Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

UNPREPOSSESSED — UNRAVEL

UNPREPOSSESSED, a. Not prepossessed; not biased by previous opinions; not partial.

UNPREPOSSESSING, a. Not having a winning appearance.

UNPRESSED, a.

1. Not pressed.

2. Not enforced.

UNPRESUMPTUOUS, a. [See Presume.] Not presumptuous; not rash; modest; submissive.

UNPRETENDING, a. Not claiming distinction; modest.

UNPREVAILING, a. Being of no force; vain.

UNPREVENTED, a.

1. Not prevented; not hindered.

2. Not preceded by any thing. Obs.

UNPRIEST, v.t. To deprive of the orders of a priest.

UNPRIESTLY, a. Unsuitable to a priest.

UNPRINCE, v.t. unprins’. To deprive of principality or sovereignty.

UNPRINCELY, a. unprins’ly. Unbecoming a prince; not resembling a prince.

UNPRINCIPLED, a.

1. Not having settled principles; as souls unprincipled in virtue.

2. Having no good moral principles; destitute of virtue; not restrained by conscience; profligate.

UNPRINTED, a.

1. Not printed; as a literary work.

2. Not stamped with figures; white; as unprinted cotton.

UNPRISONED, a. s as z. Set free from confinement.

UNPRIZABLE, a. Not valued; not of estimation.

UNPRIZED, a. Not valued.

UNPROCLAIMED, a. Not proclaimed; not notified by public declaration.

UNPRODUCTIVE, a.

1. Not productive; barren.

2. More generally, not producing large crops; not making profitable returns for labor; as unproductive land.

3. Not profitable; not producing profit or interest; as capital; as unproductive funds or stock.

4. Not efficient; not producing any effect.

UNPRODUCTIVENESS, n. The state of being unproductive; as land, stock, capital labor, etc.

UNPROFANED, a. Not profaned; not violated.

UNPROFESSIONAL, a.

1. Not pertaining to one’s profession.

2. Not belonging to a profession.

UNPROFICIENCY, n. Want of proficiency or improvement.

UNPROFITABLE, a.

1. Bringing no profit; producing no gain beyond the labor, expenses and interest of capital; as unprofitable land; unprofitable stock; unprofitable employment.

2. Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose; as an unprofitable life; unprofitable study. Job 15:3.

3. Not useful to others.

4. Misimproving talents; bringing no glory to God; as an unprofitable servant. Matthew 25:30.

UNPROFITABLENESS, n. The state of producing no profit or good; uselessness; inutility.

UNPROFITABLY, adv.

1. Without profit; without clear gain; as capital unprofitably employed.

2. Without any good effect or advantage; to no good purpose.

UNPROFITED, a. Not having profit or gain.

UNPROHIBITED, a. Not prohibited; not forbid; lawful.

UNPROJECTED, a. Not planned; not projected.

UNPROLIFIC, a.

1. Not prolific; barren; not producing young or fruit.

2. Not producing in abundance.

UNPROMISING, a. Not promising; not affording a favorable prospect of success, of excellence, of profit, etc.; as an unpromising youth; an unpromising season.

UNPROMPTED, a.

1. Not prompted; not dictated.

2. Not excited or instigated.

UNPRONOUNCEABLE, a. unpronouns’able. That cannot be pronounced. [Unusual.]

UNPRONOUNCED, a. Not pronounced; not uttered.

UNPROP, v.t. To remove a prop from; to deprive of support.

UNPROPER, a. Not fit or proper. Obs. [Improper is the word now used.]

UNPROPERLY, adv. Unfitly. Obs. [See Improperly.]

UNPROPHETIC, UNPROPHETICAL, a. Not foreseeing or not predicting future events.

UNPROPITIOUS, a. Not propitious; not favorable; not disposed to promote; inauspicious.

UNPROPITIOUSLY, adv. Unfavorably; unkindly.

UNPROPORTIONABLE, a. Wanting due proportion.

UNPROPORTIONATE, a. Wanting proportion; disproportionate; unfit.

UNPROPORTIONED, a. not proportioned; not suitable.

UNPROPOSED, a. s as z. Not proposed; not offered.

UNPROPPED, a. Not propped; not supported or upheld.

UNPROSPEROUS, a. Not prosperous; not attended with success; unfortunate.

UNPROSPEROUSLY, adv. Unsuccessfully; unfortunately.

UNPROSPEROUSNESS, n. Want of success; failure of the desired result.

UNPROSTITUTED, a. Not prostituted; not debased.

UNPROTECTED, a.

1. Not protected; not defended.

2. Not countenanced; not supported.

UNPROTRACTED, a. Not protracted; not drawn out in length.

UNPROVED, a.

1. Not proved; not known by trial.

2. Not established as true by argument, demonstration or evidence.

UNPROVIDE, v.t. To unfurnish; to divest or strip of qualifications.

UNPROVIDED, pp.

1. Divested of qualifications.

2. a. Not provided; unfurnished; unsupplied.

UNPROVIDENT, a. Improvident. Obs.

UNPROVISIONED, a. s as z. Not furnished with provisions.

UNPROVOKED, a.

1. Not provoked; not incited; applied to persons.

2. Not proceeding from provocation or just cause; as an unprovoked attack.

UNPROVOKING, a. Giving no provocation or offense.

UNPRUDENTIAL, a. Imprudent. [Not used.]

UNPRUNED, a. Not pruned; not lopped.

UNPUBLIC, a. Not public; private; not generally seen or known.

UNPUBLISHED, a.

1. Not made public; secret; private.

2. Not published; as a manuscript or book.

UNPUNCTUAL, a. Not punctual; not exact in time.

UNPUNCTUALITY, n. Want of punctuality.

UNPUNCTUATED, a. Not punctuated; not pointed.

UNPUNISHED, a. Not punished; suffered to pass without punishment or with impunity; as a thief unpunished; an unpunished crime.

UNPUNISHING, a. Not punishing.

UNPURCHASED, a. Not purchased; not bought.

UNPURE, a. Not pure; impure. Obs. [See Impure.]

UNPURGED, a. Not purged; unpurified.

UNPURIFIED, a.

1. Not purified; not freed from recrement or foul matter.

2. Not cleansed from sin; unsanctified.

UNPURPOSED, a. Not intended; not designed.

UNPURSED, a. Robbed of a purse.

UNPURSUED, a. Not pursued; not followed; not prosecuted.

UNPUTREFIED, a. Not putrefied; not corrupted.

UNQUAFFED, a. Not quaffed; not drank.

UNQUALIFIED, a.

1. Not qualified; not fit; not having the requisite talents, abilities or accomplishments.

2. Not having taken the requisite oath or oaths.

3. Not modified or restricted by conditions or exceptions; as unqualified praise.

UNQUALIFY, v.t. To divest of qualifications. [But instead of this, disqualify is now used.]

UNQUALITIED, a. Deprived of the usual faculties. [Not in use.]

UNQUARRELABLE, a. That cannot be impugned. [Not in use.]

UNQUEEN, v.t. To divest of the dignity of queen.

UNQUELLED, a. Not quelled; not subdued.

UNQUENCHABLE, a. That cannot be quenched; that will never be extinguished; inextinguishable. Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17.

UNQUENCHABLENESS, n. The state or quality of being inextinguishable.

UNQUENCHABLY, adv. In a manner or degree so as not to be quenched.

UNQUENCHED, a. Not extinguished.

UNQUESTIONABLE, a. Not to be questioned; not to be doubted; indubitable; certain; as unquestionable evidence or truth; unquestionable courage.

UNQUESTIONABLY, adv. Without doubt; indubitably.

UNQUESTIONED, a.

1. Not called in question; not doubted.

2. Not interrogated; having no questions asked; not examined.

3. Indisputable; not to be opposed.

UNQUESTIONING, a. Not calling in question; not doubting; unhesitating.

UNQUICK, a.

1. Not quick; slow.

2. Not alive; motionless. [Not in use.]

UNQUICKENED, a. Not animated; not matured to vitality; as unquickened progeny.

UNQUIET, a.

1. Not quiet; not calm or tranquil; restless; uneasy; as an unquiet person; an unquiet mind.

2. Agitated; disturbed by continual motion; as the unquiet ocean.

3. Unsatisfied; restless.

UNQUIET, v.t. To disquiet. [Not in use.]

UNQUIETLY, adv. In an unquiet state; without rest; in an agitated state.

UNQUIETNESS, n.

1. Want of quiet; want of tranquility; restlessness; uneasiness.

2. Want of peace; as of a nation.

3. Turbulence; disposition to make trouble or excite disturbance.

UNQUIETUDE, n. Uneasiness; restlessness. Obs. [For this, disquietude and inquietude are used.]

UNRACKED, a. Not racked; not poured from the lees.

UNRAKED, a.

1. Not raked; as land unraked.

2. Not raked together; not raked up; as fire.

UNRANSACKED, a.

1. Not ransacked; not searched.

2. Not pillaged.

UNRANSOMED, a. Not ransomed; not liberated from captivity or bondage by payment for liberty.

UNRASH, a. Not rash; not presumptuous.

UNRAVEL, v.t.

1. To disentangle; to disengage or separate threads that are knit.

2. To free; to clear from complication or difficulty.

3. To separate connected or united parts; to throw into disorder.

Nature all unravel’d.

4. To unfold, as the plot or intrigue of a play.

UNRAVEL, v.i. To be unfolded; to be disentangled.