📖 U — The English dictionary · page 19

untied — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) Untied is the past of "untie": she untied the knot.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Not tied: untied shoelaces are loose and not done up.↗ Example: Your shoelace is untied.↗ · She untied the parcel.↗ · The boat came untied and drifted away.↗ · Tie your untied laces before you trip.↗ · The dog was untied and ran off.↗ · He untied the knot with his teeth.↗ · Then they immediately untied the cords, and let the Smith go free.↗

untilled — Everyday, meaning 1: Of land: not ploughed or dug up for growing crops.↗ Example: The field lay untilled, full of weeds.↗ · Travellers crossed the untilled hills.↗ · No one had dug the untilled ground for years.↗

untimely — Everyday, meaning 1: Happening too soon, before the normal or expected time: an untimely death.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Happening at a bad or unsuitable time: an untimely interruption.↗ Example: The singer's untimely death shocked his fans.↗ · The rain was untimely — right in the middle of sports day.↗ · His untimely joke made everyone uncomfortable.↗ · An untimely frost killed the spring flowers.↗ · The phone rang at an untimely moment.↗ · Her untimely exit left the team short of players.↗ · “I am no party to this untimely journey,” he said angrily.↗ · Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.↗ (Writings JOB.3.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun. (Writings PSA.58.9, JPS 1917)↗

unto — Early Modern English, meaning 1: To; towards a person or place.↗ Example: And God spoke unto Noah, saying:↗ (Torah GEN.8.15, JPS 1917) · There replied unto him a living man:↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · For God^[18] is superlative in his Unity, there is none equal unto Him: what number canst thou place before One.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

untouched — Everyday, meaning 1: Untouched means not touched, not handled or not used.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Untouched food has not been eaten.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Untouched means not damaged or changed.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Untouched can mean not affected emotionally.↗ Example: His dinner lay untouched on the plate.↗ · The forest is still untouched by roads.↗ · The houses on the hill were untouched by the flood.↗ · The present sat untouched under the tree.↗ · She left her drink untouched.↗ · Some beaches remain untouched and wild.↗ · He seemed untouched by the sad story.↗ · But no, the keys were safe in their usual place, and the cupboard looked quite untouched.↗

untoward — Everyday, meaning 1: Unexpected and unlucky; not wanted and causing trouble.↗ Example: Nothing untoward happened on the journey.↗ · An untoward storm delayed the ship.↗ · The hero grieved at the untoward event.↗

untraceable — Everyday, meaning 1: Untraceable means impossible to find, follow or trace, like an untraceable phone call, person or source.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An untraceable amount is so small it cannot be found or measured.↗ Example: The kidnapper used an untraceable phone.↗ · The thief vanished and was untraceable.↗ · The missing ring seemed untraceable.↗ · The money was sent in an untraceable way.↗ · Police found that the letter was not untraceable after all.↗ · Only untraceable amounts of the chemical were left.↗

untrained — Everyday, meaning 1: Untrained means not taught or practised in a skill or job: «an untrained helper».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An untrained animal has not been taught to behave or obey: «an untrained puppy».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An untrained eye or ear cannot notice what an expert can.↗ Example: An untrained puppy will chew your shoes.↗ · To the untrained eye, the two birds look the same.↗ · Untrained people should not climb into a sewer to rescue someone.↗ · The new helpers were untrained, so the coach showed them what to do.↗ · My voice is untrained, but I love singing.↗ · It is dangerous for untrained divers to go into caves.↗ · I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: 'Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf untrained; turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for Thou art the LORD my God.↗ (Prophets JER.31.18, JPS 1917)↗

untranslatable — Everyday, meaning 1: Untranslatable describes a word or phrase that has no exact match in another language, so it cannot be translated easily without a long explanation or losing some meaning.↗ Example: Some jokes are untranslatable because they are based on puns.↗ · «Hygge» is often called an untranslatable Danish word.↗ · The poem's rhymes are almost untranslatable.↗ · The teacher said the Ukrainian word was untranslatable, then explained it in a sentence.↗ · Every language has a few untranslatable words.↗ · The author's wordplay was untranslatable, so the translator added notes.↗

untreated — Everyday, meaning 1: An untreated illness or injury has not been given medical care.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Untreated water, sewage or materials have not been cleaned or processed with chemicals.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Untreated wood has not been painted or protected.↗ Example: Left untreated, the cut became infected.↗ · The cough got worse because it went untreated.↗ · Untreated water can carry germs.↗ · Untreated sewage was pumped into the sea.↗ · Untreated wood will rot in the rain.↗ · Tooth decay can cause pain if it is untreated.↗

untried — Everyday, meaning 1: Never tested or used before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (in «left untried») not yet attempted.↗ Example: The untried boy had never fought a bear.↗ · This untried plan might work.↗ · They left no trick untried.↗

untrue — Everyday, meaning 1: Untrue means not true; false or wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In old or poetic use, untrue means not loyal or faithful to someone.↗ Example: That story about the teacher is untrue.↗ · It is untrue that bats are blind.↗ · She said something untrue to get out of trouble.↗ · Spreading untrue rumours can hurt people.↗ · The statement «5 + 3 = 9» is untrue.↗ · Some adverts make claims that are untrue.↗ · The rumour turned out to be untrue.↗ · Many tales are told of his ad-ven-tures, some of them true and some of them untrue.↗

untrustworthy — Everyday, meaning 1: Untrustworthy means not able to be trusted: a person who may lie or break promises, or information that may be false.↗ Example: He told so many lies that everyone found him untrustworthy.↗ · That website looks untrustworthy, so don't type your password.↗ · An untrustworthy friend shares your secrets.↗ · The fox in the story is clever but untrustworthy.↗ · Check facts from untrustworthy sources against good ones.↗ · Breaking promises makes you seem untrustworthy.↗ · A Rogue laid a wager that he would prove the Oracle at Delphi to be untrustworthy by procuring from it a false reply to an inquiry by himself.↗

untruth — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, euphemism) An untruth is a lie, a statement that is not true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Untruth (uncountable) is the state of not being true.↗ Example: I'm afraid that is an untruth.↗ · The newspaper printed an untruth about the singer.↗ · Telling untruths can hurt friendships.↗ · The fox told the hen an untruth to trick her.↗ · It was a small untruth, but it got him in trouble.↗

untruthful — Everyday, meaning 1: Not telling the truth; lying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a statement) Not true.↗ Example: It is untruthful to say you finished when you didn't.↗ · The advert made untruthful claims about the toy.↗ · He was untruthful about where he had been.↗ · Being untruthful can break a friend's trust.↗ · The judge said the witness had been untruthful.↗ · Her untruthful excuse fooled nobody.↗

untruthfulness — Everyday, meaning 1: Untruthfulness is the quality or habit of not telling the truth; being dishonest or lying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Untruthfulness can also mean the falseness of a statement.↗ Example: His untruthfulness lost him his friends' trust.↗ · The boy who cried wolf was punished for his untruthfulness.↗ · The teacher was upset by the untruthfulness of the excuse.↗ · Untruthfulness in adverts is against the law.↗ · Christians believe untruthfulness harms the soul and others.↗ · The judge noticed the untruthfulness of the witness.↗ · He was caned for untruthfulness without any delay.↗

untwist — Everyday, meaning 1: To untwist something is to turn it the other way so it is no longer twisted.↗ Example: Untwist the wire to open the bag of bread.↗ · She untwisted the lid of the jar.↗ · The rope slowly untwisted as it hung.↗ · Untwist the cable before you plug it in.↗ · He untwisted the paper clip to make a hook.↗ · In the model, the two strands of DNA untwist.↗ · They caught hold of him firmly and endeavored to untwist his beard from the line, but in vain; they were too tightly entangled.↗

untying — Everyday, meaning 1: To undo a knot, rope or string so that it comes loose.↗ Example: She was untying the ribbon.↗ · He is untying his shoes.↗ · Mum was untying the sack of apples.↗

unused — Everyday, meaning 1: Unused (said «un-YOOZD») means not used, never used, or not being used now: «an unused notebook».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unused to (said «un-YOOST to») means not used to, not familiar with something: «unused to the cold».↗ Example: Return the unused tickets to the office.↗ · There is an unused room upstairs.↗ · Give your unused toys to charity.↗ · The sticker book was unused.↗ · She was unused to the hot weather.↗ · Save the unused paper for next time.↗ · How many cards are still unused?↗ · Jack, unused to such fare, ate and drank plentifully, so that he was nearly dozing before midnight.↗

unusual — Everyday, meaning 1: Not usual or common; different from what normally happens or what you normally see.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Interesting because it is different.↗ e.g. "an unusual hat".↗ Example: It's unusual to see snow in April here.↗ · She wore an unusual purple hat.↗ · The scientist noticed an unusual result.↗ · Tell an adult if you smell something unusual, like gas.↗ · It is unusual for our cat to hide.↗ · Nothing unusual happened today.↗ · I happen to have a most unusual shadow.↗

unusually — Everyday, meaning 1: Unusually means in a way that is not usual or normal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Unusually also means more than usually, very: «unusually cold».↗ Example: It was unusually cold for May.↗ · He was unusually quiet at dinner.↗ · Unusually, the bus was early.↗ · The tree grew unusually tall.↗ · The class was unusually well behaved today.↗ · Snow fell unusually early this year.↗ · Unusually for her, she forgot her homework.↗ · THE next time the little boy sought Uncle Remus out, he found the old man unusually cheerful and good-humoured.↗

unveiled — Everyday, meaning 1: Having had its cover pulled off, so that it can be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Shown or revealed.↗ Example: The statue was unveiled in the square.↗ · The unveiled statue shone in the sun.↗ · Her face was unveiled before the king.↗

unverifiable — Everyday, meaning 1: Unverifiable means impossible to check or prove true or false: «an unverifiable claim».↗ Example: The post made an unverifiable claim that eating carrots lets you see in the dark.↗ · Rumours on social media are often unverifiable.↗ · The story about the ghost in the library is unverifiable.↗ · Good reporters do not print unverifiable facts as true.↗ · His boast that he once met the Queen was unverifiable.↗ · Scientists prefer ideas that can be tested, not unverifiable ones.↗

unverified — Everyday, meaning 1: Not checked or proved to be true or correct.↗ Example: The news report was based on unverified rumours.↗ · Don't share unverified stories online.↗ · His claim that he saw a ghost is unverified.↗ · Unverified accounts may be fake.↗ · Scientists repeated the test because the results were unverified.↗ · The rumour about a snow day was unverified, so we still went to school.↗

unwanted — Everyday, meaning 1: Not wanted; not needed or not welcome.↗ Example: We gave our unwanted toys to the charity shop.↗ · Delete unwanted emails from strangers.↗ · Weeds are unwanted plants.↗ · The cat received some unwanted attention from the dog.↗ · Many unwanted pets end up in shelters.↗ · He got an unwanted haircut from his big sister.↗

unwarrantable — Everyday, meaning 1: Not allowed or not right; cannot be justified.↗ Example: It was an unwarrantable insult.↗ · The goats thought the invasion unwarrantable.↗ · Taking the whole cake was unwarrantable.↗

unwary — Everyday, meaning 1: Not careful; not watching out for danger.↗ Example: The unwary fox walked into the trap.↗ · Beware of unwary walkers on the ice.↗ · Do not be unwary near the river.↗

unwashed — Everyday, meaning 1: Unwashed means not washed; still dirty.↗ Example: Unwashed hands can spread germs.↗ · A pile of unwashed dishes filled the sink.↗ · Never eat unwashed fruit straight from the shop.↗ · His unwashed football kit smelled bad.↗ · The dog came home muddy and unwashed.↗ · Put unwashed clothes in the laundry basket.↗

unwearied — Everyday, meaning 1: Never tired; never giving up or slowing down.↗ Example: She was unwearied in her task.↗ · The unwearied mole dug all night.↗ · He kept on, unwearied.↗

unwelcome — Everyday, meaning 1: Not wanted; people do not want it or them to come or stay.↗ Example: The unwelcome visitor knocked at the door.↗ · Bad news is always unwelcome.↗ · The king wanted to be rid of his unwelcome guests.↗

unwell — Everyday, meaning 1: Ill or sick; not feeling healthy.↗ e.g. "I feel unwell."↗ Example: I feel unwell; can I see the school nurse?↗ · Tom stayed at home because he was unwell.↗ · Grandpa looked unwell, so we called the doctor.↗ · If you are unwell, rest and drink water.↗ · She was taken unwell during the trip.↗ · Tell an adult straight away if you feel unwell.↗ · A second time spake Koshchei and said, "I feel rather unwell."↗