Unendurable
Un-English
Unentire
Unenviable
Unenvious
Unepiscopal
Unequible
Unerrable
Unescapable
Unevangelical
Uneventful
Unevident
Unexact
Unexaminable
Unexceptionable
Unexclusive
Unexemplary
Unexempt
Unexhaustible
Unexistent
Unexpectable
Unexpectant
Unexplainable
Unexpress
Unexpressible
Unexpugnable
Unextinct
Unfactious
Unfadable
Unfain
Unfamiliar
Unfamous
Unfashionable
Unfast
Unfatherly
Unfathomable
Unfaulty
Unfearful
Unfeasible
Unf
Unfelicitous
Unfelt
Unfeminine
Unfermentable
Unfestival
Unfine
Unfleshy
Unfluent
Unforcible
Unfordable
Unforeknowable
Unforeseeable
Unforgetful
Unforgivable
Unformal
Unframable
Unfraternal
Unfriable
Unfrightful
Unfrustrable
Unfull
Ungainable
Ungainful
Ungallant
Ungenial
Ungenteel
Ungentle
Ungentlemanlike
Ungentlemanly
Ungeometrical
Unghostly
Unglad
Ungodlike
Ungood
Ungoodly
Ungorgeous
Ungrammatical
Ungrave
Unguidable
Unguilty
Unhabile
Unhabitable
Unhale
Unhandy
Unhardy
Unharmful
Unhasty
Unhazardous
Unhealable
Unhealthful
Unhealthy
Unheavenly
Unheedful
Unhelpful
Unheritable
&colbreak;

Unhigh 
Unhonorable 
Unhopeful 
Unhostile 
Unhurt 
Unhhurtful 
Unhygienic 
Unideal 
Unidle 
Unillusory 
Unimaginable 
Unimaginative 
Unimmortal 
Unimplicit 
Unimportant 
Unimpressible 
Unimpressionable 
Unimprovable 
Unipugnable 
Unincidental 
Unincrasable 
Unindifferent 
Unindulgent 
Unindustrious 
Uninflammable 
Uninfluential 
Uningenious 
Uningenuous 
Uninhabitable 
Uninjurious 
Uninquisitive 
Uninstructive 
Unintelligent 
Unintelligible 
Unintentional 
Uninteresting 
Uninterpretable 
Uninventive 
Uninvestigable 
Unjealous 
Unjoyful 
Unjoyous 
Unjustifiable 
Unkingly 
Unknightly 
Unknotty 
Unknowable 
Unlaborious 
Unladylike 
Unlevel 
Unlibidinous 
Unlightsome 
Unlimber 
Unlineal 
Unlogical 
Unlordly 
Unlosable 
Unlovable 
Unlucent 
Unluminous 
Unlustrous 
Unlusty 
Unmaidenly 
Unmakable 
Unmalleable 
Unmanageable 
Unmanful 
Unmanlike 
Unmanly 
Unmarketable 
Unmarriable 
Unmarriageable 
Unmarvelous 
Unmasculine 
Unmatchable 
Unmatronlike 
Unmeek 
Unmeet 
Unmelodious 
Unmendable 
Unmentionable 
Unmercenary 
Unmerciable 
Unmeritable 
Unmerry 
Unmetaphorical 
Unmighty 
Unmild 
Unmilitary 
Unmindful 
Unmingleable 
Unmiraculous 
Unmiry 
Unmitigable 
Unmodifiable 
Unmodish 
Unmoist 
Unmonkish 
Unmotherly 
Unmuscular 
Unmusical 
Unmysterious 
Unnamable 
Unnative 
Unnavigable 
Unneedful 
Unnegotiable 
Unniggard 
Unnoble 
Unobjectionable
&colbreak;

—— and the like.

(c) To present particles which come from intransitive verbs, or are themselves employed as adjectives, to mark the absence of the activity, disposition, or condition implied by the participle; as, -

—— and the like.

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons.

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: —

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like.

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like.


  By PanEris using Melati.

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