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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>UNRELIEV</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="unreliable"> unreliable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not reliable; not to be depended on; irresponsible. (SYN) uncertain. noun unreliableness. </DL> <A NAME="unreliably"> unreliably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unreliable manner. </DL> <A NAME="unrelievable"> unrelievable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not relievable. </DL> <A NAME="unrelieved"> unrelieved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not relieved. Ex. unrelieved monotony, the unrelieved hardships of pioneer life. </DL> <A NAME="unrelievedly"> unrelievedly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> without relief or mitigation. Ex. The tempo is funereal, and throughout the mood is unrelievedly austere (Time). </DL> <A NAME="unreligious"> unreligious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =irreligious. <DD> 2. not connected with religion; nonreligious; secular. Ex. The popular poetry ... became profane, unreligious, at length in some part, irreligious (Henry H. Milman). </DL> <A NAME="unremarkable"> unremarkable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> unworthy of remark or notice; not notable or striking. Ex. But how did he make the jump from these unremarkable poems to the later work? (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="unremarked"> unremarked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not remarked; not noticed. Ex. The unremarked phenomenon of Herbert Hoover is that he [had] been so long out of a regular job and [had] kept himself so busy (Time). </DL> <A NAME="unrememberable"> unrememberable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not rememberable; forgettable. Ex. The smallest flint spark, in a world all black and unrememberable, will be welcome (Thomas Carlyle). </DL> <A NAME="unremembered"> unremembered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not remembered; forgotten. Ex. little nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love (Wordsworth). </DL> <A NAME="unremembering"> unremembering, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not remembering; having no memory or recollection. Ex. She went her unremembering way (Francis Thompson). </DL> <A NAME="unremitted"> unremitted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not remitted; not pardoned, forgiven, or canceled. <DD> 2. not slackened or abated. Ex. Our exertions to discover him are unremitted (Mary Shelley). </DL> <A NAME="unremitting"> unremitting, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> never stopping; not slackening or relaxing; maintained steadily. Ex. unremitting vigilance. Driving in heavy traffic requires unremitting attention. (SYN) unceasing, incessant, constant. adv. unremittingly. </DL> <A NAME="unremorseful"> unremorseful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> feeling no remorse; unpitying; remorseless. </DL> <A NAME="unremovable"> unremovable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be removed; fixed; irremovable. </DL> <A NAME="unremoved"> unremoved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not removed; not taken away. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) firm; unshaken. </DL> <A NAME="unremunerated"> unremunerated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not remunerated; without remuneration. </DL> <A NAME="unremunerative"> unremunerative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not remunerative; not affording remuneration; unprofitable. noun unremunerativeness. </DL> <A NAME="unrenewed"> unrenewed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not made anew. Ex. an unrenewed lease. <DD> 2. not regenerated; not born of the Spirit. Ex. an unrenewed heart. <DD> 3. not renovated; not restored to freshness. </DL> <A NAME="unrent"> unrent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not rent; not torn asunder. </DL> <A NAME="unrented"> unrented, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not rented. </DL> <A NAME="unrepaid"> unrepaid, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repaid; not compensated; not recompensed; not requited. Ex. a kindness unrepaid. </DL> <A NAME="unrepair"> unrepair, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of repair; disrepair; dilapidation. </DL> <A NAME="unrepairable"> unrepairable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be repaired; irreparable. </DL> <A NAME="unrepaired"> unrepaired, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repaired. </DL> <A NAME="unrepealable"> unrepealable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repealable; irrevocable. </DL> <A NAME="unrepealed"> unrepealed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repealed. </DL> <A NAME="unrepentance"> unrepentance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state of being unrepentant or impenitent; impenitence. </DL> <A NAME="unrepentant"> unrepentant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repentant; impenitent. adv. unrepentantly. </DL> <A NAME="unrepented"> unrepented, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repented of. </DL> <A NAME="unrepining"> unrepining, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repining; uncomplaining. adv. unrepiningly. </DL> <A NAME="unreplenished"> unreplenished, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not replenished; not filled; not adequately supplied. </DL> <A NAME="unrepresentative"> unrepresentative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not representative; failing to represent adequately; not typical. </DL> <A NAME="unrepresented"> unrepresented, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not represented. </DL> <A NAME="unrepressed"> unrepressed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not repressed; unrestrained. </DL> <A NAME="unreprievable"> unreprievable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be reprieved. </DL> <A NAME="unreprieved"> unreprieved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not reprieved; not respited. </DL> <A NAME="unreprovable"> unreprovable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not reprovable; not deserving reproof; without reproach; not liable to be justly censured. </DL> <A NAME="unreproved"> unreproved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not reproved; not censored. <DD> 2. not liable to reproof or blame. <DD> 3. (Obsolete.) not disproved. </DL> <A NAME="unrequested"> unrequested, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not requested; not asked. </DL> <A NAME="unrequitable"> unrequitable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be requited; unreturnable. Ex. Britain owes an unrequitable debt to the work of the famous Temporary National Economic Committee (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="unrequited"> unrequited, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not requited; without requital or return. Ex. unrequited love. </DL> <A NAME="unreserve"> unreserve, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> freedom from reserve; candor; frankness. Ex. questions which he will answer with perfect unreserve (Samuel Butler). </DL> <A NAME="unreserved"> unreserved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not restrained in action or speech; frank; open. <DD> 2. not restricted, limited, or qualified; without reservation. noun unreservedness. </DL> <A NAME="unreservedly"> unreservedly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in an unreserved manner; frankly; openly. (SYN) straightforwardly. <DD> 2. without reservation or restriction. (SYN) fully. </DL> <A NAME="unresisted"> unresisted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not resisted; not opposed. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) irresistible. </DL> <A NAME="unresisting"> unresisting, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not resisting; not making resistance; submissive. adv. unresistingly. </DL> <A NAME="unresolvable"> unresolvable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be resolved. Ex. I have in the past accused him of both hubris and loss of self-respect, but the paradox is not unresolvable (Joseph Wood Krutch). </DL> <A NAME="unresolved"> unresolved, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not resolved; not determined. <DD> 2. not solved; not cleared. Ex. unresolved doubt. <DD> 3. not separated into its constituent parts. Ex. an unresolved nebula. <DD> 4. not reduced to a state of solution. </DL> <A NAME="unrespectable"> unrespectable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not respectable; disreputable; dishonorable. </DL> <A NAME="unrespited"> unrespited, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not respited. Ex. Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end (Milton). <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) admitting no pause or intermission. </DL> <A NAME="unresponsive"> unresponsive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not responsive or inclined to respond. noun unresponsiveness. </DL> <A NAME="unrest"> unrest, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lack of ease and quiet; restlessness. (SYN) inquietude, uneasiness. <DD> 2. agitation or disturbance amounting almost to rebellion. (SYN) disquiet. </DL> <A NAME="unrestful"> unrestful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not restful or at rest; restless. <DD> 2. not affording or promoting rest. </DL> <A NAME="unresting"> unresting, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not resting; continually in motion or action; restless. Ex. life's unresting sea (Oliver Wendell Holmes). </DL> <A NAME="unrestrained"> unrestrained, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not kept in check or under control. Ex. unrestrained laughter. <DD> 2. not subjected to restraint. Ex. unrestrained freedom, an unrestrained movement. <DD> 3. free from restraint of manner; easy; natural. Ex. an unrestrained greeting. adv. unrestrainedly. </DL> <A NAME="unrestraint"> unrestraint, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of restraint. </DL> <A NAME="unrestricted"> unrestricted, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not restricted; without limitation. adv. unrestrictedly. </DL> <A NAME="unretarded"> unretarded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not retarded; not delayed, hindered, or impeded. </DL> <A NAME="unretentive"> unretentive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not retentive. </DL> <A NAME="unreturnable"> unreturnable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be returned; impossible to be repaid. </DL> <A NAME="unrevealed"> unrevealed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not revealed; not disclosed. </DL> <A NAME="unrevenged"> unrevenged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not revenged. </DL> <A NAME="unreversed"> unreversed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not reversed; not annulled by a counter decision; not revoked; unrepealed. </DL> <A NAME="unrevoked"> unrevoked, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not revoked; not recalled; not annulled. </DL> <A NAME="unrewarded"> unrewarded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not rewarded; unrequited. 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