impossible 
unpossible (un-pos'i-bl), n. [< ME. impossible; 
< n-l + possible.} Impossible. [Obsolete or 
rare.] 
It is hard with ientlenesse, but impossible with seuere 
crueltie, to call them backe to good frame againe. 
Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 46. 
For us to levy power . . . 
Is all unpossible. Shak., Rich. II., ii. 2. 126. 
A thing unpossible to us 
This story seems to be. 
True Tale o/ Robin Hood (Child's Ballads, V. 370). 
unposted (un-pos'ted), . 1. Not having a 
fixed post or situation. 
There were also some Queen's officers going out to join 
their regiments, a few younger men, unposted, who ex- 
_. ... Lack of power; weak- 
ness. Halliwell. [Obsolete or provincial.] 
unpowerful (un-pou'er-ful), a. Not powerful ; 
impotent. Coivley, Davideis, i. 
impracticable (uu-prak'ti-ka-bl), a. Not prac- 
ticable ; not feasible ; not capable of being per- 
formed; impracticable. Barrow, Sermons, III. 
unpractical (un-prak'ti-kal), a. Not practical. 
action, or utility ; careless about things merely profitable ; 
hence, unfitted to deal with realities. 
For my own part, I am quite willing to confess that I 
like him [Spenser] none the worse for being unpractical, 
and that my reading has convinced me that being too 
poetical the raes 
0636 
unprecedentedly (im-pres'e-deu-ted-li), adv. 
Without precedent : exceptionally. 
unpredictt (un-pre-dikf), (. t. [< - 2 + pre- 
dict.'] To revoke 'or retract prediction. 
Means I must use, thon say'st : prediction else 
Will unvi-edict, and fail me of the throne. 
Milton, P. R., iii. 395. 
unpregnant (uu-preg'uant), a. 1. Not preg- 
nant ; not quickened : with of. 
Like John-a-dreams, unpreanant of my cause, 
And can say nothing. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 595. 
2. Not quick of wit ; dull. 
This deed . . . makes me unpregnant 
And dull to all proceedings. 
Shak., M. for M., iv. 4. 23. 
unprejudicatet (un-pre-jo'di-kat), a. Not pre- 
possessed by settled opinions ; unprejudiced. 
A pure mind in a chaste body is the mother of wisdom 
and deliberation, . . . sincere principles and unprejudi- 
cate understanding. Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, ii. S. 
unprejudicateness (un-pre-j8'di-kat-nes), n. 
The character or state of being unprejudicate. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
unprejudice (uu-prej'ij-dis), n. Freedom from 
prejudice. 
Mr. Carlyle is an author who has now been so long be- 
fore the world that we may feel towards him something 
of the unprejudice of posterity. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 121. 
IM Not dictated hv or in harmonv with experience in 
Ic'tual wtk : as, an ^^SUSf > .^Ttef^ 
uTpracticality (un-prak-ti-kal'i-ti), . The 
character of being unpractical. 
unpractically (un-prak'ti-kal-i), adv. In an 
unpractical manner ; not practically. 
nnraptiYpri I dm-iirak'tistl a 1 
n^^i^^not Biflled'- 
been taught bypractice, not Skilled, 
not having experience ; raw ; unskilful. 
The French soldiers, which from their youth have been 
practised and inured in feats of arms, do not crack or ad- 
vance themselves to have very often got the upper hand 
and mastery of your new made and unpractised soldiers. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), i. 
2f. Notknown; not familiar through use or as- 
sociation. 
His tender eye, by too direct a ray 
Wounded, and flying from unpractised day. Prior, 
3. Not practised; not put into operation or use. 
and ch^ge the'enemy ou'foot* 'fliisljotrfldeiitstep?'^ 
known and unpractised by Galla before, had the desired 
effect. Brute, Source of the Nile, II. 627. 
unpractisedneSS (un-prak'tist-nes), n. [< - 
practised + -ness.} The character or state of 
being unpractised ; want of practice. 
unpraiset (un-praz'), v. t. [< -2 + praise.} 
To deprive of praise; strip of commendation, 
Young. 
unpray (un-pra'), >. t. [< Wt-9 + 0ral.] To 
revoke, recall, or negative by a subsequent 
prayer having a tendency or effect contrary to 
that of a former one. [Eare.] 
unprayed (un-prfid'), * fEariy mod.K*. 
pmied, < ME. unpreyed; < -! + prayed.} 1 . 
Not prayed for ; not solicited reverently : with 
for 
J 
For yf they leue nothing mpraied for that mai perteine 
to the paciflcacion of this diuisio, then must they per- 
and e n e 8o P ng tte ""^ "ffl? T J "wSfi Hw' 
ore, w rks, p. 894. 
^t. Unsolicited; unasked. 
Thow [Death] slest so fele in sondry wyse 
Agens hire m},unpreycd day and nyghte. 
Chaucer, Trollus, iv. 513. 
unpreach (un-preeh'), . *. [< n-2 + preach.} 
To preach the contrary of; recant in preaching. 
[Rare.] 
The clergy their own principles denied, 
Unpreach'd their non-resisting cant 
Defoe, True-Born Englishman, ii. 
Unpreachingt (un-pre'ching) a Not in the 
habit of preaching 
He is no unpreaching prelate. 
Latinier, Sermon of the Plough. 
The necessity under which I found myself placed by a 
most strange and unprecedented manner of legislation. 
D. Webiter, Speech, Boston, .Tune 5, 1828. 
llo t preoccupied by opinion ; im- 
m u prejlld ed mil f d . 
The meaning of them may be so plain that any ^rej- 
diced alld reasonable man may certainly underst^then,. 
2. Not warped by or proceeding from pre- 
judice : as, an unprejudiced judgment.- 3. Not 
hurt; unimpaired; undamaged. 
A pair of most dissembling hypocrites 
Is he and this base Earle. on whom I vowe, 
Lealling Killg Lewis i" ; rf d ' P eace - 
To spend the whole measure of my kindled rage. 
Heyumd, 2 Edw. IV. (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, 1. 102). 
unprejudicedly (un-prei'o-dist-li) .adv. In an 
"T.^ huHced manner imoartiall I v TRare 1 
uuprejua any. L Ka - J 
Let us consider this evidence aa unprejudicedly and 
carefully as we can. Amer. Nat., XXIII. 887. 
unprejudicedness (un-prej'o-dist-nes), w. The 
state of being unprejudiced. Clarke. 
unprelate (un-prel'at), r. t. To depose from 
the dignity of prelate; depose from the epis- 
copate. Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, ii. 120. 
unprelatical (un-pre-lat'i-kal), a. Unlike or 
unsuitable to a prelate. Clarendon, Civil War, 
I. 057. 
unpremeditable (un-pre-med'i-ta-bl) a. [< 
MM + "premeditable, < premedit(ate) + -able.} 
1. Not capable of being premeditated or pre- 
viously thought of . Imp. Diet. 2. Unforeseen ; 
unlocked for; unexpected. 
A capful of wind . . . comes against you ... with 
8ucn unpremeditable puffs. 
S(ern, Sentimental Journey The Fragment 
unpremeaitatet (un-pre-med i-tat), a. Unpre- 
meditated. 
In sudden and unpremeditate prayer I am not always I : 
and,whe n lamno^yself,my^ay y er^tmy i pra/er.; 
unpremeditated (un-pre-med'i-ta-ted), a. 'l. 
Not Previously meditated or thought over. 
My celestial patroness who deigns 
Her , nighty visitation unimplored, 
And dictates to me sluml3ermg, or inspires 
Easy my unpremeditated verse. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 24. 
Profuse strains of ^ e d^ art 
sheUey> The skylark. 
2. Not previously purposed or intended; not 
done by design : as, an unpremeditated offense, 
=Syn. 1. Unstudied, impromptu, offhand, spontaneous, 
See extemporaneous. 
Unpremeditatedly (un-pre-med'i-ta-ted-li), 
aav - In an unpremeditated manner; without 
premeditation ; undesignedly. 
Unpremeditation (un-pre-med-i-ta'shon), n. 
Absence of premeditation ; undesignedness. 
The Anecdotes of Sierra seem to us to fail in that lark- 
like "^premeditation which belongs to the lyric. 
Tke Allant ; > LXV - S 63 - 
unpreparation (un-prep-a-ra'shon), n. The 
state of being unprepared ; want of prepara- 
tion ; unpreparedness. Sir M. Hale, Afflictions. 
unprepared (un-prf-pard'),. 1. Notprepared. 
* ' 
unpride 
i" order ; specifically, not made ready or fit for death or 
I would uot kill thy ^d spirit. 
9 / hakt o 't h eiio, v. 2. 31. 
^ No( . planne<1 . not w , )r k ed out in advance : extemporane- 
O us: as, an unprepared speech ; unprepared, speaking, (rf) 
Not brought into a particular mental state; not trained: 
as, an unprepared student. 
2. In music, specifically of a dissonant tone, 
not held over from a preceding chord or other- 
wise prepared ; reached by a skip. 
unpreparedly (n-pre-par'ed-li), adv. In an 
unprepared manner or condition ; without due 
preparation. _ 
unpreparedneSS (un-pre-par ea-nes;, . 
state of being unprepared, unready, or unfit- 
ted; want of preparation. 
unprepossessed (un-pre-po-zesf), a. Not pre- 
possessed ; not biased by previous opinion* ; 
not prejudiced. 
unprepossessing (uu-pre-po-zes'ing), a. Not 
prepossessing; not attractive or engaging; un- 
pleasing: as, a person of unprepossessing ap- 
pearance. 
unprescribed (un-pre-skribd'), a. Not pre- 
scribed; not authoritatively laid down; not ap- 
pointed: as, unprescribed ceremony. Bp. Hall, 
Letter from the Tower. 
Unpresentable (un-pre-zen'ta-bl) Not pro- 
sentable ; not fit for being presented or mtro- 
duced to company or society; not in proper 
trim; unfit to be seen. 
x could better , eat with oue who did llot respect the 
truth or the laws than with a sloven and unpresentable 
pel , 011 . o. w . Holmes , Eme rson, p. 184. 
unpreSSed (un-presf), a. 1. Not pressed. 
My pillow left unprees , d _ SAai ., A . and &> UL 13 . m 
^ ;_' n ^S?^^ ^ p^ 
Pres luming (un-p ?-zu mmg), a Not pie 
st >. hl 
Modest, unpreiummg } nen ; vnnnir Nobleman 
t.Knox, loaio 
unpresumptUOUS (un-pre-zuinp'tu-us), a. Not 
presumptuous or arrogant; humble; submis- 
give "modest 
' I if 1 1 Hpnv'n a uitrfuotu eve 
Sir Task v 746. 
,oiqwr, lask, v. 74B. 
unpretending (un-pre-ten'ding), (t. Not pre- 
tending to or claiming any distinction or su- 
periority; unassuming; modest. 
TO undeceive and vindicate the honest and unpretend- 
ing part of mankind. Pope. 
unpretentious (un-pre-ten'shus), a. Not pre- 
tentious; making no claim to distinction ; mod- 
unpretentiousness (un-pre-ten'shus-nes), i. 
The character or state of being unpretentious ; 
unassumingness ; modesty. 
The journal ia . . . noue the less pleasant for its sim- 
p ii c ity and unpretentiousness. 
Athenaum, No. 3240, p. 322. 
unprettiness (un-prit'i-nes), . The state of 
being unpretty ; want of prettiness. 
8he ^ ya it is not pl . e tty in a young lady to sigh; but 
where is the Mnprelttixws of it? 
/ichardson, Sir Charles Grandison, III. 61. 
unpretty (un-prit'i), a. Not pretty; lacking 
prettiness, attractiveness, elegance, or charm. 
H Engluh -Md 
tai not unpretty. 
unprevamng(un-pre-va'ling),a. Of no force; 
Throw to earth 
This unp remiUng woe. 
shak Hamlet, i. 2. 107. 
Unpreventable (un-pre-ven ta-bl), a. That 
cannot be prevented 
unpreventableneSS (un-pre-ven'ta-bl-nes), . 
T f e character or sta te of being unpreventa- 
ble; inevitableness. Mind, No. 35, 1884. 
unprevented (un-pre-ven'ted), o. 1. Not pre- 
vented; not hindered. 2f. Not preceded bv 
, : 
right, safe, or suitable condition in view of a future event, 
contingency, accident, attack, danger, or the like ; not put 
Grace 
Comes unprevented, unimplored, 'unsought. 
Milton, P. L., iii. 231. 
unpriced (un-prisf), 1. Having no price set 
or indicated. 
The books offered for sale are unpriced, and customers 
are invited to make their offers. 
Athmamm, No. 3177, p. 355. 
2. Priceless ; above or beyond price. 
Thine ageless walls are bonded 
With amethyst unpriced. 
jT* A'^tr. of Bernard of Cluny. 
"' *' 
Be content to he unpridfd. Veltham, Resolves, i. :u. 
