unpleadable 
unpleadable (im-plo'da-bl), . Unfit to be 
pleaded nr urged as a plea. Xmitli, Si-rni'ui-. 
IX. vi. 
unpleaded (un-ple'dcd), " 1- - Vi " 1 pi' 1 !"' 1 ' 1 ' 
nut urged. 2. I'lidelViided by an advocate. 
tHit'tttf. 
unpleasable (un-plo'za-bl), a. Incapable of 
being pleased. [JMT6.J 
M. ,n , r /.':i..,il,', ,, :u-i I, r. liiif : ii,i HI'-, The Ht'lruu, ii. 2. 
unplcasanco (mi-ple/.'ans). . Lack of pleas- 
anee; displeasure. 
unpleasant (nn-plei'jjit), . Not pleasant; 
nut all'ordiiig pleasure ; disn.ureeable. 
The unplr.amnl'nt wools 
Tli.it tvcr blotted paper. 
Sluik.,\I. >,I V., ill 2. 254. 
We have also here anil there remarked a little of that 
uHplriixintl trick . . . of telling a story by implication 
and allusion. Macaulay, Hullam's Const. HUt. 
Mrn (if worldly rniriil.s, fiixlin^ the true way of life tm- 
jilmmiit to walk in, have attempted in Mini out other :oi<l 
easier routls. ./. //. Ne/rinntt, Parochial Sermoiuj, 1. 09. 
unpleasantly (uu-plo/'ant-li), a<lr. In un un- 
pleasant inanni'f; in a manner nut pleasing; 
disagreeably. 
unpleasantness (un-plez'ant-nes), n. 1. The 
state or quality of being unpleasant; disagree- 
ableness. i/outr, Eccles. Polity. 2. A slight 
disagreement or falling out; a petty quarrel ; 
an unimportant misunderstanding. [Colloq.] 
The late unpleasantness, the mil war. [Humorous, 
U.S.] 
The weather-boarding In many places is riddled with 
bullets cards left by passing visitors during the late un- 
pleasanlnexn. The Century, XLI. 320. 
unpleasantly (un-ple/.'aii-tri), . 1. Want of 
pleasantry ; absence or the opposite of cheer- 
fulness, humor, or gaiety ; disagrceableness. 
[Kare.] 
It would have been well for u man of so many peculiar* 
fties as Dr. Qowor if this were all the unpleamntry to 
which he subjected himself. 
Jon Bee, Essay on Samuel Foote, p. xli. 
2. An unpleasant occurrence; especially, a 
slight quarrel or falling out. [Kare.] 
Now, on the other hand, the goddess and her establish- 
ment of hoaxers, at Eleusis, did a vast "stroke of busi- 
ness " for more than six centuries, without any iinptrax- 
antriet occurring. De Quincey, Secret Societies, I. 
If ... there ure two such imperious and domineering 
.spirits in u family, unpteasantrteti of course will arise from 
their contentions. Thackeray, Newcomes, I. xxxiii. 
3. A discomfort. [Bare.] 
The minor unjileaiiaiitrir.il attending a hasty toilet 
Chambers'i Journal, Out. 9, 1858, p. 235. (Eiuxjc. Diet.) 
unpleased (un-plezd'), . Not pleased; dis- 
pleased. 
My unpleased eye. Shak., Rich. II., 111. :.. 193. 
unpleasing (uu-ple'zing), . Unpleasant; of- 
fensive; disgusting; disagreeable ; distasteful. 
Despiteful tidings ! unplea*ing news ! 
Shale., Rich. III., iv. 1. ST. 
A patch of sand is unpleasiny ; a desert has all the awe 
of ocean. Lowell, Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 318. 
unpleasingly (un-ple'zing-li), adt: In an un- 
pleasing manner. Ji/>. [fall, Death of Absalom, 
unpleasingness (nn-ple'zing-nes), . The 
state or character of being unpleasiug. Milton, 
Divorce, ii. 21. 
unpleasivet (un-ple'ziv), . [< un- 1 + 'pleasirc, 
< jik'tific + -ire.] Not pleasing; unpleasant. 
Grief is never but an unplvaxice passion. 
lll>. Hall, Remains, p. ins. 
unpleasurable (uu-plezh'ur-a-bl), a. Not 
pleasurable; not giving pleasure. Ciilrriiti/i: 
unpleasurably (un-plezh'uv-a-bli), ailr. So as 
not to give pleasure ; without pleasure. 
So, as Lady Jackson rewrites the old story once more, 
one rends ii, if but for its subject, not altogether unproftt- 
ably or unpleaiuraaty. The Academy, May, 1890. 
unpliable (un-pli'a-bl), a. Not pliable. Hol- 
Itnnl. 
iinpliably (un-pli'a-bli), adv. In an unpliable 
manner; without yielding. 
unpliant (uu-pli'ant), a. 1. Not pliant; not 
easily bent ; stiff. 
The iini'liiiiii bow. Cotrprr, Odyssey, xxi. 
2. Not readily yielding the will; not com- 
pliant. 
A stubborn, unpliant morality. Tatter, No. 114. 
unpliantly (im-pli'ant-li), adv. In an unpliaut 
manner ; iincompliantly. 
unplight't, '' [ME. niil'lift; < MH-1 (intensive) 
+ pftjjAfl.] Peril. 
unplight'-'t, r. (. [ME. iiii]ili(/liten. prop. un/iUti n. 
var. of unpleitcn, mod. E. iniplait, as pliijlifi is 
of plait: see plait, i'li//ht' J .] To opeu; un- 
fold. 
And rose to rede, and there was delyuerd to uyin ye 
booke of laaie ye prophete, and as be rnpttt'jttt the booktt 
be founde the place In the whiche wan u i s : u. >!<. 
.-iif Ii. (luylfarde, rylgrymaKO, p. 50. 
unplitablet, ". [ME., < nnp/iii + -<!/>/<.] In- 
tricate; complicated. 
Ther wan establlned or cryed grevoiu and unpUtaols u. .- 
euipclon. Chaucer, Boethltu, L prose 4. 
unplucked (uu-plukf), a. Not plucked; uot 
pulled or torn away. I'lrtrlu r dnnl iinnther), 
Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 1. 
unplug (tin-plug'), r. t. [< un-- + plug.] To 
remove a plug from. SIT iuiplui/i/i>l. 
First, the resistance U measured in the usual manner 
with the other end of the cable earthed and with no 
plug In A, and balance is obtained by unvluyyiivj a reals- 
tance, R. Kltct. Ken. (Eng.), XJtV. 560. 
unplugged (uti-plugd'), a. Having the plug re- 
moved; also, not plugged: in electrical testing, 
said of a resistance when the plug which short- 
circuits the coils of wire forming the resistance 
in the box of resistance-coils is taken out. 
unplumb 1 (uu-plum'),a. [< un- 1 + plumb'*, a.] 
Not plumb; not vertical. Clarke. 
Unplumb- (tin-plum'), ' [< - 2 + plumb'*.] 
To deprive of lead; remove the lead from. 
[Rare.] 
Their turpitude purveys to their malice ; and they UH- 
pluuib the dead for bullets to assassinate the living. 
Burke, To a Noble Lord. 
unplumbed (uu-plumd'), a. Not plumbed or 
measured by a plumb-line; unfathomed. 
The t'ltptuinb'rt, salt, estranging sea. 
.M. Arnold, Switzerland, To Marguerite. 
Unplume (un-plom'), c. /. [< un- 2 + pliinii:] 
To strip of plumes or feathers; degi-ude. (HtiH- 
fille. 
un poco (on po'ko). In music, a little ; slightly ; 
somewhat: as, un }>oco staccato, somewhat stac- 
cato ; poco ritanlando, retarding a little. 
unpoetic (un-po-et'ik), . Not poetic ; unpoet- 
ical. 
unpoetical (un-po-et'i-kal), a. 1. Not poetical ; 
not having or possessing poetical character; 
prosaic. 7'. H'arton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, IH. 444. 
2. Not proper to or becoming a poet. Bp. 
Corbet, On the Death of Queen Anne. 
unpoetically (un-po-et'i-kal-i), adv. In an un- 
poetical manner; prosaically. 
unpoeticalness (un-po-et'i-kal-nes), . The 
character of being unpoetical. 
unpointed (im-pom'ted), a. 1. Not having a 
point; uot sharp. 2t. Having the points un- 
fastened, as a doublet. 
II is doublet loose and unpoynted. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 265. 
3. Having no point or sting; wanting point or 
definite aim or purpose. 
The conclusion . . . here would have shown dull, flat, 
and i'iiiii:itt/rii. B. Junton, Magnetic Lady, Iv. 3. 
4. Not having marks by which to distinguish 
sentences, members, and clauses; unpunctu- 
ated: as, unpointed writing. 5. Not having 
the vowel points or marks : as, an unpointed 
manuscript in Hebrew or Arabic. 
The reader of unpointed Hebrew . . . supplies for him- 
self the vowels, by means of which alone the consonants 
can be raised Into expressive sound, 
E. Caird, Philog. of Kant, p. 203. 
unpoised (un-poizd'), a. 1. Not poised; not 
balanced. 
Oft on the brink 
Of ruin . . . 
Totter'd the rash democracy ; unpou'd, 
And by the rage dcvour'd. Thornton, Liberty. 
2f. Unweighed; unhesitating; regardless of 
consequences. 
Seize on revenge, grasp the stern-bended front 
Of frowning vengeance with unpaiz'd clutch. 
Marston, Antonio and Mellida, II., ill. 1. 
unpoison (un-poi'zn). r. t. [< -'- + poison.] 
To remove or expel poison from ; free from poi- 
son. [Rare.] 
Such a course could uot but in a short Him- have unnoi- 
soned their perverted minds. South, Sermons, > . i. 
unpolicied (un-pol'i-sid), a. 1. Destitute of 
civil polity or a regular form of government. 
Warburton, Divine Legation, i. $ 5. 2. Void 
of policy ; impolitic ; imprudent ; stupid. 
That I might hear tliee call great Cicsar an 
Unpolined! Shalt., A. and C., v. i 311. 
unpolish (un-pol'isli), c. t. [< un- 2 + polish.] 
1 . To remove polish or gloss from, as varnished 
wood or blackened boots. Hoicell, Letters, I. 
v. 9. 2. To deprive of politeness or elegance ; 
render rough or inelegant. 
impossibility 
llow anger unpolixken the most politr '. 
ItirhaiUtun, Clarlua Harlowc, V. 2Btf. (llaciri.) 
unpolished (uu-pol'isht), a. 1. Not polished; 
not brought to a polish : noting surfaces of 
marble, wood, metal, etc. 
Unpolah'd gems no ray on pride bestow. 
*, On hl> Grotto. 
2. Deprived of polish. 3. Nut refined in man- 
ners; uncivilized; rude; plain. 
Those first unpoluh'd matrons, big and Ix.M. 
Drydm, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, vi. r.'. 
unpolite (uu-po-lif), " Not poliU-; not rr- 
liiifd in manners; uncivil; rude; impolite. 
TII ti> r, No. 140. 
impolitely (un-po-lit'li), ntlr. Impulitrly. 
Rather conscious and confused, Arthur asked his par- 
don if he had stared at him unpoliulff. 
Ltukeni, Little Ourrlt, xxiiL 
unpolitenessnin-po-lit'nes), . 1. Lack of pol- 
ish; want of refinement; coarseness, as of a 
style of writing. 
Had outcries are made of the vnpotitentu of the style. 
ttlarlcii-o.il, Sacre.1 Claulo Defended. 
2. Impoliteness. 
impolitic (un-pol'i-tik), a. Impolitic. 
unpolled (un-pold'), a. 1. Not polled; not 
registered or counted: as, a large unpolled 
vote. 
The opposite party bribed the bar-maid at the Town 
Arms to hocus the brandy and water of fourteen unjjolUd 
electora. Dirketu. 
2f. Unplundered; uot stripped. 
Richer than unpolt'd Arabian wealth and Indian gold. 
FaiulMitt, Poems (1673), p. 314. 
unpolluted (un-po-lu'ted), a. Not polluted ; 
not defiled; not corrupted ; pure; unspotted. 
Her fair and unpolluted flesh. Shot., Hamlet, v. 1. 262. 
unpope (uu-pop'), p. f. [< KM- 2 + pope 1 .] 1. 
To divest or deprive of the office, authority, 
and dignities of pope. [Hnre.] 
So, guilty ! So, remains I punish guilt! 
He U unpoptd, and all he did I damn. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 170. 
2. To deprive of a pope. [Rare.] 
Rome will never so far unpupe herself u to pert with 
her pretended supremacy. Fuller. 
unpopular (un-pop'u-liir), . Not popular; 
not having the public favor: as, an unpopular 
magistrate ; an unpopular law. 
We never could very clearly understand how it is that 
egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be to popu- 
lar in writing. Macaulay, Moore's Byron. 
unpopularity (un-pop-u-lar'i-ti), M. The state 
of being unpopular. Burke, Speech on Ecou. 
Reform. 
unpopularly (un-pop'u-lar-li), adv. In an un- 
popular manner ; not popularly. 
unportablet (un-por'ta-bl), a. [ME. unporta- 
ble; < un- 1 + portable.] 1. Not portable or 
capable of being carried. KaMgh. 2. Not 
bearable, as a trouble ; insupportable. 
Wherfore the seyd William, nothyr hesc frendea . . . 
durst not, ne yet ne dar not rydyn ne goo abowte awyche 
occupation as he arn used and disposed, to here [their] 
gretf and unportabit drede and vexacton. 
Fatten Letter!, I. 17. 
unportioned (un-por'shond), a. Not endowed 
or furnished witli a portion or fortune. 
Has virtue charnu? I grant her heavenly fair, 
But if unportioned, all will lntere.it wt-d. 
Young, Night Thoughts, vli. 
unportuous (un-por'tu-us), a. [< un-l + "por- 
tuous, < L. port uomis, full of ports, < porttm, port : 
see porft.] Having no ports. [Rare.] 
An unportuous coast Burlte, A Regicide Peace, lit 
unpositive (un-poz'i-tiv), a. Not positive; not 
assertive. 
A dumb, unpogitivt life, under the power of the world. 
II. Buthnell, Sermons for the New Life, xvil. 
unpossessed (un-po-zesf), a. 1. Not pos- 
sessed ; not owned; not held ; not occupied. 
Such vast room In nature unpoutaed 
By living aool. Milton, V. L., vilL 163. 
2. Not in possession: used with of. 
The mind, unpoeteued of virtue. 
V. Knox, Christian Philosophy, I 23. 
The head is entirely unpoueued (/ciliated lobes. 
r. B. Carpenter, Micros., p. 453. 
unpossessingt (un-po-zes'ing), a. Having no 
possessions. 
Thou unpoiaeuing bastard ! Shalt., Lear, II. 1. 69. 
impossibility (un-pos-i-bil'i-ti), n. Impossi- 
bility. [Rare.] 
U would be a matter of utter unpouibilXy. 
fie, King Pest. 
