Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-WITH-STOOD', a.

Not opposed. Philips.

UN-WIT'NESS-ED, a.

Not witnessed; not attested by witnesses; wanting testimony.

UN-WIT'TI-LY, adv.

Without wit. Cowley.

UN-WIT'TING-LY, adv.

Without knowledge or consciousness; ignorantly; as, he has unwittingly injured himself, or his neighbor.

UN-WIT'TY, a.

Not witty; destitute of wit. Shenstone.

UN-WIV'ED, a.

Having no wife. [Not used.] Selden.

UN-WO'MAN, v.t.

To deprive of the qualities of a woman. Sandys.

UN-WO'MAN-LY, a.

Unbecoming a woman.

UN-WONT', or UN-WONT'ED, a.

1. Unaccustomed; unused; not made familiar by practice; as, a child unwonted to strangers; sea calves unwonted to fresh water. May.
2. Uncommon; unusual; infrequent; rare; as, an unwonted meteor; unwonted changes. Dryden.

UN-WONT'ED-LY, adv.

A state of being unaccustomed.

UN-WONT'ED-NESS, n.

Uncommonness; rareness. Taylor.

UN-WOOD'ED, a.

Destitute of trees, timber or wood; not producing trees; the prairies of the west are unwooded.

UN-WOO'ED, a.

Not wooed; not courted. Shak.

UN-WORK'ING, a.

Living without labor. Locke.

UN-WORK'MAN-LIKE, a.

Unskillful.

UN-WORLD'LI-NESS, n.

State of being unworldly.

UN-WORLD'LY, a.

Not worldly.

UN-WORM'ED, a.

Not wormed. [Not used.] Beaum.

UN-WORN', a.

Not worn; not impaired. Young.

UN-WOR'RI-ED, a.

Not worried.

UN-WOR'SHIP-ED, a.

Not worshiped; not adored. Milton.

UN-WOR'SHIP-ING, a.

Not worshiping; habitually neglecting the worship of God. J. M. Matthews.

UN-WOR'THI-LY, adv. [See Worthy and Worth.]

Not according to desert; without due regard to merit; as, to treat a man unworthily.

UN-WOR'THI-NESS, n.

Want of worth or merit.

UN-WOR'THY, a.

1. Not deserving; followed by of. As sinners, we are utterly unworthy of the divine favor.
2. Not deserving; wanting merit. Receive your unworthy son into favor. One great evil of government is that unworthy men are elected or appointed to fill important offices.
3. Unbecoming; vile; base; as, unworthy usage or treatment. Dryden.
4. Not suitable; inadequate. This opinion is unworthy of its author.