improvable 
tablished. Also spelled unproveable. Bp. Hall, 
Dissuasive from Popery, 
unproved (un-prtml'), a. [< ME. "unproved; 
< n-l + proved.] 1. Not proved; not known 
by trial; not tested. 
A fresh unproved knight. Spenser. 
2. Not established as true by argument, demon- 
stration, or evidence. 
There is much of what should be demonstrated left un- 
proved. Boyle. 
unprovedness (xm-provd'nes), . [ME. un- 
proi'edness; < unproved + -ness.] Inexperience. 
Wars of Alexander (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1019. 
6638 
punished : applied to persons or things. Mil- 
ton, Answer to Salmasius, v. 157. 
Where all offend, the crime 's unpunishable. 
May, tr. of Lucan, v. 
unpunishably (un-pun'ish-a-bli), adi: With- 
out being or becoming liable to punishment. 
Milton, Answer to Eikon Basilike, 28. 
unpunished (un-pun'isht), a. Not punished; 
suffered to pass without punishment or with 
impunity. 
Shall innocence 
In her he branded, and my guilt escape 
Unpunitth'd ? 
Fletcher (and Maixingerl), Lovers' Progress, v. 1. 
Donne. 
unprovide(un-pro-vid'),r. t. [<. tin-' 2 + provide.] unpure(un-pur'),. Not pure; impure. L 
To unfurnish ; divest or strip of qualifications ; [Rare.] 
in the following quotation, to divest of resolu- unpurely (un-pur'li), adv. Impurely. Bp. 
English Votaries, ii. [Rare.] 
Bale, 
tion. 
I'll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty Unpureness (un-pur'nes), n. Impurity. J. Udall, 
unprovide my mind again. Shaft., Othello, iv. 1. 218. On Luke ii. [Rare.] 
unprovided (un-pro-vi'ded), a. 1. Not pro- Unpurged (un-perjd'), a. 
vided; unfurnished; unsupplied: with witli, purified, 
formerly of: as, unprovided with money. 
Not purged. ( ) Un- 
Utterly unprovided o/all other natural, moral, or spir- 
itual abilities. Bp. Sprat. 
I shall make the public a present of these curious pieces 
at such time as I shall find myself unpromded with other 
subjects. Addison, Frozen Words. 
The rheumy and unpurged air. Shak., 3. C., ii. 1. 266. 
(b) Not cleared from moral defilement or guilt. 
I feare it would but harme the truth for me to reason 
in her behalfe, so long as I should sutler my honest esti- 
mation to lye unpurg'd from these insolent suspicions. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
2. Having made no preparation ; not suitably unpurposed (un-per'post), a. Not intended; 
not designed. 
Accidents unpurposed. Shak., A. and C., iv. 14. 84. 
unpurse (un-pers'). v. t. [< ME. mmurscn : 
+ pitr.se.] ' '" 
[Rare.] 
Ever was the gold unpursed. 
prepared ; unprepared. 
Tears for a stroke unseen afford relief ; 
But, unprovided for a sudden blow, 
Like Niobe we marble grow. 
Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis, v. 
3t. Unforeseen. Spenser. 
unprovidedly (un-pro-vi'ded-li), adv. In an 
unprovided manner ; without provision ; un- 
preparedly. 
unprovidentt(un-prov'i-dent), . Improvident. 
Beau, and PI., Thierry and Theodoret, iv. 
unprovoked (un-pro-vokf), a. 1. Not pro- 
voked; not incited. 
When all on the sudden, the Smectymnuans, a strange 
generation of men, unprovoked, unthought of, cry out of 
hard measure, and fly in my face, as men wrongfully ac- 
cused. Bp. Hall, Ans. to Vindication of Smectymnuus. 
2. Not proceeding from provocation or just 
cause : as, an unprovoked attack. 
A rebellion so destructive and so unprovoked. Dryden. 
unquit 
Such an extinction of orislnality in what would be evo- 
lutional closure will always be prevented by the feverish 
activity of the unquenchable passions or' human nature. 
Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 168. 
II. M. That which cannot be quenched; fig- 
uratively, one whose zeal cannot be quenched. 
[Colloq.] 
unquenchableness (un-kwen'cba-bl-nes), n. 
The state of being unquenchable. Hakeu-ill, 
Apology, iv. 4. 
unquenchably (un-kwen'cba-bli), adv. In an 
unquenchable manner ; so as to be unquench- 
able. 
That lamp shall burn unquenchably. 
Scott, L. of L. M., ii. 
unquestionability (un-kwes"chon-a-biri-ti), . 
The character or state of being unquestion- 
able; also, that which cannot be questioned or 
doubted ; a certainty. 
Our religion is ... a preat heaven-hifh Unquestion- 
ability. Carlyle, Past and Present, ii. 6. 
unquestionable (un-kwes'cbpn-a-bl), <7. l.That 
cannot be questioned or doubted ; indubitable ; 
certain: as, unquestionable evidence or truth; 
unquestionable courage. 
King Henry the Seventh being deceased, his only Son 
Prince Henry ... by umfitestionaMe Eight succeeded in 
the Crown, at the Aire of eighteen Years. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 254. 
2. Averse to being questioned ; averse to con- 
versation. 
An unquestionable spirit, which you have not 
Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 393. 
i .., , . ammm.i AS juu Liine 11, ill. z. AVit. 
1. lo take out of a purse; expend, unquestionableness (un-kwes'chpn-a-bl-nes), 
n. The character or state of being unquestion- 
Qower, Cant. Amant, v. a b] e ; unquestionability. 
2. To rob of a purse or money. Pollol: [Rare.] unquestionably (un-kwes'chon-a-bli), adv. 
unpurveyedt (un-per-vad'), . [ME., < Mw-i + Without doubt; indubitably. " 
purveyed. ] Unexpected ; unforeseen. At fit howr [Anacktus] setts on alone toward the Camp ; 
Hem that she [Fortune] hath left in dyspeyre, unpur- is mett, examin'd, and at last unquestionably known. 
veyed. Chaucer, Boethius, 11. prose 1. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
unqualified (un-kwol'i-nd), a. 1. Not quali- unquestioned (un-kwes'chpnd), a. 1. Not called 
fied ; not fit ; not having the requisite talents, in question ; not doubted. 
It is the sober truth of history, unquestioned, because 
unquestionable. Story, Speech, Salem, Sept. 18, 1828. 
2. Not interrogated ; having no questions 
asked; not examined; not examined into. 
It prefers itself and leaves unqufstion'd 
Matters of needful value. Shak., M. for M., i. 1. 55. 
abilities, or accomplishments. 
The learned are held unqualified to serve their country 
as counsellors merely from a defect of opulence. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, xix. 
2. Not qualified legally ; not having the legal 
qualifications; specifically, not having taken 
unprovokedly (un-pro-vo'ked-li), adv. In an t {j e requisite oath or oaths ; not having passed 3. Not to be opposed or disputed. 
the necessary examinations and received a di- 
ploma or license : as, an unqualified practitioner 
of medicine. 
By the statutes for preserving the game, a penalty is 
denounced against every unqualified person that kills a 
hare. Blatkstone, Com., I., Int., ii. 
In the course of time, through relaxation of bardic dis- 
cipline, the profession was assumed by unqualijied per- 
sons, to the great detriment of the regular bards. 
Rncyc. Brit., VII. 791. 
unprovoked manner ; without provocation. 
unprudencet (un-pro'dens), n. [ME.; < MJI-! + 
prudence.] Want of prudence ; imprudence; 
improvidence. 
The mprudence of foolis [is] erring. 
Wyclif, Prov. xiv. 18. 
unprudentt (un-pro'dent), a. Imprudent, 
unprudential (un-pro-Sen'shal), a. Imprudent. 
The most unwise and unprudential act. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxiii. 
unpruned (un-prond'), a. Not pruned; not 
lopped or trimmed. 
Fruit-trees all unpruned. Shak., Eich. II., iii. 4. 45. 
unpublic (un-pub'lik) a. Not public; private; unqualifiedly (un-kwori-fid-KJ, "adr. In 
not generally seen or known. [Rare.] unqualified manner ; without qualification ; ab 
Virgins must be retired and unpublic. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, ii. 3. 
unpublished (un-pub'lisht), a. 1. Not made 
public; secret; private. 
Unpublish'd virtues. Shak., Lear, iv. 4. 16. 
2. Not published ; still in manuscript, as a book. 
3. Not modified or restricted by conditions or 
exceptions; absolute: as, unqualified praise, unquiescence 
That women and children taken in war, and such men JWjetnde. 
Their unquestioned pleasures must be served. 
B. Jomon. 
unquestioningness (un-kwes'chon-ing-nes), . 
The character of being unquestioning ; unques- 
tioning action. [Rare.] 
The new men . . . have come to be accepted . . . with 
. . . cordial unqucKtivningnrss. The Century, ix. 3. 
unquick (un-kwik'), a. 1. Not quick; slow. 
Imp. Dict.ty. Not alive or lively. Daniel, 
Civil Wars. iii. 
(un-kwi-es'ens), . Disquiet; 
. WHWWU van^ii in will MJU Buull HIGH . . , , 1 -/ i\ rf l --r 
as have not been slain, naturally fall into unqualijied Unquiet 1 (un-kwi'et), a. [< MM -I- qmet.] Not 
servitude, is manifest. //. Spencer, Priu. of Sociol., 456. quiet; not calm or tranquil; 
solutely. 
Him of Cyprus, to whom the Syriac versions unquali- 
fiedly attribute them. Amer. Jour. Philol., VIII. 91. 
unqualifiedness (un-kwol'i-fid-nes), n. The 
character or state of being unqualified. 
, restless; agitated; 
disturbed ; also, causing disturbance. 
For almost all the world their service bend 
To Phoebus, and in vain my light I lend, 
Gaz'd on unto my setting from my rise 
Almost of none but of unquiet eyes. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, i. 
A tumbrell or cucking-stool, set up ... for the correc- 
tion of unquiet women. 
The finest Turner etching is of an aqueduct with a stork 
The advertency and unqualified, of copiers. * ?7' "J* ' S me ^ < > - *>. 
Bibliotheca Biblica, I. 65. (Encyc. Diet.) Unquiet j t (un-kwi et), V. t. [< MH- 2 + quiet.] 
standing in a mountain stream, not iii the published se- Unqualify (un-kwol'i-fl). t [< -2 + riualifil 1 To disquiet. 
V?a 8 Mala a^CroVhurst."' 6 unpublished etchiu 8 8 of the To divest of qualifications ; disqualify. [Rare.] 
Sunkin, Elements of Drawing, 1872. Deafness unqualifies me for all company. Sunft. 
unpucker (un-puk'er), v. t. [< >i-2 + pucker.] unqualitiedt (un-kwol'i-tid), a. 
To smooth away the puckers of ; relax. the usual qualities or faculties. 
He is unqualified with very shame. 
Shak., A. and C., iii. 11. 44. 
Let but Teufelsdrockh open his mouth, Heuschrecke's 
also unpuckered itself into a free doorway. 
Between your cousin and Master Manly has 
Unquieted us all. B. Jonson, Devil is an Ass, iv. 1. 
Deprived of tmquietly (un-kwi'et-li), adv. In an unquiet 
manner or state ; without rest ; in an agitated 
state ; uneasily. 
One minded like the weather, most tmquietly. 
Carlyle, Sartor Kesartus, i. 3. unqualified (un-kwon'ti-fid), a. Not quanti- Shak " Leir > "' L a 
unpufft (un-puf '), v. t. [<m-2 +pu/.] To take fied.-Unquantified proposition. See proposition. Unquietness (un-kw!'et-nes), . The state of 
away the vanity of ; humble. Unquarrelablet (un-kwor'el-a-bl), a. [< wn-l + 
We might mpu/ our heart, and bend our knee, quarrel 1 + -able.] Incapable of being quarreled 
T' appease with sighs God's wrathfull Maiestie. with, objected to, or impugned. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 4. Sllch -thfactoly ^ nngu arrelable reasons, 
unpunctual (un-pungk'tu-al), a. Not punc- Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 10. 
being unquiet; agitation; excitement; uneasi- 
ness; restlessness. 
lago. Is my lord angry ? 
Emilia. He went hence but now, 
And certainly in strange unnuietnexs. 
Shak., Othello, iii. 4. 133. 
unpunctually (un-pungk'tu-al-i), adv. In an Unquenchable (un-kwen'cha-bl), a. and . I. o. 
unpunctual manner ; not punctually. Not quenchable ; incapable of being quenched, 
unpunishable (un-pun'ish-a-bl), a. Not pun- extinguished, allaved, orthe like: &s,nnqurnrl,- 
ishable ; not capable or deserving of being able fire, thirst, etc. 
1. Not discharged: not'freed from 
obligation. 
Gracinus, we must pray you, hold your guards 
Unquit when morning comes. 
B. Jonzon, Sejanns, v. ;">. 
