unwield 
unwieldt (un-weld'), a. [< ME. uinrerldr, tin- 
welde, < MH-' + iceldc, < AS. wi/ltie, powerful, 
< wcaldan wield: see wield.'] Weak; impotent, 
ThemorehepreysethEelde, 
Though he be crokeif and unweelde. 
Bom. of the Rose, 1. 4886. 
unwieldily (un-wel'di-li), adv. In an unwieldy 
6656 
unwisdom (un-wiz'dum), . [< ME. umc isdom, 
onwisdom ; < toi- 1 + wisdom.] Lack of wisdom ; 
ignorance; foolishness; folly; unwise conduct 
or speech. 
Let us not commit the unwisdom, rebuked ages ago by 
the highest voice, of disputing among ourselves which 
8h "" Id ' B tlie greates l A _ Freeman , Aracr . 1^., ,,. 98 . 
The state of 
being unwieldy; heaviness; difficulty of being 
moved: as, the vnmMmessot a person having 
a corpulent body. Donne, Love's Diet. 
. o&lutarch, 
(un-wel'di) a [Early mod E also 
M < 1 + viMy. Movable or mov- 
ing with difficulty; unmanageable from size, 
aViariB nr wpio-rit- lacking nliahilitv BS BTI 
wSldu hulk* In iSwa g p?ck y ' 
and so 
a body 
Guevara Letters (tr by Hellowes, 1577), p. 340. 
Public business, in its whole unwieldy compass, must 
lwRvn form t p s ubiect of these daily chronicles 
LouS Style i 
d ^BartLt mekl i 
' 
ae Bart mek 
Hrcue^aft^ K-] ' 
unwilful(un-wil'ful) 10. Notwilful; notchar 
d ZK^KSi55 
fun wiz'in adv K ME imwiwli. mi 
(un-wiz n;, !,. n M - 1! '- unwisely, mi- 
mmisliehe > < AS - **, unwisely ; as 
+ .-%?' ] *?, an "T^ 6 maMe ; ; in ^ Ud r 
ClOUSly ; indiscreetly ; not wisely ; not prudent- 
ty : as ' unwisely rigid; unwisely studious. 
,. , Saue the . 9 fonnet l ^f< <* frigies of troy 
Tllftt W e '!/ has wroght with wyttis full febill, 
And offendit our frenchyp thurgh foil of horn seluyn. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4207. 
(un-wish'),,. t. [< - + ^..] To 
"tn V ' iT^^ ^ 
(un '.' w isht'), 'a. Not wished for; 
-tsough/; not desiii'd; unwelcome. *.', 
JVl. JN. 1)., 1. 1. 01. 
(un-wisf), a. [ME. unwist, 
'ss i'. \JK 
He ... who uratwifg what he has willed. Longfellow. 
unwilled (un-wild'),. 1. Deprived of the fac- 
ulty of will; bereft of the power of volition. 
rBare.1 
Now, your will is all unwilled. 
Mrs. Browning, Duchess May. 
2. Not willed; not purposed; involuntary; un- 
intentional ; spontaneous. Clarke. 
unwilling (un-wil'ing), a. 1. Not willing; 
loath; disinclined; reluctant: as, an unwitting 
servant. ' 
If the sun rise unwilling to his race. Dryden. 
The next came Nedham in on lusty horse, 
That, angry with delay, at trumpet's sound, 
Would snort, and stamp, and stand upon no ground, 
Unwilling of his master's tarriance. Peele, Polyhymnia. 
2f. Undesigned; involuntary. 
Patience, I pray you ; 'twas a fault unwilling. 
Shak., T. of the s., iv. i. 169. 
= Syn. Opposed, averse, indisposed, backward. 
unwillingly (un-wil'ing-U), adv. In an unwill- 
ing manner; against one's will; not with good 
will ; reluctantly. Sliak., Tempest, i. 2. 368. 
unwillingness (un-wil'ing-nes), . The state 
of being unwilling; loathness; disinclination; 
reluctance. Shak., Eich. III., ii. 2. 92. 
unwily (un-wi'li), . Not wily; free from 
cunnine Eclectic Rev 
unwind ;un-wind'), .: [< ME. unwinden, on- 
wmden, < AS. unwindaii, unwind, < -, back, 
+ windan, wind: see u-2 and winfo.] I. trans, 
1. To wind off; loose or separate, as what is 
wound or convolved; set free or loose! as, to 
unwind thread or a ball. 2. To disentangle; 
fi-oo ftvitn ontonrlQrv,Qr,t 
tree trom entanglement. 
In regard of them who desiring to serve God as they 
UnwM of every wyght but of Pandare. 
__. Chaucer, Troiliis, iii. 803. 
2 - Unknowing; ignorant. 
He 8hal the ese, unwyet of it hymselve. 
Chaucer, Troilus, ii. 1400. 
unwitt (un-wif ), v. t. [< ME. unwiten; < wn- 1 
+ wit, v.] To be ignorant. 
Whan that God knoweth anything to be, he ne unwot 
nat that thilke wantith necessite to be. 
mr > iius, v. prone 6. 
unwitt (un-wif), . [< ME. unwit, unwitt, onwit, 
^ -^8. ungewit, unwisdom, folly ; as un- 1 + wit, 
"'] Lack of wit; folly. 
Hym wyte I that I dye, 
And myn unwit, that ever I clomb so hye. 
Chaucer, Complaint of Mars, 1. 271. 
unwitch (un-wich ),v.t. [< un-l + witcli.\ To 
free from the effects of witchcraft ; disenchant, 
U.Jonson, Lvery Man in his Humour, iv. /. 
a ^Sl j 
unwithdrawmg (un-wi^H-dra ing), a. Not 
withdrawing; continually liberal. 
Such a full and unwithdrauring hand. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 711. 
unwithered (un-wiTH'erd), . Not withered 
or faded. 
The yet unwither'd blush. 
Shirley (and Fletcher?), Coronation, v. 
unwithering (un-wiTH'er-ing) . . Not liable 
to wither or fade. Cowper, Task, m. 570. 
unwithheld (un-wiTH-held'), a. Notwithheld; 
not kept or held back; not hindered. Thomson, 
To Sir Isaac Newton. 
Unwithstood (un-wiTH-stud'), n. Not opposed 
nr rpsii at p ri T Pliillna Plrlov 1 
eel. J. Philips, Uder, i. 
Unwitnessed (un-wit nest), a. Not witnessed ; 
^ 
unworn 
Not knowing; not wise; foolish. JTyctif, Wis- 
dom iii. 12. 2. Not witty; destitute of wit: 
as, unwitty jokes. Shenstone, A Simile. 
unwivedt' (un-wivd'), a. Having no wife. 
belaen. 
unWOUian (un-wiim'an), V. t. To deprive of 
of a woman ; unsex. Sandys, tr. 
not, + 
^ise: see -i and tetsei.] 1. Not wise; 
La ^ king wlsdom or judgmeut J . foolish . illdis ! 
-. Notwomanly; 
a woman ; unfeminine. 
A pjXYe* needled toead" 88 ' 
lle ; e | d o ; lg of the shlrt . 
ada P ted to tne desired end; injudicious; im- 
*' 
For yollr poor chi i dr en' 9 sake, do not so unwomanly 
' 
unw ndert (^wmi'der), v. t To deprive of 
WO nder; explain so as to make no longer a 
wonder ' or marvel. 
While* Papists orie up this his incredible continency, 
others easily Snwonder the same, by imputing it partly to 
his impotence afflicted with an iiiflrmitie, partly to the 
distaste of his wife ( D arie ) 
uer, 01 HSI., 11. VI. 11. ^ 
unwondering (un-wun'der-iug), . Not won- 
derine- incurious 
^ wiser D ow, "the unvondenno wor.d, alas! 
^ & " ^ "^1 WP^P&X P- 23, 
unwontt (un-wunf), a. Unwonted; unaccus- 
tome, 
Unwont with heards to watch, or pasture sheepe. 
Spenser, R Q., VI. xi. 40. 
quent ; rare : as, an unwonted sight ; unwonted 
changes. Dryden. 
And Joy n.onted, and surprise, 
Gave their strange wildness to his eyes. 
Seott, Marmion, vi. 6. 
2. Unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar 
by practice: as, a child unwonted to strangers. 
Milton. 
unwontedly (un-wun'ted-li), adv. In an un- 
won t e d or unaccustomed manner. 
unwontedness (un-wun'ted-nes), . The state 
of being unwonted ; uncommonness; rareness. 
Jer. Taylor (f), Artificial Handsomeness, p. 121. 
unWOOed(un-wod'),a. Not wooed; not courted. 
Shak Sonnets liv 
^^f taMrfK 'r. t. To remove the woof 
of [R are ] 
unworded (un-wer'ded), a. Not worded ; not 
gpoken, told, or mentioned; also, not speaking; 
silent. 
You ghou)d have fomld my thanks paid , n a smi]e 
if i had fell unworded. 
Fletcher (and another), Nice Valour, ii. 1. 
So, still unworded, save in memory mute, 
VTeiw"lvr, ? cs. a Music fand Words 
. ' * 
UnWOTk (un-werk ), ti. *. To undo. 
If they light in the middle or bottom of a dead hedge, 
entangle them. HooKer, Eccles. Polity, v. 4. 
II. mtrans. To admit of being unwound; be- 
come unwound : as, a skein that unwinds easily. 
Mortimer. 
'lfS ' tM 
>se - 
When that thaire een gynnclh forto unwynk 
A'ree'de i-iht r b UnChe ' " >tO the la " de ' 6t 8y " k 
*" Palladium, HuBbondrie (E. E. T S ) p 105 
iitiwintiTiff I-UTI T r,,,'Hv\ A'^t -\- 
,^Tll f? g (U - & K )' * ? Wmkm S; 
not shutting the eyes; not ceasing to wake or 
, 7 . ... . .. 
V. Knox, Essays, No. 17. 
unwinning (un-win'ing), . Not winning; not 
adapted to win or gain favor ; unconciliatory. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., II. ii. 7. 
unwiped (un-wipf), a. Not wiped; not cleaned 
by rubbing. Shak., Macbeth, ii. 3. 108. 
unwire(un-wir'),t). t. [< w-a + wire.] Tore- 
move the wire of; take out the wire from. 
[Rare.] 
I must unwire that cage and liberate the captive. 
Walter Culton, Ship and Shore, p. 88. 
mwittlly (un-wit'i-li), fc. [< ME. unwitUli; 
< unwitty + -Iy9.] Without wit; not wittily. 
Cowley. 
Unwittingt (un-wit'ing), n. [< ME. unwittinge; 
< ""- 1 + wm 9' '] Vorance. 
And now, bretheren, I woot that by unwiting see diden. 
Wyclif, Acts iii. 17. 
unwitting (un-wit'ing), a. [Formerly also un- 
Beting; < ME. unwittyng, unwityng, unwetyng. 
onwitinde, < AS. unwitend (= OHG. unwizzende 
= Icel. UVitandi); as -! + witting, a.] Not 
^awivg ; ignorant. 
Unwittyng of this Dorigen at al. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, 1. 208. 
Children that, unwitting why, 
^ent the gay shout their shrilly cry. 
' e L-, iii. 20. 
unwittingly (un-wit'mg-h), adv. [< ME. unwit- 
tyngly, unwetandli; < unwitting + -ly"*.] With- 
out knowing ; ignorantly. Chaucer. 
They run from my pen unwittingly, if they be verse. 
B. Junson, Poetaster, i. 1. 
unwitty (un-wit'i), a. [< ME. unwitti (= OHG. 
unwizzig = Icel. uvitugr) ; < un- 1 + witty.] If. 
.,i,oi.i / i,'v v.i\ /, i w^+ 
unworkable (un-werka-bl), . 1 Not work- 
abl o e 5 2P* capable of being wrought into shape. 
~ 2 - Hard to manage or to induce to work; 
I think it would be difficult tonndabodymoreMior- 
Me< or more difflcult to brl together or to manage. 
Lancet, No. 3522, p. 505. 
IB without 
lik) a Not 
workman 
un ke 
aioners as proofs of the success of the manual-training 
course. New York Evening Post, April 25, 1891. 
unworld (un-werld'), v. t. To cause not to be 
worldly or to belong to the world. [Rare.] 
Take away the least vericulum out of the world, and it 
unworldsM. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 21. 
unworldliness (un-werld'li-nes), n. The state 
of being unworldly. 
unworldly (un-werld'li), a. Not worldly; not 
influenced by worldly or sordid motives; spir- 
itual 
^agygg^ (un-wermd'), a. Not wormed ; not 
having the worm-like lytta cut from under the 
tongue said of a dog 
She is mad with love, 
As mad as ever unworn' d dog was. ' 
Beau, and Fl., Woman Pleased, iv. S. 
unworn (un-worn '), . Not worn ; not impaired. 
Burke. 
