umwhile 
6576 
un- 
There was laughyng and louryng and "let go the cuppe," 
[Of the thousands of 
self-explaining words 
unconsoling 
undistributed 
And seten so til euensonge and songen umwhile. 
formed with the prefix 
H n- 1 , some, from fre- 
um'oustituted 
un disturbing 
Piers Plwcman (B), v. 345. 
quency or convenience of employment, call for 
nnconstricted 
undivested 
Throgh whiche treason betydes, * ternys mnqiehile 
Bolde men to batell ami biker with hond ; 
That draghes vnto dethe, * deris full mony. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. .), 1. 2943. 
mention though not for definition. A selection 
of these is given in the following list.] 
uncousulted 
unconsumed 
uncon laminated 
undomestic 
undrained 
undrarnatic 
Miss Barbara Clinkscale, daughter to the unurahile, and 
sister to the then existing Clinkscale of that ilk. 
Scott, Pirate, iv. 
unabating 
unabbreviated 
unabridged 
uncarpeted 
uncarved 
uncatalogued 
uncontemplated 
uncontracted 
uncontrite 
undried 
nudrilled 
undyed 
umzumbit (um-zum'bit), 11. [Native name, said 
to mean 'iron wood.'] A leguminous South Af- 
rican tree, Milletia t'affra, or its wood. The tree 
prows 20 or 30 feet high ; its wood is of a brown color, is 
unabsolvable 
unabsolved 
unabsorbable 
unabsorbed 
uncatechized 
uncaught 
unceded 
uncensurable 
un c on t rollabil i ty 
uncontroversial 
unconventionally 
unconvicted 
unedified 
unedifying 
unedited 
uneffaced 
very hard and close-grained, and is said to surpass lignum- 
uuabsorbent 
uncensured 
unconvinced 
uneffectuated 
vita) in resistance to wear, and to be impervious to the te- 
unaccentuated 
uncertificated 
unconvincing 
unegested 
redo; it is used for bearings, walking-sticks, tool-handles, 
fa 
unaccepted 
uncertified 
uncookable 
unelaborated 
eic. 
'un, n. A dialectal corruption of one. It is com- 
mon in the southern United States, in the phrases we 'unit, 
unaccommodating 
unadaptable 
unchalked 
unchanted 
uncooked 
uncoordinated 
unelectrified 
unelectrolyzed 
you 'law, a sort of expanded plural, equivalent to we all, 
unadapted 
uncharacterized 
uncopied 
uneliminated 
you all, which are used in much the same way. 
unaddressed 
unchastened 
uncorrected 
unemphatic 
un- 1 . [< ME. un-, < AS. un-, sometimes on-, not. 
unadjusted 
unchastised 
uncorrelated 
unemphatical 
= OS. nn- = OFries. mi-, on- = MD. D. on- = 
unadmitted 
uncherished 
uncorroborated 
unencumbered 
MLG. nn- = OHG. MHG. G. nn- = Icel. it-, o- 
unadmonished 
unchid 
uncorroded 
unendowed 
(contracted from *un-, "on-) = Sw. Dan. u- = 
unadulterated 
unchidden 
uncourted 
unenduring 
Goth, un- = L. in- (see i-3) = Gr. dv-, a- (see 
nil affiliated 
unchilled 
uncourtierlike 
unenforceable 
a-5, n-!8) = Skt. an-, a-; a common nega- 
unafflicted 
unchiseled 
uncoveted 
unenforced 
tive prefix, meaning ' not.' Cf . n- 2 .] An in- 
unagglutinated 
uncholeric 
uncracked 
unenfranchised 
separable prefix, meaning ' not.' (a) It is prefixed 
unaggressive 
unchopped 
uncrafty 
unengaging 
to adjectives (including participles) and to adverbs, to 
uualienated 
unchristened 
uncredited 
uuengrossed 
express simply the negative, as uiytble, unfair, untrue, 
unwise, etc., unbending, unyielding, undoubting, unchang- 
ing, itnthintcing, etc., unbent, undmtbted, unchanged, etc., 
un alleviated 
unallotted 
unchristianlike 
unchurched 
uncritically 
uncriticizable 
unenlarged 
unenriched 
'not able,' 'not fair,' etc. The adverbs or nouns derived 
unallowable 
unchurchly 
uncriticized 
unenrolled 
from such adjectives or participles (as unfairly, unfair- 
ness, etc.) may be regarded as formed from the adjec- 
tive in un-, with the adverbial or noun formative (^ un- 
unanalytical 
unanalyzable 
unchurned 
uncircumscribed 
uncrowded 
uncrushable 
unenslaved 
unentered 
fair + -lyt, unfair + -ness), or as formed from such de- 
unanalyzed 
uncircumspect 
uncrystalline 
unenthusiastic 
rived forms by prefixing the negative wn-i -f fairly. 
unannealed 
uncited 
uucrystallizable 
unenumerated 
un- 1 + fairness, etc.). (6) It is prefixed to some nouns 
to express the absence, incompleteness, or the contrary of 
what the noun expresses, as in unrest, untruth, unwisdom; 
unannexed 
unannounced 
unclaimed 
unclarified 
uncrystallized 
uncultivatable 
unepiscopal 
unequilibrated 
undress. Before an adjective in -ing%, un- is nearly equiva- 
unanticipated 
unclasped 
uncultured 
unequipped 
lent to -less after a noun : unresting is nearly equivalent 
to restless, unchanging to changeless, etc. This negative 
may be prefixed to any adjective or participle whatever, 
whether of native or of foreign origin. It is equivalent 
unapocryphal 
unappetizing 
unargumen tative 
unclassed 
unclassic 
unclassical 
uncurdled 
uncured 
uncurried 
unesthetic 
unetched 
unevangelized 
to its cognate in-S of Latin origin, rare-5, a-is of Greek ori- 
unashamed 
unclassifiable 
uncurtailed 
unexacting 
gin, and also to non-, sometimes to dis-, etc., of Latin ori- 
gin (the Latin forms, in-S, etc., being used chiefly before 
adjectives of Latin origin, but also before other adjec- 
unassailably 
unassignable 
untlassified 
uncleaned 
uncushioned 
undamaged 
unexaggerated 
unexamined 
tives): thus, ^incomplete, incomplete, and potentially non- 
unassigned 
unclean sed 
undamped 
unexcavated 
complete; unelaitic, inelastic, non-elastic ; unemphatic, non- 
unassimilable 
uncleared 
undaughterly 
unexcelled 
emphatic, etc. ; unreputable, disreputable, etc. As M-l 
may be prefixed to any adjective or participle whatever, 
it is needless, and it would be impracticable, to include 
unassociated 
unassorted 
uncleavable 
uncleft 
undazzled 
undealt 
unexchanged 
unexcited 
all such formations in the dictionary. In the following 
unastronomical 
unclerical 
undebarred 
unexcommunicated 
pages only such are entered and defined as have had a 
unattacked 
undipped 
undebased 
unexcused 
special development, are used in senses not merely re- 
versing the original adjective, or are in Middle English 
or Anglo-Saxon use, and so form the basis of all the later 
uuattainably 
unattained 
unclogged 
uncoacted 
undebated 
undebauched 
unexemplified 
unexercised 
compounds, or are for other reasons noteworthy. For the 
unattraeted 
uncoagulated 
undecayed 
unexerted 
meaning and history of the other forms in un-l, see the 
corresponding simple forms. Of the forms here entered 
the etymology is usually obvious, and it is therefore not 
expressly given, except in the older and the exceptional 
unavenged 
unavowedly 
unawaked 
nneoated 
uncocked 
uncognoscible 
undecaying 
undeceived 
undeciphered 
unexhausted 
unexhibited 
unexpanded 
words ; the history will be found under the simple form. 
una wakened 
uncollapsible 
undeclared 
unexpended 
See also wji-2. 
unawed 
uncolonized 
undecomposed 
unexpiated 
un- 2 . [< ME. un-, on-, < AS. un-, on-, and-, an-, 
unbandaged 
uncombable 
undefeated 
unexpired 
and- (as in on-lucan, unlock, on-leosan, unloose, 
unbare 
uncombed 
undefrauded 
unexplainable 
etc. ), a particular use of an-, and-, back, against, 
unbargained 
uncombined 
undefrayed 
unexplained 
= G. ent-, etc. : see and-, o- 2 , a- 5 . This prefix 
has been more or less confused with xn-l, the 
unbeknowing 
unbelted 
uncomforted 
uncommanded 
undegenerate 
undegraded 
unexploded 
unexploited 
notion of reversal in the one (AS. nn-, on-, etc., 
unbendable 
uncomme m orated 
undelayed 
un exported 
'back') being in many cases practically iden- 
unbetrothed 
uncommended 
undeliberative 
unexpounded 
tical with the notion of negation in the other 
unbewailed 
uncommensurable 
undelineated 
unexpressed 
(AS. un-, 'not'). There are three different 
senses possible to a form with the prefix in -'* 
unbiblical 
unbigoted 
uncommercially 
uncommissioned 
undeliverable 
undelivered 
unexpurgated 
unexterminated 
and the suffix -ed' 2 e. g., unarmed may mean 
unblenching 
uncommuted 
undelved 
unextinct 
(a) 'not now armed' (< -l + armed, p. a.); 
(6) 'not yet armed' -i + armed, pp.); (c) 
'that has been deprived of arms,' 'no longer 
uubloodily 
unblunted 
unboiled 
uncompensated 
uncompetitive 
uncomplete 
undemanded 
undemocratic 
undemonstrably 
unextinguished 
unextirpated 
unextricated 
armed' (pp. of unarm, i. e. < unarm, + -ed' 2 ). 
So unlocked, (a) 'not now locked' (< -l + 
unbooted 
uuborrowed 
uncompleted 
uucomplim entary 
undemonstratively 
undemonbtrativeness 
unfaceable 
unfaded 
locked, p. a.); (6) 'not yet locked' (< M/i-l + 
unbound 
uncomplimented 
undenounced 
unfallen 
locked, pp.) ; (c) ' no longer locked,' 'open' (pp. 
of unlock, i. e. < unlock + -ed" 2 ) ; unlearned, (a) 
uubowdlerized 
unbranded 
uncomprehending 
uncompressed 
undeplored 
underived 
unfatigued 
unfearing 
'notlearned,"ignorant'(<M-l + learned, a.) ; 
(b) ' not yet learned' (< n-l + learned, pp.); (c) 
' no longer learned,' 'rejected' (pp. of unlearn, 
unbreakable 
unbribed 
unbridgeable 
uncompromised 
uncompromisingly 
unconcealable 
undeserved 
undesignated 
undespatched 
unfecundated 
unfelled 
unfeminine 
i. e. < unlearn + -ed?); etc.] An inseparable 
prefix of verbs (generally transitive), meaning 
unbridged 
unbroached 
unconcealed 
unconceded 
undestroyed 
undetachable 
unfermentable 
unfertilized 
' back,' and denoting the reversal or annulment 
uubruised 
unconciliatory 
undetected 
unfilled 
of the action of the simple verb : as, undo, un- 
uubrushed 
unconcluded 
undeterred 
unfilling 
learn, unlock, unmake, etc. it is very common as 
prefixed to verbs made from nouns, implying privation of 
the object named by the noun, or the qualities connoted 
by it: as, unarm, uneowl, unfrock, unhelin, unhorse, etc., 
unburnished 
nnbuttressed 
uncadenced 
uncondensed 
uuconferred 
unconfiding 
nndiffused 
undiluted 
undiminished 
unfiltered 
unfindable 
unfired 
to take off or deprive of one's arms, cowl, frock, helm, 
uncalcified 
uncongealed 
undiminishiug 
unfitted 
horse, etc. ; unman, unsex, to deprive of the qualities of 
a man, of sex, etc. When used with verbs denoting ut- 
terance (which cannot actually be reversed or undone) it 
implies retractation : as, to unsay, unspeak, wnsioear, etc. 
uncalcined 
uncalculating 
uncalendered 
uucongeniality 
uncongenially 
uncongested 
undimmed 
undipped 
uudiscriininative 
unflooded 
unfocused 
uufordable 
Words with this prefix are much confused with words 
having the prefix Kit- 1 (see etymology). In the following 
pages words with the prefix .a are generally so marked 
while words with the prefix un-\ are left without etymo- 
uncalked 
uncanceled 
uncannily 
unconjugal 
unconnectedly 
unconscientiousness 
uiulisfigured 
undisheartened 
uiidisinfected 
unforgetting 
unformulated 
unfoughten 
logical note, except in special cases. See remarks under 
uncapsizable 
unconservati ve 
undistilled 
uufound 
im-l. 
uncaring 
uuconsoled 
uudistrcssed 
un fraternal 
