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thoughts, as were not in that place and time unpracticalle. 
Hoyle. 
UNPRA'CTISED, aelj. Not skilful by use and expe¬ 
rience ; raw ; being in the state of a novice. 
The full sum of me 
Is an unlesson’d girl, unschool’d, unpractis'd. Shakspeare. 
Not known; or not familiar by use. 
His tender eye, by too direct a ray. 
Wounded, and flying from unpractis'd day. Prior. 
UNPRAI'SED, adj. Not celebrated ; not praised. 
The land. 
In antique times was savage wilderness; 
Unpeopled, unmanur’d, unprov’d, unprais'd. Spenser. 
UNPRECA'RIOUS, adj. Not dependent on another. 
The stars, which grace the high expansion bright. 
By their own beams, and unprecarious light, 
At a vast distance from each other lie. Blackmore. 
UNPRE'CEDENTED, adj. Not justifiable by any ex¬ 
ample..—The secret of all this unprecedented proceeding in 
their masters, they must not impute to freedom. Swift. 
UNPRECI'SE, adj. Loose; not exact.—Chatterton gave 
a vague unprecise explanation from his own head, or from 
imperfect remembrance. Warton. 
To UNPREDI'CT, v. n. To retract prediction. 
Means I must use, thou say’st: prediction else 
Will unpredict, and fail me of the throne. Milton. 
UNPREFE'IIRED, adj. Not advanced.—To make a 
scholar, keep him under, while he is young, or unpreferred. 
Collier. 
UNPRE'GNANT, adj. Not prolific; not quick of wit. 
This deed unshapes me quite, makes me unpregnant, ^ 
And dull to all proceedings. Shakspeare. 
UNPREJU'DICATE, or Unpreju'dicated, adj. Not 
prepossessed by any settled notions.—Let me appeal to the 
hearts of all judicious and unprejudicated readers. Bp. 
Hall. 
UNPREJUDICED, adj. Free from prejudice; free from 
prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; void of precon¬ 
ceived notions.—The meaning of them may be so plain, as 
that any unprejudiced and reasonable man may certainly 
understand them. Tillotson. 
UNPRE'JUDICEDNESS, s. State of being unprejudiced. 
—Hearing the reason of the case with patience and unpre¬ 
judicedness, is an equity which men owe to every truth that 
can in any manner concern them. Clarke. 
UNPRELA'TICAL, adj. Unsuitable to a prelate.—The 
archbishop of York, by such unprelatical, ignominious ar¬ 
guments, in plain terms advised him to pass that act. Cla¬ 
rendon. 
UNPREMEDITATED, adj. Not prepared in the mind 
beforehand. 
Ask me what question thou canst possible. 
And I will answer unpremeditated. Shakspeare. 
UNPREPA'RED, adj. Not fitted by previous measures. 
In things which most concern 
Unpractis’d, unprepar'd, and still to seek. Milton. 
Not made fit for the dreadful moment of departure. 
I would not kill thy unprepared spirit; 
No; heavensforefend. Shakspeare. 
UNPREPA'REDNESS, s. State of being'unprepared.— 
I believe my innocency and unprepandness to assert my 
rights and honour, make me the most guilty in their esteem; 
who would not so easily have declared a war against me, if 
I had first assaulted them. King Charles. 
UNPREPOSSESSED, adj. Not prepossessed; not pre¬ 
occupied by notions.—It finds the mind naked, and unpre¬ 
possessed with any former notions, and so easily and insen¬ 
sibly gains upon the assent. South. 
UNPRE'SSED, adj. Not pressed.—Have I my pillow 
left unpress'd in Rome? Shakspeare. —Not inforced.— 
They left not any errour in government unmentioned, or 
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unpressed, with the sharpest and most pathetical expressions. 
Clarendon. 
UNPRESU'MPTUOUS, adj. Not presumptuous; sub¬ 
missive; humble. 
Who, with filial confidence inspir’d. 
Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye. 
And smiling say, “ My Father made them all.” Cowper. 
UNPRETE'NDING, adj. Not claiming any distinctions. 
—Bad writers are not ridiculed, because ridicule ought to be 
a pleasure: but to undeceive and vindicate the honest and 
unpretending part of mankind from imposition. Pope. 
UNPREV AIDING, adj. Being of no force.—Throw to 
earth this unprevailing woe. Shakspeare. 
UNPREVE'NTED, adj. Not previously hindered. 
A pack of sorrows, which would press you down, 
If unprevented, to your timeless grave. Shakspeare. 
Not preceded by any thing. 
Thy grace 
Comes unprevented, unimplor’d, unsought. Milton. 
To UNPRIE'ST, v. a. To deprive of the orders of a 
priest.—Leo, bishop of Rome, only unpriests him. Milton. 
UNPRIE'STLY, adj. Unsuitable to a priest.—King Ed¬ 
gar, in his oration to the clergy, rebuked the priestes very 
sore for bankettynge with their wines; for pretermittynge 
their canonical hours; for their unpriest In apparellings. 
Bale. 
UNPRl'NCELY, adj. Unsuitable to a prince.—I could 
not have given my enemies greater advantages, than by so 
unprineely an inconstancy. King Charles. 
UNPRINCIPLED, adj. Not settled in tenets or opinions. 
I do not think my sister so to seek. 
Or so unprincipled in virtue’s book. 
As that the single want of light and noise 
Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts. Milton. 
UNPRI'NTED, adj. Not printed.—Defer it, till you 
have finished these that are yet unprinted. Pope. 
UNPRI'SONED, adj. Set free from confinement. 
Several desires led parts away. 
Water declin’d with earth, the air did stay ; 
Fire rose, and each from other but unty’d, 
Themselves unprison'd were, and purify’d. Donne. 
UNPRI'ZABLE, adj. Not valued; not of estimation. 
A baubling vessel was he captain of. 
For shallow draught and bulk unprizable. Shakspeare. 
UNPRI'ZED, adj. Not valued. 
Not all the dukes of waterish Burgundy, 
Can buy this unpriz'd, precious maid of me. Shakspeare. 
UNPROCLA'IMED, adj. Not notified by a public de¬ 
claration. 
The Syrian king, who to surprize 
One man, assassin-like, had levy’d war, 
War unproclaim'd. Milton. 
UNPRODU'CTIVE, adj. Having no power to produce; 
not efficient; barren. 
UNPROFA'NED, adj. Not violated. 
Unspoil’d shall be her arms, and unprofan'd 
Her holy limbs with any human hand: 
And in a marble tomb laid in her native land. Dryden. 
UNPROFI'CIENCY, s. Want of improvement.—Let 
mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, for the ob¬ 
stinate unproficiency of the sons of my mother under the 
heavy hand of my God. Bp. Hall. 
UNPRO'FITABLE, adj. Useless; serving no purpose. 
—The church being eased of unprofitable labours, needful 
offices may the better be attended. Hooker. 
UNPROFITABLENESS, s. Uselessness.—We are so 
persuaded of the unprofitableness of your science, that you 
can but leave us where you find us; but if you succeed, you 
increase the number of your party. Addison. 
UNPRO'FITABLY, adv. Uselessly; without advan¬ 
tage. 
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