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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: unstressed - unsymmetrical</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="unstressed"> unstressed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not stressed; unaccented. In upward, the second syllable is unstressed. </DL> <A NAME="unstriated"> unstriated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not striated; nonstriated. Ex. unstriated muscle. </DL> <A NAME="unstrikable"> unstrikable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be legally subjected to a strike by workers. Ex. The government speedily passed legislation declaring certain services such as the courts and the cable office to be essential and therefore unstrikable (C. G. Lindo). </DL> <A NAME="unstring"> unstring, transitive verb, -strung, -stringing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to take off or loosen the string or strings of. Ex. to unstring a guitar. <DD> 2. to take from a string. Ex. to unstring pearls. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to weaken the nerves of; make nervous. Ex. I'm told getting married unstrings some men (Owen Wister). </DL> <A NAME="unstriped"> unstriped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue. </DL> <A NAME="unstructured"> unstructured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not structured or organized; lacking a definite structure. Ex. Discussions were unstructured (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="unstrung"> unstrung, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. with strings loose, broken, or missing. Ex. an unstrung guitar. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) weakened in the nerves; nervous. (SYN) upset, shaken. <DD>verb the past tense and past participle of unstring. </DL> <A NAME="unstuck"> unstuck, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>verb the past tense and past participle of unstick. <DD>adj. (Figurative, Informal.) disorganized; confused; in disarray. Ex. His campaign has never got unstuck (New York Times Magazine). </DL> <A NAME="unstudied"> unstudied, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not labored or artificial; natural. Ex. simple and unstudied manners. <DD> 2. not an object of study; not studied. <DD> 3. not having studied; unversed (in). Ex. unstudied in Latin. I ... was not unstudied in those authors which are most commended (Milton). </DL> <A NAME="unstuffed"> unstuffed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not stuffed; not crowded. </DL> <A NAME="unsubdued"> unsubdued, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not subdued; unconquered. </DL> <A NAME="unsubmissive"> unsubmissive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not submissive; unyielding. adv. unsubmissively. noun unsubmissiveness. </DL> <A NAME="unsubstantial"> unsubstantial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not based or founded on fact; flimsy; slight; unreal. Ex. these deep but unsubstantial meditations (Edward Gibbon). Nor build on unsubstantial hope thy trust (Robert Southey). <DD> 2. lacking in substance. Ex. a rather unsubstantial meal. <DD> 3. not of a material substance; intangible. Ex. to man's purer unsubstantial part (Robert Bridges). adv. unsubstantially. </DL> <A NAME="unsubstantiality"> unsubstantiality, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition or quality of being unsubstantial. <DD> 2. an unsubstantial or illusive thing. </DL> <A NAME="unsubstantiated"> unsubstantiated, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not substantiated; not established by evidence. Ex. an unsubstantiated statement. </DL> <A NAME="unsubstantiation"> unsubstantiation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or fact of depriving of substantiality. </DL> <A NAME="unsubtle"> unsubtle, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not subtle; coarse; blunt. </DL> <A NAME="unsubtly"> unsubtly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> coarsely; bluntly. Ex. [He] has developed his unsubtly sensational theme into a big, slick composition (Time). </DL> <A NAME="unsuccess"> unsuccess, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of success; failure. </DL> <A NAME="unsuccessful"> unsuccessful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not fortunate or successful; having no success. Ex. an unsuccessful businessman, an unsuccessful show. Their marriage was unsuccessful. <DD> 2. useless; ineffectual; futile. Ex. The attempts to save the victim's life were unsuccessful. (SYN) unavailing. adv. unsuccessfully. noun unsuccessfulness. </DL> <A NAME="unsufferable"> unsufferable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) insufferable; intolerable. </DL> <A NAME="unsuitability"> unsuitability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being unsuitable; unfitness, inappropriateness. </DL> <A NAME="unsuitable"> unsuitable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not suitable; unfit; inappropriate. Ex. She danced in a highly unsuitable manner (New Yorker). (SYN) incongruous. noun unsuitableness. </DL> <A NAME="unsuitably"> unsuitably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unsuitable manner. </DL> <A NAME="unsuited"> unsuited, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not suited; unfit. Ex. That shy dog is unsuited for a family with children. </DL> <A NAME="unsullied"> unsullied, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sullied; unsoiled; spotless; stainless; pure; untarnished. Ex. (Figurative.) The intransigents risked the destruction of the Church in order to keep doctrine unsullied (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="unsung"> unsung, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not sung. Ex. an unsung note. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) not honored or celebrated, especially by song or poetry. Ex. unsung heroes. Here ... not a mountain rears its head unsung (Thomas Carlyle). </DL> <A NAME="unsunned"> unsunned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not exposed to the sun; not lighted by the sun; dark. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) not cheered; gloomy. </DL> <A NAME="unsupportable"> unsupportable, adjective. =insupportable.</DL> <A NAME="unsupported"> unsupported, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not supported; not upheld; not sustained; not maintained; not countenanced; not aided. </DL> <A NAME="unsuppressed"> unsuppressed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not suppressed; not held or kept under; not subdued; not quelled; not put down. Ex. unsuppressed laughter, unsuppressed rebellion. </DL> <A NAME="unsure"> unsure, adjective, -surer, -surest.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sure; uncertain. Ex. What's to come is still unsure (Shakespeare). adv. unsurely. noun unsureness. </DL> <A NAME="unsurmountable"> unsurmountable, adjective. =insurmountable.</DL> <A NAME="unsurpassable"> unsurpassable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not surpassable; that cannot be surpassed. </DL> <A NAME="unsurpassably"> unsurpassably, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an unsurpassable manner or degree; so as not to be surpassed. Ex. At his worst, he is unsurpassably tedious (Observer). </DL> <A NAME="unsurpassed"> unsurpassed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not or never surpassed; unexcelled. Ex. As a chamber group they [the Budapest String Quartet] stand unsurpassed (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="unsurprising"> unsurprising, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not surprising; expected. Ex. An unsurprising feature of the special new volume: 5,300 of the distinguished women declined to tell their ages (Newsweek). adv. unsurprisingly. </DL> <A NAME="unsusceptible"> unsusceptible, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not susceptible; unimpressionable. </DL> <A NAME="unsuspected"> unsuspected, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not suspected; clear of or not under suspicion. Ex. an imperious old dame, not unsuspected of witchcraft (Hawthorne). <DD> 2. not thought of; not imagined to exist. Ex. an unsuspected danger. <DD> 3. not surmised. adv. unsuspectedly. </DL> <A NAME="unsuspecting"> unsuspecting, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not suspecting; having no suspicion; unsuspicious. Ex. the unsuspecting victim. adv. unsuspectingly. noun unsuspectingness. </DL> <A NAME="unsuspicious"> unsuspicious, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not suspicious; without suspicion; unsuspecting. Ex. to visit them openly as if unsuspicious of any hostile design (Francis Parkman). <DD> 2. not inclined to suspicion or distrust. Ex. an unsuspicious nature. <DD> 3. not such as to excite suspicion. adv. unsuspiciously. noun unsuspiciousness. </DL> <A NAME="unsustainable"> unsustainable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sustainable; not to be supported, maintained, upheld, or corroborated. </DL> <A NAME="unsustained"> unsustained, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sustained; not maintained; not upheld. </DL> <A NAME="unswathe"> unswathe, transitive verb, -swathed, -swathing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to divest of that which swathes or covers; unwrap. </DL> <A NAME="unswayable"> unswayable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not to be swayed or influenced. </DL> <A NAME="unswayed"> unswayed, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not swayed. </DL> <A NAME="unswear"> unswear, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -swore, -sworn, -swearing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to retract (something sworn or asserted); abjure; recant. </DL> <A NAME="unsweetened"> unsweetened, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not sweetened. </DL> <A NAME="unswept"> unswept, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not swept. </DL> <A NAME="unswerving"> unswerving, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. not swerving; undeviating. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) unwavering; firm. adv. unswervingly. </DL> <A NAME="unsworn"> unsworn, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. not bound by an oath; not having taken an oath. Ex. an unsworn witness. <DD> 2. not solemnly pronounced or taken. <DD>verb the past participle of unswear. </DL> <A NAME="unsymmetrical"> unsymmetrical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not symmetrical; lacking symmetry; asymmetrical. adv. unsymmetrically. </DL> <A NAME="unsymmetry"> unsymmetry, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lack of symmetry. </DL> <A HREF="unsympat.dic">NEXT</A>