Untoward (2)
Un‐to″ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]1. Froward; perverse. “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Acts ii. 40.2. Awkward; ungraceful. “Untoward words.” Creech. ...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Un‐to″ward (?), a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]1. Froward; perverse. “Save yourselves from this untoward generation.” Acts ii. 40.2. Awkward; ungraceful. “Untoward words.” Creech. ...
Un‐to″ward‐ly, a. Perverse; froward; untoward. “Untowardly tricks and vices.” Locke.
Un‐trad″ed (?), a. 1. Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade. Hakluyt2. Unpracticed; inexperienced. Udall.3. Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed;...
Un‐trained″ (?), a. 1. Not trained. Shak.2. Not trainable; indocile. Herbert.
Un‐tram″meled (?), a. Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also untrammelled.]
Un‐trav″eled (?), a. [Written also untravelled.]1. Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.2. Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained...
Un‐tread″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + tread.] To tread back; to retrace. Shak.
Un‐treas″ure (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + treasure.] To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. “The quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores ...
Un‐treas″ured (?), a. 1. [Properly p. p. of untreasure.] Deprived of treasure. Shak.2. [Pref. un- not + treasured.] Not treasured; not kept as treasure.
Un‐treat″a‐ble (?), a. Incapable of being treated; not practicable. Dr. H. More.
Un‐trenched″ (?), a. Being without trenches; whole; intact.
Un‐tressed″ (?), a. Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; — said of the hair. Chaucer.
Un″trift′ (?), n. 1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality.2. An unthrifty. Dryden.
Un‐trow″a‐ble (?), a. Incredible. “Untrowable fairness.” Wyclif.
Un‐true″ (?), a. 1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue.2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. Chaucer.
Un‐true, adv. Untruly. Chaucer.
Un‐tru″ism (?), n. Something not true; a false statement. A. Trollope.
Un‐trunked″ (?), a. [1st pref. un- + trunk.] Separated from its trunk or stock.
Un‐truss″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + truss.] To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. Dryden.
{ Un‐truss″ (?), Un‐truss″er (?), } n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. B. Jonson.
Un‐trust″ (?), n. Distrust. Chaucer.
Un‐trust″ful (?), a. 1. Not trustful or trusting.2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. Sir W. Scott.
Un‐truth″ (?), n. 1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer.2. That which is untrue; a false as...
Un‐truth″ful (?), a. Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. — Un‐truth″ful‐ly, adv. — Un‐truth″ful‐ness, n.
Un‐tuck″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + tuck.] To unfold or undo, as a tuck; to release from a tuck or fold.
Un‐tune″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + tune.] To make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action; to put out of tune. Shak.
Un‐turn″ (?), v. t. [1st pref. un- + turn.] To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key. Keats.