Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

UNGEOMETRICAL — UNHEALTHY

UNGEOMETRICAL, a. Not agreeable to the rules of geometry.

UNGIFTED, a. Not gifted; not endowed with peculiar faculties.

UNGILDED, UNGILT, a. Not gilt; not overlaid with gold.

UNGIRD, v.t. [See Gird.] To loose from a girdle or band; to unbind. Genesis 24:32.

UNGIRDED, pp. Loosed from a girth or band.

UNGIRDING, ppr. Loosing from a girdle or band.

UNGIRT, pp.

1. Unbound.

2. a. Loosely dressed.

UNGIVING, a. Not bringing gifts.

UNGLAZED, a.

1. Not furnished with glass; as, the windows are unglazed; the house is yet unglazed.

2. Wanting glass windows.

3. Not covered with vitreous matter; as unglazed potters’ ware.

UNGLORIFIED, a. Not glorified; not honored with praise or adoration.

UNGLORIOUS, a. Not glorious; bringing no glory or honor.

UNGLOVE, v.t. To take off the gloves. [Not in use.]

UNGLOVED, a. Having the hand naked. [Little used.]

UNGLUE, v.t. to separate any thing that is glued or cemented.

UNGLUED, pp. Loosed from glue or cement.

UNGLUING, ppr. Separating what is cemented.

UNGOD, v.t. to divest of divinity.

UNGODLILY, adv. Impiously; wickedly.

UNGODLINESS, n. Impiety; wickedness; disregard of God and his commands and neglect of his worship; or any positive act of disobedience or irreverence.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness. Romans 1:18.

UNGODLY, a.

1. Wicked; impious; neglecting the fear and worship of God, or violating his commands. 1 Peter 4:18.

2. Sinful; contrary to the divine commands; as ungodly deeds. Jude 4.

3. Polluted by wickedness; as an ungodly day.

UNGORED, a.

1. Not gored; not wounded with a horn.

2. Not wounded.

UNGORGED, a. Not gorged; not filled; not sated.

UNGOT, UNGOTTEN, a.

1. Not gained.

2. Not begotten.

UNGOVERNABLE, a.

1. That cannot be governed; that cannot be ruled or restrained.

2. Licentious; wild; unbridled; as ungovernable passions.

UNGOVERNABLY, adv. So as not to be governed or restrained.

UNGOVERNED, a.

1. Not being governed.

2. Not subjected to laws or principles; not restrained or regulated; unbridled; licentious; as ungoverned appetite; ungoverned passions.

UNGOWNED, a. Not having or not wearing a gown.

UNGRACEFUL, a. Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; wanting beauty and elegance; as ungraceful manners. Without politeness, learning is ungraceful.

UNGRACEFULLY, adv. Awkwardly; inelegantly.

UNGRACEFULNESS, n. Want of gracefulness; want of ease and dignity; want of elegance; awkwardness; as ungracefulness of manners.

UNGRACIOUS, a.

1. Wicked; odious; hateful.

2. Offensive; unpleasing; as ungracious manners.

3. Unacceptable; not well received; not favored.

Any thing of grace towards the Irish rebels was as ungracious at Oxford as at London.

UNGRACIOUSLY, adv.

1. With disfavor. The proposal was received ungraciously.

2. Not in a pleasing manner.

UNGRAMMATICAL, a. Not according to the established and correct rules of grammar.

UNGRAMMATICALLY, adv. In a manner contrary to the rules of grammar.

UNGRANTED, a.

1. Not granted; not bestowed; not transferred by deed or gift; as ungranted lands.

2. Not granted; not yielded; not conceded in argument.

UNGRATE, a. Not agreeable; ungrateful. [Not in use.]

UNGRATEFUL, a.

1. Not grateful; not feeling thankful for favors.

2. Not making returns, or making ill returns for kindness.

3. Making no returns for culture; as an ungrateful soil

4. Unpleasing; unacceptable. Harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear.

UNGRATEFULLY, adv.

1. With ingratitude.

2. Unpleasingly; unacceptably.

UNGRATEFULNESS, n.

1. Ingratitude; want of due feelings of kindness for favors received; ill return for good.

2. Disagreeableness; unpleasing quality.

UNGRATIFIED, a.

1. Not gratified; not compensated.

2. Not pleased.

3. Not indulged; as ungratified appetite.

UNGRAVELY, adv. Without gravity or seriousness.

UNGROUNDED, a. Having no foundation or support; as ungrounded hopes or confidence.

UNGROUNDEDLY, adv. Without ground or support; without reason.

UNGROUNDEDNESS, n. Want of foundation or support.

UNGRUDGING, a. Not grudging; freely giving.

UNGRUDGINGLY, adv. Without ill will; heartily; cheerfully; as, to bestow charity ungrudgingly.

UNGUARDED, a.

1. Not guarded; not watched.

2. Not defended; having no guard.

3. Careless; negligent; not attentive to danger; not cautious; as, to be unguarded in conversation.

4. Negligently said or done; not done or spoken with caution; as an unguarded expression or action.

UNGUARDEDLY, adv. Without watchful attention to danger; without caution; carelessly; as, to speak or promise unguardedly.

UNGUENT, n. [L. unguentum, from ungo, to anoint.]

Ointment; a soft composition used as a topical remedy, as for sores, burns and the like. An unguent is stiffer than a liniment, but softer than a cerate.

UNGUENTOUS, a. Like unguent, or partaking of its qualities.

UNGUESSED, a. [See Guess.] Not obtained by guess or conjecture.

UNGUESTLIKE, a. [See Guest.] Not becoming a guest.

UNGUICULAR, a. [L. unguis, the nail.] In botany, of the length of the human nails, or half an inch.

UNGUICULATE, UNGUICULATED, a. [L. unguis, a claw.]

1. Clawed; having claws.

2. In botany, clawed; having a narrow base; as the petal in a polypetalous corol.

UNGUIDED, a.

1. Not guided; not led or conducted.

2. Not regulated.

UNGUILTY, a. ungilt’y. Not guilty; not stained with crime; innocent.

UNGUINOUS, a. [L. unguinosus.] Oily; unctuous; consisting of fat or oil, or resembling it.

UNGULA, n. [L. a hoof.] In geometry, a section or part of a cylinder, cut off by a plane oblique to the base.

UNGULATE, a. Shaped like a hoof.

UNHABITABLE, a. [L. inhabitabilis, inhabito.]

That cannot be inhabited by human beings; uninhabitable. [The latter word is generally used.]

UNHABITUATED, a. Not habituated; not accustomed.

UNHACKED, a. Not hacked; not cut, notched or mangled.

UNHACKNEYED, a. Not hackneyed; not much used or practiced.

UNHALE, a. Unsound; not entire; not healthy.

UNHALLOW, v.t. To profane; to desecrate.

The vanity unhallows the virtue.

UNHALLOWED, pp.

1. Profaned; deprived of its sacred character.

2. a. Profane; unholy; impure; wicked.

In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence - is either necessary or admissible.

UNHAND, v.t. To loose from the hand; to let go.

UNHANDILY, adv. Awkwardly; clumsily.

UNHANDINESS, n. Want of dexterity; clumsiness.

UNHANDLED, a. Not handled; not treated; not touched.

UNHANDSOME, a.

1. Ungraceful; not beautiful.

I cannot admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular in the globe.

2. Unfair; illiberal; disingenuous.

3. Uncivil; unpolite.

UNHANDSOMELY, adv.

1. Inelegantly; ungracefully.

2. Illiberally; unfairly.

3. Uncivilly; unpolitely.

UNHANDSOMENESS, n.

1. Want of beauty and elegance.

2. Unfairness; disingenuousness.

3. Incivility.

UNHANDY, a.

1. Not dextrous; not skillful; not ready in the use of the hands; awkward; as a person unhandy at his work.

2. Not convenient; as an unhandy posture for writing.

UNHANG, v.t.

1. To divest or strip of hangings, as a room.

2. To take from the hinges; as, to unhang a gate.

UNHANGED, UNHUNG, a. Not hung upon a gallows; not punished by hanging.

UNHAP, n. Ill luck; misfortune. [Not in use.]

UNHAPPIED, a. Made unhappy. [Not in use.]

UNHAPPILY, adv. Unfortunately; miserably; calamitously.

UNHAPPINESS, n.

1. Misfortune; ill luck.

2. Infelicity; misery.

It is our great unhappiness, when any calamities fall upon us, that we are uneasy and dissatisfied.

[But it usually expresses less than misery or wretchedness.]

3. Mischievous prank. [Not in use.]

UNHAPPY, a.

1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy.

3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as an unhappy day.

This unhappy morn.

4. Mischievous; irregular.

UNHARASSED, a. Not harassed; not vexed or troubled.

UNHARBOR, v.t. To drive from harbor or shelter.

UNHARBORED, a. Not sheltered, or affording no shelter.

UNHARDENED, a.

1. Not hardened; not indurated; as metal.

2. Not hardened; not made obdurate; as the heart.

UNHARDY, a.

1. Not hardy; feeble; not able to endure fatigue.

2. Not having fortitude; not bold; timorous.

UNHARMED, a. Unhurt; uninjured; unimpaired.

UNHARMFUL, a. Not doing harm; harmless; innoxious.

Themselves unharmful, let them live unharm’d.

UNHARMONIOUS, a.

1. Not having symmetry or congruity; disproportionate.

2. Discordant; unmusical; jarring; as sounds.

UNHARMONIOUSLY, adv. With jarring; discordantly.

UNHARNESS, v.t.

1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear.

2. To disarm; to divest of armor.

UNHATCHED, a.

1. Not hatched; not having left the egg.

2. Not matured and brought to light; not disclosed.

UNHAZARDED, a. Not hazarded; not put in danger; not exposed to loss; not adventured.

UNHEAD, v.t. unhed’. To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.

UNHEADED, pp. unhed’ed. Having the head taken out.

UNHEADING, ppr. unhed’ing. Taking out the head of.

UNHEALTHFUL, a. unhelth’ful.

1. Not healthful; injurious to health; insalubrious; unwholesome; noxious; as an unhealthful climate or air.

2. Abounding with sickness or disease; sickly; as an unhealthful season.

UNHEALTHFULNESS, n. unhelth’fulness.

1. Unwholesomeness; insalubriousness; noxiousness to health.

2. The state of being sickly; as the unhealthfulness of the autumn.

UNHEALTHILY, adv. unhelth’ily. In an unwholesome or unsound manner.

UNHEALTHINESS, n. unhelth’iness.

1. Want of health; habitual weakness or indisposition; applied to persons.

2. Unsoundness; want of vigor; as the unhealthiness of trees or other plants.

3. Unfavorableness to health; as the unhealthiness of a climate.

UNHEALTHY, a. unhelth’y.

1. Wanting health; wanting a sound and vigorous state of body; habitually weak or indisposed; as an unhealthy person.

2. Unsound; wanting vigor of growth; as an unhealthy plant.

3. Sickly; abounding with disease; as an unhealthy season or city.

4. Insalubrious; unwholesome; adapted to generate diseases; as an unhealthy climate or country.

5. Morbid; not indicating health.