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Sunday 22nd of November 2009
Script
1: a written version of a play
or other dramatic composition;
used in preparing for a
performance [syn: {book},
{playscript}] 2: something
written by hand; "she recognized
his handwriting"; "his hand was
illegible" [syn: {handwriting},
{hand}] 3: a partic

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un-come-at-able
1: difficult to reach or attain [syn: {un-get-at-able}, {ungetatable}]
un-get-at-able
1: difficult to reach or attain [syn: {un-come-at-able}, {ungetatable}]
unabashed
1: not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened" [syn: {unembarrassed}]
unabashedly
1: in an unabashed manner; "unabashedly, he asked for more"
unabated
1: continuing at full strength or intensity; "the winds are unabated"; "the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated"
unable
1: (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds" [syn: {not able}] [ant: {able}] 2: (usually followed ...
unable to help
1: in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly" [syn: {helplessly}, {impotently}]
unabridged
1: (used of texts) not shortened; "an unabridged novel" [ant: {abridged}]
unabridged dictionary
1: a dictionary that is claimed to be complete
unabused
1: not abused with language [ant: {abused}] 2: not physically abused; treated properly [ant: {abused}]
unaccented
1: used of syllables; "an atonic syllable carries no stress" [syn: {atonic}] [ant: {tonic}] 2: not bearing a stress or accent; "short vowels are unstressed" [syn: {unstressed}] [ant: {stressed}] 3: us...
unacceptability
1: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards [syn: {unacceptableness}] [ant: {acceptability}]
unacceptable
1: not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable" 2: not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of p...
unacceptableness
1: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards [syn: {unacceptability}] [ant: {acceptability}]
unacceptably
1: to an unacceptable degree; "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high" [syn: {intolerably}] [ant: {acceptably}, {acceptably}]
unaccepted
1: not conforming to standard usage; "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'" [syn: {unacceptable}]
unaccessible
1: capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all [syn: {inaccessible}] [ant: {accessible}]
unaccommodating
1: not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door" [syn: {unobliging}] [ant: {accommodating}] 2: offering no assistance; "rudely unaccommodating to the...
unaccompanied
1: without accompaniment or companions; "the soloist sang unaccompanied"; "it had dramatic energy unaccompanied by an adequate sense of dramatic form"; "unaccompanied women were excluded" [ant: {accom...
unaccountable
1: not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear" [syn: {unexplainable}] 2: free from control or responsibility
unaccountably
1: in an unaccountable manner; "in the book, a tycoon unaccountably becomes the hero's friend"
unaccredited
1: lacking official approval [syn: {unlicensed}, {unlicenced}]
unaccustomed
1: not habituated to; unfamiliar with; "unaccustomed to wearing suits" [ant: {accustomed}] 2: not customary or usual; "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget ...
unachievable
1: impossible to achieve; "an unattainable goal" [syn: {unattainable}, {undoable}, {unrealizable}]
unachievably
1: in an unattainable manner or to an unattainable degree; "this house is unattainably expensive" [syn: {unattainably}]
unacknowledged
1: not recognized or admitted [ant: {acknowledged}] 2: not openly acknowledged; "an unacknowledged emergency"
unacquainted
1: having little or no knowledge of; "unacquainted with city ways" [syn: {unacquainted(p)}, {unacquainted with(p)}, {unfamiliar with(p)}]
unacquainted with
1: not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs" [syn: {innocent of(p)}, {unacquainted with(p)}] 2: having little...
unacquisitive
1: not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning anything [ant: {acquisitive}]
unactable
1: not actable; "an unactable play" [ant: {actable}]
unadaptability
1: the inability to change or be changed to fit changed circumstances [ant: {adaptability}]
unadaptable
1: not adaptable [ant: {adaptable}]
unadapted
1: not changed in form or character for a purpose 2: not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjusted refugees" [syn: {unadjusted}]
unaddicted
1: not addicted [ant: {addicted}]
unaddressed
1: not addressed; "an unaddressed envelope" [ant: {addressed}]
unadjustable
1: not adjustable
unadjusted
1: not altered to fit certain requirements; "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast"; [ant: {adjusted}] 2: not having adapted to new conditions; "several unadjuste...
unadmonished
1: not subjected to reproof or rebuke [syn: {unchastened}, {unrebuked}, {unreproved}]
unadoptable
1: difficult to place in an adoptive home [ant: {adoptable}]
unadorned
1: not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction [syn: {undecorated}] [ant: {adorned}]
unadulterated
1: not mixed with impurities; "unadulterated maple syrup"; "the unadulterated truth"; "here is genius unadulterated"- Amy Loveman
unadventurous
1: lacking in boldness [ant: {adventurous}]
unadvisable
1: not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable" [syn: {inadvisable}] [ant: {advisable}]
unadvised
1: without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"; "ill-advised ...
unadvisedly
1: in an unadvised manner
unaerated
1: used of blood; not supplied with oxygen [syn: {unoxygenated}]
unaesthetic
1: violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty; "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles" [syn: {inaesthetic}] [ant: {ae...
unaffected
1: undergoing no change when acted upon; "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment" [ant: {affected}] 2: (followed by `to' or `by') unawar...
unaffectedness
1: not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained [ant: {affectedness}]
unaffecting
1: not arousing affect
unaffectionate
1: lacking affection or warm feeling; "an uncaring person" [syn: {uncaring}]
unaffiliated
1: not affiliated
unaffixed
1: not affixed; "the stamp came loose" [syn: {loose}] [ant: {affixed}]
unafraid
1: oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them [syn: {unafraid(p)}, {fearless}] [ant: {afraid(p)}] 2: free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "secure himself, he went out of his wa...
unaged
1: not subjected to an aging process; "vodka is an unaged liquor from Russia"
unaggressive
1: not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness [syn: {nonaggressive}] [ant: {aggressive}]
unagitated
1: not physically disturbed or seSt in motion [ant: {agitated}] 2: not agitated or disturbed emotionally [ant: {agitated}] 3: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "re...
unaided
1: being without physical aid; "he could not rise unaided from a sitting position" 2: (of the eye or ear e.g.) without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked e...
unaired
1: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke" [syn: {airless}, {close}, {stuffy}]
unairworthy
1: not fit to fly [ant: {airworthy}]
unalarming
1: not alarming; assuaging alarm [ant: {alarming}]
unalert
1: not alert or attentive [ant: {alert}]
unalienable
1: incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" [syn: {inalienable}] [ant: {alienable}]
unalike
1: not alike or similar; "as unalike as two people could be" [syn: {dissimilar}] [ant: {alike(p)}]
unalloyed
1: used of metals
unalterability
1: the quality of not being alterable [ant: {alterability}] 2: the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" [syn: {fixedness}]
unalterable
1: not capable of being changed or altered; "unalterable resolve"; "an unalterable ground rule" [syn: {inalterable}] [ant: {alterable}] 2: of a sentence; that cannot be changed; "an unalterable death ...
unalterably
1: in an unalterable and unchangeable manner; "his views were unchangeably fixed" [syn: {unchangeably}, {unassailably}, {immutably}]
unaltered
1: remaining in an original state; "persisting unaltered through time" [syn: {unchanged}] [ant: {altered}]
unambiguity
1: clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity [syn: {unequivocalness}] [ant: {ambiguity}, {ambiguity}]
unambiguous
1: having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa [ant: {ambiguous}] 2: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; havi...
unambiguously
1: in an unambiguous manner; "she stated her intentions unequivocally" [syn: {unequivocally}, {without ambiguity}] [ant: {ambiguously}] 2: so as to be unique; "he could determine uniquely the properti...
unambitious
1: having little desire for success or achievement [syn: {ambitionless}] [ant: {ambitious}]
unambitiously
1: in an unambitious manner; "he does his job, but he works unambitiously" [ant: {ambitiously}]
unamended
1: (of legislation) not amended [ant: {amended}]
unamused
1: lacking mirth [syn: {mirthless}]
unamusing
1: not amusing; "his jokes were labored and unamusing"
unanalyzable
1: representing the furthest possible extent of analysis or division into parts; "a feeling is a simple and undecomposable mental state"- G.S.Brett; "this weight of evidence is something mystical and ...
unanalyzed
1: not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination; "an unalyzed compound"; "unanalyzed data" [ant: {analyzed}]
unangry
1: not angry [syn: {unangry(p)}] [ant: {angry}]
unanimated
1: not animated or enlivened; dull [ant: {animated}]
unanimity
1: everyone being of one mind
unanimous
1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn: {consentaneous}, {consentient}] 2: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: {solid}]
unanimously
1: of one mind; without dissent; "the Senate unanimously approved the bill"; "we voted unanimously" [syn: {nem con}, {nemine contradicente}]
unannealed
1: (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [syn: {brittle}]
unannounced
1: without warning or announcement; "they arrived unannounced"; "a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night"- M.A.D.Howe [syn: {unheralded}, {unpredicted}]
unanswerable
1: impossible to answer; "an unanswerable argument"
unanswered
1: not returned in kind; "unrequited (unanswered) love" [syn: {unreciprocated}, {unrequited}]
unanticipated
1: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue" ...
unapologetic
1: unwilling to make or express an apology; "an unapologetic believer" [ant: {apologetic}]
unappareled
1: having removed clothing [syn: {unattired}, {unclad}, {undressed}, {ungarbed}, {ungarmented}]
unapparent
1: not readily apparent; "the answer was at first unapparent"
unappealable
1: not subject to appeal; "the judge's ruling was handed down in a preliminary hearing rather than a trial and was therefore unappealable" [ant: {appealable}]
unappealing
1: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic" [syn: {unsympathetic}, {unlikeable}, {unlikable}] [ant: {sympatheti...
unappealingly
1: in an unappealing manner; "the kitchen was unappealingly dirty" [ant: {appealingly}]
unappeasable
1: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the s...
unappendaged
1: not having an appendage [ant: {appendaged}]
unappetising
1: not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste [syn: {unappetizing}] [ant: {appetizing}]
unappetisingness
1: the property of spoiling the appetite [syn: {unappetizingness}] [ant: {appetizingness}]
unappetizing
1: not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste [syn: {unappetising}] [ant: {appetizing}]
unappetizingness
1: the property of spoiling the appetite [syn: {unappetisingness}] [ant: {appetizingness}]
unappreciated
1: not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task" [syn: {thankless}, {ungratifying}] 2: having value that is not acknowledged [syn: {unsung}, {unvalued}]
unappreciative
1: not feeling or expressing gratitude; "unappreciative of nature's bounty"
unappreciatively
1: in an ungrateful manner [syn: {ungratefully}] [ant: {appreciatively}, {appreciatively}]
unapprehensive
1: not recognizing or slow to recognize danger
unapproachability
1: a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible [ant: {approachability}]
unapproachable
1: discouraging intimacies; reserved; "an unapproachable executive" [ant: {approachable}] 2: inaccessibly located or situated; "an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains"; "an unreachable canyon"...
unarbitrary
1: not subject to individual determination [syn: {nonarbitrary}] [ant: {arbitrary}]
unarguable
1: against which no argument can be made [syn: {inarguable}]
unarguably
1: in an unarguable and undisputed manner; "you write as if this fact whilst inarguably forever condemning me to the ranks of Bohemianism nevertheless earned for me the right of entry into any company...
unargumentative
1: not given to or characterized by argument [ant: {argumentative}]
unarm
1: take away the weapons from; render harmless [syn: {disarm}]
unarmed
1: (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles" [ant: {armed}] 2: used of plants or animals; without barb...
unarmored
1: used of animals; without protective covering [syn: {unarmoured}] [ant: {armored}] 2: (used of persons or things military) without protective armor [syn: {unarmoured}] [ant: {armored}]
unarmoured
1: used of animals; without protective covering [syn: {unarmored}] [ant: {armored}] 2: (used of persons or things military) without protective armor [syn: {unarmored}] [ant: {armored}]
unarticulate
1: without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommital"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" [syn: {i...
unarticulated
1: not consisting of segments that are held together by joints [ant: {articulated}] 2: uttered without the use of normal words or syllables
unartistic
1: lacking aesthetic sensibility; [syn: {inartistic}]
unary
1: consisting of or involving a single element or component; "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result"
unary operation
1: an operation with exactly one operand [syn: {monadic operation}]
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