Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

UNTANGLING — UNTRUSTY

UNTANGLING, ppr. Disentangling.

UNTARNISHED, a. Not soiled; not tarnished; not stained; unblemished; as untarnished silk; untarnished reputation.

UNTASTED, a.

1. Not tasted; not tried by the taste or tongue.

2. Not enjoyed; as untasted pleasures.

UNTASTEFUL, a. Having no taste; being without taste.

UNTASTEFULLY, adv. Without taste or gracefulness; in bad taste.

UNTASTING, a. Not tasting; not perceiving by the taste.

UNTAUGHT, a. untaut’

1. Not taught; not instructed; not educated; unlettered; illiterate.

2. Unskilled; new; not having use or practice.

A tongue untaught to plead for favor.

UNTAXED, a.

1. Not taxed; not charged with taxes.

2. Not accused.

UNTEACH, v.t. pret. and pp. untaught. To cause to forget or lose what has been taught.

Experience will unteach us.

UNTEACHABLE, a. That cannot be taught or instructed; indocile.

UNTEACHABLENESS, n. The quality of not readily receiving instruction; indocility.

UNTEEMING, a. Not producing young; barren.

UNTEMPERATE, a. Intemperate. [The latter is now used.]

UNTEMPERED, a. Not tempered; not duly mixed for use; not durable or strong.

UNTEMPTED, a. Not tempted; not tried by enticements or persuasions; not invited by any thing alluring.

UNTENABLE, a.

1. Not tenable; that cannot be held in possession; as an untenable post or fort.

2. That cannot be maintained or supported; not defensible; as an untenable doctrine; untenable ground in argument.

UNTENANTABLE, a. Not fit for an occupant; not in suitable repair or condition for a tenant.

UNTENANTED, a. Not occupied by a tenant; not inhabited.

UNTENDED, a. Not tended; not having any attendant.

UNTENDER, a.

1. Not tender; not soft.

2. Wanting sensibility or affection.

UNTENDERED, a. Not tendered; not offered; as untendered money or tribute.

UNTENT, v.t. To bring out of a tent. [Little used.]

UNTENTED, a. Not having a medical tent applied.

UNTERRIFIED, a. Not terrified; not affrighted; not daunted.

UNTESTED, a. Not tested; not tried by a standard.

UNTHANKED, a.

1. Not thanked; not repaid with acknowledgments.

2. Not received with thankfulness; as an unthanked reprieve. [Unusual.]

UNTHANKFUL, a. Not thankful; ungrateful; not making acknowledgments for good received.

For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. Luke 6:35.

UNTHANKFULLY, adv. Without thanks; without a grateful acknowledgment of favors.

UNTHANKFULNESS, n. Neglect or omission of acknowledgment for good received; want of a sense of kindness or benefits; ingratitude.

Immoderate favors breed first unthankfulness, and afterwards hate.

UNTHAWED, a. Not thawed; not melted or dissolved; as ice or snow.

UNTHINK, v.t. To dismiss a thought.

UNTHINKING, a.

1. Not thinking; not heedful; thoughtless; inconsiderate; as unthinking youth.

2. Not indicating thought or reflection; as a round unthinking face.

UNTHINKINGNESS, n. Want of thought or reflection; habitual thoughtlessness.

UNTHORNY, a. Not thorny; free from thorns.

UNTHOUGHTFUL, a. unthaut’ful. Thoughtless; heedless.

Unthought of, not thought of; not regarded not heeded.

UNTHREAD, v.t. unthred’.

1. To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle.

2. To loose.

UNTHREADED, pp. Deprived of a thread.

UNTHREADING, ppr. Depriving of a thread.

UNTHREATENED, a. unthret’ened. Not threatened; not menaced.

UNTHRIFT, n. A prodigal; one who wastes his estate by extravagance.

UNTHRIFTILY, adv. Without frugality.

UNTHRIFTINESS, n. Waste of property without necessity or use; prodigality; profusion.

UNTHRIFTY, a.

1. Prodigal; lavish; profuse; spending property without necessity or use.

2. Not thriving; not gaining property; as an unthrifty farmer.

3. Not gaining flesh; as an unthrifty ox.

4. Not vigorous in growth, as a plant.

UNTHRIVING, a. Not thriving; not prospering in temporal affairs; not gaining property.

UNTHRONE, v.t. To remove from a throne, or from supreme authority; to dethrone.

UNTIDY, a.

1. Not tidy; not seasonable; not ready.

2. Not neatly dressed; not in good order.

UNTIE, v.t.

1. To loosen, as a knot; to disengage the parts that form a knot. Untie the knot.

2. To unbind; to free from any fastening; as, to untie an iron chain.

3. To loosen from coils or convolution; as snakes untied.

4. To loose; to separate something attached; as, to untie the tongue.

5. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

UNTIED, pp.

1. Loosed; as a knot; unbound; separated; resolved.

2. a. Not tied; not bound or gathered in a knot; loose.

3. Not fastened with a knot.

4. Not held by any tie or band.

UNTIL, prep. [un and till. See Till.]

1. To; used of time.

He and his sons were priests of the tribe of Dan, until the day of the captivity. Judges 18:30.

2. To; used of objects. Obs.

3. Preceding a sentence or clause, to; that is, to the event mentioned, or the time of it; as, until this hour; until this year.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah - until Shiloh come. Genesis 49:10.

4. To the point or place of.

In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,

Until the earth seems join’d unto the sky.

5. To the degree that.

Thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed. 2 Chronicles 18:10.

[Note. Until is always the same part of speech in fact, and has the same signification. The only difference is, that it is followed sometimes by a single word denoting time, and in other cases by a verb denoting an event, or a word denoting place or degree. The sense is in all cases to; and till may be used as its substitute, and in modern usage it is most common.]

UNTILE, v.t. To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing tiles.

UNTILLED, a. Not tilled; not cultivated.

UNTIMBERED, a.

1. Not furnished with timber.

2. Not covered with timber trees; as untimbered land.

UNTIMELY, a.

1. Happening before the usual time; as untimely frost.

2. Happening before the natural time; premature; as untimely death; untimely fate.

UNTIMELY, adv. Before the natural time.

What is untimely done.

UNTINCTURED, a. Not tinctured; not tinged.

UNTINGED, a.

1. Not tinged; not stained; not discolored; as water untinged; untinged beams of light.

2. Not infected.

UNTIRABLE, a. That cannot be wearied; indefatigable; unwearied.

UNTIRED, a. Not tired; not exhausted by labor.

UNTIRING, a. Not becoming tired or exhausted; as untiring patience.

UNTITLED, a. Having no title; as an untitled tyrant.

UNTO, prep. a compound of un, [on,] and to; of no use in the language, as it expresses no more than to. I do not find it in our mother tongue, nor is it ever used in popular discourse. It is found in writers of former times, but is entirely obsolete.

UNTOLD, a.

1. Not told; not related; not revealed.

2. Not numbered; as money untold.

UNTOMB, v.t. untoom’. To disinter.

UNTOOTHSOME, a. Not pleasant to the taste.

UNTOUCHED, a. untuch’ed.

1. Not touched; not reached; not hit.

2. Not moved; not affected; as the heart untouched.

3. Not meddled with; as books untouched for years.

UNTOWARD, a.

1. Froward; perverse; refractory; not easily guided or taught. Acts 2:40.

2. Awkward; ungraceful; as untoward words.

3. Inconvenient; troublesome; unmanageable; as an untoward vow.

UNTOWARDLY, adv. In a froward or perverse manner; perversely; ungainly.

UNTOWARDLY, a. Awkward; perverse; froward.

UNTOWARDNESS, n. Awkwardness; frowardness; perverseness.

UNTRACEABLE, a. That cannot be traced or followed.

UNTRACED, a.

1. Not traced; not followed.

2. Not marked by footsteps.

3. Not marked out.

UNTRACKED, a.

1. Not tracked; not marked by footsteps.

2. Not followed by the tracks.

UNTRACTABLE, a. [L. intractabilis.]

1. Not tractable; not yielding to discipline; stubborn; indocile; ungovernable; as an untractable son.

2. Rough; difficult.

3. Not yielding to the heat or to the hammer; as an ore.

[Intractable is more generally used.]

UNTRACTABLENESS, n. Refractoriness; stubbornness; unwillingness to be governed; controlled or managed.

UNTRADING, a. Not engaged in commerce; as an untrading country or city.

UNTRAINED, a.

1. Not trained; not disciplined; not skillful.

2. Not educated; not instructed.

My wit untrained.

3. Irregular; ungovernable; as untrained hope.

UNTRAMMELED, a. Not trammeled; not shackled.

UNTRANSFERABLE, a. That cannot be transferred or passed from one to another; as power or right untransferable.

UNTRANSFERRED, a. Not transferred; not conveyed or assigned to another; as titles or rights untransferred.

UNTRANSLATABLE, a. Not capable of being translated.

UNTRANSLATED, a. Not translated or rendered into another language.

UNTRANSPARENT, a. Not transparent; not disphanous; opake; not permeable by light.

UNTRANSPOSED, a. untranspo’zed. Not transposed; having the natural order.

UNTRAVELED, a.

1. Not traveled; not troden by passengers; as an untraveled forest.

2. Having never seen foreign countries; as an untraveled Englishman.

UNTRAVERSED, a. Not traversed; not passed over.

UNTREAD, v.t. untred’. To tread back; to go back in the same steps.

UNTREASURED, a. untresh’ured. Not treasured; not laid up; not reposited.

UNTREATABLE, a. Not treatable; not practicable. [Not used.]

UNTREMBLING, a. Not trembling or shaking; firm; steady.

UNTRIED, a.

1. Not tried; not attempted.

2. Not yet experienced; as untried sufferings.

3. Not having passed trial; not heard and determined in law. The cause remains untried.

UNTRIMMED, a. Not trimmed; not pruned; not dressed; not put in order.

UNTRIUMPHABLE, a. That admits no triumph. [Barbarous and not used.]

UNTRIUMPHED, a. Not triumphed over.

UNTROD, UNTRODDEN, a. Not having been trod; not passed over; not marked by the feet.

UNTROLLED, a. Not boiled; not rolled along.

UNTROUBLED, a. untrub’led.

1. Not troubled; not disturbed by care, sorrow or business; free from trouble.

2. Not agitated; not ruffled; not confused; free from passion; as an untroubled mind.

3. Not agitated; not moved; as an untroubled lake.

4. Not disturbed or interrupted in the natural course; as untroubled nature.

5. Not foul; not turbid; clear; as an untroubled stream.

UNTROUBLEDNESS, n. State of being free from trouble; unconcern. [Not used.]

UNTRUE, a.

1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact. The story is untrue.

2. Not faithful to another; not fulfilling the duties of a husband, wife, vassal, etc.; false; disloyal.