Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: UN-FILL'ED – UN-FLIT'TING
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UN-FILL'ED, a.
Not filled; not fully supplied. Taylor.
UN-FILM'ED, a.
Not covered with a film. Brit. Spy.
UN-FIN'ISH-ED, a.
Not finished; not complete; not brought to an end; imperfect; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished painting. Dryden.
UN-FIR'ED, a.
Not fired; not inflamed.
UN-FIRM', a. [See Firm.]
- Not firm; weak; feeble; infirm. Note. When we speak of the weakness of the human frame, we use infirm. When we speak of the weakness of other things, as a bridge, wall and the like, we say, it is unfirm.
- Not stable; not well fixed. With feet unfirm. Dryden.
UN-FIRM'NESS, n.
A weak state; instability.
UN-FIT', a.
- Not fit; improper; unsuitable. Milton.
- Unqualified; as, a man unfit for an office.
UN-FIT', v.t.
- To disable; to make unsuitable; to deprive of the strength, skill or proper qualities for any thing. Sickness unfits a man for labor.
- To disqualify; to deprive of the moral or mental qualities necessary for any thing. Sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.
UN-FIT'LY, adv.
Not properly; unsuitably.
UN-FIT'NESS, n.
- Want of suitable powers or qualifications, physical or moral; as, the unfitness of a sick man for labor, or of an ignorant man for office; the unfitness of sinners for the enjoyment of heaven.
- Want of propriety or adaptation to character or place; as, unfitness of behavior or of dress.
UN-FIT'TED, pp.
Rendered unsuitable; disqualified.
UN-FIT'TING, ppr.
- Rendering unsuitable; disqualifying.
- adj. Improper; unbecoming.
UN-FIX', v.t.
- To loosen from any fastening; to detach from any thing that holds; to unsettle; to unhinge; as, to unfix the mind or affections.
- To make fluid; to dissolve. Nor can the rising sun Unfix their frosts. Dryden.
UN-FIX'ED, pp.
- Unsettled; loosened.
- adj. Wandering; erratic; inconstant; having no settled habitation.
- Having no settled view or object of pursuit.
UN-FIX'ED-NESS, n.
The state of being unsettled.
UN-FIX'ING, ppr.
Unsettling; loosening.
UN-FLAG'GING, a.
Not flagging; not drooping; maintaining strength or spirit. South.
UN-FLAT'TER-ED, a.
Not flattered. Young.
UN-FLAT'TER-ING, a.
- Not flattering; not gratifying with obsequious behavior; not coloring the truth to please.
- Not affording a favorable prospect; as, the weather is unflattering.
UN-FLAT'TER-ING-LY, adv.
Without flattery.
UN-FLAW'ED, a.
Having no flaw.
UN-FLEDG'ED, a.
- Not yet furnished with feathers; implumous; as, an unfledged bird.
- Young; not having attained to full growth. Shak.
UN-FLESH'ED, a.
Not fleshed; not seasoned to blood; raw; as, an unfleshed hound; unfleshed valor. Shak.
UN-FLINCH'ING, a.
Not flinching; not shrinking. Allen.
UN-FLIT'TING, a.
Not flitting. E. Irving.