Dictionary: UN-AP-PROV'ING-LY – UN-ASK'ED

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UN-AP-PROV'ING-LY, adv.

With disapprobation.

UN-APT', a.

  1. Not apt; not ready or propense. A soldier, unapt to weep. Shak.
  2. Dull; not ready to learn.
  3. Unfit; not qualified; not disposed; with to, before a verb, and for, before a noun; as, unapt to admit a conference with reason. Hooker. Unapt for noble, wise, spiritual employments. Taylor.
  4. Improper; unsuitable. Johnson.

UN-APT'LY, adv.

Unfitly; improperly. Grew.

UN-APT'NESS, n.

  1. Unfitness; unsuitableness. Spenser.
  2. Dullness; want of quick apprehension. Shak.
  3. Unreadiness; disqualification; want of propension. The mind, by excess of exertion, gets an unaptness to vigorous attempts. Locke.

UN-AR'GU-ED, a.

  1. Not argued; not debated.
  2. Not disputed; not opposed by argument. Milton.
  3. Not censured; a Latinism. [Not used.] B. Jonson.

UN-ARM', v.t.

To disarm; to strip of armor or arms.[Not used.] [See Disarm.] Shak.

UN-ARM'ED, a.

  1. Not having on arms or armor; not equipped. Man is born unarmed. It is mean to attack even enemy unarmed.
  2. Not furnished with scales, prickles, or other defense; animals and plants.

UN-AR-RAIGN'ED, a.

Not arraigned; not brought to trial. Daniel.

UN-AR-RANG'ED, a.

Not arranged; not disposed in order.

UN-AR-RAY'ED, a.

  1. Not arrayed; not dressed. Dryden.
  2. Not disposed in order.

UN-AR-REST'ED, a.

Not stopped; not apprehended.

UN-AR-RIV'ED, a.

Not arrived. [Ill formed.] Young.

UN-ART'ED, a.

Ignorant of the arts. [Not in use.] Waterhouse.

UN-ART'FUL, a.

  1. Not artful; artless; not having cunning. Dryden.
  2. Wanting skill. [Little used.] Cheyne.

UN-ART'FUL-LY, adv.

Without art; in an unartful manner. Swift. [In lieu of these words, artless and artlessly are generally used.]

UN-AR-TIC'U-LA-TED, a.

Not articulated or distinctly pronounced. Encyc.

UN-AR-TI-FI'CIAL, a.

Not artificial; not formed by art.

UN-AR-TI-FI'CIAL-LY, adv.

Not with art; in a manner contrary to art. Derham.

UN-ART'IST-LIKE, a.

Not like an artist.

UN-AS-CEND'ED, a.

Not ascended.

UN-AS-CEND'I-BLE, a.

That can not be ascended. Marshall.

UN-AS-CER-TAIN'A-BLE, a.

That can not be ascertained, or reduced to a certainty; that can not be certainly known. The trustees are unascertainable. Wheaton's Rep.

UN-AS-CER-TAIN'ED, a.

Not reduced to a certainty; not certainly known. Hamilton.

UN-A-SHAM'ED, a.

Not ashamed.

UN-ASK'ED, a.

  1. Not asked; unsolicited; as, to bestow favors unasked; that was an unasked favor.
  2. Not sought by entreaty or care. The bearded corn ensu'd From earth unask'd. Dryden.