Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-HAND'Y, a.

1. Not dextrous; not skillful; not ready in the use of the hands; awkward; as, a person unhandy at his work.
2. Not convenient; as, an unhandy posture for writing.

UN-HANG', v.t.

1. To divest or strip of hangings, as a room.
2. To take from the hinges; as, to unhang a gate.

UN-HANG'ED, or UN-HUNG', a.

Not hung or hanged; not punished by hanging. Shak.

UN-HAP', n.

Ill luck; misfortune. [Not in use.] Sidney.

UN-HAP'PI-ED, a.

Made unhappy. [Not in use.] Shak.

UN-HAP'PI-LY, adv.

Unfortunately; miserably; calamitously. Milton.

UN-HAP'PI-NESS, n.

1. Misfortune; ill luck. Burnet.
2. Infelicity; misery. It is our great unhappiness, when any calamities fall upon us, that we are uneasy and dissatisfied. Wake. [But it usually expresses less than misery or wretchedness.]
3. Mischievous prank. [Not in use.] Shak.

UN-HAP'PY, a.

1. Unfortunate; unlucky. He has been unhappy in his choice of a partner. Affairs have taken an unhappy turn.
2. Not happy; in a degree miserable or wretched. She is unhappy in her marriage. Children sometimes render their parents unhappy.
3. Evil; calamitous; marked by infelicity; as, an unhappy day. This unhappy morn. Milton.
4. Mischievous; irregular. Shak.

UN-HAR'ASS-ED, a.

Not harassed; not vexed or troubled. Trumbull.

UN-HAR'BOR, v.t.

To drive from harbor or shelter.

UN-HAR'BOR-ED, a.

Not sheltered, or affording no shelter. Milton.

UN-HAR'BOR-ING, a.

Not harboring. Scott.

UN-HARD'EN-ED, a.

1. Not hardened; not indurated; as metal.
2. Not hardened; not made obdurate; as the heart. Shak.

UN-HARD'Y, a.

1. Not hardy; feeble; not able to endure fatigue.
2. Not having fortitude; not bold; timorous. Milton.

UN-HARM'ED, a.

Unhurt; uninjured; unimpaired. Locke.

UN-HARM'FUL, a.

Not doing harm; harmless; innoxious. Themselves unharmful, let them live unharm'd. Dryden.

UN-HAR-MO'NI-OUS, a.

1. Not having symmetry or congruity; disproportionate. Milton.
2. Discordant; unmusical; jarring; as sounds. Swift.

UN-HAR-MO'NI-OUS-LY, adv.

With jarring; discordantly.

UN-HAR'NESS, v.t.

1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear.
2. To disarm; to divest of armor.

UN-HAR'NESS-ED, pp.

Stripped of harness; divested of armor.

UN-HAR'NESS-ING, ppr.

Stripping off harness or gear.

UN-HATCH'ED, a.

1. Not hatched; not having left the egg.
2. Not matured and brought to light; not disclosed.

UN-HAZ'ARD-ED, a.

Not hazarded; not put in danger; not exposed to loss; not adventured. Milton.

UN-HAZ'ARD-OUS, a.

Not hazardous. Coleridge.

UN-HEAD', v.t. [unhed'.]

To take out the head of; as, to unhead a cask.