unperjured 
unperjured (un-per'jord), a. Free from the 
crime of perjury ; not forsworn. Dryden. 
unperplex (un-per-pleks'), v. t. [< - 2 + per- 
plex.] 1. To free from complication; separate. 
Of sciential brain 
To unperplex bliss from its neighbor pain. 
Keats, Lamia, i. 
2. To free or relieve from perplexity. Donite, 
The Ecstasy. [Rare in both uses.] 
unperplexed (un-per-pleksf), a. 1. Free from 
perplexity or complication ; simple. 
Simple, unperplexed proposition. 
Locke, Conduct of Understanding, 39. 
2. Not perplexed; not harassed; not embar- 
rassed. 
unpersecuted (un-per'se-ku-ted), a. Free from 
persecution. 
I dare not wish to passe this life unpersecuted of slan- 
derous tongues, for God hath told us that to be generally 
prais'd is wofull. Milton, An Apology, etc. 
unpersonable (un-per'son-a-bl), a. Not per- 
sonable ; not handsome or of good appearance. 
Holland. 
impersonal (im-per'son-al), a. Not personal; 
not intended to apply "to the person addressed, 
as a remark. 
impersonality (un-per-so-nal'i-ti), n. The ab- 
sence of personality ; the state of being imper- 
sonal ; absence of reference to a person or per- 
sons. Sidney Lanier, The English Novel, p. 91. 
[Bare.] 
unpersuadable (un-per-swa'da-bl), a. Incapa- 
ble of being persuaded or influenced by mo- 
tives urged. 
Finding his sister's unpersuadable melancholy . . . [he] 
had for a time left her court. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
unpersuadableness (un-per-swa'da-bl-nes), n. 
The character of being unpersuadable ; resis- 
tance to persuasion. Richardson, Clarissa Har- 
lowe, II. 64. 
unpersuasibleness (un-per-swa'si-bl-nes), n. 
Unpersuadableness. Leighton, Com. on 1 Pet. 
ii. [Rare.] 
unpersuasion (un-per-swa'zhon), n. The state 
of being unpersuaded. Leighton, Com. on 1 Pet. 
ii. [Rare.] 
unpersuasive (un-per-swa'siv), a. Not per- 
suasive; unable to persuade. 
I bit my unpersuasive lips. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, V. 215. (Ztosies.) 
unperturbed (un-per-terbd'), a. Not per- 
turbed; not affected by or exhibiting perturba- 
tion, in any sense. 
These perturbations would be so combined with the un- 
perturbed motion as to produce a new motion not less 
regular than the other. Whewell. 
unperturbedness (un-per-ter'bed-nes), n. The 
quality or state of being unperturbed. H. Sidg- 
wick, Methods of Ethics, p. 172. 
unpervert (un-per-verf), t- [< *- 2 + per- 
vert.'} To reconvert ; recover from being a per- 
vert. [Rare.] 
His wife could never be unperverted again, but perished 
in her Judaism. Fuller, Ch. Hist., X. iv. 64. (Dames.) 
I had the credit all over Paris of unperuerting Madame 
de V . Sterne, Sentimental Journey, Paris. 
unperverted (uu-per-ver'ted), a. Not pervert- 
ed; not wrested or turned to a wrong sense or 
use. 
unpetrified (un-pet'ri-fid), a. Not petrified; 
not converted into stone. 
unphilosophic (un-fil-o-sof 'ik), a. Same as un- 
philosophical. 
tmphilosophical (un-fil-o-sof'i-kal), a. Not 
philosophical; the reverse of philosophical; 
not according to the rules or principles of sound 
philosophy: as, an unphilosophical argument; 
not capable of or not accustomed to philoso- 
phizing ; not expert in general reasoning : as, 
an unphilosophical mind. 
The more to credit and uphold his cause, he would 
seeme to have Philosophic on his side ; straining her wise 
dictates to un-phUosophicall purposes. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, vi. 
God's unphilosophical children often anticipate His ways 
more accurately than their philosophizing brethren. 
E. N. Kirk, Lects. on Revivals, p. 287. 
vmphilosophically (un-fil-o-sof 'i-kal-i), adv. In 
an unphilosophical manner; irrationally; not 
calmly. 
unphilosophicalness (un-fil-q-sof'i-kal-nes), n. 
The character or state of being unpfiilosophi- 
cal. 
unphilosophize (un-fi-los'o-fiz), v. t. [< - 2 + 
philosophize.} To degrade from the character 
of a philosopher. 
Our passions and our interests flow in upon us, and un- 
fkttoaophize us into mere mortals. Pope. 
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unpick (un-pik'), v. [< ME. unpicken; < - 2 
+ pick 1 .} I. trans. 1. To pick; open with a 
pick or other instrument. 
With his craft the dore unpicketh. 
Gower, Conf. Amaut., v. 
2. To pick out; undo by picking: as, to unpick 
stitches. 
It was she herself who, with very great care, and after 
a long examination of the silk threads, unpicked the 
stitches on one side of the letter and sewed them back by 
means of a hair. 
It. Hodgson, Proc. Soc. Psychical Research, III. 377. 
3. To pick out the stitches of; rip. 
A robe, half-made, and half unpicked again. 
W. Cottim. 
II. intrans. To pick out stitches. 
While we boys unpicked, the bigger girls would sew the 
patchwork covers. N. and Q., 7th ser., X. 12. 
unpickable (un-pik'a-bl), a. [< un-'* + pick- 
able.} Incapable of being picked, in any sense. 
How wary they are grown ! not a door open now, 
But double-barred ; not a window, 
But up with a case of wood, like a spice-box ; 
And their locks unpickable. 
Beau, and Fl. , Coxcomb, ii. 2. 
unpicked (un-pikf), a. [<-! + picked."} 1. 
Not picked ; not chosen or selected. 
Whatsoever time, or the heedlesse hand of blind chance, 
hath drawne down from of old to this present, in her huge 
dragnet, whether Fish, or Sea-weed, Shells, or Shrubbs, 
unpickt, unchosen, those are the Fathers. 
Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy. 
2. Unplucked ; ungathered, as fruit. 
Now comes in the sweetest morsel of the night, and we 
must hence and leave it unpicked. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 397. 
3. Not picked or opened with an instrument, 
as a lock. 
unpierceable (un-per'sa-bl), a. Incapable of 
being pierced. Up. Hall, Saul in David's Care. 
unpierced (un-persf), a. Not pierced: not 
penetrated. Byron, Mazeppa. 
unpillared (un-pil'iird), . Deprived of pillars ; 
not having or supported by pillars. Pope, 
Duuciad, iii. 107. 
Unpilledt (un-pild'), a. [< -l + pilled, pp. of 
pill 1 .} Unpillaged. Dr. Dee, Petty Navy Royal 
(1576). (Davies.) 
unpillowed (un-pil'6d), a. Having no pillow; 
having the head not supported. Milton, Co- 
mus, 1. 353. 
unpiloted (un-pi'lot-ed), a. Unguided through 
dangers or difficulties. Charlotte Bronte, Jane 
Eyre, xxxv. 
Unpin (un-pin'), v. t.; pret. and pp. unpinned, 
ppr. unpinning. [< ME. nupynnen; < wn-2 + 
pinl.} To remove the piu or pius that fasten, 
(a) To unbolt. 
He . . . gan the stewe dore al soft unpynne. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 698. 
(6) To unfasten or unloose by taking out the pins : as, to 
unpin a ribbon or a gown ; hence, to loosen the garments 
of ; undress. 
Eintt. Shall I go fetch your night-gown ? 
Des. No, unpin me here. Shak., Othello, iv. 3. 35. 
The peremptory Analysis that you will call it, I beleeve 
will be so hardy as once more to unpinne your spruce fas- 
tidious oratory, to rumple her laces, her frizzles, and her 
bobins though she wince, and fling never so Peevishly. 
Milton, Animadversions. 
unpinion (un-pin'yon), v. t. [< - 2 + pinion 1 .} 
To loose from pinions or manacles; free from 
restraint. Clarke. 
unpinkedt (un-pingkf), Not pinked; not 
pierced with eyelet-holes. Shak., T. of the S., 
iv. 1. 136. 
unpiteous (un-pit'e-us), a. [< ME. unpitous, 
unpietous; < unA '+ piteous.} If. Impious; 
wicked. 2. Pitiless ; cruel. 
Myn unpietous lyf draweth a long unagreable dwell- 
ynges in me. Chaucer, Boethius, i. meter 1. 
unpiteously (un-pit'e-us-li), adv. [< ME. un- 
pitously; <. unpiteous' + -ly 2 .} It. Impiously; 
wickedly. Wyclif, Ecclus. xlvi. 23. 2. In an 
unpiteous manner; cruelly. 
Oxford, in her senility, has proved no Alma Mater in 
thus so unpiteously cramming her alumni with the shells 
alone. Sir W. Hamilton. 
unpiteousness (un-pit'e-us-nes), . [< ME. 
unpitomnesse ; < unpiteous + -ness.} If. Impi- 
ety; wickedness. Wyclif, Lev. xix. 7. 2. The 
character or state of being uupiteous or cruel. 
unpitied (un-pit'id), a. 1. Not pitied; not 
compassionated; not regarded with sympa- 
thetic sorrow. 
Go, and weep as I did, 
And be unpitied. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, iv. 3. 
Stumbling across the market to his death 
Unpitied. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
unplausive 
2f. Unmerciful; pitiless. 
You shall have your full time of imprisonment and your 
deliverance with an unpitied whipping. 
Shak., M. for II., iv. 2. 13. 
unpitiful (un-pit'i-fiil), a. 1. Having no pity ; 
not merciful. 2. Not exciting pity. 
Future times, in love, may pity her ; 
Sith graces such unpilit'ttl .should prove. 
Sir J. Davies, Wit's Pilgrimage. 
unpitifully (uu-pit'i-ful-i), adv. In an unpiti- 
ful manner ; unmercifully ; without mercy. 
Beat him most unpitifully. 
Shak., M. W. of W., iv. 2. 215. 
unpitifulness (un-pit'i-ful-nes), H. The state 
or character of being unpitiful. Sir P. Sidney, 
Arcadia, iii. 
unpitoUSt, etc. See unpiteous, etc. 
unpityt, . [ME., < MB-l + pity.} Impiety. 
Wyclif, Rom. i. 18. 
unpitying (un-pit'i-ing), a. _ Having no pity ; 
showing no compassion. 
Hurrying from his castle, with a cry 
He raised his hands to the unpityiny sky. 
Longfellow, Torquemada. 
unpityingly (un-pit'i-ing-li), adv. In an unpity- 
ing manner; without compassion, 
unplace (un-plas'), v. t. [< <- 2 + place.] To 
displace. 
The papists do place in pre-eminence over the whole 
church the pope, thereby unplacing Christ, which is the 
Head of the church. 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 142. 
unplaced (un-plasf), a. 1. Not arranged or 
distributed in proper places; undetermined in 
regard to place ; confused; jumbled. 
It is a thousand times more credible that four mutable 
elements and one immutablo fifth essence, duly and eter- 
nally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite 
small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced 
this order and beauty without a divine marshal. 
Bacon. Atheism (eel. 1887). 
2. Having no place, office, or employment un- 
der government. 
Unplaced, unpension'd. Pope, Imit. of Horace, Ii. 1. 
unplagued (un-plagd'), a. Not plagued ; not 
harassed ; not tormented ; not afflicted. Shak., 
R. and J., i. 5. 19. 
unplaint (un-plan'), a. [ME. unplain; < un- 1 + 
plain 1 .'} Not plain; not simple; not open; in- 
sincere. Gower, Conf. Amant., i. 
unplainedt (un-pland'), a. Not deplored; not 
bewailed or lamented. 
To die alone, unpitied, unplained. 
Spenser, Daphnaida. 
unplait (un-plaf ), v. t. [< ME. tmpleiten ; < - 2 
+ plait. Cf. ^mpUght2.} If. To unfold; ex- 
plain. 
Unnete may I unpleyten my sentence with wordes. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. prose 8. 
2. To undo the plaits of; unbraid: as, to un- 
plait hair. 
One day she even went the length of unplaitiny with 
swift warm fingers all the wavy coils of that rippling hair. 
.ft. Brouyhton, Not Wisely but Too Well, xxiii. 
unplant (un-planf), v. t. [< MK- 2 + plant 1 .} 
To remove, as that which is planted ; uproot ; 
deprive of plants ; hence, to depopulate. 
Being iuioyned by our Commission not to implant nor 
wrong the Saluages, because the channell was so neere 
the shore where now is lames Towne, then a thicke groue 
of trees, wee cut them downe. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, II. 99. 
unplanted (un-plan'ted), a. 1. Not planted; 
of spontaneous growth. Waller, Battle of the 
Islands,!. 2. Not cultivated ; unimproved. 
Ireland is a country wholly unplanted. The farms have 
neither dwelling-houses nor good offices, nor are the lands 
anywhere provided with fences and communications. 
Burke, On Popery Laws, iv. 
unplastic (un-plas'tik), o. 1. Not plastic; not 
readily molded. Encyc. Brit., XIX. 637. 2. 
Not suitable for plastic representation; un- 
sculptural. 
Thoroughly unplastic in action and conception. 
C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 244. 
implausible (un-pla'zi-bl), a. Not plausible ; 
not having a fair or specious appearance. 
Such unplausiUe propositions. 
Barrow, Sermons, III. xlv. 
implausibly (un-pla'zi-bli), adv. In an un- 
plausible manner ; not plausibly. 
Public suspicions which unjustly (but not altogether 
implausibly) taxed them with Popish leanings. 
De Quincey, Secret Societies, I. 
unplausivet (uu-pla'siv), a. Not approving; 
not applauding ; displeased ; disapproving. 
'Tis like he'll question me 
Why such unplausive eyes are bent on him. 
Shak., T. and C., iii. 3. 43. 
