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unreliable (adj.) — unsupervised (adj.) ETD unreliable (adj.).1

unreliable (adj.) ETD unreliable (adj.).1

1835 (Fanny Kemble), from un- (1) "not" + reliable (adj.). ETD unreliable (adj.).2

unrelieved (adj.) ETD unrelieved (adj.).1

"monotonous, unvarying," 1764, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of relieve (v.). ETD unrelieved (adj.).2

unremarkable (adj.) ETD unremarkable (adj.).1

1610s, from un- (1) "not" + remarkable (adj.). Related: Unremarkably. ETD unremarkable (adj.).2

unremitting (adj.) ETD unremitting (adj.).1

1728, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of remit (v.). Related: Unremittingly. ETD unremitting (adj.).2

unremitted (adj.) ETD unremitted (adj.).1

1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of remit (v.). ETD unremitted (adj.).2

unrepairable (adj.) ETD unrepairable (adj.).1

1610s, from un- (1) "not" + repairable (adj.). Related: Unrepairably. ETD unrepairable (adj.).2

unrepentant (adj.) ETD unrepentant (adj.).1

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + repentant (adj.). ETD unrepentant (adj.).2

unrequited (adj.) ETD unrequited (adj.).1

1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of requite (v.). The earliest reference is to love. ETD unrequited (adj.).2

unreserved (adj.) ETD unreserved (adj.).1

1530s, "not restricted or withheld," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of reserve (v.). From 1713 as "open, frank." Related: Unreservedly. ETD unreserved (adj.).2

unresisting (adj.) ETD unresisting (adj.).1

1620s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of resist (v.). ETD unresisting (adj.).2

unresolved (adj.) ETD unresolved (adj.).1

1570s, "undecided" (of questions), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of resolve (v.). Meaning "uncertain in opinion" is attested from 1590s. ETD unresolved (adj.).2

unresponsive (adj.) ETD unresponsive (adj.).1

1660s, "unable to reply," from un- (1) "not" + responsive (adj.). Meaning "not responding" is from 1775. Related: Unresponsiveness. ETD unresponsive (adj.).2

unrest (n.) ETD unrest (n.).1

mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + rest (n.). Similar formation in West Frisian onrest, Middle Low German unreste, German unrast, Middle Dutch onruste. ETD unrest (n.).2

unrestrained (adj.) ETD unrestrained (adj.).1

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of restrain (v.). Related: Unrestrainedly. ETD unrestrained (adj.).2

unrestricted (adj.) ETD unrestricted (adj.).1

1766, from un- (1) "not" + restricted. ETD unrestricted (adj.).2

unrewarded (adj.) ETD unrewarded (adj.).1

early 15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of reward (v.). ETD unrewarded (adj.).2

unrighteous (adj.) ETD unrighteous (adj.).1

1520s; see un- (1) "not" + righteous (adj.). In Middle English, the word was unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwis. Related: Unrighteously; unrighteousness. ETD unrighteous (adj.).2

unripe (adj.) ETD unripe (adj.).1

Old English unripe "premature" (in reference to death), from un- (1) "not" + ripe (adj.). Meaning "immature, not fully developed (of fruit, etc.) is recorded from mid-13c. Similar formation in Middle Dutch onrijp, Old High German unrifi, German unreif. ETD unripe (adj.).2

unrivalled (adj.) ETD unrivalled (adj.).1

also unrivaled, 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of rival (v.). ETD unrivalled (adj.).2

unroll (v.) ETD unroll (v.).1

early 15c. (transitive), from un- (2) + roll (v.). Intransitive sense from 1580s. Related: Unrolled; unrolling. ETD unroll (v.).2

unromantic (adj.) ETD unromantic (adj.).1

1731, from un- (1) "not" + romantic (adj.). ETD unromantic (adj.).2

unruffled (adj.) ETD unruffled (adj.).1

1650s in figurative sense, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of ruffle (v.). Literal meaning, in reference to feathers, leaves, etc., is recorded from 1816. ETD unruffled (adj.).2

unruly (adj.) ETD unruly (adj.).1

"disposed to resist lawful restraint," c. 1400, from un- (1) "not" + obsolete ruly (adj.) "amenable to rule." Related: Unruliness. ETD unruly (adj.).2

unsafe (adj.) ETD unsafe (adj.).1

1590s, "involving risk or danger," from un- (1) "not" + safe (adj.). ETD unsafe (adj.).2

unsaid (adj.) ETD unsaid (adj.).1

Old English unsæd, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of say (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongeseit, German ungesagt, Old Norse usagðr. ETD unsaid (adj.).2

unsalted (adj.) ETD unsalted (adj.).1

mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of salt (v.). Similar formation in North Frisian unsalted, Swedish osaltad, Danish usaltet. ETD unsalted (adj.).2

unsanitary (adj.) ETD unsanitary (adj.).1

1871, from un- (1) "not" + sanitary (adj.). ETD unsanitary (adj.).2

unsatiable (adj.) ETD unsatiable (adj.).1

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + satiable (adj.). Since 17c. the usual form is insatiable. ETD unsatiable (adj.).2

unsatisfactory (adj.) ETD unsatisfactory (adj.).1

1640s, from un- (1) "not" + satisfactory (adj.). Related: Unsatisfactorily; unsatisfactoriness. ETD unsatisfactory (adj.).2

unsatisfied (adj.) ETD unsatisfied (adj.).1

early 15c., from un- (1) "not" + satisfied (adj.). ETD unsatisfied (adj.).2

unsaturated (adj.) ETD unsaturated (adj.).1

1756, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of saturate (v.). ETD unsaturated (adj.).2

unsavory (adj.) ETD unsavory (adj.).1

also unsavoury, early 13c., "tasteless, insipid," from un- (1) "not" + savory (adj.). Meaning "unpleasant or disagreeable to the taste" is attested from late 14c.; of persons, from c. 1400. Related: Unsavoriness. ETD unsavory (adj.).2

unscathed (adj.) ETD unscathed (adj.).1

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of scathe (v.). Mainly in Scottish before 19c. Similar formation in Old Norse ostaðaðr, Swedish oskadad. An older word in the same sense was scatheless (c. 1200). ETD unscathed (adj.).2

unschooled (adj.) ETD unschooled (adj.).1

1580s, "untrained," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of school (v.). A verb unschool is attested from 1820. ETD unschooled (adj.).2

unscramble (v.) ETD unscramble (v.).1

"restore to order," 1911, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + scramble (v.). The original use is in a quip attributed to U.S. financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) about the impossibility of unscrambling an omelet. ETD unscramble (v.).2

Related: Unscrambled; unscrambling. ETD unscramble (v.).3

unscriptural (adj.) ETD unscriptural (adj.).1

1650s, from un- (1) "not" + scriptural (adj.). ETD unscriptural (adj.).2

unscrupulous (adj.) ETD unscrupulous (adj.).1

1803, from un- (1) "not" + scrupulous (adj.). Related: Unscrupulously; unscrupulousness. ETD unscrupulous (adj.).2

unseal (v.) ETD unseal (v.).1

early 15c., from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + seal (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ontsegelen, Old High German intsigilan. Related: Unsealed (late 14c.). ETD unseal (v.).2

unsearchable (adj.) ETD unsearchable (adj.).1

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + searchable (adj.). ETD unsearchable (adj.).2

unseasonable (adj.) ETD unseasonable (adj.).1

mid-15c., "inopportune," from un- (1) "not" + seasonable (adj.). In reference to weather, "not appropriate to the time of year," it is recorded from 1510s. Related: Unseasonably. ETD unseasonable (adj.).2

unseasoned (adj.) ETD unseasoned (adj.).1

1580s, "not made palatable by seasoning," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of season (v.). Meaning "not habituated by experience" is recorded from c. 1600. ETD unseasoned (adj.).2

unseat (v.) ETD unseat (v.).1

1590s, "to throw down from a seat" (especially on horseback), from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + seat (v.). Meaning "to deprive of rank or office" is attested from 1610s; especially of elected office in a representative body from 1834. Related: Unseated; unseating. ETD unseat (v.).2

unsecure (adj.) ETD unsecure (adj.).1

1630s, from un- (1) "not" + secure (adj.). A useful differentiation from insecure since the latter word acquired a psychological sense. ETD unsecure (adj.).2

unsecured (adj.) ETD unsecured (adj.).1

1780, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of secure (v.). ETD unsecured (adj.).2

unseeded (adj.) ETD unseeded (adj.).1

1775, "not sown," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of seed (v.). From 1932 in the sports sense. ETD unseeded (adj.).2

unseemly (adj.) ETD unseemly (adj.).1

c. 1300, "visually unpleasing, unattractive, ugly;" mid-14c., "unfitting, indecent, inappropriate," from un- (1) "not" + seemly (adj.). Similar formation in Old Norse usoemiligr. Related: Unseemliness. ETD unseemly (adj.).2

unseen (adj.) ETD unseen (adj.).1

early 13c., from un- (1) "not" + seen. Similar formation in Old English ungesewen, Middle Dutch ongesien, Dutch ongezien, Old High German ungesëhan, German ungesehen, Old Norse usenn. ETD unseen (adj.).2

unselfish (adj.) ETD unselfish (adj.).1

1690s, from un- (1) "not" + selfish (adj.). Similar formation in Danish uselvisk, Swedish osjälfvisk. Related: Unselfishly; unselfishness. ETD unselfish (adj.).2

unsentimental (adj.) ETD unsentimental (adj.).1

1752, from un- (1) "not" + sentimental (adj.). Related: Unsentimentally. ETD unsentimental (adj.).2

unseparable (adj.) ETD unseparable (adj.).1

late 14c. from un- (1) "not" + separable (adj.). The usual word now is inseparable. ETD unseparable (adj.).2

unsettled (adj.) ETD unsettled (adj.).1

1590s, "not peaceful, not firmly established," from unsettle (v.) or else from un- (1) "not" + past participle of settle (v.). Meaning "not occupied by settlers" is attested from 1724. ETD unsettled (adj.).2

unsettle (v.) ETD unsettle (v.).1

1590s, "undo from a fixed position," from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + settle (v.). Of the mind, feelings, etc., attested from 1640s. Related: Unsettled; unsettling. ETD unsettle (v.).2

unsex (v.) ETD unsex (v.).1

"deprive of the qualities considered typical of one's gender," c. 1600, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + sex (n.). Related: Unsexed; unsexing. ETD unsex (v.).2

unshakable (adj.) ETD unshakable (adj.).1

1610s; see un- (1) "not" + shake (v.) + -able. Of beliefs, etc., from 1670s. ETD unshakable (adj.).2

unshaken (adj.) ETD unshaken (adj.).1

mid-15c., "not agitated," from un- (1) "not" + shaken. Meaning "not moved from a firm position" is recorded from 1540s. ETD unshaken (adj.).2

unsheathe (v.) ETD unsheathe (v.).1

late 14c., from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + sheathe (v.). Related: Unsheathed; unsheathing. ETD unsheathe (v.).2

unshod (adj.) ETD unshod (adj.).1

"without shoes," Old English unscod; see un- (1) "not" + shod (adj.). Old English had also a verb unscogan "to unshoe." ETD unshod (adj.).2

unshorn (adj.) ETD unshorn (adj.).1

Old English unscoren; see un- (1) "not" + shorn (adj.). ETD unshorn (adj.).2

unsightly (adj.) ETD unsightly (adj.).1

1540s, "displeasing to the eye," from un- (1) "not" + sight (n.) + -ly (1). Similar formation in Middle Dutch onsichtlijc "invisible; ugly," Middle High German unsihtlih "invisible." Related: Unsightliness. ETD unsightly (adj.).2

Middle English sightlie is attested from mid-15c. but only in the sense "visible;" unsightly is attested in Middle English only as an adverb meaning "invisibly" (late 15c.). Sightly as "pleasing to the eye" is from 1560s. Middle English also had unsighty "difficult or displeasing to look at" (early 15c., from sighty "attractive," late 14c.), also unsightily in the same sense (c. 1400). ETD unsightly (adj.).3

unsinkable (adj.) ETD unsinkable (adj.).1

1650s, from un- (1) "not" + sinkable (see sink (v.)). ETD unsinkable (adj.).2

unskilled (adj.) ETD unskilled (adj.).1

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + skill. ETD unskilled (adj.).2

unskillful (adj.) ETD unskillful (adj.).1

also unskilful, late 14c., "foolish," from un- (1) "not" + skillful (adj.). Meaning "inexpert" is from 1560s. Related: Unskillfully. ETD unskillful (adj.).2

unsmiling (adj.) ETD unsmiling (adj.).1

1730, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of smile (v.). ETD unsmiling (adj.).2

unsociable (adj.) ETD unsociable (adj.).1

c. 1600, from un- (1) "not" + sociable (adj.). Insociable is older (1580s) but less common. ETD unsociable (adj.).2

unsold (adj.) ETD unsold (adj.).1

mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sell (v.). ETD unsold (adj.).2

unsolicited (adj.) ETD unsolicited (adj.).1

1580s, "unpetitioned, not approached with a request," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of solicit (v.). Meaning "not asked for, unsought" is from 1680s. ETD unsolicited (adj.).2

unsolved (adj.) ETD unsolved (adj.).1

1660s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of solve (v.). ETD unsolved (adj.).2

unsophisticated (adj.) ETD unsophisticated (adj.).1

1620s, "unmixed," from un- (1) "not" + sophisticated (adj.). Meaning "ingenuous, natural, inexperienced" is recorded from 1660s. ETD unsophisticated (adj.).2

unsorted (adj.) ETD unsorted (adj.).1

1530s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sort (v.). ETD unsorted (adj.).2

unsought (adj.) ETD unsought (adj.).1

early 13c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of seek (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongesocht, Dutch ongezocht, Middle High German ungesuochet, German ungesucht. ETD unsought (adj.).2

unsound (adj.) ETD unsound (adj.).1

early 14c., of persons, "diseased, wounded," from un- (1) "not" + sound (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Low German unsund, Middle Dutch ongesont, German ungesund. Meaning "morally corrupt" is recorded from c. 1300; that of "not mentally healthy" is from 1540s. Sense of "not based on reasoning or fact" is attested from 1590s. Related: Unsoundly; unsoundness. ETD unsound (adj.).2

unsparing (adj.) ETD unsparing (adj.).1

"showing no mercy," 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + sparing, attested from late 14c. as a present-participle adjective from spare (v.). Meaning "profuse" is from 1660s. Related: Unsparingly. ETD unsparing (adj.).2

unspeakable (adj.) ETD unspeakable (adj.).1

c. 1400, "inexpressible," from un- (1) "not" + speakable (see speak (v.)). Meaning "indescribably bad or wicked" is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Unspeakably. ETD unspeakable (adj.).2

unspoiled (adj.) ETD unspoiled (adj.).1

c. 1500, "not plundered," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of spoil (v.). Meaning "not deteriorated" is attested from 1732. A verb unspoil is attested from c. 1400, but it meant "despoil." ETD unspoiled (adj.).2

unspoken (adj.) ETD unspoken (adj.).1

late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of speak (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongesproken, Middle Low German ungesproken. ETD unspoken (adj.).2

unsporting (adj.) ETD unsporting (adj.).1

1822, from un- (1) "not" + sporting (adj.). ETD unsporting (adj.).2

unsportsmanlike (adj.) ETD unsportsmanlike (adj.).1

1754, from un- (1) "not" + sportsmanlike. ETD unsportsmanlike (adj.).2

unstable (adj.) ETD unstable (adj.).1

early 13c., "apt to move," from un- (1) "not" + stable (adj.). Similar formation in Middle High German unstabel. Meaning "liable to fall" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "fickle" is attested from late 13c. An Old English word for this was feallendlic, which might have become *fally. ETD unstable (adj.).2

unstack (v.) ETD unstack (v.).1

1836, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + stack (v.). Related: Unstacked; unstacking. ETD unstack (v.).2

unsteady (v.) ETD unsteady (v.).1

"make unsteady," 1530s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + steady (v.). Related: Unsteadied; unsteadying. ETD unsteady (v.).2

unsteady (adj.) ETD unsteady (adj.).1

1590s, "not firm or secure in position," from un- (1) "not" + steady (adj.). Similar formation in Old Frisian unstadich, German unstätig, Middle Dutch onstadich. Meaning "marked by irregularity" is from 1680s. Related: Unsteadily (1550s). ETD unsteady (adj.).2

unstick (v.) ETD unstick (v.).1

1706, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + stick (v.). Related: Unsticking. ETD unstick (v.).2

unstinted (adj.) ETD unstinted (adj.).1

late 15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stint (v.). ETD unstinted (adj.).2

unstinting (adj.) ETD unstinting (adj.).1

late 14c., "unceasing," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of stint (v.). Meaning "lavish" attested by 1834. ETD unstinting (adj.).2

unstop (v.) ETD unstop (v.).1

"remove the stopper from," late 14c., from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + stop (v.). Related: Unstopped; unstopping. ETD unstop (v.).2

unstoppable (adj.) ETD unstoppable (adj.).1

1827; see un- (1) "not" + stop (v.) + -able. ETD unstoppable (adj.).2

unstring (v.) ETD unstring (v.).1

1610s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + string (v.). Related: Unstringing. ETD unstring (v.).2

unstressed (adj.) ETD unstressed (adj.).1

1879, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stress (v.). ETD unstressed (adj.).2

unstrung (adj.) ETD unstrung (adj.).1

1590s, "with strings relaxed" (of a harp, etc.), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of string (v.). Transferred sense of "weakened, unnerved" is recorded from 1690s. ETD unstrung (adj.).2

unstuck (adj.) ETD unstuck (adj.).1

1840, "unpierced;" 1860, "unglued," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stick (v.). ETD unstuck (adj.).2

unstudied (adj.) ETD unstudied (adj.).1

late 14c., "not made a subject of study," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of study (v.). From 1650s as "natural, not artificial." ETD unstudied (adj.).2

unsubscribe (v.) ETD unsubscribe (v.).1

1570s (implied in unsubscribed), from un- (2) "reverse of" + subscribe (v.). Related: unsubscribing. ETD unsubscribe (v.).2

unsubsidized (adj.) ETD unsubsidized (adj.).1

1756, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of subsidize (v.). ETD unsubsidized (adj.).2

unsubstantial (adj.) ETD unsubstantial (adj.).1

mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + substantial (adj.). ETD unsubstantial (adj.).2

unsubstantiated (adj.) ETD unsubstantiated (adj.).1

1775, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of substantiate (v.). ETD unsubstantiated (adj.).2

unsuccessful (adj.) ETD unsuccessful (adj.).1

1610s, from un- (1) "not" + successful (adj.). Related: Unsuccessfully. A noun unsuccess "lack of success" is recorded from 1580s. ETD unsuccessful (adj.).2

unsuitable (adj.) ETD unsuitable (adj.).1

1590s, from un- (1) "not" + suitable (adj.). Related: Unsuitably; unsuitability. ETD unsuitable (adj.).2

unsuited (adj.) ETD unsuited (adj.).1

"unfit," 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of suit (v.). ETD unsuited (adj.).2

unsullied (adj.) ETD unsullied (adj.).1

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sully (v.). ETD unsullied (adj.).2

unsung (adj.) ETD unsung (adj.).1

early 15c., "not uttered in a song," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sing (v.). Similar formation in German ungesungen. Meaning "not celebrated" is recorded from 1660s. ETD unsung (adj.).2

unsupervised (adj.) ETD unsupervised (adj.).1

1845, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of supervise (v.). ETD unsupervised (adj.).2