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Definition of un-

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Un- (adv.) An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseles

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In- :: In- () An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial..

Sundries :: Sun-dried (a.) Dried by the heat of the sun.

Privative :: Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less..

Tun-great :: Tun-great (a.) Having the circumference of a tun.

Inseparable :: Inseparable (a.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-..

Un-mosaic :: Un-Mosaic (a.) Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

Ran :: Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a spun-yarn winch.

Un- :: Un- (adv.) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective.

Barbecue :: Barbecue (n.) A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried..

Biltong :: Biltong (n.) Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.

Un-romanized :: Un-Romanized (a.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church.

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o

Tun-bellied :: Tun-bellied (a.) Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied..

Tun-dish :: Tun-dish (n.) A tunnel.

Un- :: Un- (adv.) An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseles

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like..

Dunbird :: Dunbird (n.) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre..

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like..

Non- :: Non- () A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit..

Un- :: Un- (adv.) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them.