Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

UNHEARD — UNINGENIOUS

UNHEARD, a.

1. Not heard; not perceived by the ear.

2. Not admitted to audience.

What pangs I feel, unpitied and unheard!

3. Not known in fame; not celebrated.

Nor was his name unheard.

4. Unheard of; obscure; not known by fame.

Unheard of, new; unprecedented.

UNHEART, v.t. To discourage; to depress; to dishearten. [Not in use.]

UNHEATED, a. Not heated; not made hot.

UNHEDGED, a. Not hedged; not surrounded by a hedge.

UNHEEDED, a. Not heeded; disregarded; neglected.

The world’s great victor passed unheeded by.

UNHEEDFUL, a. Not cautious; inattentive; careless.

UNHEEDING, a. Not heeding; careless; negligent.

UNHEEDY, a. Precipitate; sudden.

UNHELE, v.t. To uncover. [Not in use.]

UNHELMED, a. Having no helm.

UNHELPED, a. Unassisted; having no aid or auxiliary; unsupported.

UNHELPFUL, a. Affording no aid.

UNHESITATING, a. Not hesitating; not remaining in doubt; prompt; ready.

UNHESITATINGLY, adv. Without hesitation or doubt.

UNHEWN, a. Not hewn; rough.

UNHIDEBOUND, a. Lax of maw; capacious. [Not in use.]

UNHINDERED, a. Not hindered; not opposed; exerting itself freely.

UNHINGE, v.t. unhinj’.

1. To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door.

2. To displace; to unfix by violence.

3. To unfix; to loosen; to render unstable or wavering; as, to unhinge the mind; to unhinge opinions.

UNHOARD, v.t. To steal from a hoard; to scatter.

UNHOLINESS, n.

1. Want of holiness; an unsanctified state of the heart.

2. Impiety; wickedness; profaneness.

UNHOLY, a.

1. Not holy; not renewed and sanctified. 2 Timothy 3:2.

2. Profane; not hallowed; not consecrated; common. Hebrews 10:29.

3. Impious; wicked.

4. Not ceremonially purified. Leviticus 10:10.

UNHONEST, a. [See Honest.] Dishonest; dishonorable. Obs.

UNHONORED, a. [See Honor.] Not honored; not regarded with veneration; not celebrated.

UNHOOK, v.t. To loose from a hook.

UNHOOP, v.t. To strip of hoops.

UNHOPED, a. Not hoped for; not so probable as to excite hope.

With unhop’d success.

Unhoped for, unhoped, as above.

UNHOPEFUL, a. Such as leaves no room to hope.

UNHORNED, a. Having no horns.

UNHORSE, v.t. unhors’. To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount.

UNHORSED, pp. Throwing from a horse; to cause to dismount.

UNHORSING, ppr. Throwing from a horse; dismounting.

UNHOSITABLE, a. Not kind to strangers. [But inhospitable is the word now used.]

UNHOSTILE, a. Not belonging to a public enemy.

UNHOUSE, v.t. unhouz’.

1. To drive from the house or habitation; to dislodge.

2. To deprive of shelter.

UNHOUSED, pp.

1. Driven from a house or habitation.

2. a. Wanting a house; homeless.

3. Having no settled habitation.

4. Destitute of shelter or cover. Cattle in severe weather should not be left unhoused.

UNHOUSELED, a. s as z. Not having received the sacrament.

UNHUMAN, a. Inhuman. [But inhuman is the word used.]

UNHUMANIZE, v.t. To render inhuman or barbarous.

UNHUMBLED, a.

1. Not humbled; not affected with shame or confusion; not contrite in spirit.

2. In theology, not having the will and the natural enmity of the heart to God and his law, subdued.

UNHURT, a. Not hurt; not harmed; free from wound or injury.

UNHURTFUL, a. Not hurtful; harmless; innoxious.

UNHURTFULLY, adv. Without harm; harmlessly.

UNHUSBANDED, a. s as z.

1. Deprived of support; neglected.

2. Not managed with frugality.

UNHUSKED, a. Not being stripped of husks.

UNICAPSULAR, a. [L. unus, one, and capsula, chest.]

Having one capsule to each flower, as a pericarp.

UNICORN, n. [L. unicornis; unus, one, and cornu, horn.]

1. an animal with one horn; the monoceros. this name is often applied to the rhinoceros.

2. The sea unicorn is a fish of the whale kind, called narwal, remarkable for a horn growing out at his nose.

3. A fowl.

Fossil unicorn, or fossil unicorn’s horn, a substance used in medicine, a terrene crustaceous spar.

UNICORNOUS, a. Having only one horn.

UNIDEAL, a. Not ideal; real.

UNIFLOROUS, a. [L. unus, one, and flos, flower.]

Bearing one flower only; as a uniflorous peduncle.

UNIFORM, a. [L. uniformis; unus, one, and forma, form.]

1. Having always the same form or manner; not variable. Thus we say, the dress of the Asiatics is uniform, or has been uniform from early ages. so we say, it is the uty of a christian to observe a uniform course of piety and religion.

2. Consistent with itself; not different; as, one’s opinions on a particular subject have been uniform.

3. Of the same form with others; consonant; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode.

How far churches are bound to be uniform in their ceremonies, is doubted.

4. Having the same degree or state; as uniform temperature.

Uniform motion. the motion of a body is uniform, when it passes over equal spaces in equal times.

Uniform matter, is that which is all of the same kind and texture.

UNIFORM, n. the particular dress of soldiers, by which one regiment or company is distinguished from another, or a soldier from another person. we say, the uniform of a company of militia, the uniform of the artillery or matross companies, the uniform of a regiment, etc. This dress is called a uniform, because it is alike among all the soldiers.

UNIFORMITY, n.

1. resemblance to itself at all times; even tenor; as the uniformity of design in a poem.

2. consistency; sameness; as the uniformity of a man’s opinions.

3. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance or agreement; as the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites.

4. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as the uniformity of sides in a regular figure. Beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety.

5. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness.

Uniformity must tire at last, though it is a uniformity of excellence.

Act of uniformity, in England, the act of parliament by which the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments and other rites, is prescribed to be observed in all the churches.

UNIFORMLY, adv.

1. With even tenor; without variation; as a temper uniformly mild.

2. Without diversity of one from another.

UNIGENITURE, n. [L. unigenitus; unus and genitus.]

The state of being the only begotten.

UNIGENOUS, a. [L. unigena.] Of one kind; of the same genus.

UNILABIATE, a. In botany, having one lip only, as a corol.

UNILATERAL, a. [L. unus, one, and latus, side.]

1. Being on one side or party only. [Unusual.]

2. Having one side.

A unilateral raceme, is when the flowers grow only on one side of the common peduncle.

UNILITERAL, a. [L. unus, one, and litera, letter.] Consisting of one letter only.

UNILLUMINATED, a.

1. Not illuminated; not enlightened; dark.

2. Ignorant.

UNILLUSTRATED, a. Not illustrated; not made plain.

UNILOCULAR, a. [L. unus, one, and loculus, cell.]

Having one cell only; as a unilocular pericarp.

UNIMAGINABLE, a. Not to be imagined; not to be conceived.

UNIMAGINABLY, adv. To a degree not to be imagined.

UNIMAGINED, a. Not imagined; not conceived.

UNIMBUED, a. Not imbued; not tinctured.

UNIMITABLE, a. That cannot be imitated. [But the word now used is inimitable.]

UNIMITATED, a. Not imitated.

UNIMMORTAL, a. Not immortal; perishable.

UNIMPAIRABLE, a. Not liable to waste or diminution.

UMINPAIRED, a. Not impaired; not diminished; not enfeebled by time or injury; as an unimpaired constitution.

UNIMPASSIONED, a.

1. Not endowed with passion.

2. Free from passion; calm; not violent; as an unimpassioned address.

UNIMPEACHABLE, a.

1. That cannot be impeached; that cannot be accused; free from stain, guilt or fault; as an unimpeachable reputation.

2. That cannot be called in question; as an unimpeachable claim or testimony.

UNIMPEACHED, a.

1. Not impeached not charged or accused; fair; as an unimpeached character.

2. Not called in question; as testimony unimpeached.

UNIMPEDED, a. Not impeded; not hindered.

UNIMPLICATED, a. Not implicated; not involved.

UNIMPLIED, a. Not implied; not included by fair inference.

UNIMPLORED, a. Not implored; not solicited.

UNIMPORTANT, a.

1. Not important; not of great moment.

2. Not assuming airs of dignity.

UNIMPORTUNED, a. Not importuned; not solicited.

UNIMPOSING, a. s as z.

1. Not imposing; not commanding respect.

2. Not enjoining as obligatory; voluntary.

UNIMPREGNATED, a. Not impregnated.

UNIMPRESSIVE, a. Not impressive; not forcible; not adapted to affect or awaken the passions.

UNIMPROVABLE, a.

1. Not capable of improvement, melioration or advancement to a better condition.

2. Incapable of being cultivated or tiled.

UNIMPROVABLENESS, n. The quality of being not improvable.

UNIMPROVED, a.

1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners or excellence.

2. Not used for a valuable purpose. How many advantages unimproved have we to regret!

3. Not used; not employed.

4. Not tilled; not cultivated; as unimproved land or soil; unimproved lots of ground.

5. Uncensured; not disapproved. [This sense, from the L. improbo, is entirely obsolete.]

UNIMPROVING, a. Not improving; not tending to advance or instruct.

UNIMPUTABLE, a. Not imputable or chargeable to.

UNINCHANTED, a. Not enchanted; not affected by magic or enchantment; not haunted. [Usually unenchanted.]

UNINCREASABLE, a. Admitting no increase. [Not in use.]

UNINCUMBERED, a.

1. Not incumbered; not burdened.

2. Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage, or other charge or debt; as an estate unincumbered with dower.

UNINDEBTED, a.

1. Not indebted.

2. Not borrowed. [Unusual.]

UNINDIFFERENT, a. Not indifferent; not unbiased; partial; leaning to one party.

UNINDORSED, a. Not indorsed; not assigned; as an unindorsed note or bill.

UNINDUSTRIOUS, a. Not industrious; not diligent in labor, study or other pursuit.

UNINFECTED, a.

1. Not infected; not contaminated or affected by foul infectious air.

2. Not corrupted.

UNINFECTIOUS, a. Not infectious; not foul; not capable of communicating disease.

UNINFLAMED, a.

1. Not inflamed; not set on fire.

2. Not highly provoked.

UNINFLAMMABLE, a. Not inflammable; not capable of being set on fire.

UNINFLUENCED, a.

1. Not influenced; not persuaded or moved by others, or by foreign considerations; not biased; acting freely.

2. Not proceeding from influence, bias or prejudice; as uninfluenced conduct or actions.