UNSAFE – ADJECTIVES
– unsafe, dangerous UNCANNY 1785 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNSALEABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unsaleable, worthless, inferior REFFIDGE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– unsaleable, worthless, inferior REFUGE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSALUTED – ADJECTIVES
– unsaluted UNHALSED 1821 Sc. obs.
UNSATISFACTORY, UNSATISFACTORILY – ADJECTIVES
– ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up …1984 UK sl.
– ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up …1948 UK sl.
– ARSEHOLES TO BREAKFAST TIME upside down; utterly confused; most unsatisfactory …L19 sl.
– BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME very unsatisfactory, totally confused, chaotic …1900s US sl.
– BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory …1945 Aust. sl.
– BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty …1859 sl., orig. US
– CHEESEY; CHEESY lacking in style; worthless; of cheap of inferior material, design, or workmanship; unsatisfactory for any reason …1863 sl., orig. US
– CHRONIC of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1904 sl.
– CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1928 sl., orig. US
– CREEPY unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful …1898 Aust. & NZ
– CRUMBY; CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1859 sl.
– CURDLING unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– CUT-RATE unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– DEADLY unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– DEE-GAW unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1958 sl.
– DREAR unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– DUD worthless, useless, unsatisfactory …1903 UK sl.
– DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless …1953 UK sl.
– FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory …1990s US teen sl.
– GARMY unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– GESTANKO unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– GLEEPY unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless …Aust. sl.
– GREEBY unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless …Aust. sl.
– HAIRY bad or unsatisfactory …1940s US sl.
– HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate …1865 US sl.
– HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory …M19 sl.
– HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, mediocre, insignificant …1932 Amer. sl.
– HORSESHIT contemptible or pretentious; worthless; offensive; unsatisfactory …1939 US sl.
– KAFFIR of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable …1934 S. Afr. sl., offensive
– MANKEY; MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory …1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– MELANCHOLY very unsatisfactory …1877 Eng. dial.
– MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory …1896 sl.
– NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
– N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) …1903 sl.
– NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1902 Brit. sl.
– NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless …Aust. sl.
– NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory …1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
– NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1902 Brit. sl.
– OFF-TIME badly timed, at the wrong time, hence unacceptable, unsatisfactory …1938 US jazz sl.
– ON THE CHEESE unsatisfactory; in a bad way …L19 US sl.
– ON THE GREEBY SIDE unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory …1953 Amer. dial.
– PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory …1946 sl.
– PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1972 sl.
– POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1950 sl.
– PULVERIZING unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– REVOLTING unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– ROPEY; ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1942 sl.
– ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory …1880
– RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1824
– SKLONKISH unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory …1890 sl.
– SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory …1890 sl.
– SNIDEY; SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory …1890 sl.
– SUB-ZERO unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– TOO FOUL unsatisfactory; displeasing …Bk1942 US sl.
– UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome …1937 Brit. sl.
– WACK; WHACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad …1984 African-American sl.
– WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory …1980s African-American sl.
– WACKED; WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory …1980s African-American sl.
– WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory …1972 sl.
UNSATISFACTORY etc. – ADVERBS
– SHITILY badly, unsatisfactorily …1920s sl.
– SHITTY badly, unsatisfactorily …1920s sl.
UNSATISFACTORY etc. – NOUNS
– BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory thing …1935 Amer. jocular
– DOG something unsatisfactory or inferior …1938 US sl.
– LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory …1934 Amer. sl.
– NON-EVENT any unexciting or unsatisfactory event, esp. one that fails to fulfil expectations …1962 UK sl.
– SKANK an unsatisfactory situation …2000s sl.
UNSATISFACTORY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory person or thing …1935 Amer. jocular usage
UNSATISFACTORY etc. – PHRASES
– IN JAIL AT INNISFAIL denotes an unsatisfactory situation …1960s Aust. sl.
– ODDS IS THE DIFFERENCE either is equally satisfactory or unsatisfactory …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK there is a corrupt element underlying a situation; also, something is incorrect or unsatisfactory …1603
UNSATISFACTORY etc. – VERBS
– BITE THE BAG to be very unsatisfactory …1983 Amer. sl.
– EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to ‘suck’ …1940 US sl.
UNSATISFIED, UNSATISFYING – ADJECTIVES
– unsatisfied, unappeased UNSATE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– unsatisfying, profitless, yielding no satisfaction; also, destitute of GELD a1310 obs.
UNSAVOURY – ADJECTIVES
– unsavoury, dirty, unpleasant, nasty, ugly GROTTY 1964 sl.
– unsavoury, insipid MAWKISH Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– unsavoury, tainted MEESY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSCRATCHED – ADJECTIVES
– unscratched, unhurt, free from injury HAILSCART; HALESKARTH 1513 Sc. obs.
UNSCRUPULOUS – ADJECTIVES
– CROOK dishonest, unscrupulous, ‘crooked’ …1911 Aust. & NZ
– JACKLEG dishonest or unscrupulous …US sl.
– SCHEMISH scheming, manoeuvring, covetous, unscrupulous and grasping in bargaining …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– WAFF unscrupulous, untrustworthy …1825 Sc.
UNSCRUPULOUS – NOUNS
– LOW ROAD a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible
UNSCRUPULOUS – NOUNS, PERSON
– BECKY SHARP an unscrupulous, worldly young woman …Bk1922
– FAST DOLLAR BOY one who is unscrupulous as to the source of their income …1940s US sl.
– GIPSIE; GIPSY; GYPSY a person who acts in a disreputable, unscrupulous, or deceptive manner …1616 obs.
– JACK-LEG an incompetent, unskilled, unscrupulous, or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher – a bungling workman …1853 US sl.
– MACHIAVEL one who acts on the principles of Machiavelli (a celebrated Florence statesman who advocated the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality); an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer …1570
– MACHIAVELLIAN an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer …1568
– MACHIAVELLIST an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer …1589
– NED KELLY a person of reckless courage or unscrupulous business dealings …1886 Aust. colloq.
– NIPPER a person who is sharp and somewhat unscrupulous in his dealings …1947 Sc.
– RIG an unscrupulous person …Bk1903 sl.
– SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne’er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) …1809
– SCOWBANKER a person who engages in unfair business practices; a dishonest or unscrupulous trader …1750 sl. obs.
– SHYSTER a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods …1844
– SPIV a man, often flashily dressed, who makes a living by illicit or unscrupulous dealings …1934 Brit. sl.
UNSCRUPULOUS – VERBS
– FAN THE HAMMER to act in a brilliant but unscrupulous manner …L19 US sl.
UNSEARCHABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unsearchable, inscrutable, not to be searched out; unintelligible, incomprehensible IMPERSCRUTABLE 1526 obs.
UNSEARCHED – ADJECTIVES
– unsearched; unexplored; unrobbed UNRIPED 1898 Sc.
UNSEASONABLE, UNSEASONABLY – ADJECTIVES
– unseasonable, inopportune, untimely IMPORTUNATE 1529 obs.
– unseasonable, inopportune, untimely; unfit IMPORTUNE c1425 obs.
UNSEASONABLE etc. – ADVERBS
– unseasonably, inopportunely IMPORTUNELY c1425 obs.
– unseasonably, inopportunely, untimely IMPORTUNATELY 1529 obs.
UNSEASONABLE etc. – NOUNS
– a being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time IMPORTUNITY 1489 obs.
UNSEEING – ADJECTIVES
– unseeing, sightless GAZELESS a1819 rare
UNSEEMLY – ADJECTIVES
– DEDECOROUS disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest …1727 obs.
– MIS-SEEMING misbecoming, unseemly …a1522 rare
– RANCID in poor taste; unseemly, offensive …1989 US sl.
– UNBESEEMLY unseemly …1648 rare
– UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly …1684 Eng. dial.
– UNCOUTHY unseemly …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNFARRANTLY not nice, unseemly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent …1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly …1684 Eng. dial.
UNSEEMLY – ADVERBS
– UNCOMELILY in an unseemly manner; unfittingly …c1420 obs.
UNSEEMLY – NOUNS
– BAY an unseemly mass …Bk1898 Sc.
UNSEEMLY – VERBS
– MIS-SEEM to misbecome …a1500 rare
– UNBESEEM to be unseemly or unbecoming for a person …a1657
UNSEEN – ADJECTIVES
– invisible, unseen INVISED L16 obs. rare
– invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision SIGHTLESS 1589
UNSEEN – NOUNS
– an unseen place; a hidden spot; shelter HEAL 1691 Eng. dial.
UNSERVICEABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unserviceable, useless UNBRICHE 1303 obs.
UNSETTLE, UNSETTLED – ADJECTIVES
– BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled …1879
– CLARTY-FARTY moving briskly about; frisking; unsettled …19C Eng. dial.
– FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky …1807 Sc.
– FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous …1970 US sl.
– FUNKED seized by fear or panic; agitated, unsettled, disturbed …1831 rare
– FUNKED OUT seized by fear or panic; agitated, unsettled, disturbed …1859 rare
– MAIZY; MAZEY; MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one’s mind …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless …1821 Sc.
– TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle …1606
– UNABSOILED unsettled …1521 obs.
– UNABSOLVED unsettled, undecided …1721 obs.
– VAGOUS vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering …1660 obs.
– WANKLE unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNSETTLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– SKOUPER a light, unsettled person …1706 Sc.
– TANTREL(L) an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– WANDERING STRAW an unsettled person who moves from job to job …1971 Sc.
– WOOD-SPUR; WOOD-SPURS a fiery, unsettled person …1825 Sc. obs.
UNSETTLE etc. – VERBS
– FREAK OUT to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre …1964 US sl.
– FUNK to frighten or scare a person; to affect with anxiety, to unsettle …1789 obs.
– LICK ABOUT to live an unsettled life …20C W. Indies sl.
– LICK AROUND to live an unsettled life …20C W. Indies sl.
– UNBOTTOM to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable …1598 obs.
– UNFETTLE to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle …1889 Eng. dial.
UNSETTLING – ADJECTIVES
– unsettling; confused, unstable, strange SKETCHY 1980s US students’ sl.
– unsettling; distressing; discomfiting OFF-PUTTING 1828 US sl.
UNSETTLING – NOUNS
– something potentially unsettling, dangerous, or disastrous DYNAMITE 1922
UNSHAKABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unshakable UNBRANSLABLE 1633 obs.
UNSHAPELY – ADJECTIVES
– unshapely ILL-VUXEN 1866 Sc.
– unshapely, irregular; lanky, large, straggling, spreading SCRAWMY Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSHAPELY – ADVERBS
– unshapely; in disorder, in a confused heap HEADS AND THRAWS 1835 Sc.
UNSHAVEN – ADJECTIVES
– unshaven, rough-faced HEDDER-FACED Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSHAVEN – NOUNS
– an unshaven chin UNDERWEAR 1960s US homosexual sl.
UNSHELTERED – ADJECTIVES
– unsheltered BEILDLESS Bk1911 Sc.
UNSIGHTLY – ADJECTIVES
– unsightly SIGHTLESS 1595 obs.
– unsightly, ugly; unpleasant to look at; esp. used of a building or landscape EYESORE 1798
UNSIGHTLY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person BARGHEST 1863 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILFULLY, UNSKILLED – ADJECTIVES
– BODGIE inferior, unskilled …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GAMELESS unskilled …1983 US sl.
– HORSESHIT in sports: inept; unskilful; clumsy …1969-71 US sl.
– IMPERITE unskilled, ignorant …1708 obs.
– KWEERICHIN; QUEERACHIN awkward and unskilful …1911 Sc.
– LEWD foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered …c1380 obs.
– OFF ONE’S FEED incompetent, unskilled …1900s horse stable usage
– RAUNCHY sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward …World War II US Air Force usage
– RONCHIE sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward …World War II US Air Force usage
– ROTTEN of a low quality or standard; poor, useless; of a person: lacking skill or talent …1867
– SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc. …1968 sl.
– TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable …1586
– UNADEPT unskilful, inept …1817
– UNADROIT unskilful, inept …1841
– UNARTED ignorant of the arts; unskilled …1603 obs.
– UNARTFUL of persons: unskilful, maladroit …1683 rare
– UNARTIFICIAL not displaying special or skill; unskilful, inartistic, clumsy …1591 now rare or obs.
– UNCANNY awkward, unskilful; careless; imprudent; inconvenient …1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped …1790 Eng. dial.
– UNHEPPEN awkward, clumsy, unskilful; without contrivance or management …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL etc. – ADVERBS
– GREENLY in an inexperienced or untrained manner; unskilfully …L16 arch.
– UNARTIFICIALLY inartistically, unskilfully …1591 obs.
UNSKILFUL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BLUE-TONGUE shearers’ term for a shed-hand; an unskilled worker …1900 sl., orig. Aust.
– BURN-THE-GULLY an unskilful, incompetent workman …1930 Sc.
– BUTTON a bright, cheeky, or cute person, typically a child; also, a person who lacks experience or skill; a novice …1772 colloq.
– DUB a novice; a raw beginner; an unskilful person …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
– DUFFER a worthless person; a stupid man; an awkward, unskilful fellow; a coward …Bk1890 sl.
– GUTTERER a dirty, unskilful worker …1866 Sc.
– IMPERITE an unskilled or ignorant person …1622 obs.
– JACK-LEG an incompetent, unskilled, unscrupulous, or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher; a bungling workman …1853 US sl.
– MOLLOCKER a rough, unskilled person …1951 Ireland
– PAUCHLER a clumsy, unskilful person; a bungler …1949 Sc.
– PEA PICKER a rustic or countrified person; a bumpkin; an unskilled labourer …1927 Amer. dial.
– RABBIT an unskilful player of a game …1904 sl.
– TOOL an unskilful workman; a shiftless person …a1700 Eng. dial. & sl.
UNSKILFUL etc. – VERBS
– BAG ONE’S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly …1975 Amer. dial.
– JACKLEG to act in an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled way …M19 US sl.
– MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully …1747 Eng. dial.
– MAZZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully …1747 Eng. dial.
UNSLEEPING – ADJECTIVES
– unsleeping, watchful, vigilant WAKER c1000 obs.
UNSMOOTH – ADJECTIVES
– unsmooth UNSMETHE c1200 obs.
UNSOCIABLE, UNSOCIABLY – ADJECTIVES
– FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner …1765
– HAGGARD froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable …1580 obs.
– NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable …1930 Amer. dial.
– OFFISH inclined to stand off; reserved, unsociable, shy …1825 Amer.
– QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult …1885 Eng. dial.
– THARF reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNCLUBBABLE not fit or inclined for society; unsociable …1764
– UNCOMPANABLE not fit or inclined for society; uncompanionable, unsociable …1555 obs.
– UN-FUCKING-SOCIABLE extremely unsociable ….20C US sl.
UNSOCIABLE etc. – ADVERBS
– QUEER unsociably, ill-temperedly …1896 Eng. dial.
UNSOCIABLE etc. – NOUNS
– M.R.A. unsociable behaviour; Major/Massive Reeb Action …1980s US college sl.
UNSOCIABLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAD MIXER a person who does not get on well with others socially …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– CRAB an unsociable student or teacher …Bk1934 college sl.
– DEADBEAT a worthless or unsociable person; a party pooper or one who is considered a wet blanket …1872 Amer. sl.
– DEAD ONE a useless, unsociable, impoverished, or mean person …L19 US sl.
– GARBO an uncommunicative person; one who prefers little or no social life …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– GEEK an overly diligent, unsociable student; any unsociable person obsessively devoted to a particular pursuit; one who is considered intellectual, and thus alien to the peer group …1957
– LOBSTER an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NUBBIE an unsocial person, worldly, yet lazy …1824 Sc.
– ONE TO HISSEL an unsociable, reserved person …1884 Eng. dial.
UNSOCIABLE – VERBS
– DRINK WITH THE FLIES to drink alone; to be unsociable …1943 Aust. sl.
UNSOCIAL – ADJECTIVES
– unsocial, reserved, shy; aloof; unapproachable; standoffish OFFISH 1825
UNSOCIAL – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person completely lacking in social graces QUIMBY 1997 US sl.
UNSOILED – ADJECTIVES
– unsoiled UNGLAURED 1828 Sc.
– unsoiled, clean, unstained; of paper: not written upon, unused FAIR c1420 obs.
UNSOPHISTICATED – ADJECTIVES
– BACK IN THE WOODS unsophisticated; out of step with the times …1965 Amer. dial.
– BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated …N. Amer. colloq.
– CHINTZY unfashionable, unsophisticated …1953 Amer. dial.
– CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial …20C sl.
– CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial …20C sl.
– CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial …20C sl.
– CORNFED rural; backward; unsophisticated …Bk2006 US sl.
– DUNGHILL of the lowest social status; not noble, common; hence, rustic, unsophisticated; crude, vulgar …1548 rare
– FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic …1934 US sl.
– GOURDY inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified …1953 Amer dial.
– GREEN AS A GOURD inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified …1902 Amer dial.
– GUTTY raw, unsophisticated …1950s African-American sl.
– HICK unsophisticated, provincial …L20 colloq., derogatory
– JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated …1889 Amer. dial.
– JUST FELL OFF THE CABBAGE TRUCK utterly naive or unsophisticated …1986 Amer. sl.
– L-7 unfashionable, unsophisticated …1950s African-American & teen sl.
– LAME socially unsophisticated; naive; ‘square’; hence, easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced …1935 US sl., esp. Black usage
– L-SEVEN unfashionable, unsophisticated …1950s African-American & teen sl.
– NEBBY very unsophisticated …1990s US sl.
– SILLY unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant …a1547 obs. or arch.
– SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated …1711
– UNCOOL. unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair …1953 sl., orig. US
– UNGROOVY unsophisticated, unaware …1940s African-American usage
– UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
– UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
– UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
UNSOPHISTICATED – NOUNS, PERSON
– APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person …1910s US sl.
– APPLE-PICKER a fool, an unsophisticated person, a country person …1910s US sl.
– APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person …M19 US sl.
– APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person …1930s US sl.
– BACK NUMBER a person having out-of-date interests or ideas; an old-fashioned, or unsophisticated person …1882 Amer. sl.
– BAMA; BAMMA a person from the rural American South, often characterized as unsophisticated or unfashionable; generally, an unsophisticated or unfashionable person; a rustic …1970 sl., chiefly African-American, often derogatory
– BARNEY an unsophisticated person; one who is not part of currently approved fashions or attitudes …1834 US college sl.
– BEALS a fool, an idiot, an unsophisticated person; a displeasing person …a2001 sl.
– BENNY an unsophisticated peasant; a stupid person …1998 UK sl.
– BHUTTO an uncouth, unfashionable, uncultured person; an unsophisticated person …1995 W. Indies Rasta usage
– BITCH BOOBY a rough, unsophisticated country woman …1796 UK military sl.
– BOGAN a young lout; an unfashionable, uncouth, or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social status …1984 Aust. sl., depreciative usage
– CHUMP an unsophisticated person; a victim; an inferior …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– COUNTRY JOHNNY an unsophisticated country person …19C sl.
– CRUDIE an unsophisticated rustic …1968 US sl.
– DAD AND DAVE a peasant; an unsophisticated person …1930s Aust. sl.
– EIGHT-BALL an unsophisticated Black person; a square …M20 African-American sl.
– ELMER an unsophisticated, esp. rustic, man or boy; an inexperienced, stupid boy …1926 US sl.
– FARMER a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly …1864 US sl., derogatory
– FARMER a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person …M19 sl.
– GARVIE a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant …1963 S. Afr. sl.
– GAWIE a country bumpkin; an unsophisticated peasant …1963 S. Afr. sl.
– GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE a person perceived as familiar, approachable, and dependable, typically in the context of a romantic partnership; sometimes with the implication of a lack of originality, excitement, or glamour; a wholesome, virtuous, chaste, and unsophisticated person …1925
– GOOF an unsophisticated rustic …1950s US sl.
– HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person …1941 Amer. dial.
– HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person …1941 Amer. dial.
– HAYMAKER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person …1847 Amer. dial.
– HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person …1941 Amer. dial.
– HAY RUBE a farmer or rustic; a hick; an unsophisticated or boorish person …1900 Amer. dial.
– HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow …1834 Amer. sl.
– HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person …1891 Amer. dial.
– HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person …1966 Amer. dial.
– HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person …1924 Amer. dial.
– JAAPIE an unsophisticated person, esp. one from a rural area; patronizing usage if not offensive …1964 S. Afr. sl.
– JABRONEY; JABRONI a newly immigrated foreigner; hence someone inexperienced or unsophisticated; an inept or stupid person; a guy or fellow …1960 US sl.
– JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1890 Amer. dial.
– JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1886 Amer. dial.
– JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1907 Amer. dial.
– JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person …1911 Amer. dial.
– JEFF an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest …1938 Amer. dial.. derogatory
– JEFF DAVIS an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest …1946 Amer. dial., derogatory
– JEFFER an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest …1969 Amer. dial., derogatory
– LAIN a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated …1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals’ usage
– LAME a person who is ‘lame’; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person; one who does not fir in with a particular social group …1958 US sl., chiefly Black usage
– LAME-O a fool; an idiot; an unsophisticated person …1977 US college sl.
– LAMER a person who is ‘lame’; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person …1961 US sl.
– LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated …1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals’ usage
– MOSSBACK an unsophisticated country dweller; a rustic …1873
– NEWT a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person …1920s US college sl.
– OAT-CAKE an unsophisticated fellow …1914 Amer. college sl.
– QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person – a countrified person …1799 W. Indies sl.
– QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person – a countrified person …1943 W. Indies sl.
– QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person – a countrified person …1943 W. Indies sl.
– QUASHIE a country dweller; an unsophisticated peasant …M19 sl.
– RABBIT-CHOKER a country person; a farmer; an unsophisticated peasant; a hillbilly …c1950 Amer.
– RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic …1867 Amer. dial.
– RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person …1960s African-American sl.
– REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person …1890 Amer. dial.
– ROUGH NUT an ugly person; an unsophisticated person from the bush …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– SHIRL a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated female; a female ‘ocker’ …1970s Aust. sl.
– SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy …1964 Amer. dial.
– SQUAB an unsophisticated girl …Bk1914 criminals’ sl.
– TACK an unsophisticated person …1950s African-American sl.
– WALLY; WOLLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication …1920s sl.
– WALLY-BRAIN an unfashionable, unintelligent, ‘suburban’ person, lacking in taste and sophistication …1981 UK sl.
– WINCHELL a trusting, unsophisticated person …1972 US sl.
– WOODCHUCK an unsophisticated person from a remote place …1931 US sl. SL
– WOOLLY BACK an unsophisticated country dweller; a rustic …1981 UK sl.
– WRINKLE an unpleasant, unsophisticated male …1990s US college sl.
– YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic …1851 Amer. dial.
– YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic …1726
– YAP an uncultured or unsophisticated person; a gullible person; an easy victim; a dupe …c1894 Eng. dial. & US sl.
– YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person …1973 US sl.
– YARPIE an unsophisticated person, esp. one from a rural area; patronizing usage if not offensive …1964 S. Afr. sl.
– YAY-NAY a simpleton; a poor conversationalist; an unsophisticated person …Bk1860 sl.
– YEA-AND-NAY-MAN one who has no conversational power, and can only answer ‘yea’ or ‘nay’ to a question; a simpleton; an unsophisticated person …1725 sl.
– YELLOWHAMMER an unsophisticated rustic …1836 sl.
– YOB a fool; a naive, gullible, or unintelligent person; also, an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin …1886 chiefly Aust. & NZ rare
– YOBBO a foolish, unsophisticated idiot …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– YOKEL a term of contempt for a (stupid or ignorant) countryman or rustic; an uneducated and unsophisticated, gullible person from the countryside; a country bumpkin; a lout; an oaf …1812 usually derogatory
UNSOPHISTICATED – PHRASES
– FROM HORSE AND BUGGY unsophisticated; from the backwoods …2000s sl.
UNSOPHISTICATED – VERBS
– APPLE KNOCK to act the yokel, to behave in an unsophisticated manner …1940s sl.
UNSOUND – ADJECTIVES
– unsound, broken UP THE WOP 2001 NZ sl.
– unsound, crazy ADDLE 1847 Eng. dial.
– unsound, liable to collapse, unfit CRONK 1900 Aust.
– unsound or unreliable WONKY 1925 UK sl.
– unsound, shaky; in bad condition; of a low or inferior quality DICKEY; DICKY 1819
UNSPARING – ADJECTIVES
– unsparing, fierce, destructive CATAWAMPOUS 1856 sl., chiefly US
– unsparing, fierce, destructive CATAWAMPTIOUS 1856 sl., chiefly US
UNSPEAKABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unspeakable, appalling JOLLY UTTER L19 sl.
UNSPECIFIED – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unspecified person RANDOM JOE 1980s US college sl.
UNSTABLE – ADJECTIVES
– ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other …1970s African-American sl.
– COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety …19C Eng. dial.
– DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented …1899 US sl.
– JIGGERED irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded having a ‘screw loose’ …1895 Amer. dial.
– JIGGERY irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded having a ‘screw loose’ …1895 Amer. dial.
– LABILE apt to slip away; slippery, unstable …1623 obs.
– LOOSE IN THE HAFT unstable, unreliable ….c1325 obs.
– OFF THE RAILS emotionally unstable …M19 sl.
– RACKETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly …1824 Amer. dial.
– RACKILY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly …1967 Amer. dial.
– RACKLETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly …1967 Amer. dial.
– RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable …1968 Amer. dial.
– RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady …1969 Amer. dial.
– RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated …1865 Sc.
– RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable …1968 Amer. dial.
– SHITTLE-WITTED fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady …1448 obs.
– SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling …1980s US students’ sl.
– TICKLE insecure, unstable, tottering, easily upset; ready to fall …1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle …1606
– TIPPERTY unstable …1825 Sc.
– TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious …1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNGLUED unstable, emotional, lacking control …1950s
– UP A TREE annoyed, emotionally unstable …1910s sl.
– VARIOUS of persons: changeable in character; inconstant, unstable; fickle …1636 obs.
– WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable …1894 Amer. dial.
– WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable …1894 Amer. dial.
– WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable …1894 Amer. dial.
– WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable …1894 Amer. dial.
– WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable …1894 Amer. dial.
UNSTABLE – ADVERBS
– ASS OVER APPETITE upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion …1956
– ASS OVER APPLE CART upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion …1923
– ASS OVER HEAD upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion …1888
– ASS OVER TIT upside down, unstable, head over heels, in confusion …1939
– TICKLELY in an insecure or unstable manner …1601 obs.
– TICKLY in an insecure or unstable manner …1674 obs.
UNSTABLE – NOUNS
– TICKLENESS insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty …c1390 obs.
– VANE an unstable or constantly changing thing …1588
UNSTABLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– BESERKO an unstable, eccentric person …1982 US sl.
– CRANK a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby …1833 US sl.
– DAMAGED GOODS an emotionally or mentally unstable person …1990s sl.
– DING a mentally unstable person …1929 US sl.
– EASTIE-WASTIE an unreliable or unstable person; one on whose word there can be no dependence …1808 Sc. obs.
– JIGGER-HEAD one who is irrational, unstable, crazed, or deranged …1895 Amer. dial.
– LOONY BIRD a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational …1964 US sl.
– MADDY a psychologically unstable person; a lunatic …1990s Aust. & Sc. sl.
– MOONCALF a fickle, unstable person …1607 obs.
– SICKO a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour …1970s sl.
– SKETCH one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd …1980s US students’ sl.
– SKETCHBALL one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd …1980s US students’ sl.
– SKETCHER one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd …1980s US students’ sl.
– VANE an unstable or constantly changing person or thing …1588
– WANGLER an unstable person …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– WHACKO an unstable or mentally ill person …1970s sl.
– WIND-COCK a person of unstable disposition …Bk1905 Sc.
– WING-DING an unstable, crazy person …1960s sl.
UNSTABLE – VERBS
– NOT HAVE ALL ONE’S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable …1860 sl.
– UNBOTTOM to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable …1598 obs.
UNSTAINED – ADJECTIVES
– unstained UNBLECKED c1380 obs.
– unstained, untarnished UNBLENCHED 1813
UNSTEADILY, UNSTEADINESS, UNSTEADY – ADJECTIVES
– AIVY-KAIVY precariously balanced, unsteady …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BALLASTLESS unsteady …1885
– BALTERING unsteady, clumsy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– COCKLETY rickety; tottering; unsteady; applied to what is likely to tumble or fall off …Bk1883 Eng. dial.
– COCKLEY unsteady …Bk1875 Eng. dial.
– COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety …19C Eng. dial.
– CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset …19C Eng. dial.
– DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well …1953 Amer. dial.
– DOTTY feeble or unsteady in gait …colloq.
– EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety …Bk1900 Sc.
– EYVY-KEYVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious …1874 Eng. dial.
– FLAPPY giddy, unsteady …Eng. dial.
– GIVEY unsteady …1895 Amer. dial.
– HALLOPIN unsteady, unsettled, foolish …Bk1905 Sc.
– HAVEY-CAVEY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious …1874 Eng. dial.
– HEAVY-CEAVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious …1874 Eng. dial.
– HEIGHVY-KEIGHVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious …1874 Eng. dial.
– INGIDDIED made giddy or unsteady …1628 obs. rare
– LUBRIC slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error …1631 obs.
– NAZZLED slightly intoxicated, unsteady …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIDY-NOY staggering or walking unsteadily from drink …1791 Sc.
– ON THE TARVE unsteady …1910 Amer. dial.
– QUAVERY quavering, jerky, unsteady …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKLE of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude …1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
– RAMSHACKLING worthless; idle; unsteady …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RICKET unsteady, rickety …Bk1904 Sc. obs.
– RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady …1896 Eng. dial.
– RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady …1969 Amer. dial.
– ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky …M18
– SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog …1691 Eng. dial.
– SHITTLE-WITTED fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady …1448 obs.
– TICKLISH unstably balanced or poised; easily unbalanced or upset; unsteady …1601
– TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle …1606
– TIPPLY apt to tip over; unsteady …1906 colloq.
– TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady …1886 colloq.
– TITTERING tottering, swaying. moving unsteadily …1661
– TITTUPING unsteady, rickety …1824
– TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety …1798 colloq.
– TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady …1817
– TITUBATING moving unsteadily …1653 rare
– TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious …1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UNGAIN disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid …1895 Eng. dial.
– VENTILOUS fluttering, flickering, unsteady …1483 obs.
– WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WAGGLY unsteady …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WALEY-GALEY unsteady, tottering …B1900 Eng. dial.
– WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady …1857 Eng. dial.
– WANKLE unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WANTY unsteady, tottering …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling …1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– WEGGLETY unsteady …1877 Eng. dial.
– WIMBLY-WAMBLY unsteady; dizzy; feeling sick and giddy …1881 Eng. dial.
– WONKY unsteady, shaky …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– WOOZY unsteady; dizzy; disoriented; intoxicated with drugs or drink …1897 US sl.
UNSTEADILY etc. – ADVERBS
– NIDDY-NODDY to and fro, unsteadily …1877
– TITTER-TOTTER in a tottering manner; unsteadily …1725
– TOLTER unsteadily …1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– WAGGLY unsteadily …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WONKILY in a halting and unsteady way …1990s Amer. college sl.
UNSTEADILY etc. – NOUNS
– SHUCK unsteadiness …1982 Amer. dial.
– STOITER a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble …Sc.
– TITTERING the act of tottering or swaying; unsteady movement …c1374
– TITUBANCY tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness …1800 rare
– TITUBATION the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage …1849 rare
– WAMBLE an unsteady movement of a person or thing; a roll of the body; a rolling or staggering gait …1825
UNSTEADILY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– WAFFLER a person unsteady in gait …1843 Eng. dial.
UNSTEADILY etc. – VERBS
– BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse …Bk1911 Sc.
– DADDLE to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to walk with short steps …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DODDER to move unsteadily; to totter
– HABBLE to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about …1788 Sc.
– HALPER to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward …1596 obs.
– MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk …1737 Amer. rare
– MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one’s way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner …1819 Eng. dial.
– TIP to render unsteady; to make drunk; to intoxicate …1605 sl. obs.
– TIPPER to place in an unsteady position …1818 Sc.
– TITTER to move unsteadily, as if about to fall; to totter, to reel; to sway to and fro …c1374 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– UNBALLAST to render unsteady …1836
– WALK ON ROCKY SOCKS to walk unsteadily owing to an excess of drink…20C US sl.
– WALLOCK to roll in one’s gait; to walk unsteadily …Bk1905 Eng, dial.
– WALTER to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle …1399 obs.
– WAMBLE of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel …1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WAMBLE to roll about in walking; to go with an unsteady gait …1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– WANGLE of a thing: to move loosely or shakily on its base or in its place of attachment; of a person; to go unsteadily …1820 Eng. dial.
– WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily …1865 Sc.
– YAW to deviate, to go out of course, to go or move unsteadily …1584
UNSTYLISH – ADJECTIVES
– hopelessly out of style SAFE 1982 US Hawaiian youth usage
– unstylish, dressed in a shabby or old-fashioned way, dowdy, unstylish: applied to female dress NUNTY 1838 Eng. dial.
– unstylish, lacking social awareness UNTOGETHER 1960s US sl.
UNSUBDUED – ADJECTIVES
– unsubdued; unconvinced UNSAYED Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL – ADJECTIVES
– AERICAL aerial; existing in the air; unsubstantial …1660 obs. rare
– AERIE spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary …1586
– AERIFORM unsubstantial, intangible, unreal …1828
– AERY spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary …1586
– LATHERY ‘frothy’, unsubstantial …1803
– UMBRATILE of a shadowy nature; unsubstantial; unreal …1647 now rare or obs.
– VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain …1605
– VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague …1818
– WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL – NOUNS
– DEAF NUT something hollow, worthless, or unsubstantial …1613
– HOUSE OF CARDS any insecure or unsubstantial scheme, system, etc. …1641
– SYLLABUB something unsubstantial and frothy; esp., floridly vapid discourse or writing …1706
– VAPOUR something unsubstantial or worthless …1382
UNSUBTLE – ADJECTIVES
– unsubtle, exaggerated, histrionic; Amateur Dramatic AM DRAM 1985 UK sl.
– unsubtle, outspoken, obvious BROAD
UNSUCCESSFUL – ADJECTIVES
– AT THE RACES unsuccessful, uncompetitive …2003 Irish sl.
– DEAD LOSS useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable …1920s sl.
– ILL-FARED unlucky, unsuccessful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NO CIGAR not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize …colloq.
– NOT IN THE RACE not having any chance of success …1904 Aust. sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL – NOUNS
– BOBBLE an unsuccessful undertaking; a failure …1920 Amer. dial.
– BOSS-SHOT an unsuccessful attempt …1898 Eng. dial.
– CRULLER a failure; an unsuccessful performance or entertainment …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success …1829 US sl.
– DUD a worthless or unsuccessful thing; a failure …1915 UK sl.
– NO-HOPER something which is unlikely to be successful or to bring success …1976 colloq.
– NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success …1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL – NOUNS, PERSON
– COLD WIRE an unsuccessful or unlikable person …1941 US sl.
– DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success …1829 US sl.
– DUD a worthless or unsuccessful person; a failure …1915 UK sl.
– NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success …1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL – PHRASES
– THAT DOG WON’T HUNT used to express the opinion that a particular plan or approach will not succeed …1912 US colloq.
UNSUCCESSFUL – VERBS
– BRING ONE’S EGGS TO A FAIR MARKET to be unsuccessful in a venture; chiefly ironic …1615 obs.
– BRING ONE’S HOGS TO A FAIR MARKET to be unsuccessful in a venture; chiefly ironic …1600 obs.
– BRING ONE’S PIGS TO A FINE MARKET to be disappointed or unsuccessful in a venture; chiefly ironic usage …1693
– BUY THE RABBIT to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly …1807 sl. rare
– GET SKUNKED to be totally unsuccessful in an endeavour …1942 Amer. dial.
– ILL-FARE to fare badly, to meet with ill-success …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MISFORE to be unsuccessful or unfortunate; to miscarry …1804 Sc.
– MIS-SPEED to be unsuccessful or unlucky …a1387 obs.
UNSUITABLE, UNSUITABLY – ADJECTIVES
– EXTRAVAGANT varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable …1650 obs.
– ILL-BECOMING unsuitable, unbecoming …1864 Eng. dial.
– IMPERTINENT unsuitable, unfitted for …1594 obs.
– IMPOLITICAL not politic; not according to good policy; unsuitable for the end proposed or desired; inexpedient …1748 obs.
– LIKE A LILY ON A DIRT TIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable …1930s Aust. sl.
– LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable …1930s Aust. sl.
– OUT OF PLACE AS BALLS ON A WHALE, AS unsuitable …1977 US sl.
– OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche …1976 Amer. dial.
– STRAVAGANT irrelevant, unsuitable …1565 obs.
– UNABLE of things: unfit or unsuitable for some purpose …1390 obs.
– UNAGREEABLE unconformable or unsuitable to; inconsistent or incongruous with …1550 obs.
– UNBECOMELY unbecoming; unsuitable …c1200 obs.
– UNBEHOVABLE unsuitable; unprofitable …c1440 obs. rare
– UNFEWSOME awkward, unbecoming, unsuitable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNFITTEN unfit, unqualified, unsuitable …1889 Amer. dial.
– UNGAIN awkward, inconvenient, unfavourable, unprofitable; unsuitable …1790 Eng. dial.
UNSUITABLE etc. – ADVERBS
– UNCOMELY in an uncomely manner; unsuitably, unbecomingly …c1375 obs.
UNSUITABLE etc. – NOUNS
– IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly …1603
– IMPORTUNITY the condition of being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time …1489 obs.
UNSUITABLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– SPARE PART an incompetent or unsuitable man …World War I Eng. sl.
UNSUITABLE etc. – VERBS
– SUIT LIKE FROST AND FLOWERS to be quite unsuitable …B1900
UNSUMMONED – ADJECTIVES
– unsummoned; not called upon UNCHARGED 1456 obs.
UNSURPASSABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unsurpassable IMPOSSIBLE Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UNSURPASSABLE – PHRASES
– to an unsurpassable degree TO BEAT THE BAND 1897 Amer. sl.
UNSUSCEPTIBLE – VERBS
– to render unsusceptible VASTATE 1892 rare
UNSUSPECTED – ADJECTIVES
– unsuspected, unexpected UNASPECTED 1578 obs.
UNSUSPECTING – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unsuspecting, simple person; one easily imposed upon BAWKEN 1924 Sc.
UNSYMPATHETIC – ADJECTIVES
– of an unsympathetic character HARD-GRAINED 1847
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