UNJUST, UNJUSTLY – ADJECTIVES
– unjust, unfair UNEQUAL 1721 Sc. obs.
– unjust, unfair; wicked, iniquitous INIQUOUS 1654 obs.
– unjust, wrong; dishonourable UNRIGHT Bk1905 Sc.
UNJUST etc. – ADVERBS
– unjustly, unkindly LIKE A RED-HEADED STEPCHILD 1941 Amer. dial.
UNKEMPT – ADJECTIVES
– BOWZELLY bushy, unkempt …Bk1911 Sc.
– DAGGY of clothes, appearance, etc.: dirty; filthy; slovenly; messy; unkempt; unpleasant …1967 Aust. sl.
– DOG-EARED worn, creased, and rumpled; shabby, unkempt …19C Amer. sl.
– FEEST untidy, unkempt; filthy …1901 Amer. dial.
– FUNKY unkempt …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
– GNATTY-TAIL unkempt and disreputable …1948 Amer. dial.
– HAIRY unkempt, untidy, rough, slovenly …1956 Sc.
– HALLANSHAKER-LOOKING ragged, unkempt, like a tramp …1828 Sc.
– KABA-KABA of people: slovenly, ill-kempt, boorish-looking …20C W. Indies sl.
– OZELLY slovenly, unkempt …B1900 Sc.
– PIECE-OF-SHIT disgusting; unattractive; unkempt …1980s sl.
– RAFFELLY unkempt, slovenly …1967 Sc.
– RAGGED-ASS unkempt, ragged …1954 Amer. dial.
– RAGGED-ASSED unkempt, ragged …1984 Amer. dial.
– RAGGEDY-ASS unkempt, ragged …L19 Amer. sl.
– RAGGEDY-ASSED unkempt, ragged …L19 Amer. sl.
– RAMSHACKLE of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough …1882 Sc.
– RASPY unattractive, unkempt …L19 African-American sl.
– RASTY unattractive, unkempt …L19 African-American sl.
– RATTY run-down, ramshackle, unkempt, shabby; untidy and in poor condition …1856 sl., orig. US
– SCRUFF messy, unkempt …1950s sl.
– SKAGGY ugly, unkempt, nasty …1960s Amer. sl.
– TAGSY untidily dressed, unkempt …1972 Sc.
– TATHERY unkempt …1892 Eng. dial.
– TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
– UNKAIMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt …1801 Sc.
– UNKAMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt …1801 Sc.
– UNKEMBED uncombed; untidy, unkempt …1801 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNKEMMED uncombed; untidy, unkempt …1801 Eng. dial.
– UNKEPT unkempt …1858 Amer. dial.
– WARBY unprepossessing in appearance or disposition, unkempt, disreputable, decrepit …1920s Aust. sl.
– WOOFTY unkempt; shaggy, like a dog …1990s US sl.
UNKEMPT – NOUNS, PERSON
– ARAB an unkempt or wild-looking person, esp. a child …1903 Amer. dial.
– B.B. HEAD an unattractive or unkempt woman, esp. one with short, fuzzy, nappy hair …1980 African-American sl.
– FRIGHT a person or thing of a shocking, grotesque, unkempt, or ridiculous appearance …1751 colloq.
– MOSS-WETHER a slovenly or unkempt man …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOWY a rough, unkempt child …Bk1882 Eng. dial.
– OOBIT a ragged, shaggy, or unkempt, hairy person; an uncouth sort of person; an ill-behaved youngster; an insignificant rascal …1856 Sc.
– POT an unappealing, unkempt girl; an unattractive girl …c1935 Amer. sl.
– RAG BAG a messy, unkempt person …1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
– RAG DOLL a messy, unkempt person …1920s Aust. & NZ sl.
– RAGGEDY ANN an untidy, unkempt woman …1980s African-American sl.
– SCRUFF an unkempt, messy person; also, a term of abuse …1950s sl.
– SCRUFF-BAG a messy, unkempt person …1920s sl.
– TACKHEAD an unattractive, unkempt woman …1968 African-American sl.
– TACKYHEAD an unattractive, unkempt woman …1968 African-American sl.
– TATTIE-BOGLE a ragged, unkempt, or grotesquely-dressed person; a coward …1972 Sc.
– WARB; WORB an idle, unkempt, or disreputable person …1933 Aust. sl.
UNKIND, UNKINDLY, UNKINDNESS – ADJECTIVES
– HALF-HEARTED wanting in true affection, ungenerous, unkind …1864 obs.
– HARM harsh; unkind …1889 Amer. dial.
– HATESUM unkind, hateful, hated …1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MEANER THAN A CAT’S TAIL extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT DUNG extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT MANURE extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT PISS extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT SHIT extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT SHIT AND A DAMN SIGHT NASTIER extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– MEANER THAN CAT WATER extremely mean, unkind, unpleasant …1965 Amer. dial.
– UNCANNY harsh, unkind, rude; severe, esp. used of a blow or fall …1773 Sc.. & Eng. dial.
– UNFREMD unkind, unneighbourly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNFREMDISH unkind, unneighbourly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNMERCIABLE unmerciful; cruel, unkind, pitiless, merciless …a1382 obs.
UNKIND etc. – ADVERBS
– FUNKY unkindly …1960s US sl.
UNKIND etc. – NOUNS
– IMBENIGNITY unkindness …1675 obs. rare
– CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock …1568
– IMBONITY the reverse of goodness; unkindness …1621 obs. rare
– UNBENEVOLENCE unkindness; harshness …1688 rare
UNKIND etc. – VERBS
– HAGGED ABOUT to be buffeted about, treated unkindly …1873 Eng. dial.
– HANCH to seize, to snatch; to take hold of rough; to handle roughly or unkindly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PUT A FOOT IN SOMEONE’S ASS to treat someone unkindly …1940s African-American sl.
UNKNOWN – ADJECTIVES ( also see FORGOTTEN, THING)
– CHEAP JOHN inferior; unknown; unimportant; said of people and places …20C Amer.
– CLANCULARIOUS private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand …1656 obs.
– DARK doubtful, uncertain; unknown …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DARK HORSE previously unknown …20C Amer. sl.
– IGNOTE unknown …1623 obs.
– INCOGNITE unknown, strange, unfamiliar …1609 obs.
– KENLESS unknown …1845 Sc.
– UNACQUAINTED unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual …1551 obs.
– UNBEKEND unknown …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNBEKENT unknown …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign …c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar …1783 Eng. dial.
– UNKENNED unknown, strange, unfamiliar; of no repute …1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNKENSOME unknown …1802 Sc.
– UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar …1783 Eng. dial.
– UNKIN unknown, strange …1898 Sc.
– UNKNOWING unknown …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNKNOWNST unknown; without anyone’s knowledge …1842 Eng. dial.
UNKNOWN – NOUNS
– CLOSED BOOK a person or subject one knows nothing about, something unknown or uncomprehended …1913
– JIGGUMBOB something strange, peculiar, or unknown; a thing …1859 Amer. dial.
– NEVER-HEED-UM-STREET an unknown place; nowhere …1891 Eng. dial.
– XYZ an unknown quantity; something or somebody unknown or undetermined …1808
UNKNOWN – NOUNS, PERSON
– ADAM’S CAT a person one does not know and cannot identify …1908 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S HATBAND a person one does not know and cannot identify …1967 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S HOUSECAT a person one does not know and cannot identify …1908 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S OFF-BULL a person one does not know and cannot identify …1956 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S OFF-OX a person one does not know and cannot identify …1894 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S OLD OX a person one does not know and cannot identify …1965 Amer. dial.
– ADAM’S PET MONKEY a person one does not know and cannot identify …1966 Amer. dial.
– BAG OF BEETS a person one does not know and cannot identify …1967 Amer. dial.
– BAG OF MEAL a person one does not know and cannot identify …1967 Amer. dial.
– BAG OF POTATOES a person one does not know and cannot identify …1967 Amer. dial.
– BELTASHAZUR’S OFF-OX a person or thing one does not know and cannot identify …1867 Amer. dial.
– BUNDLE OF BROOMS a person one does not know and cannot identify …1904 Amer. dial.
– DINGLEFUZZIE, DINGLEFUZZY used in place of a person’s name which has been forgotten …1975 sl.
– FARTKNOCKER any obscure person; a person whose name you don’t know or remember …1984 Amer. dial.
– DINGLEFUZZIE a person whose name you can’t recall …1975 Amer. dial.
– FACE an unknown person; esp. in police and criminal circles …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– FARTKNOCKER any obscure person; a person whose name you don’t know or remember …1984 Amer. dial.
– GISMO; GIZMO anyone with an unknown or forgotten name …World War II Amer. sl.
– IGNOTE a person unknown …1639 obs.
– MISS DOOZANBERRY someone whose name is not known …1916 Amer. dial.
– MISS THINGUM a person whose name one cannot recall or does not know …1850 Amer. dial.
– MR. DOOZANBERRY a man whose name is unknown …1914 Amer. dial.
– MRS. THINGUM a person whose name one cannot recall or does not know …1873 Amer. dial.
– MR. THINGUM a person whose name one cannot recall or does not know …1933 Amer. dial.
– THING-A-MERRY a person whose name is forgotten or unknown …1818 sl.
– THING-A-ME-TOY a word used when the name of the person to is forgotten or unknown; a person of small account …1865 Eng. dial.
– THINGUM a thing or person whose name the speaker cannot recall, does not know, or is reluctant to speak …1824 Amer. dial.
– THINGUMYDOOCHY a person whose name is not known or cannot for the moment be recalled …1914 Amer. dial.
– WHATD’YOUCALLHER anyone for whom one cannot provide the name …L16 sl.
– WHATD’YOUCALLHIM anyone for whom one cannot provide the name …L16 sl.
– WHAT’S-HER-NAME a substitute for a woman’s name that is not known or remembered …1816 sl.
– WHAT’S-HIS-NAME a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered …1697 sl.
– WHATSISFACE a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered …1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– WHATSIT someone whose name is not known or remembered …1898 sl.
– WHAT’S-YOUR-NAME used in addressing a person whose name is not known or remembered …1757 sl.
– WHATZISFACE a substitute for a man’s name that is not known or remembered …1967 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– WHOOSIS; WHOSIS someone whose name is not known or remembered …1923 sl.
– WHOOSIT; WHOOZIT; WHOSIT; WHOZIT someone whose name is not known or remembered …1948 sl.
– WHOZITS a name for an object or person whose name is forgotten …M20 US sl.
– WOSSNAME a thing or person whose name is not known, forgotten, etc. …20C sl.
– X an unknown person, esp. one who wishes to conceal his identity; a criminal boss …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– XYZ somebody unknown or undetermined …1808
– ZILCH anyone whose name is now known …Bk1962 Amer. broadcasting sl.
UNKNOWN – PHRASES
– NOT TO KNOW ONE FROM A BALE OF CRAP said of a person one does not know or cannot identify …1965 Amer. dial. jocular
– NOT TO KNOW ONE FROM A BALE OF HAY said of a person one does not know or cannot identify …1965 Amer. dial. jocular
UNKNOWN – VERBS
– GROW OUT OF KNOWLEDGE to become unknown or unfamiliar …1490 obs.
UNLAWFUL, UNLAWFULLY – ADJECTIVES
– ILLICENTIOUS done without license; unlawful, illegal …1622 obs. rare
– ILLICITOUS illicit, unlawful, illegal, forbidden …1611 obs. rare
– LAWLESS of an action: illegal, unlawful …1557 obs.
– UNLEISUM unlawful, illegal …1681 Sc. obs.
UNLAWFUL etc. – ADVERBS
– ILLICITOUSLY unlawfully …1611 obs. rare
UNLAWFUL etc. – VERBS
– PACK OR PEEL WITH A PERSON to trade unfairly, to have unlawful or underhand dealings with him …1757 Sc.
UNLEARNED – ADJECTIVES
– IDIOTISTICAL used by the unlearned …1715 obs.
– ILLITERATED ignorant of letters; unlearned; unable to read, totally illiterate …1589 obs.
– INERUDITE unlearned; uninstructed …E19
– LAY uninstructed, unlearned …c1330 obs. rare
– LEWD unlearned, unlettered, untaught, ignorant …a1225 obs.
– LEWED ignorant, unlearned …c1325 obs.
– SILLY unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant …a1547 obs. or arch.
– UNBOOKED not booklearned, unlearned …1859
– UNBOOKISH not bookish or studious; unlearned …1604
– UNLARED unlearned …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
UNLEARNED – NOUNS, PERSON
– IDIOT a person without learning; an unlearned, ignorant, or uneducated man; a simple man; a clown …1377 obs.
– IDIOTIST a person without learning; an ignorant, uneducated man; a simple man; a clown …1715 obs. rare
– SIMPLES those who are unlearned, ignorant, easily misled, unsuspecting, etc. …1560
UNLESS – PREPOSITIONS/CONJUNCTIONS
– ALESS unless …1897 Sc.
– ATHOUT unless …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEDOOT without, unless …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEDOUT without, unless …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESEPS except, unless …1890 Eng. dial.
– BESEPTS except, unless …1890 Eng. dial.
– BETHOUT unless …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ELSEHOW or else, unless …1922 Amer. dial.
– ELSESO or else, unless …1922 Amer. dial.
– INLESS unless …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LESSEN unless …1887 Amer. dial.
– NESSEN unless …1907 Amer. dial.
– UNELSE unless …1905 Amer. dial.
– UNLESSEN unless …1905 Amer. dial.
UNLETTERED – ADJECTIVES
– unlettered, unlearned, untaught, ignorant LEWD a1225 obs.
UNLEVELNESS – NOUNS
– unlevelness; unevenness IMPLANITUDE 1597 obs.
UNLICENSED – ADJECTIVES
– unlicensed ILLICENTIATE a1659 obs. rare
– unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious BASTARDLY 1586 obs.
UNLIKABLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– BABBLER an unlikable person …1930s US college sl.
– COLD WIRE an unsuccessful or unlikable person …1941 US sl.
– FAG a despicable, unlikable person …1982 US sl.
– MOOSHAY a light-skinned person; an unlikable person …1998 Saint Kitts and Nevis
– OSCAR an offensive, unlikable person …1905 US sl.
– SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters …1911 Amer. dial.
– UN an outsider, someone who does not fit in; an undesirable or unlikable person …1991 US college sl.
– WIENIE an unlikeable, weak person …1963 US sl.
– ZOB an unlikable, despicable person …1911 US sl.
UNLIKE – ADJECTIVES
– unlike; unequalled DISPARABLE 1413 obs. rare
UNLIKE – NOUNS
– a being unlike; difference in nature or character; dissimilarity IMPARITY 1608 obs.
– a making or becoming unlike ABSIMILATION c1630 obs. rare
UNLIKE – VERBS
– to be unlike, to differ ABLUDE 1610 obs.
– to make unlike, to disguise; to dissemble DISLIKEN 1611 obs.
UNLIKELIHOOD, UNLIKELY – ADJECTIVES
– FAR-FET of an argument, notion, etc: studiously sought out; not easily or natural introduced; strained; far-fetched, unlikely and unconvincing …1533 obs.
– FAR-FETCH far-fetched; unlikely and unconvincing …1603 obs.
– LIKE A MIDSHIPMAN WITH MONEY IN BOTH POCKETS extremely unlikely, very odd …M19 sl.
– UNHOMED awkward, unlikely …1851 Eng. dial.
– UNLIKE unlikely, improbable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNLIKELIHOOD etc. – INTERJECTIONS, PHRASES
– AND MONKEYS MIGHT FLY OUT OF MY BUTT! used as a reflection of the high unlikelihood of something happening …1992 US sl.
– N.B.L. not bloody likely …20C Brit. colloq.
– NOT ON YOUR NELLY not likely; not on your life, certainly not
UNLIKELIHOOD etc. – NOUNS
– INVERISIMILITUDE unlikelihood; improbability …E19
– NEVER-COME-OFF an unlikely occurrence …1889 Eng. dial.
UNLIMITED – ADJECTIVES
– that has no range or limit RANGELESS 1838 rare
– unlimited, not bounded or circumscribed UNCOMPASSED 1577
– unlimited, unbounded ILLIMITATE 1602 obs.
– unlimited, unbounded, unrestrained ILLIMITED 1602
UNLIMITED – NOUNS
– the condition of being unlimited; freedom from limitation ILLIMITATION 1610 rare
UNLOAD – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who unloads carts or wagons TEAMER Bk1877 Eng. dial.
UNLOAD – VERBS
– to unload; to empty UNEMPT Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNLOCK – VERBS
– to unlock LOCK OPEN 1907 Amer. dial.
– to unlock UNBETTY 1812 cant obs.
– to unlock UNDUB M18 UK criminals’ sl.
– to unlock UNSLOUR E19 UK criminals’ sl.
– to unlock a door KEY UP 1991 US sl.
– to unlock, to open UNSLOUGH M19 UK criminals’ sl.
– to unlock, to unfasten; generally used of a door UNMAKE 1840 Eng. dial.
UNLOVABLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– a generally unlovable person BAMP 2001 UK juvenile sl.
UNLOVELY – ADJECTIVES
– unlovely WANLIESUM 1815 Sc. obs.
– unlovely, disgusting, repulsive UNLOVESOME 1725 Sc. obs.
– unlovely, vulgar, bad, despicable NAFFEEN 1992 Brit. sl.
– unlovely, vulgar, bad, despicable NAFFETTE 1992 Brit. sl.
UNLUCKILY, UNLUCKY – ADJECTIVES
– BORN WITH A WOODEN LADLE IN ONE’S MOUTH unlucky; ill-fated …1818
– HAPLESS destitute of ‘hap’ or good fortune; unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, unhappy …1568
– ILL-FARED unlucky, unsuccessful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL-LUCKED unlucky …1899 Sc.
– LEFT-HANDED undesirable; unlucky …1940s US Merchant marine usage
– MISCHANCY unlucky; risky, dangerous; mischievous …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NAUGHT injurious, hurtful; unlucky …1596 obs.
– ONCHANCY unlucky, ill-omened, ill-fated; unfortunate …1876 Sc.
– SALT unlucky, in a bad state; impoverished, empty-handed, low on food …1950s W. Indies Rasta
– SATURNIAN unlucky, unfortunate …1656 obs.
– SINISTER-HANDED left-handed; hence, unlucky, unfortunate …1817 rare or obs.
– SINISTRAL adverse; unlucky …c1475 obs. rare
– S.O.L. unlucky; Shit Out of Luck …20C Can. sl.
– UNABLE awkward, unlucky …1572 obs.
– UNCHANCY unlucky, ill-omened, ill-fated, unfortunate …1533 chiefly Sc.
– UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky …1828 Sc.
– UNSAWNEY unlucky, unfortunate …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– WANCHANCIE; WANCHANCY unlucky, dangerous …a1774 Sc.
– WANHAPPY unfortunate, unlucky …c1590 Sc. obs.
UNLUCKILY etc. – ADVERBS
– AWKLY in the wrong direction, backhanded or left-handed wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily …c1440 obs.
– SINISTERLY in an inauspicious or unlucky manner; unfortunately; ominously …1465 rare
UNLUCKILY etc. – NOUNS
– DEAD CARD something that is hopeless, out of favour, unlucky, unfashionable, or unpopular …1899 Amer. sl.
– MALADVENTURE a lawless proceeding; an escapade; an unlucky undertaking; a misadventure …c1470 obs.
UNLUCKILY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAD CASE a person weighed down by misfortune, bad luck, emotional instability, etc. …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– BAD NEWS a person regarded as unpleasant, unlucky, or undesirable; an unwelcome guest …1919 colloq.
– KAE an unlucky or ill-omened person …1789 Sc.
– MISLEAR; MISLEER; MIZLEARE a worthless man; an unlucky fellow …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– SADIE SACK an ineffectual, unlucky, not very bright female …Bk1989 sl.
– SHLIMAZL a chronically unlucky person …20C Yiddish
– WALKING DISASTER AREA a person who is prone to having unlucky accidents or mishaps …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
UNLUCKILY etc. – PHRASES
– IF HE BOUGHT A KANGAROO IT WOULDN’T HOP said of a hopeless or unlucky person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– IF IT WAS RAINING PALACES HE’D BE HIT ON THE HEAD BY A DUNNY DOOR said of an exceptionally unlucky person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– IF IT WAS RAINING VIRGINS HE’D BE LOCKED IN THE DUNNY WITH A POOFTER said of an exceptionally unlucky person …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– SHIT OUT OF LUCK completely out of luck; in a terrible situation …1934 sl.
UNLUCKILY etc. – VERBS
– HAVE THE MOCKERS ON to be jinxed or unlucky …1923
– MISS to be unlucky …L19 US sl.
– MIS-SPEED to be unsuccessful or unlucky …a1387 obs.
UNMANAGEABLE – ADJECTIVES
– BRAINY unmanageable, high-mettled; spirited, lively …Bk1911 Sc.
– CAMSTAIRY; CAMSTEERY; CAMSTERRY perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– CAMSTRARIE perverse, unmanageable, riotous; given to quarrelling; excitable …1769 Sc.
– CAMSTROUDGEOUS wild, unmanageable; obstinate, perverse …1825 Sc.
– GALLOWS mischievous, wild, impish, unmanageable, tiresome; impudent, saucy …1875 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly …1844 Sc.
– HELLICAT wild, unmanageable, boisterous …1819 Sc.
– IMMANUABLE unmanageable, incapable of being controlled …1608 obs.
– IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– OBSTRAPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Sc.
– OBSTROPALOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate … c1725
– OBSTROPILOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Eng. dial.
– OBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1748
– OBSTROPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1815 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– OPSTROPOLOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate …1830 Eng. dial.
– ORNERY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, ill-tempered, angry …1862 Amer. dial.
– RAFFATORY; RAFFERTORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable …1881 Eng. dial.
– RAMMAGE of persons: wild, excited, unruly, unmanageable …1714 Sc.
– RANDIE; RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REBUNCTIOUS stubborn or unmanageable …1820 Sc. obs.
– REE crazy, delirious; rude, wild; unmanageable …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REFERTORY; REFFATORY refractory, stubborn, unmanageable …1881 Eng. dial.
– REFRACTARIOUS rebellious, unmanageable …1624 obs. rare
– UNFANDRUM bulky, unmanageable …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
– UNGUIDEABLE not amenable to reason; unmanageable, unruly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WANTON of persons: undisciplined, ungoverned; not amenable to control, unmanageable, rebellious; of children: naughty, unruly …a1300 obs.
UNMANAGEABLE – ADVERBS
– LIKE A HALF-SLED IN A SNOWSTORM in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner …1893 Amer. dial.
– LIKE A HALF-SLED ON ICE in an uncontrolled or unmanageable manner …1873 Amer. dial.
UNMANAGEABLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEAGLE an opprobrious epithet applied to a depraved, unmanageable, and troublesome person …1744 Eng. dial.
– BLASTIE a shrivelled, dwarfish person; an ill-tempered or unmanageable child; a term of contempt …Bk1911 Sc.
– CAMSTAIRY an obstinate, unmanageable person …1818 Sc.
– GAUSTER a violent, unmanageable fellow; a swaggering fellow; a fool …1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– OFF-OX a stubborn or headstrong person; an unmanageable, cross-grained fellow …1848 Amer. dial.
– TERRIBLE TURK an unmanageable or violent child or youth …1536
– TURK a cruel, hard-hearted, or tyrannical man; a bad-tempered or unmanageable person; a man who treats his wife harshly …1536
– YOUNG TURK a naughty or unmanageable child; a troublesome, destructive boy …1859
UNMANAGEABLE – VERBS
– HAVE ONE LEG OVER THE HARROWS to break loose, to become unmanageable …1816 Sc.
– HAVE ONE’S TAIL OVER THE LINE to be stubborn or unmanageable …1912 Amer. dial.
– HAVE THE TAIL OVER THE LINES to be hard to control; to be stubborn or unmanageable …1927 Amer. dial.
– RUN OFF WITH THE HARROWS to break loose; to become unmanageable …1813 Sc.
UNMANLY – ADJECTIVES
– unmanly, cowardly BEASTLY 1584 obs.
– unmanly, effeminate MANLESS a1529 obs.
– unmanly, effeminate QUEER sl., disparaging & offensive
– unmanly, unworthy of a man; inhuman ABHOMINAL 1550 obs.
UNMANNERED, UNMANNERLY – ADJECTIVES
– AWVISH awkward; unmannerly …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– BORN AND RAISED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1950 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1942 Amer. sl.
– BORN IN A CAVE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A LOG CABIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1950 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A TENT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN A TREE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE BACKHOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BORN YESTERDAY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A CELLAR lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A HEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A ROWBOAT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A SLUM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN A WOODSHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP LIKE AN ANIMAL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– BROUGHT UP ON THE RIVER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– COME OUT OF THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– DRAGGED UP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– DRAGGED UP IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– DROPPED FROM THE HAYLOFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FED AT A TROUGH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM DEAKE’S ISLAND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM PODUNK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM SWAMPOODLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– GRADUATED FROM A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– GREW UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– GREW UP IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– HAD NO HOME TRAINING lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– HAIRY AT THE HEEL said of an ill-bred person; deficient in breeding or manners …1899
– HALF-RAISED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– ILL-FAVOURED unbecoming; unmannerly; out of place …1785 Sc.
– ILL-MANNERLY unmannerly …1840
– ILL-SKET rude, unmannerly …1897 Sc.
– ILL-TOWARD rude, unmannerly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MENSELESS unmannerly, rude, ill-bred; uncultured, unpolished …1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NO-MANNERS ill-mannered; rude, impolite, unmannerly …1922 Amer. dial.
– OUT OF THE MARSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– PICKED UP UNDER A BUSH lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– PICKED UP UNDER A ROCK lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– PULLED UP BY THE EARS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED AMONG ANIMALS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED AND NOT REARED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED A PERFECT OUTLAW lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1942 Amer. sl.
– RAISED IN A BARNYARD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A BUNKHOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A CAVE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A CHICKEN COOP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A CHICKEN HOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A COW PEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A DUMP lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A MILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN AN ALLEY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A PIGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A PIGSTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A SALOON lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A SAWMILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A STABLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A STY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN A ZOO lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN BACK OF THE FIELD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE BACKWOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE BOONDOCKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE GUTTER lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE HILLS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE JUNGLE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE LOT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE MOUNTAINS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE NEW GROUND lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE PINEY WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE REFORMATORY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE SLUMS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE STICKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE STONE AGE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE WILDERNESS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE WOODS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED IN THE YARD lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED LIKE TOPSY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON A FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON A HILLSIDE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON A RAFT lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON MECHANIC STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON THE HILL lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON THE SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON THE STREET lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED OUT IN THE COUNTRY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED UP ALONE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED UP IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED UP IN A SHITHOUSE lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED UP WITH THE HOGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED WITH THE CHICKENS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED WITH THE NAVAJOS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED WITH THE PIGS lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISED WRONG lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– REARED IN A BARN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– REARED IN A HOGPEN lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– REARED IN A SAWMILL unmannered, uncouth; used esp. of one who neglects to shut the door …1965 Amer. dial.
– REARED IN A SHANTY lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RIGHT OFF THE FARM lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– RUDAS of women: rude, unmannerly, rough, coarse; haggard, old …a1802 Sc.
– SNATCHED lacking manners, uncouth, boorish …1965 Amer. dial.
– UNBRED not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred …1622
– UNFARRANT ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension; rude, unmannerly …1838 Sc.
– UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent …1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNMANNERED etc. – NOUNS
– VANDEMONIANISM rough or unmannerly behaviour; rowdyism …1863
– YAGGA-YAGGA unmannerly behaviour …20C W. Indies
UNMANNERED etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BEAR a rough, unmannerly, or uncouth person …1751
– BORE an unpleasant or unmannerly person …1965 Amer. dial.
– DUMB FARMER a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– FARMER a rustic hillbilly; a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1901 Amer. dial., derogatory
– FARMER BOY a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– FARMER JACK a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– FARMER JAKE a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– HAWBUCK an unmannerly lout; a country bumpkin or clown; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow; a simpleton …1805
– HAWBUCKER a tomboy; an awkward or unmannerly person; an ignorant country fellow; a bumpkin; a lout …1930 Amer. dial.
– HICK FARMER a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– KENSY a rough or rude fellow; an unmannerly person; a rustic …c1500 Sc. obs. rare
– OLD FARMER a rustic hillbilly; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
– REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RUDAS a coarse, unmannerly, foul-mouthed old woman; an ill-natured, ugly old woman; a virago …1725 Sc.
– SHEIK OF ARABY an unpleasant, unmannerly person …1969 Amer. dial.
– YAHOO an uncultured or unmannerly person …1726
– YOB an unmannerly person …1957
– ZOUCH a churl; an unmannerly fellow …18C sl.
– ZOUCHER an objectionable, unpleasant person; an unmannerly fellow; a churl; a slovenly fellow …Bk1889 sl.
UNMANNERED etc. – VERBS
– HAWBUCK to act boisterously; to be unmannerly …1896 Amer. dial.
UNMARRIAGEABLE – PHRASES
– unmarriageable and tough, at the stage or age of an old maid AT THE WHITLEATHER AGE 1952 Amer. dial.
UNMARRIED – ADJECTIVES
– AGAMIST unmarried …1570s obs.
– MARROWLESS companionless, unmarried; unequalled, unmatched …1637 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MUCH-RIGHT unmarried …1934 Amer. dial.
– ONE single, unmarried …c1386 obs.
– ONLEPY solitary; single, unmarried …c900 obs.
– UNATTACHED pert. to an adult woman who is not married …20C US colloq.
– UNBISPUSED unmarried …c1200 obs.
UNMARRIED – NOUNS
– BACHELRY a body of unmarried men …a1500 obs.
– SINGLEHOOD the state of being single or unmarried; spinsterhood …1840
– SINGLENESS the state of being unmarried; celibacy …1560
UNMARRIED – NOUNS, PERSON
– AGAMIST one who opposes marriage; one who does not marry; an unmarried person …1553-87 obs.
– BACHELETTE an unmarried woman …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BACHELOR an unmarried man …c1386
– BACHELOR a maid, a single woman …1632 obs. rare
– BACHELOR BAIT an unmarried girl …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BACHELORETTE an unmarried female who has her own income and lives independently, apart from her family or relatives …1965
– BACHELOR GIRL an unmarried woman who has her own income and lives independently, apart from her family or relatives …1895 orig. US
– BACHELOR LADY an unmarried woman who has her own income and lives independently, apart from her family or relatives …1924 rare
– BACHELOR MAID an unmarried woman who has her own income and lives independently, apart from her family or relatives …1894 rare
– BACHELOR-MAN an unmarried man …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BACHELOR WOMAN an unmarried female who has her own income and lives independently, apart from her family or relatives …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BATCH an unmarried man, a bachelor …1855 US colloq.
– BATCHELOUR a single or unmarried man …Bk1707 obs.
– BOY a male person of any age and condition, if unmarried and residing in the parental home …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOY ON THE LOOSE an unmarried or widowed man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DAM a young unmarried woman, a girl; a damsel …1790 Sc.
– DAMISHELL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition; a damsel …a1743 Sc.
– DAMSEL a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition …1867 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DEMOISELLE a young lady, a maid, a girl …1520
– FREE-LANCE. an unmarried person …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FREE-LANCER an unmarried person …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GIRL ON THE LOOSE an unmarried or widowed woman …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– GRASS WIDOW an unmarried mother …1899 Amer. dial.
– HOWDY-TOWDY a young unmarried woman …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LAD a bachelor, an unmarried man …1825 Sc.
– LONE MAN a man who is not living with a woman; an unmarried or widowed man …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LONE WOLF an unmarried person …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LONE WOMAN a woman who is not living with a man; an unmarried or widowed woman …1899 Amer. dial.
– MAIDEN an old maid; an elderly unmarried lady …1883 Eng. dial.
– MAMSELL an unmarried French woman …1942 colloq.
– MAN-TRAP a woman seeking a husband; a widow …18C sl.
– MAWTHER a girl just growing into womanhood, esp. a great, rough, awkward wench; a little girl; an unmarried woman …1691 Eng. dial.
– SINGLETON an unmarried person…1990s Brit. sl.
– SINGLIE a single man …1995 UK sl.
– SINGLENESS a single or unmarried person …1818 rare
– SINGLE-O an unmarried person …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPARROW an attractive, single female…1985 Bermuda
– SPIN an unmarried lady …1842 Anglo-Indian
– VACAND one who is free to take a mate …1508 Sc. obs.
– VENTURE GIRL a single woman sent out to India in the hope of winning herself a husband …M19 sl.
– WANTER one wanting a husband or wife; an unmarried person; a bachelor, a widower …1723 Eng. dial.
– YL an unmarried woman; a girlfriend; ‘young lady’ …1975 US sl.
UNMARRIED – VERBS
– DANCE BAREFOOT of an elder daughter: to remain single while a younger daughter is married obs.
– DANCE IN THE HOG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat …M19 US sl.
– DANCE IN THE PIG TROUGH usually of a woman: to remain unmarried after a usually younger sibling is married; to be the last child in a family to remain unmarried; hence; to be abandoned, often used as a jocular threat … M19 US sl.
– DIE LIKE JENKINS’ HEN to die unmarried …1805 Sc.
– GO MAIDEN to remain single …a1802
– HANG ON THE BOUGH to remain unmarried …1896 Sc.
– LEAD APES IN HELL to die unmarried; to die an old maid …16C Eng. sl.
– STAND ON THE MAID of a woman: to remain single …1615 rare
– WEAR BACHELOR’S BUTTONS to be unmarried; to remain a bachelor …1857
UNMATCHABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unmatchable, that cannot be matched IMMATCHABLE 1596 obs.
UNMATCHED – ADJECTIVES
– unmatched, unequalled UNCOMPANIONED 1608
– unmatched, unequalled; companionless, unmarried MARROWLESS 1637 Eng. dial.
UNMEASURED – ADJECTIVES
– unmeasured, immense IMMENSURATE 1654 obs.
UNMENTIONABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unmentionable; not to be spoken of; abominable, atrocious NEFAND 1490 obs.
– unmentionable; not to be spoken of; shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible NEFANDOUS 1640
UNMENTIONABLE – NOUNS
– matters not to be mentioned; things to be passed over in silence TACENDA 1883
UNMERCIFUL – ADJECTIVES
– unmerciful; cruel, unkind, pitiless, merciless UNMERCIABLE a1382 obs.
– unmerciful; pitiless; incapable of weeping ILLACHRYMABLE 1623 obs. rare
– unmerciful; unfeeling; incapable of being moved to pity or tenderness HARD-HEART 1475 arch.
– unmerciful; unfeeling; incapable of being moved to pity or tenderness HARD-HEARTED ME
UNMERITED – ADJECTIVES
– unmerited, undeserved IMMERITED 1600 obs.
UNMETHODICAL – ADJECTIVES
– unmethodical; confused, disorderly; mentally confused; agitated; harum-scarum THROUGH-OTHER 1590 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– unmethodical; having no method IMMETHODED 1653 obs. rare
UNMETHODICAL – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unmethodical, gawky, or slovenly person; often applied to a girl who tears her clothes from carelessness TAISTREL; TAISTRILL 1825 Sc.
– an unmethodical, stupid person AUMERIL Bk1898 Sc.
UNMINDFUL – ADJECTIVES
– unmindful, forgetful IMMEMOR 1535 Sc. obs. rare
– unmindful, forgetful IMMEMORIOUS 1602 obs. rare
UNMINGLED – ADJECTIVES
– unmingled, not mixed, pure, simple IMMIXED 1659 obs.
– unmingled, not mixed, pure, simple IMMIXT 1622 obs.
– unmingled, unmixed IMPERMIXT 1629 obs.
– unmingled, unmixed INPERMIXT 1636 obs.
UNMISTAKABLE – ADJECTIVES
– quite unmistakable and obvious AS PLAIN AS A PACKSTAFF 1542 obs.
UNMITIGATED – ADJECTIVES
– unmitigated, thorough-paced, out-and-out MAIN 1864 Sc.
– unmitigated, thorough, thorough-paced HEART-WHOLE 1811
UNMIXED, UNMIXEDLY – ADJECTIVES
– not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple IMMIXED 1659 obs.
– not mixed, unmingled, pure, simple IMMIXT 1622 obs.
– unmixed, pure, unadulterated NET 1713 rare
– unmixed, unmingled IMPERMIXT 1629 obs.
– unmixed, unmingled INPERMIXT 1636 obs.
UNMIXED etc. – ADVERBS
– unmixedly, without mixture IMPERMIXTLY 1677 obs.
UNMIXED etc. – NOUNS
– a being unmixed; freedom from mixture; purity, simplicity IMMIXTURE 1648 obs. rare
– unmixed nature or quality SINGLENESS 1695 obs.
UNMOLESTED – ADJECTIVES
– unmolested unhurt; free from injury, harm, or molestation SKERE a1225 obs.
UNMOTIVATED – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who is unmotivated and not doing well in school DEMOTO 20C teen & high school sl.
UNMOVED – ADJECTIVES
– unmoved (lit. and fig.) IMMOTE 1601 obs.
– unmoved, with unbroken spirit, undaunted, unaffected HALE-HEARTED 1875 Sc.
UNMOVING – ADJECTIVES
– unmoving; remaining stationary SIT-FAST 1857
UNMOVING – VERBS
– to look as if one couldn’t move LOOK LIKE A THROTTLED ISAAC Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UNMUSICAL – ADJECTIVES
– unmusical; having no musical ear TIMBER 1815 Sc.
– unmusical; not musical or harmonious IMMUSICAL 1626 rare
UNMUTILATED – ADJECTIVES
– unmutilated, without mutilation IMMUTILATE 1890 rare
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