unabased 
Unabased ( un-a-bast'), Not abased ; not low- 
ered, lip. Qauden, Tears of the Church, p. 274. 
unabashed (un-a-bashf), . Not abashed; not 
confused with shame or by modesty. 
Earless on high stood unabash'd De Foe. 
Pope, Dunciad, ii. 147. 
unabated (un-a-ba'ted), . Not abated; not 
lessened or lowered; not diminished. 
To keep her husband's greatness unabated. 
Beau, and Fl., Four Plays in One. 
unabilityt (un-a-bil'i-ti), n. [ME. unablete; < 
-! + ability.'] "Inability. Wyelif; Milton, Areo- 
pagitica. 
unable (un-a'bl), a. [ME. unable; < nw-1 + ablel, 
.] 1. Not able. 
Who [Congreve] was confined to his chair by gout, and 
. . . was unable to read from blindness. 
Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration. 
2f. Lacking in ability; incapable. 
Among us now a man is holde unable, 
But if he can, by som conclusioun, 
Don his neighbor wrong or oppressioun. 
Chaucer, Lack of Steadfastness, 1. 10. 
3f. Weak; helpless; useless. 
Sapless age and weak unable limbs. 
Shah., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 6. 4. 
unabledt(un-a'bld),a. Disabled; incapacitated. 
We are the cedars, they the mushrooms be, 
UntMed shrubs unto an abled tree. 
Middleton, Solomon Paraphrased, ii. 
unableness (un-a'bl-nes), . The state of be- 
ing unable; inability. J. Bradford, Letters 
(Parker Soc., 1853), H. 121. 
unabletet, . See unability. 
unabullet, v. An erroneous Middle English 
form of enable. 
unaccented (un-ak-sen'ted), a. Not accented ; 
in music, receiving only a relatively slight rhyth- 
mical emphasis: used both of beats, pulses, or 
parts of measures, and of tones or notes that 
occur on such beats or parts Unaccented oc- 
tave. Same as small octave (which see, under octave). 
unacceptable (un-ak-sep'ta-bl), a. Not ac- 
ceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; not such 
as will be received with pleasure ; displeasing. 
The marquis at that time was very unacceptable to his 
countrymen. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. 
unacceptableness (un-ak-sep'ta-bl-nes), n. 
The character of being unacceptable. Collier, 
Pride. 
unaccessible (un-ak-ses'i-bl), a. Inaccessible. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, vi. 9. 
unaccessibleness (un-ak-ses'i-bl-nes), n. Inac- 
cessibleness. Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind, 
p. 18. 
unaccommodated (un-a-kom'o-da-ted), a. 1. 
Not accommodated; not fitted, adapted, or ad- 
justed. 2. Not furnished with accommoda- 
tions, or with necessary conveniences or appli- 
ances. 
Unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare 
forked animal as thou art. Shak., Lear, iii. 4. ill. 
unaccompanied (un-a-kum'pa-nid), a. 1. Not 
attended; having no attendants, companions, or 
followers; not followed, as with a consequence. 
The travels and crosses wherewith prelacy is never un- 
accompanied, they which feel them know how heavy and 
how great they are. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. 
2. In music, without instrumental accompani- 
ment or support: used especially of vocal mu- 
sic : as, an unaccompanied solo or quartet, 
unaccomplished (un-a-kom'plisht), a. 1. Not 
accomplished; not finished; incomplete. 
The gods, dismay'd at his approach, withdrew, 
Nor durst their unaccomplish'd crime pursue. 
Dryden, Iliad, i. 560. 
2. Not furnished, or not completely furnished, 
with accomplishments. 
Still unaccomplish'd may the maid be thought 
Who gracefully to dance was never taught. 
Congreve, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, iii. 
unaccomplishment (un-a-kom'plish-ment), n. 
The state of being unaccomplished. "Milton, 
To the Parliament of England. [Bare.] 
unaccordant (un-a-kor'dant), a. Inharmoni- 
ous ; discordant ; disagreeable in sound. 
unaccorded (un-a-kor'ded), a. Not accorded; 
not brought to harmony or concord ; not agreed 
upon. Bp. Hall, Peace-maker, $ 5. 
unaccountability (un-a-koun-ta-bil'i-ti), n. 1. 
The state or character of being'unaceountable. 
2. PI. unaccountabilities (-tiz). That which 
is unaccountable, or incapable of being ex- 
plained. 
There are so many peculiarities and unaccountabilities 
here. Mme. D'Arblay, Diary, III. 252. (Dames.) 
unaccountable (un-a-koun'ta-bl), a. 1. Not 
to be accounted for;" not explicable; not to be 
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explained by reason or by the knowledge pos- 
sessed; inexplicable; hence, strange. 
As unaccountable as one would think it, a wise man is 
not always a good man. Steele, Spectator, No. 8. 
Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often 
lurks in a spoken word. Hawthortie, Marble Faun, xxv. 
2. Not subject to account or control ; not sub- 
ject to answer; not responsible. 
Hee met at first with Doctrines of unaccountable Pre- 
rogative ; in them hee rested, because they pleas'd him. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xi. 
No human being should be at liberty to lead at his own 
pleasure an unaccountable existence. 
Froude, Sketches, p. 146. 
3f. Not to be counted; countless; innumera- 
ble. [Rare.] 
Shew him, by the help of glasses, still more and more 
of these flxt lights, and to beget in him an apprehension 
of their unaccountable numbers. 
Wollaston, Religion of Nature, v. 
= Syn. 1. Mysterious. 
unaccountableness (un-a-koun'ta-bl-nes), n. 
1. The state or character of being unaccount- 
able, or incapable of being explained or ac- 
counted for. 
The unaccountableness of this theory. Glanmlle. 
2. The character or state of being not subject 
to account or control; irresponsibility. 
An unaccountableness, in practice and conversation, to 
the rules and terms of their own communion. 
Penn, Rise and Progress of Quakers, iv. 
unaccountably (un-a-koun'ta-bli), adv. In an 
unaccountable manner; strangely. 
unaccredited (un-a-kred'i-ted), a. Not accred- 
ited; not received; not authorized: as, an un- 
accredited minister or consul. 
unaccurate (un-ak'u-rat), a. Inaccurate. Wa- 
terland, Works, III. 178. [Bare.] 
unaccurateness (un-ak'u-rat-nes), n. Inaccu- 
racy. Boyle, Works, II. 491. [Bare.] 
unaccusably (un-a-ku'za-bli), adv. So as to be 
beyond accusation; unexceptionably. 
But the slightest attempts to copy them [Leonardo's 
sketches) will show you that the terminal lines are inim* 
itably subtle, unaccusably true, etc. 
Ruskin, Lectures on Art, 162. 
unaccustomed (un-a-kus'tomd), a. 1. Not ac- 
customed; not used; not made familiar or ha- 
bituated. 
A bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Jer. mxi. 18. 
2. Not according to custom ; not familiar; un- 
usual; extraordinary; strange. 
These apparent prodigies, 
The unaccustom'd terror of this night. 
Shak.,J.C.,ii. 1.199. 
My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as 
their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their 
roots into unaccustomed earth. 
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, Int, p. 11. 
UnaCCUStomedness (un-a-kus'tpmd-nes), n. 
The character of being unaccustomed ; strange- 
ness. Scribner's Mag.. VIII. 368. 
unaching (un-a'king), a. Not aching; not 
giving or feeling pain. Slial:, Cor., ii. 2. 152. 
[Bare.] 
unacknowledged (un-ak-nol'ejd), a. I. Not 
acknowledged; not recognized: as, an unac- 
knowledged agent or consul. 
An unacknowledged successor to the crown. 
Clarendon, Civil Wars, I. 76. 
2. Not owned; not confessed; not avowed: 
as, an unacknowledged crime or fault. 
A scepticism which is unacknowledged and merely pas- 
sive. J. Walker, Reason, Faith, and Duty. 
3. Not noticed ; not reported as received : as, 
his check has remained unacknowledged Unac- 
knowledged note, in music, same as unessential or pass- 
ing note. 
unacknowledging (un-ak-nol'ej-ing), a. Un- 
thankful; ungrateful. [Bare.] 
Your condition shall be never the worse for Miss Glan- 
ville's unac'/mowledginff temper. . . . You are almost as 
unacknowledging as your sister. 
Mrs. Lennox, Female Quixote, iii. 8. (Dames.) 
unacquaintance (un-a-kwan'tans), n. Want 
of acquaintance or familiarity; lack of know- 
ledge; ignorance. Trench, Study of Words, 
p. 153. 
unacquainted (un-a-kwan'ted), a. If. Not well 
known; unusual; strange. 
Kiss the lips of unacquainted change. 
Shale., K. John, iii. 4. 166. 
2. Not acquainted, or without acquaintance: 
usually followed by with. 
Bounded on the South-east side with a bay of the Tyr- 
rhen Sea unacquainted with tempests. 
Sandys, Travailes (1652), p. 198. 
Being a Londoner, though altogether unacquainted, I 
have requested his company at supper. 
Dckker and Webster, Northward Ho, i. 1. 
unadvisedly 
unacquaintedness (un-a-kwan'ted-nes), n. The 
state of being unacquainted. South, Sermons, 
xl. 9. 
unacquirable (un-a-kwir'a-bl), a. Not aequir- 
able. 
unacqilirableness (un-a-kwir'a-bl-nes), . The 
character of being unacquirable. A. Tucker, 
Light of Nature, xviii. 
unacquired (un-a-kwird'), a. Not acquired; 
not gained. Jer. Taylor. 
unacted (un-ak'ted), a. Not acted; not per- 
formed ; not executed. 
The fault unknown is as a thought unacted. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 627. 
[Often used with on or upon, then signifying not affected 
(by) : as, a metal unacted upon by an acid. 
An extremely good non-conductor of electricity is un- 
acted upon by acids or alkalies, and is therefore adapted 
for making galvanic batteries. 
Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXVI. 261.] 
unactivet (un-ak'tiv), a. Not active; inactive, 
(a) Listless ; not active or acting ; slothful. 
Think you me so tame, 
So leaden and unactive, to sit down 
With such dishonour? 
Fletcher (and another 1), Prophetess, v. 1. 
(6) Inoperative ; not producing effects ; having no efficacy. 
In the fruitful earth . . . 
His beams, unactive else, their vigour find. 
Milton, P. L., viii. 97. 
(c) Marked by inaction ; not utilized. 
While useless words consume th' unactive hours, 
No wonder Troy so long resists our pow'rs. 
Pope, Iliad, ii. 408. 
unactivet (un-ak'tiv), v. t. [< unactive, a.] To 
render inactive or incapable; incapacitate. 
Fuller, Pisgah Sight, ii. 
unactivelyt (un-ak'tiv-li), adv. Inactively. 
Locke, Education, $ 125. 
unadditionedt (un-a-dish'ond), a. Without a 
title ; not titled ; not being mentioned with an 
addition or title. 
He was a Knight, howsoever it cometh to passe he is 
here unadditioned. Fuller, Worthies, I. 465. (Dames.) 
unadjectived (un-ad'jek-tivd), a. Not quali- 
fied by an adjective. 
The Noun Adjective always signifies all that the unad- 
jectived Noun signifies. 
Tooke, Diversions of Parley, II. vii. 
unadmire (un-ad-mlr'), v. t. To fail to admire. 
[Bare.] 
Joan looks away again, utterly unadmiring herself. 
R. Broughton, Joan, xxi. 
unadmired (uu-ad-mird'), . Not admired; not 
regarded with affection or respect ; not admir- 
able. 
The diction and the sentiment, the delicacy and dignity, 
passed unadmired. V. Knox, Liberal Education, 21. 
unadorned (un-a-d6rnd'), a. Not adorned ; not 
decorated ; not embellished. 
Loveliness 
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, 
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn 'd the most. 
Thomson, Autumn, 1. 206. 
unadulterate (un-a-dul'ter-at), a. Not adul- 
terated; genuine; pure. 
A breath of unadiM'rate air. Cowper, Task, iv. 760. 
unadvantaged (un-ad-van'tajd), a. Not prof- 
ited or favored. Fuller, Worthies, Staffordshire. 
[Bare.] 
unadventUTOUS (un-ad-ven'tur-us), a. Not ad- 
venturous ; not bold or resolute. Milton, P. B., 
iii. 243. 
unadvisability (un-ad-vi-za-bil'i-ti), . Inad- 
visability. Lancet, No. 3514, p. "18. [Rare.] 
unadvisable (un-ad-vi'za-bl), a. Inadvisable. 
Loicth, Life of Wykham,"$ 5. [Bare.] 
unadvisableness (un-ad-vi'za-bl-nes), . In- 
advisability. H. Spencer, Study of Sociol., p. 
unadvised (un-ad-vlzd'), a. [< ME. unavised; < 
nn-1 + advised.'] 1 . Not prudent ; not discreet ; 
indiscreet. 
Thou unadvised scold. Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 191. 
2. Done without due consideration ; rash ; ill- 
advised. 
I have no joy of this contract to-night ; 
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden. 
Shak., R. and J., ii. 2. 118. 
3. Not advised; not having received advice or 
advices. 
Without a guide the precise spot would be exceedingly 
difficult to find ; and from the forbidding nature of the 
precipice, few would be bold enough to make the essay 
unadvised. J. C. Brown, Reboisement in France, p. 294. 
unadvisedly (un-ad-vi'zed-li), adr. Impru- 
dently; indiscreetly; without due considera- 
tion; rashly. 
