Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: UN-EN-TAN'GLE – UN-EQ'UI-TA-BLE
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UN-EN-TAN'GLE, v.t.
To free from complication or perplexity; to disentangle. Donne.
UN-EN-TAN'GLED, pp.
- Disentangled.
- a. Not entangled; not complicated; not perplexed.
Not enterprising; not adventurous.
UN-EN'TER-PRIS-ING-LY, adv.
Without enterprise.
Not entertaining or amusing; giving no delight. Pope.
UN-EN-TER-TAIN-ING-LY, adv.
Without entertainment.
The quality of being unentertaining or dull.
UN-EN-THRALL'ED, a.
Not enslaved; not reduced to thralldom.
UN-EN-TOMB-ED, a.
Not buried; not interred. Dryden.
Not entomological. Kirby.
Not numbered; not included among enumerated articles.
UN-EN'VI-A-BLE, a.
Not enviable. Byron.
UN-EN'VI-ED, a.
Not envied; exempt from the envy of others.
UN-EN'VI-OUS, a.
Not envious; free from envy.
UN-EN'VY-ING, a.
Not envying. Ed. Rev.
UN-E-PIS'CO-PAL, a.
Not episcopal. Ed. Rev.
UN-EP'I-TAPH-ED, a.
Having no epitaph. Pollok.
UN-E'QUA-BLE, a.
Different from itself; different at different times; not uniform; diverse; as, unequable months or seasons. Bentley.
UN-E'QUAL, a. [L. inaequalis.]
- Not equal; not even; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, &c.; as, men of unequal stature; house of unequal dimensions.
- Not equal in strength, talents, acquirements, &c.; inferior.
- Not equal in age or station; inferior.
- Insufficient; inadequate. His strength is unequal to the task.
- Partial; unjust; not furnishing equivalents to the different parties; as, an unequal peace; an unequal bargain.
- Disproportioned; ill matched. Against unequal arms to fight in pain. Milton.
- Not regular; not uniform; as, unequal pulsations. Dryden.
- In botany, having the parts not corresponding in size, but in proportion only, as a corol; rugged; not even or smooth as the surface of a leaf or stem. Martyn. Cyc. An unequal leaf, is when the two halves, separated by the mid-rib, are unequal in dimensions, and their bases not parallel; called also an oblique leaf. Smith. Cyc.
UN-E'QUAL-A-BLE, a.
Not to be equaled. Boyle.
UN-E'QUAL-ED, a.
Not to be equaled; unparalleled; unrivaled; in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
UN-E'QUAL-LY, adv.
- Not equally; in different degrees; in disproportion to each other.
- Not with like sentiments, temper, or religious opinions or habits. 2 Cor. vi.
UN-E'QUAL-NESS, n.
State of being unequal; inequality. Temple.
UN-E-QUIP'PED, a.
Not equipped.
UN-EQ'UI-TA-BLE, a.
- Not equitable; not just.
- Not impartial. [Inequitable is generally used.]