasingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncelestial">
<B>uncelestial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not celestial or heavenly; worldly; mundane. <BR> <I>Ex. any uncelestial envy or malice (Anthony Trollope).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unceremonious">
<B>unceremonious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not ceremonious; informal. <DD><B> 2. </B>not as courteous as would be expected; somewhat abrupt, peremptory, etc. adv. <B>unceremoniously.</B> noun <B>unceremoniousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncert">
<B>uncert.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> uncertain. </DL>
<A NAME="uncertain">
<B>uncertain, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not known with certainty; not finally established; in doubt; dubious. <BR> <I>Ex. The election results were still uncertain.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not sure; doubtful. <BR> <I>Ex. to be uncertain if a candidate will win. She came so late that she was uncertain of her welcome.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>likely to change; not to be depended upon; not reliable. <BR> <I>Ex. This dog has an uncertain temper.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>not constant; varying. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncertain flicker of light.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>not clearly identified, located, or determined; vague; indefinite. <BR> <I>Ex. an uncertain shape.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>not settled or fixed; indeterminate. <BR> <I>Ex. a job with an uncertain future.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>that may not happen. noun <B>uncertainness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncertainly">
<B>uncertainly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an uncertain manner. <BR> <I>Ex. He spoke slowly and uncertainly.</I> (SYN) hesitatingly. </DL>
<A NAME="uncertainty">
<B>uncertainty, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>uncertain quality or condition; doubt. <BR> <I>Ex. There is little uncertainty about the value of an education.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something uncertain. <BR> <I>Ex. Many a one ... has been perplexed about the uncertainties and contentions of history (Arthur Stanley).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncertaintyprinciple">
<B>uncertainty principle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the principle in quantum mechanics that certain coordinates of a single physical object, such as the position and velocity of an electron, can never be accurately determined simultaneously. Also, <B>Heisenberg uncertainty principle.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncertificated">
<B>uncertificated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not certificated; without certification. </DL>
<A NAME="uncertified">
<B>uncertified, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not certified; without certification. </DL>
<A NAME="unchain">
<B>unchain, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to free from chains; let loose; set free. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Until the spring Unchains the streams (William Morris).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchainable">
<B>unchainable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> incapable of being chained or held in restraint. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) We ... abide Unchainable as the dim tide (William Butler Yeats).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchained">
<B>unchained, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not chained; unfettered; free. </DL>
<A NAME="unchallengeable">
<B>unchallengeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not capable of being challenged or opposed; certain; secure. <BR> <I>Ex. Mathematics could be saved from internal discord and from external pressures by becoming part of the unchallengeable science of logic (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchallengeably">
<B>unchallengeably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unchallengeable way; securely; indisputably. <BR> <I>Ex. Our freedom must be buttressed by a homogeny equally and unchallengeably free (William Faulkner).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchallenged">
<B>unchallenged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not challenged; not called in question; not called to account. </DL>
<B>unchangeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not changeable; that cannot be changed. <BR> <I>Ex. 'Tis the immortal thought Whose passion still Makes of the unchanging The unchangeable (Ford Madox Ford).</I> (SYN) immutable, unalterable, invariable. noun <B>unchangeableness.</B> adv. <B>unchangeably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unchanged">
<B>unchanged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not changed; the same. <BR> <I>Ex. unchanged tradition.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchanging">
<B>unchanging, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not changing; always the same. adv. <B>unchangingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unchaperoned">
<B>unchaperoned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not chaperoned; without a chaperon. </DL>
<A NAME="uncharacteristic">
<B>uncharacteristic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not characteristic; not typical, natural, or usual in the particular instance. <BR> <I>Ex. With uncharacteristic mildness, he admitted that he had cut down his output (Newsweek).</I> adv. <B>uncharacteristically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncharge">
<B>uncharge, </B>transitive verb, <B>-charged,</B> <B>-charging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to unload (a vessel). <DD><B> 2. </B>to declare free of guilt; acquit. </DL>
<A NAME="uncharged">
<B>uncharged, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not charged or loaded with powder or shot. <BR> <I>Ex. You have left me in a fair field standing, and in my hand an uncharged gun (Francis J. Child).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not charged with electrical energy. <BR> <I>Ex. Ordinary matter does not exhibit electrical effects and is said to be ... neutral or uncharged (Sears and Zemansky).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) not burdened (with). <BR> <I>Ex. The national desire [is] to be at any rate uncharged with responsibility (Westminster Gazette).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>not formally accused. <DD><B> 5. </B>not subjected to a financial charge. <BR> <I>Ex. uncharged services.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>unassailed. <BR> <I>Ex. Open your uncharged ports (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncharitable">
<B>uncharitable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not generous; not charitable; severe; harsh. <BR> <I>Ex. I hated them with the bitter, uncharitable condemnation of boyhood (H. G. Wells).</I> noun <B>uncharitableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="uncharitably">
<B>uncharitably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an uncharitable manner; without charity. </DL>
<A NAME="uncharity">
<B>uncharity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> want of charity; uncharitable feeling. </DL>
<A NAME="uncharming">
<B>uncharming, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> lacking charm; unpleasant; disagreeable. <BR> <I>Ex. Old, uncharming Catherine (John Dryden). [His] contempt for women may strike some people as uncharming (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="uncharted">
<B>uncharted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not mapped; not marked on a chart. </DL>
<A NAME="unchartered">
<B>unchartered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not chartered; without a charter. <BR> <I>Ex. an unchartered company.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>without license or regulation. </DL>
<A NAME="unchary">
<B>unchary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not chary; not frugal; not careful; heedless. </DL>
<A NAME="unchaste">
<B>unchaste, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not chaste; not virtuous. adv. <B>unchastely.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unchastity">
<B>unchastity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of chastity; unchaste character; lewdness. </DL>
<A NAME="unchecked">
<B>unchecked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not checked; not restrained. </DL>
<A NAME="uncheerful">
<B>uncheerful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not cheerful: <DD><B> a. </B>sad; gloomy; melancholy. <DD><B> b. </B>not willing; grudging. <BR> <I>Ex. uncheerful service.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unchivalrous">
<B>unchivalrous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not chivalrous; ungallant. adv. <B>unchivalrously.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unchristian">
<B>unchristian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not Christian; heathen; pagan. <DD><B> 2. </B>unworthy of Christians; at variance with Christian principles. <BR> <I>Ex. a demand ... that war might be declared unchristian (John R. Green).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) such as any civilized person would object to; barbarous. <BR> <I>Ex. to rout someone out of bed at a most unchristian hour.</I> </DL>
