📖 U — The English dictionary · page 12

unimpressed — Everyday, meaning 1: Unimpressed means not thinking that someone or something is good, special or clever.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Showing that you are a little annoyed or not pleased, often with a flat look.↗ Example: The cat looked unimpressed by its new toy.↗ · Mum was unimpressed when she saw the muddy carpet.↗ · The judges seemed unimpressed with his magic trick.↗ · I was unimpressed by the film; it was boring.↗ · Grandpa stayed unimpressed by the new phone.↗ · Our teacher was unimpressed that nobody did the homework.↗

uninformative — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninformative means giving little or no useful information.↗ Example: The sign just said «Danger» – very uninformative.↗ · His answer «stuff happened» was uninformative.↗ · A graph without labels is uninformative.↗ · The website was colourful but uninformative.↗ · The weather report was so short it was uninformative.↗ · Give your project a title that is not uninformative.↗

uninformed — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninformed means not knowing the facts about something: «an uninformed guess».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An uninformed opinion or choice is one made without enough knowledge.↗ Example: It was an uninformed guess, because I hadn't read the question.↗ · Many people were uninformed about the new bus timetable.↗ · Don't share uninformed opinions online — check the facts first.↗ · The visitors were uninformed about the danger of the tides.↗ · An uninformed choice can cost you money.↗ · Reading the label means you are not uninformed about what you eat.↗

uninhabited — Everyday, meaning 1: With no people living there.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: With no animals or living things living there (less common).↗ Example: The sailors were shipwrecked on an uninhabited island.↗ · Much of Antarctica is uninhabited.↗ · The old farmhouse has been uninhabited for years.↗ · Scientists think the Moon is uninhabited.↗ · They explored an uninhabited valley.↗ · The rocket landed on an uninhabited planet in the story.↗ · He very soon found that Squirrel Island was uninhabited.↗

uninjured — Everyday, meaning 1: Not hurt or harmed; without any injury.↗ Example: Luckily, everyone on the bus was uninjured.↗ · The cat fell from the tree but landed uninjured.↗ · The rider was uninjured, but the bike was broken.↗ · She escaped from the fire uninjured.↗ · Two people were hurt and five were uninjured.↗ · He was uninjured but very shaken.↗ · With his winged horses he flew to rescue his lovely bride, and succeeded in extricating her uninjured from the burning building.↗

unintelligent — Everyday, meaning 1: Not clever; not showing good thinking or understanding.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a choice or action) Not sensible.↗ Example: It was an unintelligent move to leave the door unlocked.↗ · Robots in old films seemed unintelligent and clumsy.↗ · Don't call anyone unintelligent; everyone learns at their own pace.↗ · Copying the wrong answers was unintelligent.↗ · The plan was not unintelligent, just unlucky.↗ · Some people wrongly think animals are unintelligent.↗

unintelligibility — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Unintelligibility is the state of being impossible or very hard to understand, especially speech or writing that cannot be made out.↗ Example: The unintelligibility of the old letter made it hard to read.↗ · The radio message crackled into unintelligibility.↗ · Mumbling leads to unintelligibility.↗ · The unintelligibility of the code kept the secret safe.↗ · Teachers complained about the unintelligibility of his handwriting.↗ · Two dialects can drift towards unintelligibility over centuries.↗

unintelligible — Everyday, meaning 1: Unintelligible speech or writing cannot be understood because it is unclear, mumbled, too messy, or in a code or language you do not know.↗ Example: The message on the radio was unintelligible because of the noise.↗ · His handwriting was almost unintelligible.↗ · She muttered something unintelligible and went to bed.↗ · The station announcement was unintelligible over the trains.↗ · The baby's babble is still unintelligible to visitors.↗ · The code looked like unintelligible nonsense until we found the key.↗ · The longer he spoke with the boatmen, the more unintelligible did their language become to him.↗ · not to many peoples of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand.↗ (Prophets EZK.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · For thou art not sent to a people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, but to the house of Israel; (Prophets EZK.3.5, JPS 1917)↗

unintended — Everyday, meaning 1: Unintended means not planned or not meant to happen: an unintended result, unintended harm.↗ Example: Bringing rabbits to Australia had unintended consequences: they spread everywhere.↗ · The joke caused unintended hurt to her friend.↗ · The unintended result of the experiment was a bright green colour.↗ · His kick sent the ball over the fence, which was unintended.↗ · Cutting the trees had the unintended effect of more flooding.↗

unintentional — Everyday, meaning 1: Not done on purpose; accidental.↗ Example: Sorry, it was unintentional – I didn't see you there.↗ · His rude comment was unintentional, but it still hurt.↗ · The broken vase was an unintentional accident.↗ · The joke had an unintentional double meaning.↗ · Even an unintentional mistake should be fixed.↗ · The referee decided the handball was unintentional.↗

unintentionally — Everyday, meaning 1: If you do something unintentionally, you do it by accident, not on purpose.↗ Example: I broke the vase unintentionally when I reached for the ball.↗ · He said sorry because he had unintentionally hurt her feelings.↗ · The cat unintentionally knocked the milk over.↗

uninterested — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninterested means not interested; not wanting to know about or pay attention to something.↗ Example: The cat seemed uninterested in its new toy.↗ · He was uninterested in football but loved chess.↗ · The baby looked uninterested in the carrots.↗ · She gave an uninterested shrug.↗ · Don't look uninterested when a friend is talking.↗ · The audience grew uninterested in the long speech.↗

uninteresting — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninteresting means not interesting; dull and boring, so it does not hold your attention.↗ Example: The book had an uninteresting start but got exciting.↗ · Rainy days at home can feel uninteresting.↗ · Try to make your story opening less uninteresting.↗ · The museum was small but not uninteresting.↗ · He found maths uninteresting until he met puzzles.↗ · The plain grey wall looked uninteresting.↗ · THE deacon of a colored church met Uncle Remus recently, and, after some uninteresting remarks about the weather, asked:↗

uninterrupted — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninterrupted means going on without being stopped or broken.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An uninterrupted view is one that nothing blocks.↗ Example: I want an hour of uninterrupted reading.↗ · The baby had six hours of uninterrupted sleep.↗ · Our room had an uninterrupted view of the mountains.↗ · The rain fell for three uninterrupted days.↗ · The speech went on uninterrupted for twenty minutes.↗ · Hospitals need an uninterrupted supply of electricity.↗ · Their united reign became so thoroughly peaceful and happy, and was distinguished by such uninterrupted prosperity, that it was called the Golden Age.↗

uninvited — Everyday, meaning 1: Uninvited means not invited; coming or happening without being asked.↗ Example: An uninvited guest came to the princess's party.↗ · Ants are uninvited guests at a picnic.↗ · He turned up uninvited at the sleepover.↗ · If you get an uninvited message online, tell an adult.↗ · The wasp joined our lunch uninvited.↗ · It is rude to walk into someone's house uninvited.↗

union — Everyday, meaning 1: A union is a group of workers who join together to protect their pay and rights (a trade union, a labor union).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A union is a group of countries or states joined together, such as the European Union or the United States (once called «the Union»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Union is the act of joining things together.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, the union of two sets is all the things that are in one set or the other or both.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A union can also mean a marriage between two people.↗ Example: The workers joined a union to ask for fair pay.↗ · The United Kingdom is a union of four countries.↗ · The union of the sets {1, 2, 3} and {3, 4} is {1, 2, 3, 4}.↗ · The Union Jack flew over the town hall.↗ · The union of two rivers made a big river.↗ · Every member of the union voted.↗ · For some years they lived happily together, and their union was blessed by the birth of two sons.↗

unique — Everyday, meaning 1: Unique means being the only one of its kind, unlike anything else: every snowflake is unique.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unique to something means found only there: koalas are unique to Australia.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Unique is often used to mean very special or unusual.↗ Example: Every person's fingerprints are unique.↗ · Kangaroos are unique to Australia.↗ · This puzzle has a unique solution.↗ · Our school has a unique garden on the roof.↗ · Everyone is unique, so we should not all be the same.↗ · It was a unique chance to meet a real astronaut.↗ · Each password should be unique so a hacker cannot guess them all.↗ · The museum has a unique fossil found nowhere else.↗ · Such a record is unique in the history of oral tradition, outside Ireland, where, however, it is quite a customary experience in the study of the Finn-saga.↗ · The root SPR thus holds unique metaphysical significance for the SY, alone representing the totality of language by which the world was created and is sustained.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · For the Lord is unique, He has no second—before one, what can you count?↗ [1:8] Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Keep your mouth from speaking and your heart from conceiving.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

uniquely — Everyday, meaning 1: Uniquely means in a way that is the only one of its kind, so nothing else is like it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Uniquely can mean especially or particularly, like «uniquely suited».↗ Example: Each person's fingerprints identify them uniquely.↗ · Kangaroos are uniquely Australian.↗ · The kiwi bird is uniquely found in New Zealand.↗ · Every whole number above 1 can be written uniquely as a product of prime numbers.↗ · She is uniquely good at solving riddles.↗ · The cake was uniquely decorated for her birthday.↗

unison — Everyday, meaning 1: «In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A unison is a sound made by several voices or instruments all playing the same note.↗ Example: The class said the answer in unison.↗ · The birds began to sing in unison at dawn.↗ · They shouted «Hooray!» in unison.↗

unit — Everyday, meaning 1: A unit is an amount used for measuring, like a meter, a kilogram, a liter or an hour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A unit is a single thing, person or group that is part of something bigger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Units (ones) are the place for single numbers: in 47, the 7 is in the units place.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A unit is a part of a course or textbook.↗ e.g. Unit 3 is about fractions.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A unit is a flat or apartment in a building, or a piece of furniture: a kitchen unit.↗ Example: Write the answer in the right unit.↗ · The building has 24 units.↗ · Each unit costs 3 dollars.↗ · A meter is a unit of length.↗ · In 352, the 2 is in the units place.↗ · We are starting Unit 5: Measurement.↗ · The second is the unit of time in science.↗ · Grams and kilograms are units of mass.↗ · Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.↗ (Torah GEN.49.6, JPS 1917)↗ · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The Thirteenth Path is named the Uniting Intelligence and is so called because it is itself the essence of Glory.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

unite — Everyday, meaning 1: To unite means to join together to make one group or one thing: «The two clubs united.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To unite people means to bring them together so they work for the same goal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: United (adjective) means joined together or agreeing.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To unite two people can also mean to marry them.↗ Example: The whole town united to clean up after the flood.↗ · The two small schools united to make one bigger school.↗ · England, Scotland and Wales were united under one Parliament in 1707.↗ · Music can unite people from different countries.↗ · The class united behind their captain.↗ · Our team is united and ready to play.↗ · «United we stand, divided we fall» is an old saying.↗ · These cantons are separated by the Rhone, over which is a bridge that unites them.↗ · 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

unity — Everyday, meaning 1: Being joined together as one, or people agreeing and working together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) The number one; «unity» is an old word for 1.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) Christians pray for the unity of the church, meaning all believers together as one family.↗ Example: The team showed real unity in the final.↗ · Unity is strength: together we can do more.↗ · The country needed unity after the storm.↗ · The churches held a service for Christian unity.↗ · The class flag was a sign of our unity.↗ · In old maths books, unity means the number one.↗ · There was no unity in the group; everyone wanted something different.↗ · In the Kalevala, when Lemmenkaeinen has been torn to pieces, his mother collects his scattered remains, and by a dexterous synthetical operation restores him to physical unity.↗ · can only be again a unity.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · and its reduction to writing, form a unity which produce a creative effect.↗ 1 (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!↗ (Writings PSA.133.1, JPS 1917)↗