<B>untested, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not tested; untried. </DL>
<A NAME="untether">
<B>untether, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to loose from a tether. </DL>
<A NAME="unthanked">
<B>unthanked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not thanked; not repaid with acknowledgments. <DD><B> 2. </B>not received with thankfulness. </DL>
<A NAME="unthankful">
<B>unthankful, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=ungrateful.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>not appreciated; thankless. <BR> <I>Ex. One of the most unthankful offices in the world (Oliver Goldsmith).</I> adv. <B>unthankfully.</B> noun <B>unthankfulness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unthink">
<B>unthink, </B>verb, <B>-thought,</B> <B>-thinking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to put out of the mind. <BR> <I>Ex. to unthink unpleasant thoughts.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to end or reverse one's thoughts or ideas. <BR> <I>Ex. to learn to unthink as well as to think.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unthinkability">
<B>unthinkability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being unthinkable. <BR> <I>Ex. Genuine determinism occupies a totally different ground; not the impotence but the unthinkability of free will is what it affirms (William James).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unthinkable">
<B>unthinkable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not thinkable; that cannot be imagined; inconceivable. <BR> <I>Ex. the unthinkable infinitude of time (George Bernard Shaw).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not to be thought of or considered. <BR> <I>Ex. All wars are really unthinkable till you're in the middle of them (John Buchan).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> something unthinkable. <BR> <I>Ex. In the present crisis a delicate course has to be steered between two unthinkables (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unthinkably">
<B>unthinkably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> unimaginably; inconceivably. <BR> <I>Ex. ... this recollecting of things utterly and unthinkably past (Shirley Hazzard).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unthinking">
<B>unthinking, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not thinking; thoughtless; careless; heedless. <BR> <I>Ex. a pert unthinking coxcomb (Tobias Smollett).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>showing little or no thought. <BR> <I>Ex. blind, unthinking anger.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not having the faculty of thought; unable to think. adv. <B>unthinkingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unthought">
<B>unthought, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> not thought; not conceived or considered. <DD><I>verb </I> the past tense and past participle of <B>unthink.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unthoughtof">
<B>unthought-of, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not imagined or considered. </DL>
<A NAME="unthread">
<B>unthread, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to take the thread out of. <BR> <I>Ex. to unthread a needle.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to unravel. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) Who can ... unthread the rich texture of Nature and Poetry? (Charles Lamb).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to find one's way through. </DL>
<A NAME="unthrift">
<B>unthrift, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>lack of thrift. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thriftless person. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Archaic.) unthrifty. <BR> <I>Ex. this mad, unthrift world (James Russell Lowell).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unthrifty">
<B>unthrifty, </B>adjective, <B>-thriftier,</B> <B>-thriftiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>wasteful; lavish. <DD><B> 2. </B>not thriving or flourishing; lacking vigor or promise in growth. <BR> <I>Ex. a border of unthrifty grass (Hawthorne). Moderate infestations cause sheep to be unthrifty and subject to other diseases (Tracy I. Storer).</I> adv. <B>unthriftily.</B> noun <B>unthriftiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="unthrone">
<B>unthrone, </B>transitive verb, <B>-throned,</B> <B>-throning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to depose; dethrone. </DL>
<A NAME="untidily">
<B>untidily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an untidy manner. </DL>
<A NAME="untidiness">
<B>untidiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character or condition of being untidy; lack of neatness; slovenliness. </DL>
<A NAME="untidy">
<B>untidy, </B>adjective, <B>-dier,</B> <B>-diest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> not neat; not in order; in disorder. <BR> <I>Ex. an untidy house.</I> (SYN) disorderly, slovenly, littered. </DL>
<A NAME="untie">
<B>untie, </B>verb, <B>-tied,</B> <B>-tying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to loosen; unfasten; undo; unbind. <BR> <I>Ex. to untie a knot. She was untying bundles.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to make free; release. <BR> <I>Ex. to untie a horse.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to make clear; explain (a problem). <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to clear away (a difficulty); resolve (a dispute). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to become, or be able to be, untied. </DL>
<A NAME="untied">
<B>untied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not tied; free from any fastening or bond. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) morally unrestrained; dissolute. </DL>
<A NAME="until">
<B>until, </B>preposition, conjunction.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>prep. </I> <B>1. </B>up to the time of. <BR> <I>Ex. It was cold from November until April.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>before. <BR> <I>Ex. not to rest until victory. She did not leave until morning.</I> <DD><I>conj. </I> <B>1. </B>up to the time when. <BR> <I>Ex. He waited until the sun had set.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>before. <BR> <I>Ex. He did not come until the meeting was half over.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to the degree or place that. <BR> <I>Ex. She worked until she was too tired to do more.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untillable">
<B>untillable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be tilled or cultivated. </DL>
<A NAME="untilled">
<B>untilled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not tilled or cultivated. <BR> <I>Ex. Most will come home to partially or totally destroyed villages, to weed-grown, untilled fields (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untimeliness">
<B>untimeliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the character of being untimely; unseasonableness. <BR> <I>Ex. the untimeliness of temporal death (Jeremy Taylor).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untimely">
<B>untimely, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest,</B> adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>at a wrong time or season; unseasonable. <BR> <I>Ex. an untimely refusal. Snow in May is untimely.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>too early or too young; too soon. <BR> <I>Ex. to die at the untimely age of 18.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> too early or young; too soon. <BR> <I>Ex. His death came untimely at 18.</I> </DL>
<B>untitled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having no title; not named. <BR> <I>Ex. an untitled piece of music.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not distinguished by a title. <BR> <I>Ex. an untitled nobleman.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not of titled rank. <BR> <I>Ex. the gentry and other untitled classes.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>lacking lawful right; not entitled (to rule). <BR> <I>Ex. an untitled tyrant (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="unto">
<B>unto, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> to. <BR> <I>Ex. The soldier was faithful unto death. Not even continents can live unto themselves (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untold">
<B>untold, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>not told; not revealed. <BR> <I>Ex. an untold secret, untold heroism.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>too many or too much to be counted; innumerable; countless. <BR> <I>Ex. to spend untold millions. There are untold stars in the sky.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>very great; immense. <BR> <I>Ex. untold wealth. Wars do untold damage.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untorn">
<B>untorn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not torn; not rent or forced asunder. </DL>
<A NAME="untouchability">
<B>untouchability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>untouchable quality or condition. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition or character of being an untouchable. </DL>
<A NAME="untouchable">
<B>untouchable, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>that cannot be touched, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>not composed of a material substance; not tangible; immaterial. <DD><B> b. </B>out of reach; unattainable. <DD><B> c. </B>(Figurative.) unique of its kind; unparalleled. <DD><B> 2. </B>that must not be touched, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>that defiles if touched, especially if eaten or drunk. <DD><B> b. </B>that is defiled by the touch of a human hand, foot, etc. <DD><B> 3. </B>suffering from leprosy; leprous. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a Hindu belonging to the lowest caste in India, whose touch supposedly defiled members of higher castes. Strictly, untouchables are beneath caste. Under the constitution of the Republic of India discrimination is forbidden and the term has been replaced in official use by the phrase "Scheduled Caste." <DD><B> 2. </B>any person divested of caste; outcaste. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) any person rejected by his social group; social outcast; pariah. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a thing or idea that is troublesome or risky to deal with. <BR> <I>Ex. The President and his aides [were] preparing for the Herculean task of trying to cut back that political untouchable known as veterans benefits (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untouched">
<B>untouched, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> not touched. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat left the milk untouched. The last topic remained untouched. (Figurative.) The miser was untouched by the poor man's story.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="untoward">
<B>untoward, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>contrary to what is desired; not propitious; unfavorable. <BR> <I>Ex. an untoward wind, untoward weather.</I> (SYN) inconvenient. <DD><B> 2. </B>characterized as by misfortune or calamity; unlucky; unfortunate. <BR> <I>Ex. an untoward accident.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>difficult to manage, restrain, or control; perverse; stubborn; willful. <BR> <I>Ex. The untoward child made things difficult for her baby sitter.</I> (SYN) intractable, refractory, contrary. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) awkward; clumsy; ungraceful. adv. <B>untowardly.</B> noun <B>untowardness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="untraceable">
<B>untraceable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that cannot be traced or followed. </DL>
