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: not sullied or stained : spotlessly clean

Synonyms

clean, immaculate, spick-and-span, spotless, stainless, unsoiled—more at CLEAN

un·sung adjective 1 : not sung

2 : not celebrated in song or verse or otherwise praised <~ heroes>

Synonyms

anonymous, nameless, obscure, unknown—more at OBSCURE

un·sup·port·able adjective : not supportable : hardly to be suffered or borne

Synonyms

insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable—more at UNBEARABLE

un·sup·port·ed adjective 1 a : not supported or verified

b : not backed up or assisted

2 : not held up or sustained

Synonyms

baseless, groundless, invalid, unfounded, unreasonable, unsubstantiated, unwarranted—more at BASELESS

un·sure adjective 1 : lacking confidence or assurance

2 : not having certain knowledge

3 : marked by lack of confidence, assurance, or certainty

4 : not steadfast or stable

Synonyms

[1, 3] distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, unsettled—more at DOUBTFUL

un·sur·passed adjective : not surpassed or exceeded usu. in excellence

Synonyms

incomparable, inimitable, matchless, nonpareil, only, peerless, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled—more at ONLY

un·sus·pect·ing adjective 1 : not suspecting : not being suspicious

2 : deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment

un·sus·pi·cious adjective : UNSUSPECTING

un·swerv·ing adjective 1 : not swerving or turning aside

2 : STEADY

un·sym·pa·thet·ic adjective : not sympathetic : not responsive

Synonyms

callous, hard, heartless, merciless, pitiless, stony, uncharitable, unfeeling

chill, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, unfriendly, wintry—more at COLD

un·tamed adjective : not tamed or cultivated; especially : WILD

Synonyms

feral, savage, unbroken, undomesticated, wild—more at WILD

un·tan·gle verb 1 : to loose from tangles or entanglement : DISENTANGLE

2 : to straighten out : RESOLVE <~ a problem>

Synonyms

disentangle, unravel, untwine—more at UNRAVEL

clear, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, liberate, release—more at EXTRICATE

un·taught adjective 1 : not instructed or taught : IGNORANT

2 : NATURAL, SPONTANEOUS <~ kindness>

Synonyms

dark, ignorant, illiterate, simple, uneducated, unlearned—more at IGNORANT

un·think·able adjective : not to be thought of or considered as possible <~ cruelty>

Synonyms

fantastic, implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unconvincing, unimaginable—more at INCREDIBLE

un·think·ing adjective : not thinking; especially : THOUGHTLESS, HEEDLESS

— un·think·ing·ly adverb

un·thought adjective : not anticipated : UNEXPECTED — often used with of

un·thrifty adjective 1 : marked by lack of thrift

2 : not thriving or prospering

3 : not given to thrift or saving

Synonyms

extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, wasteful—more at PRODIGAL

un·ti·dy adjective 1 : not fit

2 a : not neat in appearance

b : not neat in habits or procedure

3 a : not neatly organized or carried out

b : marked by or conducive to a lack of neatness

Synonyms

[2a] dowdy, frowsy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt—more at SLOPPY

[3a, b] chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, messy—more at MESSY

un·tie verb -tied; -ty·ing or -tie·ing 1 : to free from something that ties, fastens, or restrains : UNBIND

2 : DISENTANGLE, RESOLVE

3 : to become loosened or unbound

Synonyms

unbind, undo; also unlace; disentangle, ravel, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, unwind; loose, loosen

Antonyms

bind, fasten, knot, lash, tie

1until preposition : up to the time of

2until conjunction 1 : up to the time that

2 : to the point or degree that

1untimely adverb : at an inopportune time : UNSEASONABLY; also : PREMATURELY

2untimely adjective 1 : happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper, usual, or intended time <~ death>

2 : not convenient

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