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UNPROSPEROUS - UNSYMPATHETIC
UNPROSPEROUS - adjectives
• ILL-OFF in an unprosperous condition, badly off ...19C
• WANSPEEDY † unfortunate, unprosperous ...c1000
UNPROSPEROUS - nouns
• ILL-BEING 'ill' or unprosperous condition; the antithesis of 'well-being' ...1840 nonce word
UNPROTECTED - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• IN THE AIR unprotected ...US Civil War usage
UNPROVED - adjectives
• UNAPPROVED † not demonstrated; unproved ...1597
UNPROVIDED - adjectives
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
UNPUNCTUAL - adjectives
• UNREGULAR irregular, uneven; unpunctual ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNPUNCTUALITY - nouns
• ALASKA TIME unpunctuality ...1970s US sl.
UNPUNISHED - adjectives
• UNBOUGHT † unpunished ...a1200
UNQUALIFIED - adjectives
• UNABLED †* unqualified ...1497-8
• UNFITTEN unfit, unqualified, unsuitable ...1889 Amer. dial.
UNQUESTIONABLY - adverbs
• UNDENIABLE very, extremely, unquestionably ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITHOUT GAINSAYING without contradiction; unquestionably ...c1330
UNQUESTIONED - adjectives
• INDUBITATE † undoubted, unquestioned, certain, apparent, evident ...1480
UNQUIET - adjectives
• TEWSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY † confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet ...c1380
• TUSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRESTY † unquiet, full of unrest, restless, uneasy, troublesome ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc.
UNRAVEL - verbs
• REDD to disentangle, to unravel; to clear up, to sort ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RID to disentangle, to unravel ...1790 Sc.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNRAVELLED - adjectives
• UNCOTTERED unravelled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREADINESS - nouns
• AMPLUSH a disadvantage, state of unreadiness ...1843 Ireland
UNREADY - adjectives
• SAPPY † immature, unready ...a1627
• UNBLOWED † unready, immature ...1623
• UNBLOWN unready, immature ...1594
UNREAL - adjectives
• AERIFORM unsubstantial, intangible, unreal ...1828
• BARMECIDAL like the Barmecide's feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous; unreal, illusory ...a1845
• FANTASTIC † existing only in imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal ...a1387
• FANTASTICAL † existing only imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal ...c1485
• RATIONAL † existing (only) in the mind; opposed to 'real' ...1628
• UMBRATILE † of a shadowy nature; unsubstantial; unreal ...1647 now rare or obs.
• UMBRATILOUS † shadowy, unreal; faint ...1637
UNREAL - nouns
• TANQUAM something that has only an apparent existence; a mere seeming; an unreal thing or appearance ...1654
UNREAL - verbs
• FALSEN * to make false or unreal ...1888
UNREALIZED - adjectives
• UNBETHOUGHT unthought of, unrealized ...1855
UNREASONABLE - adjectives
• ABSONANT harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc; unreasonable, unnatural ...1564
• ABSONOUS † out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable ...1622
• BELOW THE BELT unfair, unreasonable ...1890 sl.
• NOT CRICKET unfair, unreasonable ...1851 sl.
• RED-HOT unfair, unreasonable ...1896 Aust. sl.
• RHYMELESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICH very funny or amusing; or used ironically, to suggest unreasonableness; ridiculous ...1760
• RIMLESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RYMELESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SOLID severe, difficult, unfair, unreasonable ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TOUGH unfair, unreasonable ...1929 sl.
• TOUGH ON unfair, unreasonable ...1929 sl.
• UNFACEABLE undefensible, unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREASONABLE - nouns
• ABSURD † an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity ...1610
UNREASONABLE - nouns, person
• FAIR CUSS an unreasonable person ...1950s Aust. sl.
UNREASONABLE - verbs
• GET A NERVE ON ONE to be unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREASONING - nouns, person
• DAW an obdurate, unreasoning person ...1997 Ireland sl.
UNRECONCILED - adjectives
• UNISAHT † unreconciled ...c1175
UNRECORDED - adjectives
• IMPERSCRIPTIBLE for which no written authority can be adduced; unrecorded ...1832
UNREFINED - adjectives
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HAVELESS wasteful, incompetent; slovenly, ill-mannered, unrefined ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMPOLISHED † unpolished; devoid of polish; rude, unrefined ...1583
• RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy ...1818 Sc.
UNREFINED - nouns
• BABOONERY unrefined manners or behaviour ...a1848
UNREFINED - nouns, person
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
UNREGARDED - adjectives
• TENTLESS † unnoticed, unheeded, unregarded ...1785 Sc.
UNRELAXED - nouns
• ANTS an unrelaxed, disturbed condition; acute restlessness ...Amer. sl.
• ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS an unrelaxed, disturbed condition; acute restlessness ...Amer. sl.
UNRELIABLE - adjectives
• ALL ENDS AND SIDES unreliable, scatterbrained ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALLIBLE of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: liable to be erroneous, unreliable ...a1420
• FLY-BY-NIGHT unreliable or untrustworthy, esp. in finance ...colloq.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LOOSE IN THE HAFT † unstable, unreliable ....c1325
• MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable ...1968
• ODDBALL disorganized; prone to blunder; unreliable ...c1945 sl.
• RAGGLISH of persons: wild, unreliable, undisciplined, rough, boisterous ...1866 Sc.
• SHADY uncertain, unreliable ...M19 sl., orig. university
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNASSURE † unreliable ...1531
• UNCANNY † unreliable, not to be trusted ...1639
• WACKY incorrect, unreliable; eccentric ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WONKY unsound or unreliable ...1925 UK sl.
UNRELIABLE - nouns
• ABORTION an object, esp. a machine, of ludicrous or ungainly appearance; also, an unreliable mechanical device that provokes anger by breaking down ...1943 Amer. sl.
• QUEER PAPER something dubious or unreliable ...M19 sl.
UNRELIABLE - nouns, person
• BEAT a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BUG an unreliable person; a cheat ...1885 Amer. dial.
• CRANK a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby ...1833 US sl.
• EASTIE-WASTIE † an unreliable or unstable person; one on whose word there can be no dependence ...1808 Sc.
• FLAKE a crazy, eccentric, or unreliable person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• FLAPPY-TONGUE one whose word cannot be relied on ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE-CAP † a silly person; a harum-scarum, unreliable girl ... 1589 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NING-NANG a worthless or troublesome person; an unreliable person; a silly or stupid person; a fool ...1832 Eng. dial.
• PIKER one who can't be depended upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKITE an unreliable or extravagant person ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WUSS BAG a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on ...1970s sl., orig. US
• WUSSETTE a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on ...1970s sl., orig. US
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
UNRELIABLE - verbs
• FALSE † of a thing: to prove unreliable, to fail, to give way ...c1205
UNRELIABLE - phrases
• AS MANY FACES AS A CHURCHYARD CLOCK used of anyone seen as duplicitous or unreliable ...20C
UNREMARKABLE - adjectives
• NOTHING TO CABLE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...World War I Aust. soldiers' usage
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...L19 colloq.
• NOTHING WORTH WRITING HOME ABOUT unremarkable ...1914 UK sl.
UNREMARKABLE - verbs
• NORM to behave in an unremarkable or conventional manner ...2001 UK sl.
UNREPENTANT - adjectives
• IMPENITENT having no contrition or sorrow for sin; unrepentant ...1532
• IMPENITIBLE † incapable of repentance ...a1631
UNREPENTANT - nouns, person
• IMPENITENT an unrepentant person ...1532
UNREPROVED - adjectives
• UNBERISPED † uncensured, unreproved, not objected to ...1481
UNREQUITED - adjectives
• UNFORGOLDEN † unrequited ...c1175
• UNQUIT unrequited ...1895 Sc.
UNRESERVED - adjectives
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank ...1605
UNRESERVEDLY - adverbs
• BRAID without reserve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HEAD AND HEELS completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HIDE completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1868 Sc.
• HEAD AND TAIL completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1853 Sc.
• SOLID completely, unreservedly ...L19
UNRESISTING - adjectives
• UNAFFRONTIVE † unresisting ...1720
UNRESPONSIVE - adjectives
• V-EIGHT pert. to a cold or unresponsive female ...20C US sl.
UNRESPONSIVE - nouns, person
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a cold or unresponsive woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRY HOLE a cold and unresponsive woman ...E20 US sl.
• ICEBERG a cold and unresponsive woman; a frigid woman ...20C US sl.
• ICEBOX an unemotional person, esp. a sexually unresponsive woman ...L19 US sl.
• ICE MAIDEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman ...1950s sl.
• ICE QUEEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman ...1980s sl.
UNREST - nouns
• WANREST † a state of inquietude or trouble; unrest ...c1550 Sc.
• WANRUFE †* disquiet, unrest ...c1480 Sc.
UNRESTRAINABLE - adjectives
• UNCOGIBLE † incapable of being constrained, unrestrainable ...1646
UNRESTRAINED - adjectives
• ANIMAL wildly disorderly, rowdy; wild, unrestrained ...1965 Amer. sl.
• BRANKLESS unrestrained ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFFUSE † wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering ...1742 obs. or arch.
• IMMODERATE † unrestrained in feeling, passions, or conduct; intemperate ...1497
• LAVISH † of conduct or disposition: unrestrained, impetuous; loose, wild, licentious ...1597
• LAVISHING † given to reckless or unrestrained behaviour ...1598
• LIBERTINE unrestrained, uncontrolled ...arch.
• OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANTON † 1. of speech or imagination: unrestrained, extravagant ...1680
† 2. of physical movement: headlong, impetuous, unrestrained ...1753
• WILDER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR very wild, unrestrained ...1997 Amer. dial.
UNRESTRAINED - nouns
• EFFUSION frank and eager expression of emotions; unrestrained utterance of words, sounds, etc. ...1659
• GAMMOCKS unrestrained, noisy activities ...19C sl.
• LAVISHNESS † absence of restraint; recklessness ...c1477
UNRESTRAINED - verbs
• PUKE IT OUT to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE ONE'S GUTS to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE OUT to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE UP to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE BUSH to behave in a loud and unrestrained fashion; to 'carry on' ...1953 Amer. dial.
UNRESTRAINEDLY - adverbs
• LARGE † freely, unrestrainedly, boldly ...a1400
• LARGELY † freely, without restraint ...c1425
• UP-AND-DOWN unrestrainedly ...L19 sl.
UNRESTRICTED - adjectives
• OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
UNRIPE - adjectives
• RAWLY † unripe, immature ...1824 Sc.
UNROBBED - adjectives
• UNRIPED unexplored, unsearched; unrobbed ...1898 Sc.
UNRUFFLED - nouns, person
• EASY RIDER a calm, unruffled person ...1971 sl.
UNRULINESS - nouns
• EFFRENATION † unruliness; a headlong or unbridled rashness or license ...1623
• TANBASTE unruly behaviour; scuffling, struggling, pulling about ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNCOMELINESS † unruliness ...1607
• WANTONNESS † of a child: unruliness, naughtiness; of a horse: restiveness ...1533
UNRULY - adjectives
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious ...1776 Sc.
• EFFRENATED † unbridled, unruly ...1586
• GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly ...1844 Sc.
• HANBY wanton, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANTY wanton, unruly; full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTY † unruly, wanton, restive ...1671 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MEADLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRAPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Sc.
• OBSTRIPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROCULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control; disorderly, unruly...1930s Aust. sl.
• OBSTROPALOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ... c1725
• OBSTROPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROPILOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Eng. dial.
• OBSTROPOLIS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROPOLOUS resisting control, advice, etc. in a noisy manner; unruly in behaviour, obstinate, headstrong ...1748
• OBSTROPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1815 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OBTROPOLOUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• OPSTROPOLOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate, ill-tempered ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, ill-tempered, angry ...1862 Amer. dial.
• OUTSTROPOLOUS † outrageous, unruly, obstreperous ...1832 Sc.
• POLLRUMPTIOUS unruly or restless; foolishly confident ...c1860 sl.
• POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• RACKLE disorderly, riotous, unruly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...c1290
• RAMAGEOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMAGIOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1866 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMMAGE of persons: wild, excited, unruly, unmanageable ...1714 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous ...1837
• RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1822
• RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous ...1822 Sc.
• RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous ...1822
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANGING rough, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• RANTING † unruly, restive ...1658
• RESTY headstrong, unruly ...c1696 sl.
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• STROMMELLING unruly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TANKERSOME unruly, disobedient, misbehaving ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
• UNBELIEVING of a child: disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• UNCANNY † unruly, mischievous, malicious ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGUIDEABLE. not amenable to reason; unmanageable, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRULEFUL unruly, lawless ...1721 Sc. & Ireland
• UNSAYABLE unruly, wilful, self-willed; not to be advised or controlled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPROARISH † turbulent, unruly ...1550
• WANRULY unruly ...a1774 Sc.
• WANTON † 1. of persons: undisciplined, ungoverned; not amenable to control, unmanageable, rebellious; of children: naughty, unruly ...a1300
† 2. petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
UNRULY - nouns
• BADNESS delinquent or unruly behaviour, often just for the sake of it ...1980s UK & UK Black teen sl.
UNRULY - nouns, person
• AMARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AMERUGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANKLE-BITER an unruly or disobedient child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ANNARUGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN a child, esp. an unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• RADICAL a wild, unruly person; a rogue, a blackguard, a rascal ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANNIGAL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAPPAK a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAPPUCK a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TACKET a restless, unruly boy ...1896 Sc.
• TATTARAT an unruly person; one wanting in stability ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
UNRULY - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• CUT A SHINE to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1830 Amer. dial.
• CUT SHINES to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1848 Amer. dial.
• REULL to behave in a rude manner; to be unruly ...1790 Eng. dial.
UNSAFE - adjectives
• UNCANNY dangerous, unsafe ...1785 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNSALEABLE - adjectives
• REFFIDGE worthless, inferior; unsaleable ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REFUGE worthless, inferior; unsaleable ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSALUTED - adjectives
• UNHALSED † unsaluted ...1821 Sc.
UNSATISFACTORY - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• ARSEHOLES TO BREAKFAST TIME upside down; utterly confused; most unsatisfactory ...L19 sl.
• BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME very unsatisfactory, totally confused, chaotic ...1900s US sl.
• BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty ...1859 sl., orig. US
• CHEESEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1863 sl., orig. US
• CHEESY lacking in style; worthless; of cheap of inferior material, design, or workmanship; unsatisfactory for any reason ...1863 sl., orig. US
• CHRONIC of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1904 sl.
• CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CROOK of a thing or situation: bad; unpleasant; unsatisfactory ...L19 Aust. & NZ
• CRUMBY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DUD worthless, useless, unsatisfactory ...1903 UK sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory ...1990s US teen sl.
• GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• HAIRY bad or unsatisfactory ...1940s US sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, mediocre, insignificant ...1932 Amer. sl.
• HORSESHIT contemptible or pretentious; worthless; offensive; unsatisfactory ...1939 US sl.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MELANCHOLY very unsatisfactory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• OFF-TIME badly timed, at the wrong time, hence unacceptable, unsatisfactory ...1938 US jazz sl.
• ON THE CHEESE unsatisfactory; in a bad way ...L19 US sl.
• PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1946 sl.
• PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1950 sl.
• ROPEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1880
• RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1824
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDEY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - nouns
• BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory thing ...1935 Amer. jocular
• DOG something unsatisfactory or inferior ...1938 US sl.
• LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory ...1934 Amer. sl.
• SKANK an unsatisfactory situation ...2000s sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - nouns, person
• BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory person or thing ...1935 Amer. jocular
UNSATISFACTORY - verbs
• BITE THE BAG to be very unsatisfactory ...1983 Amer. sl.
• EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to 'suck' ...1940 US sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - phrases
• IN JAIL AT INNISFAIL denotes an unsatisfactory situation ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ODDS IS THE DIFFERENCE either is equally satisfactory or unsatisfactory ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
UNSATISFIED - adjectives
• UNSATE unsatisfied, unappeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSATISFYING - adjectives
• GELD † profitless, yielding no satisfaction, unsatisfying; also, destitute of ...a1310
UNSAVOURY - adjectives
• MAWKISH insipid; unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEESY tainted, unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSCRATCHED - adjectives
• HAILSCART † free from injury; unhurt, unscratched ...1513 Sc.
• HALESKARTH † free from injury; unhurt, unscratched ...1513 Sc.
UNSCRUPULOUS - adjectives
• JACKLEG dishonest or unscrupulous ...US sl.
• SCHEMISH scheming, manoeuvring, covetous, unscrupulous and grasping in bargaining ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFF unscrupulous, untrustworthy ...1825 Sc.
UNSCRUPULOUS - nouns
• LOW ROAD a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible
UNSCRUPULOUS - nouns, person
• FAST DOLLAR BOY one who is unscrupulous as to the source of their income ...1940s US sl.
• MACHIAVEL one who acts on the principles of Machiavelli (a celebrated Florence statesman who advocated the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality); an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1570
• MACHIAVELLIAN an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1568
• MACHIAVELLIST an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1589
• RIG an unscrupulous person ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SHYSTER a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods ...1844
• SPIV a man, often flashily dressed, who makes a living by illicit or unscrupulous dealings ...1934 Brit. sl.
UNSCRUPULOUS - verbs
• FAN THE HAMMER to act in a brilliant but unscrupulous manner ...L19 US sl.
UNSEARCHABLE - adjectives
• IMPERSCRUTABLE † not to be searched out; unsearchable, inscrutable, unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1526
UNSEARCHED - adjectives
• UNRIPED unexplored, unsearched; unrobbed ...1898 Sc.
UNSEASONABLE - adjectives
• IMPORTUNATE † inopportune, unseasonable, untimely ...1529
• IMPORTUNE † inopportune, untimely; unseasonable, unfit ...c1425
UNSEASONABLE - nouns
• IMPORTUNITY † the condition of being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time ...1489
UNSEASONABLY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † inopportunely, untimely, unseasonably ...1529
• IMPORTUNELY † inopportunely, unseasonably ...c1425
UNSEEING - adjectives
• GAZELESS * sightless, unseeing ...a1819
UNSEEMLY - adjectives
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• RANCID in poor taste ...1989 US sl.
• UNBESEEMLY * unseemly ...1648
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNCOUTHY unseemly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFARRANTLY not nice, unseemly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent ...1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
UNSEEMLY - adverbs
• UNCOMELILY † in an unseemly manner; unfittingly ...c1420
UNSEEMLY - nouns
• BAY an unseemly mass ...Bk1898 Sc.
UNSEEMLY - verbs
• UNBESEEM to be unseemly or unbecoming for a person ...a1657
UNSEEN - adjectives
• INVISED †* unseen; invisible ...L16
• SIGHTLESS invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision ...1589
UNSEEN - nouns
• HEAL a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter ...1691 Eng. dial.
UNSERVICEABLE - adjectives
• UNBRICHE † useless, unserviceable ...1303
UNSETTLE - verbs
• UNBOTTOM † to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable ...1598
• UNFETTLE to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle ...1889 Eng. dial.
UNSETTLED - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• CLARTY-FARTY moving briskly about; frisking; unsettled ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous ...1970 US sl.
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless ...1821 Sc.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• UNABSOILED † unsettled ...1521
• UNABSOLVED † unsettled, undecided ...1721
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• WANKLE † unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNSETTLED - nouns, person
• SKOUPER a light, unsettled person ...1706 Sc.
UNSETTLED - verbs
• FREAK OUT to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre ...1964 US sl.
• LICK ABOUT to live an unsettled life ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LICK AROUND to live an unsettled life ...20C W. Indies sl.
UNSETTLING - adjectives
• OFF-PUTTING distressing; unsettling; discomfiting ...1828 US sl.
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
UNSHAKABLE - adjectives
• UNBRANSLABLE † unshakable ...1633
UNSHAPELY - adjectives
• SCRAWMY irregular, unshapely; lanky, large, straggling, spreading ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSHAPELY - adverbs
• HEADS AND THRAWS in disorder, in a confused heap; unshapely ...1835 Sc.
UNSHAVEN - adjectives
• HEDDER-FACED rough-faced, unshaven ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSHAVEN - nouns
• UNDERWEAR an unshaven chin ...1960s US homosexual sl.
UNSHELTERED - adjectives
• BEILDLESS unsheltered ...Bk1911 Sc.
UNSIGHTLY - adjectives
• SIGHTLESS † unsightly ...1595
UNSIGHTLY - nouns, person
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - adjectives
• GAMELESS unskilled ...1983 US sl.
• HORSESHIT in sports: inept; unskilful; clumsy ...1969-71 US sl.
• IMPERITE † unskilled, ignorant ...1708
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• OFF ONE'S FEED incompetent, unskilled ...1900s horse stable usage
• RAUNCHY sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• RONCHIE sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• UNADEPT unskilful, inept ...1817
• UNADROIT unskilful, inept ...1841
• UNARTED † ignorant of the arts; unskilled ...1603
• UNARTFUL * of persons: unskilful, maladroit ...1683
• UNARTIFICIAL † not displaying special or skill; unskilful, inartistic, clumsy ...1591 now rare or obs.
• UNCANNY awkward, unskilful; careless; imprudent; inconvenient ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN awkward, clumsy, unskilful; without contrivance or management ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - nouns, person
• DUB a novice; a raw beginner; an unskilful person ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• IMPERITE † an unskilled or ignorant person ...1622
• JACKLEG an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher ...M19 US sl.
• PEA PICKER a rustic or countrified person; a bumpkin; an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT an unskilful player of a game ...1904 sl.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - verbs
• BAG ONE'S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• JACKLEG to act in an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled way ...M19 US sl.
• MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFULLY - adverbs
• GREENLY in an inexperienced or untrained manner; unskilfully ...L16 arch.
• UNARTIFICIALLY † inartistically, unskilfully ...1591
UNSLEEPING - adjectives
• WAKER † unsleeping, watchful, vigilant ...c1000
UNSMOOTH - adjectives
• UNSMETHE † unsmooth ...c1200
UNSOCIABLE - adjectives
• FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner ...1765
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OFFISH inclined to stand off; reserved, unsociable, shy ...1825 Amer.
• QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult ...1885 Eng. dial.
• THARF reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCLUBBABLE not fit or inclined for society; unsociable ...1764
• UNCOMPANABLE † not fit or inclined for society; uncompanionable, unsociable ...1555
• UN-FUCKING-SOCIABLE extremely unsociable ....20C US sl.
UNSOCIABLE - nouns
• M.R.A. unsociable behaviour; Major/Massive Reeb Action ...1980s US college sl.
UNSOCIABLE - nouns, person
• DEADBEAT a worthless or unsociable person; a party pooper or one who is considered a wet blanket ...1872 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ONE a useless, unsociable, impoverished, or mean person ...L19 US sl.
• LOBSTER an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NUBBIE an unsocial person, worldly, yet lazy ...1824 Sc.
UNSOCIABLY - adverbs
• QUEER unsociably, ill-temperedly ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNSOCIAL - adjectives
• OFFISH aloof; unapproachable; standoffish; distant or unapproachable in manners; reserved, shy, unsocial ...1825
UNSOCIAL - nouns, person
• QUIMBY a person completely lacking in social graces ...1997 US sl.
UNSOILED - adjectives
• FAIR † of things: clean, unsoiled, unstained; of paper: not written upon, unused ...c1420
• UNGLAURED unsoiled ...1828 Sc.
UNSOPHISTICATED - adjectives
• BACK IN THE WOODS unsophisticated; out of step with the times ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated ...N. Amer. colloq.
• CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic ...1934 US sl.
• GOURDY inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified ...1953 Amer dial.
• GREEN AS A GOURD inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified ...1902 Amer dial.
• GUTTY raw, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black sl.
• HICK (derogatory) unsophisticated, provincial ...L20 colloq.
• JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• JUST FELL OFF THE CABBAGE TRUCK utterly naive or unsophisticated ...1986 Amer. sl.
• L-7 unfashionable, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black & teen sl.
• LAME socially unsophisticated; naive; 'square'; hence, easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced ...1935 US sl., esp. Black usage
• L-SEVEN unfashionable, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black & teen sl.
• NEBBY very unsophisticated ...1990s US sl.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated ...1711
• UNCOOL. unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
• UNGROOVY unsophisticated, unaware ...1940s US Black usage
• UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
UNSOPHISTICATED - nouns, person
• APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-PICKER a fool, an unsophisticated person, a country person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...M19 US sl.
• APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1930s US sl.
• BACK NUMBER a person having out-of-date interests or ideas; an old-fashioned, or unsophisticated person ...1882 Amer. sl.
• BEALS an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
• CHUMP an unsophisticated person; a victim; an inferior ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DAD AND DAVE a peasant; an unsophisticated person ...1930s Aust. sl.
• EIGHT-BALL an unsophisticated Black person; a square ...M20 US Black sl.
• FARMER 1. (derogatory) a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly ...1864 US sl.
2. a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...M19 sl.
• HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1847 Amer. dial.
• HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1891 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAIN a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAME a person who is 'lame'; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person; one who does not fir in with a particular social group ...1958 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• LAME-O a fool; an idiot; an unsophisticated person ...1977 US college sl.
• LAMER a person who is 'lame'; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person ...1961 US sl.
• LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• NEWT a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person ...1920s US college sl.
• QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUASHIE a country dweller; an unsophisticated peasant ...M19 sl.
• RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person ...1960s US Black sl.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHIRL a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated female; a female 'ocker' ...1970s Aust. sl.
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TACK an unsophisticated person ...1950s US Black sl.
• WALLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication ...1920s sl.
• WOLLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication ...1920s sl.
• WRINKLE an unpleasant, unsophisticated male ...1990s US college sl.
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
• YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person ...1973 US sl.
• YAY-NAY a simpleton; an unsophisticated person ...M19 sl.
UNSOPHISTICATED - verbs
• APPLE KNOCK to act the yokel, to behave in an unsophisticated manner ...1940s sl.
UNSOUND - adjectives
• ADDLE unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CRONK liable to collapse, unsound, unfit ...1900 Aust.
• WONKY unsound or unreliable ...1925 UK sl.
UNSPARING - adjectives
• CATAWAMPOUS fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• CATAWAMPTIOUS adj. fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
UNSPEAKABLE - adjectives
• JOLLY UTTER appalling, unspeakable ...L19 sl.
UNSPECIFIED - nouns, person
• RANDOM JOE an unspecified person ...1980s US college sl.
UNSTABLE - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other ...1970s US Black sl.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented ...1899 US sl.
• LABILE † apt to slip away; slippery, unstable ...1623
• LOOSE IN THE HAFT † unstable, unreliable ....c1325
• OFF THE RAILS emotionally unstable ...M19 sl.
• RACKETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1824 Amer. dial.
• RACKILY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RACKLETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
• TICKLE † insecure, unstable, tottering, easily upset; ready to fall ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGLUED unstable, emotional, lacking control ...1950s
• UP A TREE annoyed, emotionally unstable ...1910s sl.
• VARIOUS † of persons: changeable in character; inconstant, unstable; fickle ...1636
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
UNSTABLE - adverbs
• TICKLELY † in an insecure or unstable manner ...1601
• TICKLY † in an insecure or unstable manner ...1674
UNSTABLE - nouns
• TICKLENESS † insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty ...c1390
• VANE an unstable or constantly changing thing ...1588
UNSTABLE - nouns, person
• CRANK a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby ...1833 US sl.
• DAMAGED GOODS an emotionally or mentally unstable person ...1990s sl.
• DING a mentally unstable person ...1929 US sl.
• EASTIE-WASTIE † an unreliable or unstable person; one on whose word there can be no dependence ...1808 Sc.
• LOONY BIRD a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational ...1964 US sl.
• MADDY a psychologically unstable person; a lunatic ...1990s Aust. & Sc. sl.
• SICKO a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour ...1970s sl.
• SKETCH one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHBALL one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHER one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• VANE an unstable or constantly changing person or thing ...1588
• WANGLER an unstable person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• WHACKO an unstable or mentally ill person ...1970s sl.
UNSTABLE - verbs
• NOT HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable ...1860 sl.
• UNBOTTOM † to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable ...1598
UNSTAINED - adjectives
• UNBLECKED † unstained ...c1380
• UNBLENCHED unstained, untarnished ...1813
UNSTEADILY - adverbs
• NIDDY-NODDY to and fro, unsteadily ...1877
• TITTER-TOTTER in a tottering manner; unsteadily ...1725
• TOLTER unsteadily ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLY unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WONKILY in a halting and unsteady way ...1990s Amer. college sl.
UNSTEADINESS - nouns
• SHUCK unsteadiness ...1982 Amer. dial.
• TITUBANCY * tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness ...1800
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
UNSTEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTLESS unsteady ...1885
• BALTERING unsteady, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset ...19C Eng. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DOTTY feeble or unsteady in gait ...colloq.
• EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EYVY-KEYVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FLAPPY giddy, unsteady ...Eng. dial.
• GIVEY unsteady ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HALLOPIN unsteady, unsettled, foolish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAVEY-CAVEY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY-CEAVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIGHVY-KEIGHVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• INGIDDIED †* made giddy or unsteady ...1628
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• NAZZLED slightly intoxicated, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE TARVE unsteady ...1910 Amer. dial.
• QUAVERY quavering, jerky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude ...1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING worthless; idle; unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † unsteady, rickety ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky ...M18
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• TICKLISH 1. unstably balanced or poised; easily unbalanced or upset; unsteady ...1601
2. unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TIPPLY apt to tip over; unsteady ...1906 colloq.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
• TITTERING tottering, swaying. moving unsteadily ...1661
• TITTUPING unsteady, rickety ...1824
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
• TITUBATING * moving unsteadily ...1653
• TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGAIN disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• VENTILOUS † fluttering, flickering, unsteady ...1483
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLY unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALEY-GALEY unsteady, tottering ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady ...1857 Eng. dial.
• WANKLE † unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTY unsteady, tottering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEGGLETY unsteady ...1877 Eng. dial.
• WIMBLY-WAMBLY unsteady; dizzy; feeling sick and giddy ...1881 Eng. dial.
UNSTEADY - nouns
• STOITER a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble ...Sc.
• TITTERING the act of tottering or swaying; unsteady movement ...c1374
• WAMBLE an unsteady movement of a person or thing; a roll of the body; a rolling or staggering gait ...1825
UNSTEADY - nouns, person
• WAFFLER a person unsteady in gait ...1843 Eng. dial.
UNSTEADY - verbs
• BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DADDLE to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to walk with short steps ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DODDER to move unsteadily; to totter
• HABBLE to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about ...1788 Sc.
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk ...1737 Amer.
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TIP † to render unsteady; to make drunk; to intoxicate ...1605 sl.,
• TITTER † to move unsteadily, as if about to fall; to totter, to reel; to sway to and fro ...c1374 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBALLAST to render unsteady ...1836
• WALK ON ROCKY SOCKS to walk unsteadily owing to an excess of drink...20C US sl.
• WALLOCK to roll in one's gait; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
• WAMBLE † 1. of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to roll about in walking; to go with an unsteady gait ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANGLE of a thing: to move loosely or shakily on its base or in its place of attachment; of a person; to go unsteadily ...1820 Eng. dial.
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
• YAW to deviate, to go out of course, to go or move unsteadily ...1584
UNSTYLISH - adjectives
• NUNTY dressed in a shabby or old-fashioned way, dowdy, unstylish: applied to female dress ...1838 Eng. dial.
• SAFE hopelessly out of style ...1982 US Hawaiian youth usage
• UNTOGETHER unstylish, lacking social awareness ...1960s US sl.
UNSUBDUED - adjectives
• UNSAYED unconvinced; unsubdued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL - adjectives
• AERICAL †* aerial; existing in the air; unsubstantial ...1660
• AERIE spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• AERIFORM unsubstantial, intangible, unreal ...1828
• AERY spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• LATHERY 'frothy', unsubstantial ...1803
• UMBRATILE † of a shadowy nature; unsubstantial; unreal ...1647 now rare or obs.
• VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain ...1605
• VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague ...1818
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL - nouns
• DEAF NUT something hollow, worthless, or unsubstantial ...1613
• HOUSE OF CARDS any insecure or unsubstantial scheme, system, etc. ...1641
• SYLLABUB something unsubstantial and frothy; esp., floridly vapid discourse or writing ...1706
• VAPOUR something unsubstantial or worthless ...1382
UNSUBTLE - adjectives
• AM DRAM Amateur Dramatic; hence, exaggerated, unsubtle, histrionic ...1985 UK sl.
• BROAD outspoken, obvious, unsubtle
UNSUCCESSFUL - adjectives
• AT THE RACES unsuccessful, uncompetitive ...2003 Irish sl.
• DEAD LOSS useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable ...1920s sl.
• ILL-FARED unlucky, unsuccessful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NO CIGAR not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize ...colloq.
• NOT IN THE RACE not having any chance of success ...1904 Aust. sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - nouns
• BOBBLE an unsuccessful undertaking; a failure ...1920 Amer. dial.
• BOSS-SHOT an unsuccessful attempt ...1898 Eng. dial.
• CRULLER a failure; an unsuccessful performance or entertainment ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success ...1829 US sl.
• DUD a worthless or unsuccessful thing; a failure ...1915 UK sl.
• NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success ...1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - nouns, person
• COLD WIRE an unsuccessful or unlikable person ...1941 US sl.
• DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success ...1829 US sl.
• DUD a worthless or unsuccessful person; a failure ...1915 UK sl.
• NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success ...1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - verbs
• GET SKUNKED to be totally unsuccessful in an endeavour ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ILL-FARE to fare badly, to meet with ill-success ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSUITABLE - adjectives
• ILL-BECOMING unsuitable, unbecoming ...1864 Eng. dial.
• IMPERTINENT † unsuitable, unfitted for ...1594
• IMPOLITICAL † not politic; not according to good policy; unsuitable for the end proposed or desired; inexpedient ...1748
• LIKE A LILY ON A DIRT TIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• OUT OF PLACE AS BALLS ON A WHALE, AS unsuitable ...1977 US sl.
• OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche ...1976 Amer. dial.
• STRAVAGANT † irrelevant, unsuitable ...1565
• UNABLE † of things: unfit or unsuitable for some purpose ...1390
• UNAGREEABLE † unconformable or unsuitable to; inconsistent or incongruous with ...1550
• UNBECOMELY † unbecoming; unsuitable ...c1200
• UNBEHOVABLE †* unsuitable; unprofitable ...c1440
• UNFEWSOME awkward, unbecoming, unsuitable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFITTEN unfit, unqualified, unsuitable ...1889 Amer. dial.
• UNGAIN awkward, inconvenient, unfavourable, unprofitable; unsuitable ...1790 Eng. dial.
UNSUITABLE - nouns
• IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly ...1603
• IMPORTUNITY † the condition of being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time ...1489
UNSUITABLE - verbs
• SUIT LIKE FROST AND FLOWERS to be quite unsuitable ...B1900
UNSUITABLY - adverbs
• UNCOMELY † in an uncomely manner; unsuitably, unbecomingly ...c1375
UNSUMMONED - adjectives
• UNCHARGED † not called upon; unsummoned ...1456
UNSURPASSABLE - adjectives
• IMPOSSIBLE unsurpassable ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UNSURPASSABLE - phrases
• TO BEAT THE BAND to an unsurpassable degree ...1897 Amer. sl.
UNSUSCEPTIBLE - verbs
• VASTATE * to render unsusceptible ...1892
UNSUSPECTED - adjectives
• UNASPECTED † unsuspected, unexpected ...1578
UNSYMPATHETIC - adjectives
• HARD-GRAINED of a close or unsympathetic character ...1847
• ILL-OFF in an unprosperous condition, badly off ...19C
• WANSPEEDY † unfortunate, unprosperous ...c1000
UNPROSPEROUS - nouns
• ILL-BEING 'ill' or unprosperous condition; the antithesis of 'well-being' ...1840 nonce word
UNPROTECTED - adjectives
• BARE † defenseless, unprotected, deserted ...1297
• IN THE AIR unprotected ...US Civil War usage
UNPROVED - adjectives
• UNAPPROVED † not demonstrated; unproved ...1597
UNPROVIDED - adjectives
• UNBESEEN † unprovided, destitute, devoid ...1390
UNPUNCTUAL - adjectives
• UNREGULAR irregular, uneven; unpunctual ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNPUNCTUALITY - nouns
• ALASKA TIME unpunctuality ...1970s US sl.
UNPUNISHED - adjectives
• UNBOUGHT † unpunished ...a1200
UNQUALIFIED - adjectives
• UNABLED †* unqualified ...1497-8
• UNFITTEN unfit, unqualified, unsuitable ...1889 Amer. dial.
UNQUESTIONABLY - adverbs
• UNDENIABLE very, extremely, unquestionably ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WITHOUT GAINSAYING without contradiction; unquestionably ...c1330
UNQUESTIONED - adjectives
• INDUBITATE † undoubted, unquestioned, certain, apparent, evident ...1480
UNQUIET - adjectives
• TEWSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY † confused, troubled, distraught, disturbed, worried, stressed; marked by disturbance or confusion; restless, unquiet ...c1380
• TUSOME troublesome, tiresome; restless, unquiet ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRESTY † unquiet, full of unrest, restless, uneasy, troublesome ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc.
UNRAVEL - verbs
• REDD to disentangle, to unravel; to clear up, to sort ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RID to disentangle, to unravel ...1790 Sc.
• UNREAVE of a rope, yarn, etc.: to unravel, to unwind ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNRAVELLED - adjectives
• UNCOTTERED unravelled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREADINESS - nouns
• AMPLUSH a disadvantage, state of unreadiness ...1843 Ireland
UNREADY - adjectives
• SAPPY † immature, unready ...a1627
• UNBLOWED † unready, immature ...1623
• UNBLOWN unready, immature ...1594
UNREAL - adjectives
• AERIFORM unsubstantial, intangible, unreal ...1828
• BARMECIDAL like the Barmecide's feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous; unreal, illusory ...a1845
• FANTASTIC † existing only in imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal ...a1387
• FANTASTICAL † existing only imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal ...c1485
• RATIONAL † existing (only) in the mind; opposed to 'real' ...1628
• UMBRATILE † of a shadowy nature; unsubstantial; unreal ...1647 now rare or obs.
• UMBRATILOUS † shadowy, unreal; faint ...1637
UNREAL - nouns
• TANQUAM something that has only an apparent existence; a mere seeming; an unreal thing or appearance ...1654
UNREAL - verbs
• FALSEN * to make false or unreal ...1888
UNREALIZED - adjectives
• UNBETHOUGHT unthought of, unrealized ...1855
UNREASONABLE - adjectives
• ABSONANT harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc; unreasonable, unnatural ...1564
• ABSONOUS † out of tune, inharmonious; fig. incongruous, absurd, unreasonable ...1622
• BELOW THE BELT unfair, unreasonable ...1890 sl.
• NOT CRICKET unfair, unreasonable ...1851 sl.
• RED-HOT unfair, unreasonable ...1896 Aust. sl.
• RHYMELESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICH very funny or amusing; or used ironically, to suggest unreasonableness; ridiculous ...1760
• RIMLESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RYMELESS unreasonable; reckless, regardless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SOLID severe, difficult, unfair, unreasonable ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TOUGH unfair, unreasonable ...1929 sl.
• TOUGH ON unfair, unreasonable ...1929 sl.
• UNFACEABLE undefensible, unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREASONABLE - nouns
• ABSURD † an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity ...1610
UNREASONABLE - nouns, person
• FAIR CUSS an unreasonable person ...1950s Aust. sl.
UNREASONABLE - verbs
• GET A NERVE ON ONE to be unreasonable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNREASONING - nouns, person
• DAW an obdurate, unreasoning person ...1997 Ireland sl.
UNRECONCILED - adjectives
• UNISAHT † unreconciled ...c1175
UNRECORDED - adjectives
• IMPERSCRIPTIBLE for which no written authority can be adduced; unrecorded ...1832
UNREFINED - adjectives
• BOORISH rude, ill-mannered, coarse, unrefined, uncultured ...M16
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HAVELESS wasteful, incompetent; slovenly, ill-mannered, unrefined ...1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IMPOLISHED † unpolished; devoid of polish; rude, unrefined ...1583
• RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy ...1818 Sc.
UNREFINED - nouns
• BABOONERY unrefined manners or behaviour ...a1848
UNREFINED - nouns, person
• BOOR a rustic, a yokel; a clumsy or unrefined person; a rude, ill-mannered, inconsiderate person ...L16
• YAHOO an unrefined, loutish, uncultured person; a hooligan; a philistine ...1726 UK
UNREGARDED - adjectives
• TENTLESS † unnoticed, unheeded, unregarded ...1785 Sc.
UNRELAXED - nouns
• ANTS an unrelaxed, disturbed condition; acute restlessness ...Amer. sl.
• ANTS IN ONE'S PANTS an unrelaxed, disturbed condition; acute restlessness ...Amer. sl.
UNRELIABLE - adjectives
• ALL ENDS AND SIDES unreliable, scatterbrained ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FALLIBLE of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: liable to be erroneous, unreliable ...a1420
• FLY-BY-NIGHT unreliable or untrustworthy, esp. in finance ...colloq.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• LOOSE IN THE HAFT † unstable, unreliable ....c1325
• MEXICAN of time or events: late, slow, unreliable ...1968
• ODDBALL disorganized; prone to blunder; unreliable ...c1945 sl.
• RAGGLISH of persons: wild, unreliable, undisciplined, rough, boisterous ...1866 Sc.
• SHADY uncertain, unreliable ...M19 sl., orig. university
• TICKLE † not to be depended on; uncertain; unreliable; changeable; inconstant; capricious; fickle ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNASSURE † unreliable ...1531
• UNCANNY † unreliable, not to be trusted ...1639
• WACKY incorrect, unreliable; eccentric ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WONKY unsound or unreliable ...1925 UK sl.
UNRELIABLE - nouns
• ABORTION an object, esp. a machine, of ludicrous or ungainly appearance; also, an unreliable mechanical device that provokes anger by breaking down ...1943 Amer. sl.
• QUEER PAPER something dubious or unreliable ...M19 sl.
UNRELIABLE - nouns, person
• BEAT a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN STICK somebody or something unreliable, undependable, or inadequate ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BUG an unreliable person; a cheat ...1885 Amer. dial.
• CRANK a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby ...1833 US sl.
• EASTIE-WASTIE † an unreliable or unstable person; one on whose word there can be no dependence ...1808 Sc.
• FLAKE a crazy, eccentric, or unreliable person ...1959 sl., chiefly US
• FLAPPY-TONGUE one whose word cannot be relied on ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE-CAP † a silly person; a harum-scarum, unreliable girl ... 1589 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• NING-NANG a worthless or troublesome person; an unreliable person; a silly or stupid person; a fool ...1832 Eng. dial.
• PIKER one who can't be depended upon ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKITE an unreliable or extravagant person ...1995 Amer. dial.
• WUSS BAG a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on ...1970s sl., orig. US
• WUSSETTE a weakling; someone who cannot be depended on ...1970s sl., orig. US
• WUSSY a weak, timid, passive person; someone who cannot be depended on ...1960s US sl.
UNRELIABLE - verbs
• FALSE † of a thing: to prove unreliable, to fail, to give way ...c1205
UNRELIABLE - phrases
• AS MANY FACES AS A CHURCHYARD CLOCK used of anyone seen as duplicitous or unreliable ...20C
UNREMARKABLE - adjectives
• NOTHING TO CABLE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...World War I Aust. soldiers' usage
• NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT unremarkable; usual; mediocre ...L19 colloq.
• NOTHING WORTH WRITING HOME ABOUT unremarkable ...1914 UK sl.
UNREMARKABLE - verbs
• NORM to behave in an unremarkable or conventional manner ...2001 UK sl.
UNREPENTANT - adjectives
• IMPENITENT having no contrition or sorrow for sin; unrepentant ...1532
• IMPENITIBLE † incapable of repentance ...a1631
UNREPENTANT - nouns, person
• IMPENITENT an unrepentant person ...1532
UNREPROVED - adjectives
• UNBERISPED † uncensured, unreproved, not objected to ...1481
UNREQUITED - adjectives
• UNFORGOLDEN † unrequited ...c1175
• UNQUIT unrequited ...1895 Sc.
UNRESERVED - adjectives
• EVEN-DOWN direct, plain, without reserve or qualification ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCLOSE * unreserved, straightforward, frank ...1605
UNRESERVEDLY - adverbs
• BRAID without reserve ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HEAD AND HEELS completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD AND HIDE completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1868 Sc.
• HEAD AND TAIL completely, altogether, without reserve; with great earnestness ...1853 Sc.
• SOLID completely, unreservedly ...L19
UNRESISTING - adjectives
• UNAFFRONTIVE † unresisting ...1720
UNRESPONSIVE - adjectives
• V-EIGHT pert. to a cold or unresponsive female ...20C US sl.
UNRESPONSIVE - nouns, person
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
• APRON WITH A FLICKERING FLAME a cold or unresponsive woman ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DRY HOLE a cold and unresponsive woman ...E20 US sl.
• ICEBERG a cold and unresponsive woman; a frigid woman ...20C US sl.
• ICEBOX an unemotional person, esp. a sexually unresponsive woman ...L19 US sl.
• ICE MAIDEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman ...1950s sl.
• ICE QUEEN an unemotional or unresponsive woman ...1980s sl.
UNREST - nouns
• WANREST † a state of inquietude or trouble; unrest ...c1550 Sc.
• WANRUFE †* disquiet, unrest ...c1480 Sc.
UNRESTRAINABLE - adjectives
• UNCOGIBLE † incapable of being constrained, unrestrainable ...1646
UNRESTRAINED - adjectives
• ANIMAL wildly disorderly, rowdy; wild, unrestrained ...1965 Amer. sl.
• BRANKLESS unrestrained ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EFFUSE † wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering ...1742 obs. or arch.
• IMMODERATE † unrestrained in feeling, passions, or conduct; intemperate ...1497
• LAVISH † of conduct or disposition: unrestrained, impetuous; loose, wild, licentious ...1597
• LAVISHING † given to reckless or unrestrained behaviour ...1598
• LIBERTINE unrestrained, uncontrolled ...arch.
• OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• RAM-GAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained ...1929 Sc.
• RAMP wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits ...1713 Sc.
• RAM-STAM headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, rash, heedless, unrestrained ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCRUBEET uncurbed, unrestrained; uncropped, untrimmed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANTON † 1. of speech or imagination: unrestrained, extravagant ...1680
† 2. of physical movement: headlong, impetuous, unrestrained ...1753
• WILDER THAN A PEACH-ORCHARD BOAR very wild, unrestrained ...1997 Amer. dial.
UNRESTRAINED - nouns
• EFFUSION frank and eager expression of emotions; unrestrained utterance of words, sounds, etc. ...1659
• GAMMOCKS unrestrained, noisy activities ...19C sl.
• LAVISHNESS † absence of restraint; recklessness ...c1477
UNRESTRAINED - verbs
• PUKE IT OUT to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE ONE'S GUTS to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE OUT to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• PUKE UP to speak unrestrainedly ...1920s sl.
• TAKE THE RAG OFF THE BUSH to behave in a loud and unrestrained fashion; to 'carry on' ...1953 Amer. dial.
UNRESTRAINEDLY - adverbs
• LARGE † freely, unrestrainedly, boldly ...a1400
• LARGELY † freely, without restraint ...c1425
• UP-AND-DOWN unrestrainedly ...L19 sl.
UNRESTRICTED - adjectives
• OFF THE CHAIN free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
• OFF THE STRING free, unrestrained or unrestricted ...20C sl., orig. Aust.
UNRIPE - adjectives
• RAWLY † unripe, immature ...1824 Sc.
UNROBBED - adjectives
• UNRIPED unexplored, unsearched; unrobbed ...1898 Sc.
UNRUFFLED - nouns, person
• EASY RIDER a calm, unruffled person ...1971 sl.
UNRULINESS - nouns
• EFFRENATION † unruliness; a headlong or unbridled rashness or license ...1623
• TANBASTE unruly behaviour; scuffling, struggling, pulling about ...1746 Eng. dial.
• UNCOMELINESS † unruliness ...1607
• WANTONNESS † of a child: unruliness, naughtiness; of a horse: restiveness ...1533
UNRULY - adjectives
• AMBITIOUS of persons or animals: spirited, vivacious, unruly; vicious; angry; enraged; quick-tempered; hot-tempered ...1853 Amer. dial.
• CAMSTAIRY obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious ...1776 Sc.
• EFFRENATED † unbridled, unruly ...1586
• GAMSTERRIE perverse, insubordinate, unmanageable, unruly ...1844 Sc.
• HANBY wanton, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANTY wanton, unruly; full of spirit, mettlesome; excited, frisky (generally used of horses) ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAUNTY † unruly, wanton, restive ...1671 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MEADLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MEEDLESS troublesome, tiresome, unruly; restless ...1790 Eng. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OBSTRAPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Sc.
• OBSTRIPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROCULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control; disorderly, unruly...1930s Aust. sl.
• OBSTROPALOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ... c1725
• OBSTROPEROUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROPILOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Eng. dial.
• OBSTROPOLIS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OBSTROPOLOUS resisting control, advice, etc. in a noisy manner; unruly in behaviour, obstinate, headstrong ...1748
• OBSTROPULOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1815 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• OBTROPOLOUS obstreperous; disorderly, unruly ...M18 sl.
• OILY mean-tempered; tough, mean, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ...1936 Amer. dial.
• OPSTROPOLOUS obstreperous; unmanageable, unruly; refractory, obstinate ...1830 Eng. dial.
• ORDINARY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate, ill-tempered ...1800 Amer. dial.
• ORNERY unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, unmanageable, disobedient, obstinate, ill-tempered, angry ...1862 Amer. dial.
• OUTSTROPOLOUS † outrageous, unruly, obstreperous ...1832 Sc.
• POLLRUMPTIOUS unruly or restless; foolishly confident ...c1860 sl.
• POLRUMPTIOUS restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous; foolishly confident ...1790 Eng. dial.
• RABBISH † unruly, turbulent; inconsiderate, rash; rough or precipitate in action ...1387
• RACKLE disorderly, riotous, unruly ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAMAGE of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...c1290
• RAMAGEOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMAGIOUS † of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent ...1398
• RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1911 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1866 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous ...1904 Amer. dial.
• RAMBUSTIOUS spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous ...1853
• RAMMAGE of persons: wild, excited, unruly, unmanageable ...1714 Sc.
• RAMPACIOUS * lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous ...1837
• RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly ...1822
• RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous ...1822 Sc.
• RAMPAGIOUS violent; unruly; boisterous ...1822
• RANDIE boisterous, riotous, disorderly, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANDY disorderly, disreputable, given to drink; boisterous, riotous, dissipated; wild, unruly, unmanageable ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANGING rough, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANTANKEROUS quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous; unruly, mean, bad ...c1832 US colloq.
• RANTING † unruly, restive ...1658
• RESTY headstrong, unruly ...c1696 sl.
• RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent ...1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious ...1778 colloq.
• STROMMELLING unruly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TANKERSOME unruly, disobedient, misbehaving ...1969 Amer. dial.
• THIRTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTIFER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THURTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• THWARTOVER cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, ill-tempered, unruly, self-willed ...1852 Eng. dial.
• TORE DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1891 Amer. dial.
• TORN DOWN dissolute, disreputable, unruly, wild, violent ...1836 Amer. dial.
• UNBELIEVING of a child: disobedient, unruly, obstinate, heedless ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• UNCANNY † unruly, mischievous, malicious ...1596 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFORBIDDEN unrestrained, unruly, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGUIDEABLE. not amenable to reason; unmanageable, unruly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNRULEFUL unruly, lawless ...1721 Sc. & Ireland
• UNSAYABLE unruly, wilful, self-willed; not to be advised or controlled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UPROARISH † turbulent, unruly ...1550
• WANRULY unruly ...a1774 Sc.
• WANTON † 1. of persons: undisciplined, ungoverned; not amenable to control, unmanageable, rebellious; of children: naughty, unruly ...a1300
† 2. petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious ...1538
UNRULY - nouns
• BADNESS delinquent or unruly behaviour, often just for the sake of it ...1980s UK & UK Black teen sl.
UNRULY - nouns, person
• AMARUGIAN a crude, unruly person; a member of a rough party of fun-makers; orig. applied to residents of Fulton Co., Illinois ...1856 Amer. dial.
• AMERUGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANAROOGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• ANKLE-BITER an unruly or disobedient child ...1967 Amer. dial.
• ANNARUGIAN same as AMARUGIAN ...1856 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN a child, esp. an unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MESS an objectionable or foolish person; unruly or incorrigible person; an oaf; a hopelessly stupid person; a mentally confused person ...1936 sl.
• RADICAL a wild, unruly person; a rogue, a blackguard, a rascal ...19C Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RANNIGAL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANNYGILL a bold, impudent, unruly person ...1825 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAPPAK a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• RAPPUCK a pet name for an unruly child ...1881 Eng. dial.
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANCHO an unruly, mischievous child ...1862 Amer. dial.
• TACKET a restless, unruly boy ...1896 Sc.
• TATTARAT an unruly person; one wanting in stability ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WILD INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1946 Amer. dial.
• YARD APE an unruly, mischievous, or physically active child; a nickname for such a child ...1974 Amer. dial.
• YOUNG INDIAN a child, esp. a misbehaving or unruly one ...1967 Amer. dial.
UNRULY - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
• CUT A SHINE to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1830 Amer. dial.
• CUT SHINES to behave in a comic, boisterous, or unruly manner; to play tricks on someone; to make a conspicuous display of oneself ...1848 Amer. dial.
• REULL to behave in a rude manner; to be unruly ...1790 Eng. dial.
UNSAFE - adjectives
• UNCANNY dangerous, unsafe ...1785 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
UNSALEABLE - adjectives
• REFFIDGE worthless, inferior; unsaleable ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REFUGE worthless, inferior; unsaleable ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSALUTED - adjectives
• UNHALSED † unsaluted ...1821 Sc.
UNSATISFACTORY - adjectives
• ALL TO BUGGERY bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1984 UK sl.
• ALL TO COCK bungled, utterly confused, unsatisfactory, mixed up ...1948 UK sl.
• ARSEHOLES TO BREAKFAST TIME upside down; utterly confused; most unsatisfactory ...L19 sl.
• BACKBONE TO BREAKFAST TIME very unsatisfactory, totally confused, chaotic ...1900s US sl.
• BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory ...1945 Aust. sl.
• BUM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; faulty ...1859 sl., orig. US
• CHEESEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1863 sl., orig. US
• CHEESY lacking in style; worthless; of cheap of inferior material, design, or workmanship; unsatisfactory for any reason ...1863 sl., orig. US
• CHRONIC of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1904 sl.
• CRAPPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1928 sl., orig. US
• CROOK of a thing or situation: bad; unpleasant; unsatisfactory ...L19 Aust. & NZ
• CRUMBY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• CRUMMY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1859 sl.
• DIABOLICAL of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• DUD worthless, useless, unsatisfactory ...1903 UK sl.
• DUFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless ...1953 UK sl.
• FUNKY wrong, unsatisfactory ...1990s US teen sl.
• GONE TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• HAIRY bad or unsatisfactory ...1940s US sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, unsatisfactory, mediocre, insignificant ...1932 Amer. sl.
• HORSESHIT contemptible or pretentious; worthless; offensive; unsatisfactory ...1939 US sl.
• KAFFIR (offensive) of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable ...1934 S. Afr. sl.
• MANKEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1958 sl.
• MANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory ...1958 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• MELANCHOLY very unsatisfactory ...1877 Eng. dial.
• MOULDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1896 sl.
• NAFF of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1969 sl., chiefly Brit.
• N.B.G. of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory (No Bloody Good) ...1903 sl.
• NO COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• NO GOOD TO GUNDY unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless ...Aust. sl.
• NOT MUCH CHOP of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1847 Aust. & NZ sl.
• NOT MUCH COP of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1902 Brit. sl.
• OFF-TIME badly timed, at the wrong time, hence unacceptable, unsatisfactory ...1938 US jazz sl.
• ON THE CHEESE unsatisfactory; in a bad way ...L19 US sl.
• PEEZALTREE inferior; uncultured; unsatisfactory ...1953 Amer. dial.
• PISS-POOR of low quality; bad; inferior, unsatisfactory ...1946 sl.
• PISSY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• POXY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1950 sl.
• ROPEY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROPY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1942 sl.
• ROTTEN of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1880
• RUBBISHY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1824
• SNIDDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDE of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDEY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• SNIDY of low quality, bad, inferior, unsatisfactory ...1890 sl.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WANKY of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory ...1972 sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - nouns
• BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory thing ...1935 Amer. jocular
• DOG something unsatisfactory or inferior ...1938 US sl.
• LARRY among pitchmen: a defective or worthless article offered for sale; broadly, anything unsatisfactory ...1934 Amer. sl.
• SKANK an unsatisfactory situation ...2000s sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - nouns, person
• BOW-WOW a very unattractive or unsatisfactory person or thing ...1935 Amer. jocular
UNSATISFACTORY - verbs
• BITE THE BAG to be very unsatisfactory ...1983 Amer. sl.
• EAT IT to be extremely objectionable, offensive, or unsatisfactory; to 'suck' ...1940 US sl.
UNSATISFACTORY - phrases
• IN JAIL AT INNISFAIL denotes an unsatisfactory situation ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ODDS IS THE DIFFERENCE either is equally satisfactory or unsatisfactory ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
UNSATISFIED - adjectives
• UNSATE unsatisfied, unappeased ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSATISFYING - adjectives
• GELD † profitless, yielding no satisfaction, unsatisfying; also, destitute of ...a1310
UNSAVOURY - adjectives
• MAWKISH insipid; unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEESY tainted, unsavoury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSCRATCHED - adjectives
• HAILSCART † free from injury; unhurt, unscratched ...1513 Sc.
• HALESKARTH † free from injury; unhurt, unscratched ...1513 Sc.
UNSCRUPULOUS - adjectives
• JACKLEG dishonest or unscrupulous ...US sl.
• SCHEMISH scheming, manoeuvring, covetous, unscrupulous and grasping in bargaining ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFF unscrupulous, untrustworthy ...1825 Sc.
UNSCRUPULOUS - nouns
• LOW ROAD a method, manner, etc., that is underhand, unscrupulous, or otherwise contemptible
UNSCRUPULOUS - nouns, person
• FAST DOLLAR BOY one who is unscrupulous as to the source of their income ...1940s US sl.
• MACHIAVEL one who acts on the principles of Machiavelli (a celebrated Florence statesman who advocated the pursuit of statecraft at the expense of morality); an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1570
• MACHIAVELLIAN an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1568
• MACHIAVELLIST an intriguer; an unscrupulous schemer ...1589
• RIG an unscrupulous person ...Bk1903 sl.
• SCAPEGRACE a man or boy of reckless and disorderly habits; a careless, idle, harebrained fellow; a graceless, good-for-nothing fellow; a ne'er-do-well; a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; a scamp (rarely applied to a female) ...1809
• SHYSTER a dishonest or corrupt person; someone who uses unscrupulous methods ...1844
• SPIV a man, often flashily dressed, who makes a living by illicit or unscrupulous dealings ...1934 Brit. sl.
UNSCRUPULOUS - verbs
• FAN THE HAMMER to act in a brilliant but unscrupulous manner ...L19 US sl.
UNSEARCHABLE - adjectives
• IMPERSCRUTABLE † not to be searched out; unsearchable, inscrutable, unintelligible, incomprehensible ...1526
UNSEARCHED - adjectives
• UNRIPED unexplored, unsearched; unrobbed ...1898 Sc.
UNSEASONABLE - adjectives
• IMPORTUNATE † inopportune, unseasonable, untimely ...1529
• IMPORTUNE † inopportune, untimely; unseasonable, unfit ...c1425
UNSEASONABLE - nouns
• IMPORTUNITY † the condition of being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time ...1489
UNSEASONABLY - adverbs
• IMPORTUNATELY † inopportunely, untimely, unseasonably ...1529
• IMPORTUNELY † inopportunely, unseasonably ...c1425
UNSEEING - adjectives
• GAZELESS * sightless, unseeing ...a1819
UNSEEMLY - adjectives
• DEDECOROUS † disgraceful, reproachful, shameful, dishonourable, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, dishonest ...1727
• RANCID in poor taste ...1989 US sl.
• UNBESEEMLY * unseemly ...1648
• UNCOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
• UNCOUTHY unseemly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFARRANTLY not nice, unseemly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL disorderly; unmannerly; unseemly; indecent ...1838 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNQUOTH strange, unfamiliar; unusual; unseemly ...1684 Eng. dial.
UNSEEMLY - adverbs
• UNCOMELILY † in an unseemly manner; unfittingly ...c1420
UNSEEMLY - nouns
• BAY an unseemly mass ...Bk1898 Sc.
UNSEEMLY - verbs
• UNBESEEM to be unseemly or unbecoming for a person ...a1657
UNSEEN - adjectives
• INVISED †* unseen; invisible ...L16
• SIGHTLESS invisible, unseen, dark; impenetrable by vision ...1589
UNSEEN - nouns
• HEAL a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter ...1691 Eng. dial.
UNSERVICEABLE - adjectives
• UNBRICHE † useless, unserviceable ...1303
UNSETTLE - verbs
• UNBOTTOM † to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable ...1598
• UNFETTLE to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle ...1889 Eng. dial.
UNSETTLED - adjectives
• BEE-HEADED harebrained, flighty, excitable; light-headed, unsettled ...1879
• CLARTY-FARTY moving briskly about; frisking; unsettled ...19C Eng. dial.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• FREAKED disturbed, unsettled, nervous ...1970 US sl.
• MAIZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZEY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAZY wandering, uneasy, unsettled; semi-conscious, wandering in one's mind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPLOR roving, unsettled, restless ...1821 Sc.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• UNABSOILED † unsettled ...1521
• UNABSOLVED † unsettled, undecided ...1721
• VAGOUS † vagrant or vague; departing from or exceeding just or ordinary bounds; irregular, inordinate; unsettled, wandering ...1660
• WANKLE † unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
UNSETTLED - nouns, person
• SKOUPER a light, unsettled person ...1706 Sc.
UNSETTLED - verbs
• FREAK OUT to make someone feel unsettled, astonished, or bizarre ...1964 US sl.
• LICK ABOUT to live an unsettled life ...20C W. Indies sl.
• LICK AROUND to live an unsettled life ...20C W. Indies sl.
UNSETTLING - adjectives
• OFF-PUTTING distressing; unsettling; discomfiting ...1828 US sl.
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
UNSHAKABLE - adjectives
• UNBRANSLABLE † unshakable ...1633
UNSHAPELY - adjectives
• SCRAWMY irregular, unshapely; lanky, large, straggling, spreading ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
UNSHAPELY - adverbs
• HEADS AND THRAWS in disorder, in a confused heap; unshapely ...1835 Sc.
UNSHAVEN - adjectives
• HEDDER-FACED rough-faced, unshaven ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSHAVEN - nouns
• UNDERWEAR an unshaven chin ...1960s US homosexual sl.
UNSHELTERED - adjectives
• BEILDLESS unsheltered ...Bk1911 Sc.
UNSIGHTLY - adjectives
• SIGHTLESS † unsightly ...1595
UNSIGHTLY - nouns, person
• BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person ...1863 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - adjectives
• GAMELESS unskilled ...1983 US sl.
• HORSESHIT in sports: inept; unskilful; clumsy ...1969-71 US sl.
• IMPERITE † unskilled, ignorant ...1708
• LEWD † foolish, unskilful, bungling; ill-bred, ill-mannered ...c1380
• OFF ONE'S FEED incompetent, unskilled ...1900s horse stable usage
• RAUNCHY sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• RONCHIE sloppy, careless; inept, unskilled; awkward ...World War II US Air Force usage
• TINKERLY clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable ...1586
• UNADEPT unskilful, inept ...1817
• UNADROIT unskilful, inept ...1841
• UNARTED † ignorant of the arts; unskilled ...1603
• UNARTFUL * of persons: unskilful, maladroit ...1683
• UNARTIFICIAL † not displaying special or skill; unskilful, inartistic, clumsy ...1591 now rare or obs.
• UNCANNY awkward, unskilful; careless; imprudent; inconvenient ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGAIN clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped ...1790 Eng. dial.
• UNHEPPEN awkward, clumsy, unskilful; without contrivance or management ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - nouns, person
• DUB a novice; a raw beginner; an unskilful person ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• IMPERITE † an unskilled or ignorant person ...1622
• JACKLEG an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher ...M19 US sl.
• PEA PICKER a rustic or countrified person; a bumpkin; an unskilled labourer ...1927 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT an unskilful player of a game ...1904 sl.
UNSKILFUL, UNSKILLED - verbs
• BAG ONE'S BOWLINE to perform or talk about a task unskilfully or ignorantly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• JACKLEG to act in an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled way ...M19 US sl.
• MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
• MAZZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully ...1747 Eng. dial.
UNSKILFULLY - adverbs
• GREENLY in an inexperienced or untrained manner; unskilfully ...L16 arch.
• UNARTIFICIALLY † inartistically, unskilfully ...1591
UNSLEEPING - adjectives
• WAKER † unsleeping, watchful, vigilant ...c1000
UNSMOOTH - adjectives
• UNSMETHE † unsmooth ...c1200
UNSOCIABLE - adjectives
• FAROUCHE sullen, shy, unsociable; distant in manner ...1765
• HAGGARD † froward, contrary, stubborn, cross, unsociable ...1580
• NARROW-CONTRACTED stubborn, dogmatic; straitlaced; cross, unsociable ...1930 Amer. dial.
• OFFISH inclined to stand off; reserved, unsociable, shy ...1825 Amer.
• QUEER ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult ...1885 Eng. dial.
• THARF reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable ...1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNCLUBBABLE not fit or inclined for society; unsociable ...1764
• UNCOMPANABLE † not fit or inclined for society; uncompanionable, unsociable ...1555
• UN-FUCKING-SOCIABLE extremely unsociable ....20C US sl.
UNSOCIABLE - nouns
• M.R.A. unsociable behaviour; Major/Massive Reeb Action ...1980s US college sl.
UNSOCIABLE - nouns, person
• DEADBEAT a worthless or unsociable person; a party pooper or one who is considered a wet blanket ...1872 Amer. sl.
• DEAD ONE a useless, unsociable, impoverished, or mean person ...L19 US sl.
• LOBSTER an uncomplimentary term applied to one who is awkward and unsociable ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• NUBBIE an unsocial person, worldly, yet lazy ...1824 Sc.
UNSOCIABLY - adverbs
• QUEER unsociably, ill-temperedly ...1896 Eng. dial.
UNSOCIAL - adjectives
• OFFISH aloof; unapproachable; standoffish; distant or unapproachable in manners; reserved, shy, unsocial ...1825
UNSOCIAL - nouns, person
• QUIMBY a person completely lacking in social graces ...1997 US sl.
UNSOILED - adjectives
• FAIR † of things: clean, unsoiled, unstained; of paper: not written upon, unused ...c1420
• UNGLAURED unsoiled ...1828 Sc.
UNSOPHISTICATED - adjectives
• BACK IN THE WOODS unsophisticated; out of step with the times ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUSH-LEAGUE inferior, minor, unsophisticated ...N. Amer. colloq.
• CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• FATBACK lacking sophistication, rustic ...1934 US sl.
• GOURDY inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified ...1953 Amer dial.
• GREEN AS A GOURD inexperienced, unsophisticated, countrified ...1902 Amer dial.
• GUTTY raw, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black sl.
• HICK (derogatory) unsophisticated, provincial ...L20 colloq.
• JAY rustic, ignorant, unsophisticated ...1889 Amer. dial.
• JUST FELL OFF THE CABBAGE TRUCK utterly naive or unsophisticated ...1986 Amer. sl.
• L-7 unfashionable, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black & teen sl.
• LAME socially unsophisticated; naive; 'square'; hence, easily imposed upon; stupid; inept; ineffectual; incompetent; unaware; inexperienced ...1935 US sl., esp. Black usage
• L-SEVEN unfashionable, unsophisticated ...1950s US Black & teen sl.
• NEBBY very unsophisticated ...1990s US sl.
• SILLY † unlearned, unsophisticated, simple, rustic, ignorant ...a1547 obs. or arch.
• SIMPLE-HEARTED ingenuous, sincere, unsophisticated ...1711
• UNCOOL. unpleasant, emotional, rude, tactless, unsophisticated, unfair ...1953 sl., orig. US
• UNGROOVY unsophisticated, unaware ...1940s US Black usage
• UNHEP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIP unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant ...1930s sl., orig. US
UNSOPHISTICATED - nouns, person
• APPLE-KNOCKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-PICKER a fool, an unsophisticated person, a country person ...1910s US sl.
• APPLE-SHAKER a rural, unsophisticated person ...M19 US sl.
• APPLE-SQUEEZER a rural, unsophisticated person ...1930s US sl.
• BACK NUMBER a person having out-of-date interests or ideas; an old-fashioned, or unsophisticated person ...1882 Amer. sl.
• BEALS an idiot, an unsophisticated person ...1990s sl.
• CHUMP an unsophisticated person; a victim; an inferior ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DAD AND DAVE a peasant; an unsophisticated person ...1930s Aust. sl.
• EIGHT-BALL an unsophisticated Black person; a square ...M20 US Black sl.
• FARMER 1. (derogatory) a peasant; an unsophisticated country person, whether an actual farmer or not; a rustic hillbilly ...1864 US sl.
2. a stupid or unsophisticated person; an unmannerly or otherwise objectionable person ...M19 sl.
• HAYBACK a rustic; a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAY KICKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYMAKER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1847 Amer. dial.
• HAY POUNDER a rustic, a countrified person, an unsophisticated person ...1941 Amer. dial.
• HAYSEED a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person; a rough, uncouth fellow ...1834 Amer. sl.
• HAYSEEDER a rustic, a countrified person; an unsophisticated person ...1891 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAGGER a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HAYSHAKER a farmer; a rustic, a countrified person, a bumpkin; an unsophisticated person ...1924 Amer. dial.
• JAY a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• JAYBIRD a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1886 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWK a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1907 Amer. dial.
• JAYHAWKER a person or fellow; a rustic or countrified person; one considered ignorant, awkward, or unsophisticated; a dull, stupid person ...1911 Amer. dial.
• JEFF (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1938 Amer. dial.
• JEFF DAVIS (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1946 Amer. dial.
• JEFFER (derogatory) an ignorant, unsophisticated, or boring person; a pest ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LAIN a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• LAME a person who is 'lame'; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person; one who does not fir in with a particular social group ...1958 US sl., chiefly Black usage
• LAME-O a fool; an idiot; an unsophisticated person ...1977 US college sl.
• LAMER a person who is 'lame'; a fool, an idiot; an unsophisticated person ...1961 US sl.
• LANE a person easily imposed upon or cheated; a victim; also, one who is foolish or socially unsophisticated ...1933 US sl., esp. Black & criminals' usage
• NEWT a stupid, unsophisticated or socially inadequate person ...1920s US college sl.
• QUACO an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUAMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUARMIN an unsophisticated, ignorant person; a countrified person ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• QUASHIE a country dweller; an unsophisticated peasant ...M19 sl.
• RAILSPLITTER a farmer; an unsophisticated rustic ...1867 Amer. dial.
• RANKY DANK an unsophisticated, unworldly person ...1960s US Black sl.
• REUBEN an unsophisticated countryman; a farmer or rustic, a countrified person; a boorish person ...1890 Amer. dial.
• SHIRL a boorish, loutish, unsophisticated female; a female 'ocker' ...1970s Aust. sl.
• SHIT-KICKER a rustic, unsophisticated, or countrified person; a cowboy or would-be cowboy ...1964 Amer. dial.
• TACK an unsophisticated person ...1950s US Black sl.
• WALLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication ...1920s sl.
• WOLLY an unfashionable, unintelligent, suburban person, lacking in taste and sophistication ...1920s sl.
• WRINKLE an unpleasant, unsophisticated male ...1990s US college sl.
• YAHOE a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1851 Amer. dial.
• YAHOO a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic ...1726
• YARD DOG an unsophisticated, uncouth person ...1973 US sl.
• YAY-NAY a simpleton; an unsophisticated person ...M19 sl.
UNSOPHISTICATED - verbs
• APPLE KNOCK to act the yokel, to behave in an unsophisticated manner ...1940s sl.
UNSOUND - adjectives
• ADDLE unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
• CRONK liable to collapse, unsound, unfit ...1900 Aust.
• WONKY unsound or unreliable ...1925 UK sl.
UNSPARING - adjectives
• CATAWAMPOUS fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
• CATAWAMPTIOUS adj. fierce, unsparing, destructive ...1856 sl., chiefly US
UNSPEAKABLE - adjectives
• JOLLY UTTER appalling, unspeakable ...L19 sl.
UNSPECIFIED - nouns, person
• RANDOM JOE an unspecified person ...1980s US college sl.
UNSTABLE - adjectives
• ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other ...1970s US Black sl.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented ...1899 US sl.
• LABILE † apt to slip away; slippery, unstable ...1623
• LOOSE IN THE HAFT † unstable, unreliable ....c1325
• OFF THE RAILS emotionally unstable ...M19 sl.
• RACKETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1824 Amer. dial.
• RACKILY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RACKLETY unstable, falling to pieces, ready to collapse, wobbly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• RICKETY-RACKETY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLEY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKLY loose, unstable, rickety, dilapidated ...1865 Sc.
• RICKY-RACKY shaky, dilapidated, unstable ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• SKETCHY confused, unstable, strange, unsettling ...1980s US campus sl.
• TICKLE † insecure, unstable, tottering, easily upset; ready to fall ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGLUED unstable, emotional, lacking control ...1950s
• UP A TREE annoyed, emotionally unstable ...1910s sl.
• VARIOUS † of persons: changeable in character; inconstant, unstable; fickle ...1636
• WEEHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWARY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WEEWOPPY askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEJAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• WHEEWHAW askew, crooked, uneven, shaky, unstable ...1894 Amer. dial.
UNSTABLE - adverbs
• TICKLELY † in an insecure or unstable manner ...1601
• TICKLY † in an insecure or unstable manner ...1674
UNSTABLE - nouns
• TICKLENESS † insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty ...c1390
• VANE an unstable or constantly changing thing ...1588
UNSTABLE - nouns, person
• CRANK a mentally unstable person; an unreliable, unpredictable person; a person who is obsessed by a single topic or hobby ...1833 US sl.
• DAMAGED GOODS an emotionally or mentally unstable person ...1990s sl.
• DING a mentally unstable person ...1929 US sl.
• EASTIE-WASTIE † an unreliable or unstable person; one on whose word there can be no dependence ...1808 Sc.
• LOONY BIRD a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational ...1964 US sl.
• MADDY a psychologically unstable person; a lunatic ...1990s Aust. & Sc. sl.
• SICKO a mentally unstable person, with overtones of sexual perversion; a pervert or someone with a warped or perverted sense of humour ...1970s sl.
• SKETCH one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHBALL one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHER one who looks or feels confused, unstable, or odd ...1980s US campus sl.
• VANE an unstable or constantly changing person or thing ...1588
• WANGLER an unstable person ...1876 Eng. dial.
• WHACKO an unstable or mentally ill person ...1970s sl.
UNSTABLE - verbs
• NOT HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS to be insane, crazy, or unstable ...1860 sl.
• UNBOTTOM † to deprive of support or stay; to unsettle or make unstable ...1598
UNSTAINED - adjectives
• UNBLECKED † unstained ...c1380
• UNBLENCHED unstained, untarnished ...1813
UNSTEADILY - adverbs
• NIDDY-NODDY to and fro, unsteadily ...1877
• TITTER-TOTTER in a tottering manner; unsteadily ...1725
• TOLTER unsteadily ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLY unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WONKILY in a halting and unsteady way ...1990s Amer. college sl.
UNSTEADINESS - nouns
• SHUCK unsteadiness ...1982 Amer. dial.
• TITUBANCY * tipsiness, partial drunkenness; unsteadiness ...1800
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
UNSTEADY - adjectives
• BALLASTLESS unsteady ...1885
• BALTERING unsteady, clumsy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COGGLETY shaky, unsteady, unstable, rickety ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRICKELTY unsteady; liable to tilt or upset ...19C Eng. dial.
• DODDLY nervous, shaky, unsteady; tottering, old, and not very well ...1953 Amer. dial.
• DOTTY feeble or unsteady in gait ...colloq.
• EMMIS insecurely placed, unsteady, rickety ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EYVY-KEYVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• FLAPPY giddy, unsteady ...Eng. dial.
• GIVEY unsteady ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HALLOPIN unsteady, unsettled, foolish ...Bk1905 Sc.
• HAVEY-CAVEY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY-CEAVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HEIGHVY-KEIGHVY unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious ...1874 Eng. dial.
• INGIDDIED †* made giddy or unsteady ...1628
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• NAZZLED slightly intoxicated, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON THE TARVE unsteady ...1910 Amer. dial.
• QUAVERY quavering, jerky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude ...1855 chiefly Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING worthless; idle; unsteady ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RICKET † unsteady, rickety ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICKETED rickety, shaky, unsteady ...1896 Eng. dial.
• RICKLETY rickety, unstable, dilapidated, unsteady ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ROCKY unsteady, tottering, shaky ...M18
• SCADDLE wild, mischievous, unsteady; thievish, esp. used of a cat or dog ...1691 Eng. dial.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• TICKLISH 1. unstably balanced or poised; easily unbalanced or upset; unsteady ...1601
2. unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• TIPPLY apt to tip over; unsteady ...1906 colloq.
• TIPPY characterized by tipping or tilting; unsteady ...1886 colloq.
• TITTERING tottering, swaying. moving unsteadily ...1661
• TITTUPING unsteady, rickety ...1824
• TITTUPY apt to tip up; unsteady, shaky, rickety ...1798 colloq.
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
• TITUBATING * moving unsteadily ...1653
• TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious ...1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNGAIN disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid ...1895 Eng. dial.
• VENTILOUS † fluttering, flickering, unsteady ...1483
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAGGLY unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALEY-GALEY unsteady, tottering ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAMBLY shaky, tottering, unsteady ...1857 Eng. dial.
• WANKLE † unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly ...c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANTY unsteady, tottering ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEE-WAW askew; crooked; more on one side than the other; rickety, shaky, loose, unsteady, wobbling ...1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WEGGLETY unsteady ...1877 Eng. dial.
• WIMBLY-WAMBLY unsteady; dizzy; feeling sick and giddy ...1881 Eng. dial.
UNSTEADY - nouns
• STOITER a lurch, or unsteady movement; a stumble ...Sc.
• TITTERING the act of tottering or swaying; unsteady movement ...c1374
• WAMBLE an unsteady movement of a person or thing; a roll of the body; a rolling or staggering gait ...1825
UNSTEADY - nouns, person
• WAFFLER a person unsteady in gait ...1843 Eng. dial.
UNSTEADY - verbs
• BELLRAIVE to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DADDLE to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to walk with short steps ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DODDER to move unsteadily; to totter
• HABBLE to move unsteadily, to hobble, to limp about ...1788 Sc.
• HALPER † to stumble; to go unsteadily; to go backward and forward ...1596
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk ...1737 Amer.
• MAUNDER to wander about in a confused, aimless, or melancholy fashion; to miss one's way; to walk unsteadily; to act in a helpless, imbecile manner ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TIP † to render unsteady; to make drunk; to intoxicate ...1605 sl.,
• TITTER † to move unsteadily, as if about to fall; to totter, to reel; to sway to and fro ...c1374 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNBALLAST to render unsteady ...1836
• WALK ON ROCKY SOCKS to walk unsteadily owing to an excess of drink...20C US sl.
• WALLOCK to roll in one's gait; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1905 Eng, dial.
• WALTER † to move or go unsteadily; to totter, to stumble; also, to go with a rolling gait; to waddle ...1399
• WAMBLE † 1. of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to roll about in walking; to go with an unsteady gait ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WANGLE of a thing: to move loosely or shakily on its base or in its place of attachment; of a person; to go unsteadily ...1820 Eng. dial.
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
• YAW to deviate, to go out of course, to go or move unsteadily ...1584
UNSTYLISH - adjectives
• NUNTY dressed in a shabby or old-fashioned way, dowdy, unstylish: applied to female dress ...1838 Eng. dial.
• SAFE hopelessly out of style ...1982 US Hawaiian youth usage
• UNTOGETHER unstylish, lacking social awareness ...1960s US sl.
UNSUBDUED - adjectives
• UNSAYED unconvinced; unsubdued ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL - adjectives
• AERICAL †* aerial; existing in the air; unsubstantial ...1660
• AERIE spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• AERIFORM unsubstantial, intangible, unreal ...1828
• AERY spiritual, incorporeal, unsubstantial, visionary ...1586
• LATHERY 'frothy', unsubstantial ...1803
• UMBRATILE † of a shadowy nature; unsubstantial; unreal ...1647 now rare or obs.
• VAPOROUS of ideas, feelings, etc.: fanciful, idle, unsubstantial, vain ...1605
• VAPOURY unsubstantial, indefinite, vague ...1818
• WAFFLY easily blown about by the wind, unsubstantial, without stamina; shaky, unsteady ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
UNSUBSTANTIAL - nouns
• DEAF NUT something hollow, worthless, or unsubstantial ...1613
• HOUSE OF CARDS any insecure or unsubstantial scheme, system, etc. ...1641
• SYLLABUB something unsubstantial and frothy; esp., floridly vapid discourse or writing ...1706
• VAPOUR something unsubstantial or worthless ...1382
UNSUBTLE - adjectives
• AM DRAM Amateur Dramatic; hence, exaggerated, unsubtle, histrionic ...1985 UK sl.
• BROAD outspoken, obvious, unsubtle
UNSUCCESSFUL - adjectives
• AT THE RACES unsuccessful, uncompetitive ...2003 Irish sl.
• DEAD LOSS useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable ...1920s sl.
• ILL-FARED unlucky, unsuccessful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NO CIGAR not being a winning or successful effort, as if not good enough to earn a cigar as a prize ...colloq.
• NOT IN THE RACE not having any chance of success ...1904 Aust. sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - nouns
• BOBBLE an unsuccessful undertaking; a failure ...1920 Amer. dial.
• BOSS-SHOT an unsuccessful attempt ...1898 Eng. dial.
• CRULLER a failure; an unsuccessful performance or entertainment ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success ...1829 US sl.
• DUD a worthless or unsuccessful thing; a failure ...1915 UK sl.
• NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success ...1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - nouns, person
• COLD WIRE an unsuccessful or unlikable person ...1941 US sl.
• DEAD DUCK an absolute failure; a person or thing with no possibility of success ...1829 US sl.
• DUD a worthless or unsuccessful person; a failure ...1915 UK sl.
• NON STARTER something or someone that has no chance of success ...1934 UK sl.
UNSUCCESSFUL - verbs
• GET SKUNKED to be totally unsuccessful in an endeavour ...1942 Amer. dial.
• ILL-FARE to fare badly, to meet with ill-success ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
UNSUITABLE - adjectives
• ILL-BECOMING unsuitable, unbecoming ...1864 Eng. dial.
• IMPERTINENT † unsuitable, unfitted for ...1594
• IMPOLITICAL † not politic; not according to good policy; unsuitable for the end proposed or desired; inexpedient ...1748
• LIKE A LILY ON A DIRT TIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN utterly inappropriate or unsuitable ...1930s Aust. sl.
• OUT OF PLACE AS BALLS ON A WHALE, AS unsuitable ...1977 US sl.
• OUT OF THE WAY unsuitable, inappropriate, gauche ...1976 Amer. dial.
• STRAVAGANT † irrelevant, unsuitable ...1565
• UNABLE † of things: unfit or unsuitable for some purpose ...1390
• UNAGREEABLE † unconformable or unsuitable to; inconsistent or incongruous with ...1550
• UNBECOMELY † unbecoming; unsuitable ...c1200
• UNBEHOVABLE †* unsuitable; unprofitable ...c1440
• UNFEWSOME awkward, unbecoming, unsuitable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFITTEN unfit, unqualified, unsuitable ...1889 Amer. dial.
• UNGAIN awkward, inconvenient, unfavourable, unprofitable; unsuitable ...1790 Eng. dial.
UNSUITABLE - nouns
• IMPERTINENCES something unsuitable, out of place, trivial, or irrational; an incongruity; a trifle, absurdity, piece of folly ...1603
• IMPORTUNITY † the condition of being unseasonable or inopportune; unseasonableness; an unsuitable time ...1489
UNSUITABLE - verbs
• SUIT LIKE FROST AND FLOWERS to be quite unsuitable ...B1900
UNSUITABLY - adverbs
• UNCOMELY † in an uncomely manner; unsuitably, unbecomingly ...c1375
UNSUMMONED - adjectives
• UNCHARGED † not called upon; unsummoned ...1456
UNSURPASSABLE - adjectives
• IMPOSSIBLE unsurpassable ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
UNSURPASSABLE - phrases
• TO BEAT THE BAND to an unsurpassable degree ...1897 Amer. sl.
UNSUSCEPTIBLE - verbs
• VASTATE * to render unsusceptible ...1892
UNSUSPECTED - adjectives
• UNASPECTED † unsuspected, unexpected ...1578
UNSYMPATHETIC - adjectives
• HARD-GRAINED of a close or unsympathetic character ...1847