<B>unjoyful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> joyless; unpleasant. <BR> <I>Ex. this unjoyful set of people (Sir Richard Steele).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unjudgeable">
<B>unjudgeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be judged. <BR> <I>Ex. The top political leaders ... get detached from the central problem and lost in a jungle of unjudgeable means (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unjust">
<B>unjust, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> in opposition to what is morally right; not just; not fair. adv. <B>unjustly.</B> noun <B>unjustness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unjustifiable">
<B>unjustifiable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be justified; not defensible or right. <BR> <I>Ex. an unjustifiable act. Nor is it unjustifiable to hold that those who owe a superior allegiance to a foreign Government ... have therefore forfeited the privilege of working for their own Government (New York Times).</I> noun <B>unjustifiableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unjustifiably">
<B>unjustifiably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a manner that cannot be justified or vindicated. <BR> <I>Ex. unjustifiably severe. The organization was launched to an accompaniment of unjustifiably high hopes (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unjustified">
<B>unjustified, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not proved to be right or proper; unwarranted. <BR> <I>Ex. unjustified claims or accusations. The action of the strikers was unjustified.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Theology.) not brought into a state of justification; still subject to sin or penalty of sin. </DL>
<A NAME="unjustifiedly">
<B>unjustifiedly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unjustified manner; to an unjustified degree. </DL>
<A NAME="unkeeled">
<B>unkeeled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not having a keel. <BR> <I>Ex. unkeeled sepals.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unkempt">
<B>unkempt, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not combed; matted or disheveled. <BR> <I>Ex. unkempt hair.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not properly cared for; neglected; untidy. <BR> <I>Ex. the unkempt clothes of a tramp.</I> noun <B>unkemptness.</B> </DL>
<B>unkennel, </B>verb, <B>-neled,</B> <B>-neling</B> or (especially British) <B>-nelled,</B> <B>-nelling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to let (a hound or hounds) out of the kennel. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to force or drive out from hiding or concealment; bring to light. <BR> <I>Ex. to unkennel this knavery (London Times).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be unkenneled. </DL>
<A NAME="unkept">
<B>unkept, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not kept; not retained; not preserved. <DD><B> 2. </B>not sustained, maintained, or tended. </DL>
<A NAME="unkind">
<B>unkind, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not kind; lacking kindness or compassion; harsh; cruel. (SYN) unsympathetic, ungracious. noun <B>unkindness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unkindliness">
<B>unkindliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being unkindly; unkindness; unfavorableness. </DL>
<A NAME="unkindly">
<B>unkindly, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> harsh; unkind; unfavorable. <BR> <I>Ex. the bleak, unkindly air (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in an unkind way; harshly. </DL>
<A NAME="unkingly">
<B>unkingly, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not kingly; not befitting a king; not royal. </DL>
<A NAME="unknelled">
<B>unknelled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not having the bell tolled for one at death or funeral; untolled. <BR> <I>Ex. Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd and unknown (Byron).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unknightliness">
<B>unknightliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being unknightly. </DL>
<A NAME="unknightly">
<B>unknightly, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not knightly; unworthy of a knight; not like a knight. <DD><I>adv. </I> in a manner unbecoming to a knight. </DL>
<A NAME="unknit">
<B>unknit, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-knitted</B> or <B>-knit,</B> <B>-knitting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to untie or unfasten (a knot, tangle, or bond). <DD><B> 2. </B>to ravel out (something knitted); unravel. <DD><B> 3. </B>to smooth out (something wrinkled). <BR> <I>Ex. He unknit his black brows (Charlotte Bronte).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unknot">
<B>unknot, </B>transitive verb, <B>-knotted,</B> <B>-knotting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to bring out of a knotted state; free from knots; untie. </DL>
<A NAME="unknowability">
<B>unknowability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being unknowable. </DL>
<A NAME="unknowable">
<B>unknowable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that cannot be known; beyond comprehension, especially beyond human comprehension. <DD><I>noun </I> that which cannot be known. <BR><I>expr. <B>the Unknowable,</B> </I>that which is by nature beyond man's knowing; ultimate or essential reality, as something outside the realm of that which may be comprehended by man. <BR> <I>Ex. We may keep alive the consciousness that it is alike our highest wisdom and our highest duty to regard that through which all things exist as the Unknowable (Herbert Spencer).</I> noun <B>unknowableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unknowing">
<B>unknowing, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not knowing; ignorant or unsuspecting. <BR> <I>Ex. an unknowing child.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=ignorance.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>the unknowing,</B> </I>those who do not know or are ignorant. <BR> <I>Ex. The pillars would not be recognized immediately by the unknowing as timber (London Times).</I> adv. <B>unknowingly.</B> noun <B>unknowingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unknown">
<B>unknown, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not known; not familiar; strange; unexplored. <BR> <I>Ex. an unknown language. Lewis and Clark explored the unknown country beyond the western frontier. How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted o'er, In states unborn and accents yet unknown! (Shakespeare).</I> (SYN) obscure, nameless, unrenowned. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or thing that is unknown. <BR> <I>Ex. a political unknown. The diver descended into the unknown.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mathematics.) an unknown quantity. <BR><I>expr. <B>the Unknown,</B> </I>something great and unknown or mysterious. <BR> <I>Ex. God, the Unknown.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unknownquantity">
<B>unknown quantity,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a quantity whose value is to be found, usually represented by a letter from the last part of the alphabet, such as <I>x, y,</I> or <I>z.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unknownsoldier">
<B>Unknown Soldier,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an unidentified soldier killed in combat and buried with honors in a prominent place in his country as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of his country. <BR> <I>Ex. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier is in the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unkra">
<B>UNKRA</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. </DL>
<A NAME="unlabored">
<B>unlabored, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not produced by labor or toil. <BR> <I>Ex. Unlabored harvests shall the fields adorn (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not cultivated by labor; not tilled. <DD><B> 3. </B>spontaneous; voluntary; natural. <DD><B> 4. </B>not cramped or stiff; easy; free. <BR> <I>Ex. an unlabored style.</I> </DL>
<B>unlace, </B>transitive verb, <B>-laced,</B> <B>-lacing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to undo the lace of. <DD><B> 2. </B>to free or relieve of clothing or an article of clothing, especially of clothing that is held on by a lace or laces; undress. </DL>
<B>unladylike, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not ladylike; not like or befitting a lady. </DL>
<A NAME="unlaid">
<B>unlaid, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not laid or placed; not fixed. <BR> <I>Ex. The first foundations of the world being yet unlaid (Richard Hooker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not allayed; not pacified. <BR> <I>Ex. Blue meagre hag or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not laid out, as a corpse. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Nautical.) untwisted, as the strands of a rope. <DD><I>verb </I> the past tense and past participle of <B>unlay.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unlamented">
<B>unlamented, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not lamented; whose loss is not deplored; not moaned; unwept. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die (Alexander Pope).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unlash">
<B>unlash, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to detach or release by undoing a lashing. <DD><B> 2. </B>to undo or untie (a lashing). </DL>
<A NAME="unlatch">
<B>unlatch, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to unfasten or open by lifting a latch. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become or be able to be thus unfastened. </DL>
<A NAME="unlaundered">
<B>unlaundered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not laundered. </DL>
<A NAME="unlawful">
<B>unlawful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>contrary to law; against the law; prohibited by law; not lawful; forbidden; illegal. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=illegitimate.</B> adv. <B>unlawfully.</B> noun <B>unlawfulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unlawfulassembly">
<B>unlawful assembly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) the meeting of three or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to carry out some purpose in such manner as to give reasonable ground for apprehending a breach of the peace in consequence of it. </DL>
<A NAME="unlay">
<B>unlay, </B>verb, <B>-laid,</B> <B>-laying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to untwist (a rope) into separate strands. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to untwist; unravel. <BR> <I>Ex. an unlaid rope.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unleaded">
<B>unleaded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(of type) set without leads between the lines; solid. <DD><B> 2. </B>not weighted, covered, or furnished with lead. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=nonleaded.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unlearn">
<B>unlearn, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to get rid of (ideas, habits,or tendencies); give up knowledge of; forget. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause (a person) to unlearn something; teach not to do or to do the opposite of what has been taught. </DL>
