Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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.]

1. 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.
2. Not stable; not well fixed. With feet unfirm. Dryden.

UN-FIRM'NESS, n.

A weak state; instability.

UN-FIT', a.

1. Not fit; improper; unsuitable. Milton.
2. Unqualified; as, a man unfit for an office.

UN-FIT', v.t.

1. To disable; to make unsuitable; to deprive of the strength, skill or proper qualities for any thing. Sickness unfits a man for labor.
2. 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.

1. 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.
2. 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.

1. Rendering unsuitable; disqualifying.
2. adj. Improper; unbecoming.

UN-FIX', v.t.

1. To loosen from any fastening; to detach from any thing that holds; to unsettle; to unhinge; as, to unfix the mind or affections.
2. To make fluid; to dissolve. Nor can the rising sun Unfix their frosts. Dryden.

UN-FIX'ED, pp.

1. Unsettled; loosened.
2. adj. Wandering; erratic; inconstant; having no settled habitation.
3. 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.

1. Not flattering; not gratifying with obsequious behavior; not coloring the truth to please.
2. 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.

1. Not yet furnished with feathers; implumous; as, an unfledged bird.
2. 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.