Reverse Dictionary: UNU – UO

UNUSED – ADJECTIVES
– unused, inactive; stored away MOTHBALL 

UNUSED – VERBS
– to lie unused LIE-BY B1900 Sc.

UNUSUAL, UNUSUALLY – ADJECTIVES
– BEATEMEST most remarkable or unusual …1831 Amer. dial.
– BEATENEST most remarkable or unusual …1860 Amer. dial.
– BEATERMOST most remarkable or unusual …1843 Amer. dial. obs.
– BEATINGEST most remarkable or unusual …1903 Amer. dial.
– BEATOMEST most remarkable or unusual …1845 Amer. dial.
– CHUMPY behaving in an unusual or strange manner …1960s African-American sl.
– DIGGING remarkable, unusual …1820 Amer. dial. obs.
– EAT UP strange, unusual, crazy …1990s sl.
– EXTRAVAGANT varying widely from what is usual or proper; unusual, abnormal, strange; unbecoming, unsuitable …1650 obs.
– HEADINGEST most unusual or striking …1952 Amer. dial.
– INSOLITE unusual, unaccustomed, strange …1490 obs. rare
– KINKY very odd or unusual; arousing suspicion …1948 Amer. sl.
– OFFBEAT unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary …1925 US sl., orig. jazz
– OFF-BRAND odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange …1960 Amer. sl.
– OFF-THE-WALL bizarre, unusual …1937 sl.
– QUEER AS A CLOCKWORK ORANGE unusual or suspicious …1980 UK sl.
– QUEER AS A FOUR-SPEED WALKING STICK unusual; ostentatiously homosexual …1984 UK sl.
– QUEER AS A LEFT-HANDED CORKSCREW unusual; ostentatiously homosexual …1970s UK sl.
– QUEER AS A NINE-BOB NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious …1960s sl.
– QUEER AS A TWO-QUID NOTE unusual, particularly suspicious …1960s sl.
– RARACHOSE rare, unusual …1676 obs. rare
– SPLIT-ASS unusual …1910s Aust.
– STRAVAGANT extraordinary, unusual, special …1613 obs.
– UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive …1884 Eng. dial.
– UNACCUSTOMABLE unusual …1584 obs.
– UNACQUAINTED unknown, unfamiliar, strange, unusual …1551 obs.
– UNCO unknown, strange; unusual; foreign …c1410 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly …1684 Eng. dial.
– UNKED unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar …1783 Eng. dial.
– UNKID unknown, strange, unusual, odd, unfamiliar …1783 Eng. dial.
– UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly …1684 Eng. dial.
– WACKY unusual, out of the way, little known …c1942 journalists’ sl.
– WRIGGLY out of the ordinary; suspiciously different …1995 UK sl.
 
UNUSUAL etc. – ADVERBS
– ARSEY-VERSEY; ARSIE-VARSIE; ARSEY-VARSEY; ARSY-VARSY; ARSY-VERSY in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical …1542 UK sl.
– RARELY in an unusual degree; exceptionally …1606
– UNACCUSTOMABLY unusually …1651 obs.
– UNACCUSTOMARILY unusually, abnormally …1634 obs.
– UNKIN very, unusually …1892 Sc.
– WHIZZING extremely; unusually …1909 Amer. dial.
 
UNUSUAL etc. – INTERJECTIONS
– SHU-FLY! a mild expression of surprise or recognition of something remarkable or unusual …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
 
UNUSUAL etc. – NOUNS
– AUNTER a strange or unusual deed; anything unusual or out of the ordinary …1697 Eng. dial.
– CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence …1835 Amer. dial.
– DADDY-COME-TO-CHURCH an unusual event …1953 US sl.
– EXTRAVAGANCY abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness …1651 obs.
– FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who ‘burns brightly’; someone or something very unusual or vigorous …c1805
– GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind …1912 Amer. dial.
– LALAPALOOZA;  LALAPOLOOSA;  LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLAPALOOSA;  LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– MASER;  MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person …1890 Eng. dial.
– MEEJICK anything strange or unusual …1880 Eng. dial.
– NEWANCE a new thing; a novelty; anything unusual …1875 Sc.
– SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual …1958 Amer. dial.
– UNCO a strange or unusual thing or tale; a novelty or piece of news; a wonder; a curiosity; generally plural …1785 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
UNUSUAL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BIRD an odd or unusual person; a weird person, as a neurotic or psychopath …1920 Amer. sl. 
– CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow …1859 Amer. dial.
– CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence …1835 Amer. dial.
– FLAMER a conspicuous, ostentatious person who ‘burns brightly’; someone or something very unusual or vigorous …c1805
– FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– GEEZ an offensive or dull-witted old person, usually a man; an odd or unusual fellow …1977 US sl.
– GEEZER an odd, unusual, strange, or queer character; a strangely-acting person; a blockhead …1890 
– GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind …1912 Amer. dial.
– LALAPALOOZA;  LALAPOLOOSA;  LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLAPALOOSA;  LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– ODDBALL a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless …1940 Amer. colloq.
– QUARE FELLA an eccentric; an unusual person …M19 Irish sl.
 
UNUSUAL etc. – VERBS
– RATTLE ONE’S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner …1968 Amer. dial.
– TAKE THE CAKE to be so unusual as to be unbelievable; to be extremely audacious; to have unusual behaviour or characteristics …c1890 US colloq.

UNVARIED – ADJECTIVES
– unvaried, similar, without variety, monotonous SAMELY 1799
– unvaried, uniform EVEN-FLAVOURED Bk1900 Eng. dial.

UNWANTED – NOUNS
– an unwanted, disappointing, or unpleasant situation or experience; a disappointment, a failure BUMMER 1967 orig. US
– something that is unwanted or badly treated RED-HEADED STEPCHILD 1941 Amer. dial.

UNWANTED – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unwanted third person; the third person who makes a ‘crowd’ GOOSEBERRY 1901 Amer. dial.
– a person who is unwanted or badly treated RED-HEADED STEPCHILD 1941 Amer. dial.

UNWANTED – PHRASES
– you’re not wanted; Git! RED-HEADED STEPCHILD Bk1896 Amer.

UNWARLIKE – ADJECTIVES
– unwarlike IMBELLIC a1620 obs.
– unwarlike, cowardly IMBELLIOUS 1602 obs.
– unwarlike, not martial IMMARTIAL c1611 obs. rare

UNWARY – ADJECTIVES
– unwary, heedless, incautious INCAUTELOUS 1610 obs.
– unwary, incautious UNCAUTELOUS 1628 obs.
– unwary, incautious, imprudent WARELESS 1562 obs.
– unwary, not cautious, imprudent UNCIRCUMSPECT 1502
– unwary or unaware; off one’s guard; derelict in one’s duty ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH 1914 Amer. sl., orig. railroad usage

UNWASHED – ADJECTIVES
– unwashed ILLOTE 1845
– unwashed, dirty REECHY 1854 Eng. dial.

UNWATCHFUL – ADJECTIVES
– unwatchful UNWAKER a1225 obs.

UNWAVERINGLY – ADVERBS
– unwaveringly, firmly, steadfastly; with confidence FASTLY c1175 obs.

UNWELCOME – ADJECTIVES
– ILLCOME unfortunately come or arrived; not welcome …1579 rare

UNWELCOME – NOUNS
– JACK DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest …L16 sl.
– JOHN DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest …L16 sl.
– READ ‘EM AND WEEP some unwelcome or distressing news or information, the truth …20C US sl.
– TOM DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT a rough reception, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest …L16 sl.

UNWELCOME – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAD NEWS a person regarded as unpleasant, unlucky, or undesirable; an unwelcome guest …1919 colloq.
– BORE an unwelcome visitor, who makes himself obnoxious by his disagreeable manners …1848 Amer. dial.
– COME-AROUND a person who is tolerated but not welcome …1990s W. Indies sl.
– GOOZER one who attempts to join a group in which they are not numbered and/or welcome …1990s UK juvenile usage
– INCHER a person who joins himself on to you and your group without being asked, and won’t leave; someone who is uninvited or unwelcome …1969 Amer. dial.
– POT-HUNTER an unwelcome guest who carefully arrives just in time for dinner …1873 UK sl.
– SCREWZER an unwelcome, intrusive visitor; a parasite; a hanger-on …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SPARE TIRE an unwelcome or irrelevant person; an extra or unnecessary person; a useless or unproductive person; a boring person; a dull, disliked person …1926 US sl.

UNWELCOME – VERBS
– RATTLE ONE’S CHAIN to cause someone to act in an unusual, strange, or unwelcome manner …1968 Amer. dial.
– SCREWZE to encroach, to intrude; to sponge; to come as an uninvited, unwelcome guest …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

UNWELL – ADJECTIVES
– ADDLE ailing, unwell …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– AILY slightly ill, not well …1952 Amer. dial.
– ALL-OVERISH not exactly ill, but by no means well …a1894 Amer. dial.
– AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell …1968 Amer. dial.
– AWFISH;  AWVISH slightly unwell, out of sorts …1790 Eng. dial.
– BAD unwell, sick, ill in body …1879 Sc.
– BADLY unwell, indisposed, sick, in ill health …1783 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BRIEF poorly, not well …1952 Amer. dial.
– DICKEY;  DICKY in poor health;  unwell …1868
– DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well …1953 Amer. dial.
– DOWN IN THE DIKE unwell, ill …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FEELING A BIT OFF unwell, off-colour …Aust. sl.
– FUNNY odd, strange; hence, unwell …1806 UK sl.
– GIPPY;  GYPPY of a person: affected by nausea or diarrhoea; unwell …a1974
– GRANKY sickly and complaining; slightly unwell; cranky …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ILLISH somewhat ill or unwell; indisposed …1637 rare
– JAGGEDY looking unwell …1986 Amer. dial.
– LOUSY unwell, tired, depressed …1933 Amer. dial.
– MEAN unwell, in low spirits …M19 US sl.
– MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather …1967 Amer. dial.
– MICKEY DUFF rough, unwell …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– MICKY DUFF rough, unwell …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– NOT KICKING VERY HIGH not feeling so good, unwell …1986 Amer. dial.
– OFF in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic …1890s colloq.
– OFF AT HOOKS out of temper; unwell …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFFISH unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFF ONE’S FEED not feeling or looking well; indisposed …1862 US sl.
– OFF ONE’S OATS feeling unwell, esp. if this diminishes one’s appetite …L19 sl.
– OFF THE HOOKS somewhat ill; indisposed; unwell, ailing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ON THE BUM unwell …1950 Amer. dial.
– ORNERY tired or vaguely unwell …1965 Amer. dial.
– OUCHY unwell, feeling discomfort …1965 Amer. dial.
– OUT OF KELTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell …1643
– OUT OF KILTER out of harmony or balance; not working, broken; unwell …1643
– PALTRY unwell, feeble, indisposed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PEAKED having pinched features; thin, wasted, sickly-looking; unwell …1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.  
– PEAKEDY peaked; in poor health, sickly, unwell …1956 Amer. dial.
– PEAKING sickly, unwell, in poor health …1902 Amer. dial.
– PEAKISH sickly, unwell, in poor health …1877 Amer. dial.
– PEAKY sickly, unwell, in poor health, ill…1821
– PEEKY sickly, unwell, in poor health …1877 Amer. dial.
– PUNK of poor quality; bad; inferior; unwell …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– QUEER AS DICK’S HATBAND out of sorts, dispirited, ‘under the weather’ …L18 sl.
– QUEERISH not well in health, rather uncomfortable …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– QUISBY queer, out of sorts, unwell …1854 sl.
– QUISBY SNITCH of people: unwell; out of sorts …M19 sl.
– RAGGED nervy, out of sorts, under the weather, unwell, tired …L19 sl., orig. Aust.
– RAUNCHY ill, unwell …1970s US students’ sl.
– ROTTEN of a person: unwell …1881 colloq.
– ROUGH unwell, sick; tired, dejected; now, esp. as the result of a hangover or lack of sleep …1882 colloq., orig. Eng. dial.
– SADLY-BADLY very ill or unwell; very much indisposed …1880 Eng. dial.
– SHABBY having a general feeling of unwellness, tired, ‘under the weather’ …1926 Amer. dial.
– SHITTY unwell, ill …1920s US sl.
– TENDERLY poorly, unwell …1787 Sc.
– TEULY;  TEWLY;  TOOLY;  TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell …1691 Eng. dial.
– TIZZY feeling unwell …1967 Amer. dial.
– TRIFLING of a person: tired, draggy, under the weather; of one’s health: poor …1887 Amer. dial.
– UNEVEN out of sorts, slightly unwell …Bk1905 Sc.
– WAMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather …1844 Amer. dial.
– WEEWAW of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather …1941 Amer. dial.
– WEE-WAW-Y of a person: somewhat unwell, under the weather …1932 Amer. dial.
– WOBBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather …1941 Amer. dial.
– WOOZY dizzy, faint, unwell …1897
– WUMBLE-CROPPED vaguely unwell, under the weather …1972 Amer. dial.
 
UNWELL – ADVERBS
– QUEERWAYS in not quite a normal state, slightly unwell …1827 Sc.
 
UNWELL – NOUNS
– BOTS a vague feeling of unwellness; the blues …1898 Amer. dial.
– GOOHOOPERS a condition of despondency or ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood …1968 Amer. dial.
– WOOFITS an unwell feeling, esp. in the head, or moody depression …1918 sl.
 
UNWELL – NOUNS, PERSON
– BIRSEY a patronizing term for a farmer or country yokel; someone who looks depressed or unwell …Bk1997 Ulster sl.
– LAIMETER;  LAMETER;  LAMITOR one who is feeling unwell …20C Ireland
– LAMESTER one who is feeling unwell …20C Ireland
 
UNWELL – VERBS
– BE ON THE GRUNTING LIST to be quarrelsome because of not feeling well …1954 Amer. dial.
– GRUNT to be ill or ailing, to be unwell …1893 Amer. dial.
– HAVE THE PIP to be depressed, despondent or unwell …1881
– HAVE RATS, TO to feel unwell, or out of sorts …M19 Aust. & NZ sl.

UNWHOLESOME, UNWHOLESOMENESS – ADJECTIVES
– unwholesome, decaying; inferior, second-rate, spurious; coarse, worthless, rubbishy CAGMAG 1859 Eng. dial.
– unwholesome, hurtful, unhealthy, insalubrious MALIFEROUS 1727
– unwholesome, not conducive to health; insalubrious HEALTHLESS 1650 rare

UNWHOLESOME etc. – NOUNS
– unwholesomeness, unhealthiness HEALTHLESSNESS 1655 rare

UNWIELDINESS, UNWIELDY – ADJECTIVES
– BAULTERING moving unwieldily, floundering …a1704 obs.
– BAUSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen …1796 Eng. dial.
– BAWSON big, fat, unwieldy, swollen …1796 Eng. dial.
– BELKING unwieldy, large …1885 Eng. dial.
– BUMBLE-BATH clumsy, unwieldy …19C sl.
– BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy …1940 Amer. dial.
– BUNGERSOME awkward, clumsy, bungling, unwieldy …1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BURLIBOND clumsy, unwieldy …17C obs.
– EARDLY unusually large; unwieldy …1889 Eng. dial.
– ELEPHANTINE resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy …1845
– FADGY corpulent, fat, unwieldy, short and thickset in person …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FUSSOCKING unwieldy, fat …L18 now Eng. dial.
– MAWKIN unwieldy, difficult to handle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RHINOCERICAL heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros …1623 obs.
– ROID large, unwieldy …a1400 obs exc. Eng. dial.
– THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNEATHILY hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– UNFEARY unwieldy …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNFIERDY adj. overgrown, unwieldy …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNFREELIE heavy, unwieldy …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNHANTY overlarge, unwieldy …1719 Sc. obs.
– UNIWELDE unwieldy …c1205 obs.
– UNLIFTY awkward, clumsy, unwieldy …1746 Eng. dial.
– UNLUSTY unwieldy, very fat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
UNWIELDINESS etc. – NOUNS
– BRAWCHTON anything weighty or unwieldy …Bk1911 Sc.
– LUB anything heavy and unwieldy …1825 Sc.
– MAGIRKIE an odd, unwieldy object …1879 Sc.
– MAJIRK an odd, unwieldy object …1879 Sc.
– UNGAINNESS clumsiness, unwieldiness …1896 Eng. dial.
 
UNWIELDINESS etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAWSON a clumsy, unwieldy person …1607 arch.
– BRALLION an unwieldy person or animal …19C Sc.
– FUSS a fat, unwieldy woman …1670 obs.
– FUSSOCK;  FUZZOCK a fat, unwieldy woman …1699 Eng. dial. & sl.
– FUSTILUGS a gross, fat, unwieldy person, especially a woman; a slovenly woman that smells rank; a person with a sour,  forbidding aspect; a dirty child; a term of abuse…1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GANFER an unwieldy, uncouth person …Bk1900 Sc.
– GILSE;  GILZE an unwieldy little child …Bk1818 Sc.
– HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, ‘pudding-headed’ person; an indolent, do-nothing fellow …1822  
– LOB a clumsy fellow; an unwieldy, lumpish oaf …E16
– PANGUTS an unwieldy, fat-bellied fellow; a fat, hulky, lazy fellow ..1617 obs.

UNWILLING, UNWILLINGLY, UNWILLINGNESS – ADJECTIVES
– ARFISH unwilling, reluctant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ARGH hesitating, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined …1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ARSEWARD perverse, obstinate; unwilling …1686 Eng. dial.
– ARSEWARDS perverse, obstinate; unwilling …1686 Eng. dial.
– BACKWARD unwilling, reluctant; shy, bashful, diffident; slow …1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– DEAD-SWEER lazy, indolent, unwilling; undecided …1721 Sc.
– ILL-WILLING unwilling …c1520 obs.
– KEEADISH sluggish; unwilling, disinclined …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant …1714 Sc.
– LOFT unwilling …1899 Amer. dial.
– REESTED stiff, tired, unwilling to do anything …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant …1796 Sc.
– THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse …Bk1905 Sc.
– THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything …1768 Sc.
– UNBAIN not ready or willing; disobedient …a1300 obs.
– UNLISTING disinclined, spiritless, unwilling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UNWILLE unwilling …a1225 obs.
 
UNWILLING etc. – ADVERBS
– ANKERLY unwillingly …B1900 Sc.
– BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly …1580
– HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows …1807 Eng. dial.
– OILINS BOILINS whether you like it or no, willing or unwilling, nolens volens  …1855 Eng. dial.
– THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WITH AN ILL WILL unwillingly …1601 obs.
– WITH BAD GRACE unwillingly …1832
 
UNWILLING etc. – NOUNS
– ARGHNESS reluctance, unwillingness …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– IFING-AND-BUTTINGS invalid excuses; hesitation combined with unwillingness …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NOLITION unwillingness, absence of willing …1653 obs.
– TARDITUDE slowness to act; tardiness, sluggishness; unwillingness …1794 rare
– UNIWILL unwillingness …c1175 obs.
 
UNWILLING etc. – VERBS
– NOT GIVE THE SWEAT OFF OF ONE’S BALLS to be unwilling to give anything …1949 US sl.
– TAR THE FINGERS TO DO A THING to meet with difficulty in accomplishing it; to be unwilling to do it …Bk1905 Sc.
– THINK BAD to be unwilling ..1896 Ireland
– THINK ILL to be unwilling …1853 Eng. dial.

UNWIND – VERBS
– to unwind REEVE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– to unwind, to disentangle UNFANKLE 1824 Sc. obs.
– to unwind, to unravel; said of a rope, yarn, etc. UNREAVE 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to unwind, to unwind itself EGLOMERATE 1656 obs.

UNWIPED – ADJECTIVES
– unwiped UNDIGHTED 1884 Sc.

UNWISE – ADJECTIVES
– unwise, foolish, stupid; void of wisdom, understanding, or intellect INSIPIENT 1528 rare
– unwise, witless AERWITTE 1205 obs.

UNWISE – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unwise, foolish or silly person INSIPIENT 1494 obs.
– an unwise or injudicious person CHUMP Bk1913-17 Amer. college sl.

UNWISE – VERBS
– to speak unwisely and quickly YADDLE Bk1905 Eng. dial.

UNWORKABLE – ADJECTIVES
– unworkable, crazy; said of ideas, schemes CRACK-POT 20C colloq.

UNWORKABLE – VERBS
– to make unworkable GUM UP THE WORKS 

UNWORKMANLIKE – ADJECTIVES
– unworkmanlike, bungling, clumsy, awkward, slovenly BUNGERLY 1580 obs.

UNWORLDLY – ADJECTIVES
– unworldly, old-fashioned MUTTONBIRDY 20C Aust. sl.

UNWORLDLY – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unworldly, unsophisticated person RANKY DANK 1960s African-American sl.
– a person who is unworldly or socially inept GINK 1906 sl., orig. US, often derogatory

UNWORTHY – ADJECTIVES
– not worth the trouble of summoning NOT WORTH A WHOOP Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– unworthy of acceptance; deserving rejection; not chosen or received, rejected REJECTANEOUS 1657 obs.
– unworthy of praise or commendation ILLAUDABLE 1589
– unworthy, shameful INDING 1790 Sc. obs.

UNWORTHY – NOUNS, PERSON
– an unworthy, mean person; a ‘rating who is mean with his money’ KYE 1929 nautical sl.

UNWORTHY – VERBS
– to render unworthy or worthless; to degrade, to disparage DISWORTH 1627 obs. rare

UNWOUNDED – ADJECTIVES
– unwounded, unbeaten UNCLOWRED 1721 Sc. obs.

UNWRAP – VERBS
– to unwrap; to undress; to strip off the clothes; to make naked UNGEAR 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– to unwrap; to unfold UNLAP 1895 Eng. dial.

UNYIELDING – ADJECTIVES
– CAST-IRON hard, insensible to fatigue; rigid, stern, unbending; inflexible, unyielding, wanting in pliancy or adaptiveness …1830
– HARD AS NAILS stern and unyielding; harsh; pitiless …1862
– HARD-SHELL conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted …1900 Amer. dial.
– HARD-SHELLED conservative, straitlaced; unyielding; hard-hearted …1858 Amer. dial.
– HASK rough to the touch; stiff, unyielding; brittle and difficult to work …1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HASKY harsh, rough, coarse, unyielding …1848 Eng. dial.
– IMMORIGEROUS unyielding, obstinate; disobedient, rebellious; uncivil, rude …1623 obs.
– IRONBARK strong; hard; unyielding …1888 sl.
– IRONCLAD strong; hard; unyielding …1888 sl.
– OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1586
– OBDURATIOUS hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1672 obs. rare
​- OBDURE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1624 obs.
– ROCKY of the heart or disposition: hard, unfeeling, unyielding …L16
– TIGHT of a person: tough and unyielding …1928 US sl.
– UNBOWING unyielding, unbending …a1300
– UNBOWSOME unbending, unyielding, stiff, rigid …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.

UNYIELDING – NOUNS, PERSON
– BITTER-ENDER one who fights or holds out to the bitter end; one who refuses to yield or compromise …1850 colloq.
– HARD-ARSE;  HARD-ASS a tough, unyielding, severe person; a severe and often pugnacious person …1940s US sl.
– HARDSHELL a conservative or straitlaced person; one who is unyielding or hard-hearted …1902 Amer. dial.

UNYIELDING – VERBS
– NAIL ONE’S COLOURS TO THE MAST to adopt an unyielding attitude …1848

UNYOKE – VERBS
– to unyoke, to uncouple ABJUGATE 1731 obs.