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{
"uncage":{
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"definitions":{
": to release from or as if from a cage : free from restraint":[]
},
"examples":[
"uncaged the bird and let it fly away",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the help of the wise and mysterious maid Willie May (Latifah) and a stubborn new girl in school played by Mills, the boy must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1620, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0101j"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113709",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uncalculated":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not planned or thought out beforehand : spontaneous":[
"uncalculated confrontations"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the visionary behind the bespoke floral design studio, Bloom & Plume, in Echo Park, Los Angeles, Harris is renowned for his whimsical arrangements, placing flowers with fruit, fronds and decor items in a seemingly uncalculated bouquet. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"For me, dictionaries are a portal into that kind of uncalculated knowledge-seeking. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
"But even as President Obama continues transferring people from Guant\u00e1namo and Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, promises to bring back techniques, now banned, such as waterboarding, the human toll has gone largely uncalculated . \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Her seemingly uncalculated fashion is anything but. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, Town & Country , 24 Jan. 2021",
"To expose their soft underbelly (or loose underbelly as the case may be), the better to appear open and uncalculated with their peers. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 19 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kal-ky\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191806",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncalled-for":{
"antonyms":[
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required"
],
"definitions":{
": being or offered without provocation or justification":[
"an uncalled-for display of temper",
"uncalled-for insults"
],
": not called for or needed : unnecessary":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022fl(d)-\u02ccf\u022fr",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022fld-\u02ccf\u022fr"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dispensable",
"gratuitous",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unwarranted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040201",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncandid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not openly honest and sincere in expression : not marked by candor : not candid":[
"an uncandid remark",
"\u2026 the only occasions of professed candor in Ackerley's work where I find him uncandid .",
"\u2014 Joan Acocella"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1681, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kan-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065154",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"uncandor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lack of candor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190152"
},
"uncanniness":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie , mysterious":[],
": being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers":[
"an uncanny sense of direction"
],
": severe , punishing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for uncanny weird , eerie , uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness. weird creatures from another world eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work. an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness. an uncanny resemblance between total strangers",
"examples":[
"I was struck by his uncanny ability to communicate arcane, complex economic policy and by his punk-rock instinct to question the status quo. \u2014 Bono , Time , 18 Apr. 2005",
"To an economist, the 1990s bear an uncanny resemblance to two earlier decades: the 1920s in the United States and the 1980s in Japan. In all three decades, technological change produced extraordinary economic growth, leading to talk of a \"new era\" and triggering a bull market in stocks that terminated in a market collapse\u2014widely regarded as the bursting of a speculative bubble. \u2014 Milton Friedman , Wall Street Journal , 22 Jan. 2002",
"As he approached quite close to the enclosure he saw an excited group surrounding the two fugitives, who, trembling with fright and exhaustion, were scarce able to recount the uncanny details of their adventure. \u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , 1914",
"She could not teach herself to think favourably of Pansy, whose absence of initiative, of conversation, of personal claims, seemed to her, in a girl of twenty, unnatural and even uncanny . \u2014 Henry James , The Portrait of a Lady , 1881",
"She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.",
"She has an uncanny sense of direction.",
"an uncanny ability to predict the weather",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opera singer Merissa Beddows gave uncanny impressions of Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks, and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"But he was also moved by the uncanny power that Elvis taps into in the original performance. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"There was the instant acceleration, of course, but also a suspension system that floated with uncanny smoothness over the worst roads Greater Boston has to offer. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The way Paul Guilmoth sees the nocturnal world is intriguingly unusual: a spacetime place where darkness and light dance together giving rise to evanescent and uncanny images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"In recent years, however, Yass\u2019 annual income has, with uncanny consistency, been made up almost entirely of income taxed at the roughly 20% rate reserved for longer-term investments. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"With an uncanny aptitude for systems management and an unlikely ability to maintain the amenities of modern life with 50 percent of the, er, manpower. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161346"
},
"uncanny":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie , mysterious":[],
": being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers":[
"an uncanny sense of direction"
],
": severe , punishing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for uncanny weird , eerie , uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic. weird may imply an unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness. weird creatures from another world eerie suggests an uneasy or fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work. an eerie calm preceded the bombing raid uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or mysteriousness. an uncanny resemblance between total strangers",
"examples":[
"I was struck by his uncanny ability to communicate arcane, complex economic policy and by his punk-rock instinct to question the status quo. \u2014 Bono , Time , 18 Apr. 2005",
"To an economist, the 1990s bear an uncanny resemblance to two earlier decades: the 1920s in the United States and the 1980s in Japan. In all three decades, technological change produced extraordinary economic growth, leading to talk of a \"new era\" and triggering a bull market in stocks that terminated in a market collapse\u2014widely regarded as the bursting of a speculative bubble. \u2014 Milton Friedman , Wall Street Journal , 22 Jan. 2002",
"As he approached quite close to the enclosure he saw an excited group surrounding the two fugitives, who, trembling with fright and exhaustion, were scarce able to recount the uncanny details of their adventure. \u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , 1914",
"She could not teach herself to think favourably of Pansy, whose absence of initiative, of conversation, of personal claims, seemed to her, in a girl of twenty, unnatural and even uncanny . \u2014 Henry James , The Portrait of a Lady , 1881",
"She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.",
"She has an uncanny sense of direction.",
"an uncanny ability to predict the weather",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opera singer Merissa Beddows gave uncanny impressions of Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks, and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"But he was also moved by the uncanny power that Elvis taps into in the original performance. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"There was the instant acceleration, of course, but also a suspension system that floated with uncanny smoothness over the worst roads Greater Boston has to offer. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The way Paul Guilmoth sees the nocturnal world is intriguingly unusual: a spacetime place where darkness and light dance together giving rise to evanescent and uncanny images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"In recent years, however, Yass\u2019 annual income has, with uncanny consistency, been made up almost entirely of income taxed at the roughly 20% rate reserved for longer-term investments. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"With an uncanny aptitude for systems management and an unlikely ability to maintain the amenities of modern life with 50 percent of the, er, manpower. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155704"
},
"uncanonical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not belonging to the canon of biblical books":[
"an uncanonical work"
],
": not canonical : such as":[],
": not conforming to accepted ideas or beliefs : unsanctioned , unorthodox":[
"uncanonical religious ideas"
],
": not in accord with church canons":[
"an uncanonical marriage"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1632, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105139",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"uncase":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to remove a case or covering from (something)":[
"uncase a pair of binoculars"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gusts of 65 miles per hour hit us head-on, prompting us to tie all four rafts together, tighten down gear once more, and uncase a motor to ease the pain of what was becoming futile manual labor. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"Other band members drift in, uncase their instruments and take quick solos before the full band swings into the close. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In a search, the officer found a Smith & Wesson MP .40-caliber handgun, which was uncased and unloaded under the passenger seat. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1589, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0101s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105753",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"uncastrated":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not castrated : intact":[
"an uncastrated stallion"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pigs create this chemical naturally, and consuming the organ meats of uncastrated male pigs-boar-could potentially cause a false positive. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 15 June 2021",
"These uncastrated castrati drove straight women mad (especially Barry) and drove straight men crazy. \u2014 Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1725, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-\u02ccstr\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183500",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncataloged":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not cataloged : such as":[],
": not classified descriptively":[
"uncatalogued books"
],
": not listed in a catalog":[
"an uncatalogued asteroid"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the disease, which has been declared by the health authorities from 40 to 90 percent fatal, remain uncatalogued , every effort was being made in municipal laboratories to seek relief for the suffering victim. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Nov. 2020",
"Each takes snapshots of the firmament across several consecutive nights, then uses a computer to look for any uncatalogued objects that slowly change position. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 22 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u00e4gd",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fgd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082547",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncatalogued":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not cataloged : such as":[],
": not classified descriptively":[
"uncatalogued books"
],
": not listed in a catalog":[
"an uncatalogued asteroid"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the disease, which has been declared by the health authorities from 40 to 90 percent fatal, remain uncatalogued , every effort was being made in municipal laboratories to seek relief for the suffering victim. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Nov. 2020",
"Each takes snapshots of the firmament across several consecutive nights, then uses a computer to look for any uncatalogued objects that slowly change position. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 22 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccl\u00e4gd",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fgd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111431",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncatchable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": unable to be caught : not catchable":[
"an uncatchable runner",
"an uncatchable fly ball"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet all his evidence was still circumstantial, and after several years, the ELF was beginning to look uncatchable . \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"There was contact by the defender, but defensive holding, five yards and an automatic first down, would be a much more reasonable call with an uncatchable ball. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The two played catch at halftime, Barnes whizzing uncatchable balls at least two feet out of Ford\u2019s reach. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"His percentage of bad throws\u2014ones deemed uncatchable \u2014dropped. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"To me, the ball landed almost 30 yards away from the receiver, meaning the pass was uncatchable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Underneath the apparent respectability of his paintings, so smooth in their rendering of elegant references to semiotics and psychology, is a bad child, uncatchable and still uncaught, writhing with glee in the surplus fat of the twentieth century. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Dalvin Cook was once again an energetic blur, showcasing uncatchable speed on runs to the edge and down the sideline. \u2014 Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune , 26 May 2021",
"Manchester City claimed their third Premier League title in four years after Manchester United\u2019s loss to Leicester City meant Pep Guardiola\u2019s side were uncatchable with three games to go. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 15 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8ke-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-ch\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125025",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncategorizable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not able to be put into a defined category or class : impossible to categorize":[
"an uncategorizable performer/style"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The strife and hustle of Paris\u2019 suburbs have been portrayed before, but never through the eyes of such an uncategorizable protagonist. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"In the past decade, Ishibashi has quietly become one of Japan\u2019s more dependable yet uncategorizable musical figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But plenty of the program dwells in SXSW\u2019s categorically uncategorizable sweet spot. \u2014 Andrew Barker, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Or play it safer with the uncategorizable and (mostly) apolitical Can Xue",
"Small distilleries like Empirical Spirits are working on uncategorizable drinks made of stuff like plum pits, for the resilient quaff of tomorrow. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 2 Aug. 2021",
"This gives phantasmagoric shape to Carson\u2019s characteristically uncategorizable translation. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 June 2021",
"David Byrne\u2019s hit musical/concert/ uncategorizable experiment will play a return Broadway engagement starting September 17. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 12 May 2021",
"The intense scrutiny of her image and the rush to categorize this almost deliberately uncategorizable persona yielded years of ridiculous conversations. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 17 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ka-ti-g\u0259-\u02ccr\u012b-z\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130022",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncatholic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075937",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncatholicize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make uncatholic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + catholicize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082329",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"uncaught":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having been caught":[
"an uncaught criminal",
"a fly ball that fell uncaught in the outfield"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An event of that kind can slip away uncaught , because resisting the familiar language resists the familiar point. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Hail Mary launches fell uncaught against the Giants in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI and when he was strip-sacked by the Eagles in LII. \u2014 John Powers, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When a girl is found murdered nearby, one of the victims of an uncaught villain nicknamed \u2018The Spider,\u2019 the factors quickly send Julia into a downward spiral of paranoia. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Underneath the apparent respectability of his paintings, so smooth in their rendering of elegant references to semiotics and psychology, is a bad child, uncatchable and still uncaught , writhing with glee in the surplus fat of the twentieth century. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
"But back-to-back doubles tied the game, and then Robert Andino\u2019s sinking, catchable liner to left went uncaught by Carl Crawford as the Orioles walked off with the win. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Meanwhile, in news from the central Oregon coast, federal managers agreed to add more coho from an uncaught hatchery quota to allow a reopening Friday of any-coho retention. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 15 Sep. 2021",
"After nine seasons, having run out of uncaught species, the show ended in 2017. \u2014 Bill Heavey, WSJ , 22 May 2020",
"Serial predators go uncaught because untested rape kits lie piled up in warehouses. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 14 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8k\u00e4t",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022ft"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162308",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncaused":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having no antecedent cause":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surely not even half the people who\u2019ve been in love have endured such extensive and unceasing analysis. \u2014 Morgan Parker, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
"In the 1990s, the O.J. Simpson murder trial ushered in a new era of 24-hour tabloid news, in which celebrity worship and domestic violence were fused into an unceasing national spectacle. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"From my observations of Chris over the months, his career is equally driven and hindered by an unceasing resentment and jealousy of others. \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The insult stung but was outweighed in its impact by the love of her parents and their unceasing efforts to cultivate her imagination. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"This broken promise caused some of the anger that led Russia to embrace the anti-American positions Brands now sees as proof of its unceasing hostility. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The unceasing snowfall Thursday has hidden almost all sight of pavement in Indianapolis. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
"News is an unceasing river, no longer the province of the weekly newsmagazine or intoned at the same hour each weeknight. \u2014 Melissa Holbrook Pierson, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Someone like Steve Bannon wears his indictment on contempt charges as a badge of honor, evidence of his unceasing loyalty to both Donald Trump and the political forces that brought him into the presidency. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"Perhaps this is why Morgan\u2019s achievements have gone largely uncelebrated . \u2014 Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Couldn't let a day as significant as today go uncelebrated . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Aug. 2021",
"All San Diegans should know about this uncelebrated local school desegregation case. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 July 2021",
"Don\u2019t let all that Prime Day deal scoring go uncelebrated . \u2014 Janelle Randazza, USA TODAY , 22 June 2021",
"His book is an attempt to illuminate the uncelebrated dividends\u2014both individual and communal\u2014of pouring yourself into a cause, place, craft, or group, whether that means looking out for local cats, or something else. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 1 June 2021",
"The priests and other ministers who kept serving are the uncelebrated heroes \u2014 essential workers \u2014 of the coronavirus shutdowns. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 10 May 2021",
"Her process is to immerse herself in communities and create large-scale portraits of ordinary, uncelebrated people and install them as huge banners on the sides of buildings in downtown areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2021",
"In the fine-dining world, Black women still remain largely uncelebrated , with notable exceptions like the James Beard award-winning chefs Nina Compton, Mashama Bailey and Dolester Miles. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His unceremonious departure from WPP fueled the 77-year-old executive who, after leaving WPP, launched himself into a whirlwind of activity that led to S4\u2019s rise. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, appeared in court Tuesday after his unceremonious arrest by Chinese Communist Party officials. \u2014 Fox News , 25 May 2022",
"The team\u2019s fall comes following an unceremonious early exit in last week\u2019s SEC Tournament, when the regular-season SEC champs were sent packing by Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Spikes, donning the archetypal black turtleneck CEO\u2019s are meant to wear during major announcements, was actually one of the company\u2019s initial founders before his unceremonious ouster in 2018. \u2014 Matthew Kitchen, Chron , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That was it, an unfortunate and unceremonious end to a run that once held so much promise yet ended with an undeniable fizzle. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"During that span, the Texans parted with franchise greats DeAndre Hopkins and J.J. Watt in unceremonious fashion and struggled to reload its roster with young talent. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
"His death came less than two months after the unceremonious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 David Axelrod, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The unceremonious end to his tenure and the ensuing rivalry, Mr. Sorrell says, is part of what fuels him. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"The time of departure is still uncertain .",
"We are still uncertain of the truth.",
"She remains uncertain about her plans.",
"I'm uncertain about how to respond.",
"The cause of the fire is uncertain .",
"He has an uncertain temper.",
"They face a financially uncertain future.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the war drags on, the dancers\u2019 future remains uncertain . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"While the Senate will have at least 10 Republicans who support the gun safety bill and save the legislation from a filibuster, bipartisan support in the House remains uncertain . \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"But a day after officials counted an initial batch of more than 100,000 ballots, the identity of the fourth and final participant in the election\u2019s next phase remained uncertain . \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Despite the transatlantic unity, Russia\u2019s war continues to ravage eastern Ukraine, and its outcome remains uncertain . \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"What impact this conference might have remains uncertain . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The company may file a preliminary prospectus as soon as next month, though the date of an IPO remains uncertain . \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Still, prospects for a follow-up collaboration remained uncertain . \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The outcome of Pennsylvania\u2019s Republican U.S. Senate primary remained uncertain as election officials continued to count mail ballots a day after primaries in five states showed there are limits to Donald Trump\u2019s grip on GOP voters. \u2014 WSJ , 24 May 2022"
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"Despite economic uncertainty and fallout from the pandemic there are over two dozen brewery projects in the works throughout San Diego County. \u2014 Brandon Hern\u00e1ndez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"Federal regulators recently recommended that coronavirus vaccine manufacturers update their boosters to target BA.4 and BA.5, despite the uncertainty regarding what form of the virus may be circulating later this year. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Signs are emerging that international demand is bouncing back already, despite the uncertainty created by testing requirements. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"Murray has been in communication with Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury and teammates throughout the offseason despite uncertainty regarding his long-term future with the organization. \u2014 Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty surrounding its title hopes, ASU remained optimistic throughout the afternoon. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Despite the legal and financial uncertainty , Kinoprime CEO Anton Malyshev confirmed to Variety that the fund is still up and running. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty of Brittney's return home, Cherelle has remained a strong supporter of the WNBA's recent season start. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty and setbacks happening in the states and abroad, Palacio often reflects on the past in order to stay focused on what\u2019s ahead. \u2014 Janel Martinez, refinery29.com , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Observation, in this case, is a quantum mechanics phenomenon embodied by Heisenberg\u2019s uncertainty principle . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
"Its title was inspired by German physicist Werner Heisenberg\u2019s 1927 uncertainty principle , which says it\u2019s impossible to precisely measure the velocity of a particle in motion. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"But the uncertainty principle , formulated by German physicist Werner Heisenberg in the 1920s, states that there is a fundamental limit to how well the position and momentum of an object such as a drum can be known. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 6 May 2021",
"The uncertainty principle , formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, is a consequence of the fuzziness of the universe at microscopic scales. \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2014",
"This same technique of acquiring the minimum amount of information needed for a measurement seemed to offer a way around the uncertainty principle . \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2014",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schools with more minority students are more likely to have inexperienced, less trained and even uncertified teachers. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Schools with more minority students are more likely to have inexperienced, less trained and even uncertified teachers. \u2014 Michael Warren, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
"An ongoing teacher shortage has exacerbated the problem, leading to bigger classroom sizes and allowing uncertified teachers to help fill staffing gaps. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The small producers don\u2019t receive sound advice on growing and harvesting agaves, Valiente said, and additionally, their mezcal goes uncertified . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
"However, Pence rejected the pressure to do so, sticking to his strictly ceremonial role -- and infuriating Trump -- and the National Archives never accepted the uncertified documents for congressional counting. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"However, Pence rejected the pressure to do so, sticking to his strictly ceremonial role, and the National Archives never accepted the uncertified documents for congressional counting. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But the airlines are worried that remaining limitations at those airports, as well as a large amount of equipment still uncertified , could trigger a crisis including the grounding of thousands of flights. \u2014 CBS News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The original lawsuits allege auditors used uncertified voting equipment and manipulated thousands of ballots in an unspecified statewide race. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Wednesday, the rescuers carefully lifted the shed enough to reach Bubbles and unchain the dog. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The feds give an official exemption to Nuro, a company working on small self-driving cars\u2014a sign that regulators are willing to unchain autonomous vehicles from the old rules. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Police say the three protesters had the ability to unchain themselves from the equipment but refused. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Sep. 2019",
"This most recent stretch includes half of his six big league homers, moments in which Naylor\u2019s unchained enthusiasm for the game has teammates tripping over themselves to get out of his way. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Aug. 2019",
"When unchained from the desk, Benke reported from around New Mexico. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 July 2019",
"Getting leading scorer Goran Dragic unchained in the fourth quarter is another priority. \u2014 Manny Navarro, miamiherald , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Now that the speaker is unchained from a mercurial president who tries the patience of even his friends, will Ryan spend his remaining time in office speaking his mind, as other retiring members are doing",
"The parents were able to get two of the children, 11 and 14, unchained before police entered, but a 22-year-old remained chained to the bed. \u2014 Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smith was daily saving the honor of the unchallengeable ruler: Big Brother. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 2 June 2021",
"Pence\u2019s threat to sideline the rocket was intended as a warning to Boeing that its hold on the program was not unchallengeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2021",
"But even cleverer was the presentation of assumptions and unanswered questions as unchallengeable statements of fact. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 29 Oct. 2020",
"If anything, this little burble of content suggests that no political faction\u2019s stranglehold on storytelling is absolute or unchallengeable . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The people also have their precise place in that perfect, unchallengeable hierarchy that is Versailles. \u2014 Jessica Gross, Longreads , 27 Sep. 2019",
"The king is in his place not because of some whim, but because of a deep, unchallengeable , irresistible geometrical order. \u2014 Jessica Gross, Longreads , 27 Sep. 2019",
"There is no question that American military power remains, for the moment, unchallengeable . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 20 Sep. 2019",
"And yet, by focusing so much of The Testaments on Aunt Lydia, Atwood also appears to be staking her own, unchallengeable claim to the character. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, bad managers, poor culture, inadequate compensation/benefits, work-life balance issues, lack of flexible schedules, feeling undervalued and unchallenging work are common reasons that lead to negative consequences and employee turnover. \u2014 Niki Jorgensen, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Until now, brunch has been mostly the province of weekends\u2014the sleepy, unchallenging meal. \u2014 Jason Diamond, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In terms of issues, Essaibi George is running the kind of campaign that used to win in this city: moderate, unchallenging , safe. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Their walls are just the right amount of nicked; their art is unchallenging but well-framed. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The final area where unchallenging games thrive is comedy. \u2014 Joe Molander, Wired , 29 May 2021",
"Casarosa\u2019s film makes a virtue of being simple and unchallenging . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 19 June 2021",
"Unlike Greta Gerwig, who reimagined Little Women and gave it a contemporary subtext, de Wilde and Catton deliver a largely faithful and unchallenging adaptation, beautifully staged and sharply acted by a cast adept at balancing wit and romance. \u2014 Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2020",
"There's something unshakably patronizing in this presentation of not-terribly-dire interpersonal conflicts, an unchallenging perspective that nudges us to root for almost everyone. \u2014 Meaghan Garvey, Chicago Reader , 12 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An unchangeable trust may not be the best option in a world that\u2019s constantly changing. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"NFTs are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item is unique and unchangeable . . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s a function of where they\u2019re born, and seems to be unchangeable after childhood. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The relative stability of the annual number of fatal shootings does not mean the total is unchangeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And what is the purpose of all this work if our positions within prejudicial, racialized structures are permanent, essential, unchangeable \u2014as rigid as the rules of gravity",
"Non-fungible tokens are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item, or asset, is unique and unchangeable . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"This technology delivers many benefits to banks, including a higher level of security against hackers, quicker transaction times and unchangeable historical records of transactions. \u2014 Luigi Wewege, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But what sets out to be an effort to define fixed and unchangeable rules for international conflict ends up revealing how chaotic and unpredictable our world really is. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"NFTs are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item is unique and unchangeable . . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s a function of where they\u2019re born, and seems to be unchangeable after childhood. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The relative stability of the annual number of fatal shootings does not mean the total is unchangeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And what is the purpose of all this work if our positions within prejudicial, racialized structures are permanent, essential, unchangeable \u2014as rigid as the rules of gravity",
"Non-fungible tokens are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item, or asset, is unique and unchangeable . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"This technology delivers many benefits to banks, including a higher level of security against hackers, quicker transaction times and unchangeable historical records of transactions. \u2014 Luigi Wewege, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But what sets out to be an effort to define fixed and unchangeable rules for international conflict ends up revealing how chaotic and unpredictable our world really is. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The goals for Hayes as a senior in both sports will be unchanged : State championship or bust. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 28 June 2022",
"Much of what makes a brand successful has shifted over the last decade, but for Chow and Osborne the elements for success are unchanged . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"After a hand recount of 5 million ballots, Biden\u2019s victory was unchanged . \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"While the cheapest Model 3 sedan was unchanged at $46,990, the Long Range version of the car went up by $2,500 to $57,990. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In addition to the ECB, the Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022"
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"That must have been painful, the rejection of who you are based on your race \u2014 a social construct but equally entirely unchanging . \u2014 refinery29.com , 12 May 2022",
"For two years, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been one unchanging , consistent message from public health officials: Testing is vital. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Mar. 2022",
"And now as Allgeier is on the precipice of an NFL career, going through Pro Day today, his unchanging personality is what people closest to him call his best trait for what comes next. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The video backdrops are equally stark, the action taking place squarely on a black-and-white playing field with the characters clothed in unchanging black-and-white suits. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In the meantime, our bigger picture remains both clear and unchanging . \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The study team\u2019s conclusion was that T. rex was not a single, unchanging dinosaur but may have had two equally terrifying sibling species. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The story can seem old because the situation is unchanging . \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Young said today putting Ten Commandments displays in public schools would help teach children that there are unchanging principles of right and wrong. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a good spot in second place going into the bars, the Utes totaled a season-low 49.2125 as several gymnasts had uncharacteristic mistakes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Although Caruso\u2019s return has helped the Bulls restore vigor to their defense, the guard made a series of uncharacteristic mistakes, turning the ball over three times in the first half. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the face of an unprecedented crisis, federal officials consistently chose haste over precision, dispatching aid with uncharacteristic speed to save the economy - even at the risk of costly mistakes. \u2014 Tony Romm And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"The Dodgers\u2019 offense offset the uncharacteristic outing with a five-run third inning and another run in the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Memphis also got some uncharacteristic numbers that may even out later in the series. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"What happened after Huberdeau\u2019s uncharacteristic penalty was emblematic of this series. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter \u2014 because of the uncharacteristic walks \u2014 assumed something was wrong with Alexander's health. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"Clark scored 19 points in the first half, but had an uncharacteristic six turnovers in the first two quarters. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"Patrick, Stripe\u2019s 33-year-old CEO, has interrupted his honeymoon to write a memo to the entire company (later shared publicly) warning that such scrutiny\u2014and uncharitable interpretations of Stripe\u2019s motives\u2014will only increase over time. \u2014 Alex Konrad, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Even so, Kai has nothing uncharitable to say about him. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"At the time of the film\u2019s release, though, the critical consensus was rather myopic and uncharitable . \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In consideration of its effects on Lucas\u2019 brother, however, the abuse parallel falls flat while the heritability of trauma angle (if that\u2019s the interpretation) feels uncharitable to victims of trauma. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Another, more generous reading is that Chuntao\u2019s uncharitable vision of Rose flows in part from her own anger at how receiving a kidney robbed her of the social status granted to the terminally ill. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 10 Oct. 2021",
"The late critic Eileen Battersby took a different approach in a remarkably uncharitable review of McGregor\u2019s first novel for the Irish Times. \u2014 Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The country\u2019s uncharitable refugee policy remains in place despite the cratering of Japan\u2019s workforce and the fact that millions of homes and other buildings in Japan lie abandoned. \u2014 Tim Hornyak/tokyo, Time , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Further, those speeches that throw faculty under the bus are performative, petulant, and uncharitable . \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 9 July 2021"
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"The story of a young girl who joins a crew of monster hunters on an epic adventure into uncharted waters from one of the co-directors of Moana. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Beyond physical and societal benefits of simply playing sports, female athletes are wading through the uncharted NIL waters. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Since The Handler is a new character created for the show, their relationship here is uncharted waters. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
"These stunning developments put Twitter, a company that is certainly no stranger to corporate chaos, in uncharted waters. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"With Evina Westbrook, a transfer who joined the program in 2019 and began playing in 2020-21, this group has had to lead the young players through what were uncharted waters for everyone. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In a time of uncharted waters, name, image and likeness agreements are exploding. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In contests for governor or for House or Senate seats, the refusal to certify the result of an election could send states into uncharted legal waters. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The Patriots are in uncharted territory without a clear successor to McDaniels. \u2014 Mark Daniels, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Traditionally, an allegation of a woman\u2019s unchastity constitutes libel per se. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 27 May 2021"
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"\u2014 Cameron Crotty , Macworld , June 1998"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Neither of these points necessarily mean Welker has uncontrollable or uncheckable biases: Everyone\u2019s parents have opinions. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 21 Oct. 2020",
"The Constitution gives no government official uncheckable power. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 2 Sep. 2017"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Green groups warn climate change will go largely unchecked in the state. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The committee has thus far told a remarkable story of the events leading up to January 6 and on that fateful day ( unchecked , it should be noted, by any meaningful cross-examination or other presentation in defense of Trump). \u2014 Elie Honig, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Returning to Beijing shows what happens when an unfettered state is allowed free rein, unchecked by law or civil society. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, Indian women\u2019s rights lawyer Karuna Nundy emphasized how patriarchal courts have enabled violence against women to continue unchecked . \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 9 June 2022",
"The Lightning jumped in front less than three minutes into Game 4 when Bogosian\u2019s shot was blocked by Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin but Maroon raced in unchecked and backhanded the puck over Shesterkin\u2019s pads and into the net. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Forensic experts continue to employ unproven techniques, and courts continue to accept their testimony largely unchecked . \u2014 David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"That allows the most radical elements of the party free to grow unchecked . \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Air potato is an invasive vine that was spreading unchecked across Florida until the introduction of a natural predator helped slow the spread. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Americana"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic . \u2014 Vogue , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic , even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed. \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 15 July 2016"
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"\u2014 Louisa May Alcott"
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"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Princeton is proud of these letters; Eliot\u2019s Harvard statement\u2014at best unchivalrous , at worst faintly homicidal\u2014demeans them, and has cast a long, green, Eliotic shadow over their unsealing. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020",
"This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Glamour , 16 Jan. 2018",
"They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating \u2013 a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. \u2014 Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities , 23 Apr. 2017"
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"adverb"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These series arrive when the reach of the internet and the broad acceptance of online dating means that the unchlorinated pool of eligible mates has never been deeper. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
"In the title story, a woman\u2019s observations of strangers in a swimming pool arouse recollections of a childhood excursion to a different swimming spot, outdoors and unchlorinated . \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The studio\u2019s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance party, with a couch, rugs, strings of lights, and a crew of dancers performing seemingly unchoreographed moves. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Astros fans did respond quite loudly, especially in their Game 1 victory, and there were some unchoreographed chants, but on the whole, Minute Maid relies on the cue-card approach to whipping up the fans. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
"That is, the nightly content was unscripted, unchoreographed , and audiences wanted to watch it in real time. \u2014 L. Jon Wertheim, Time , 23 June 2021",
"As the oldest, Ryan got put in charge of large amounts of unchoreographed free time. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Sep. 2020",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019"
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"transitive verb"
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"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
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"I am as innocent \u2026 as the babe unchristened .",
"\u2014 Robert Louis Stevenson"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kri-s\u1d4and"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2018"
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kris-ch\u0259n",
"-\u02c8krish-"
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"\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
"\u2026 the friendships of accomplished women are woefully unchronicled .",
"\u2014 Carolyn G. Heilbrun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The task of fleeing Eritrea, the small nation sometimes reductively called the North Korea of Africa, is the kind of perilous journey that often goes unchronicled for fear of retaliation. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022"
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"the uncivil and wild land that the pioneers tamed and settled",
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"The Fairmont Conference was called New Alternatives, which was the conservatives\u2019 way of framing conversations to keep the peace in an increasingly uncivil society. \u2014 Courtland Milloy, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"True, politicians are increasingly breaking the norms of decency, ideologues are increasingly uncivil , protesters are increasingly militant, and increasing numbers of Americans are unwilling to accept the outcomes of elections. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"There were also protests and uncivil unrest that resulted in damages to more than 80 businesses. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The average congressional tweets were not especially uncivil , with relatively low scores. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"As recalled by Judith Lapierre, who was the lone woman participant in a 1999 isolation experiment in Moscow intended to simulate space-station living, matters can become uncivil quite quickly. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The result has been a most uncivil war, not fought over ideology, but over loyalty to the former president; not over public policy or economic solutions, but about who can serve as the most unbending conduit of the Republican base\u2019s profound anger. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But the scope, nature and tactics of such protests are escalating, becoming increasingly uncivil and more aggressive around the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"This is the fellow, after all, who declared personnel war on uncivil behavior in the White House ranks. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"He was awakened at an uncivilized hour.",
"They believe that capital punishment is uncivilized .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Roxane Gay: For all our cultural obsession with civility, there is nothing more uncivilized than the political establishment\u2019s acceptance of the constancy of mass shootings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Sure, the song (apparently written about writer Quentin Crisp) is just about the alienating sense of being an outsider, of having people judge you for your accent or aspiring to civility in an uncivilized land. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Whereas Saidian Orientalism understood the Eastern Other as fundamentally backward and uncivilized , however, techno-Orientalism presents an upgraded vision of the Asian as threateningly futuristic and advanced. \u2014 Jane Hu, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Qing emperors themselves were not Han either, but Manchu, a people from the other side of the Great Wall who had traditionally been regarded as uncivilized nomads. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"There is only one religion in uncivilized society, and that is Kendall Roy. \u2014 Natalie Lin, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Hollywood has painted our state as a wild, uncivilized frontier filled with dangers and adventure. \u2014 Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"School board meetings everywhere have become uncivilized battlegrounds over curriculum involving race and COVID-19 mask and vaccination mandates. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Some women consider breast-feeding uncivilized and unattractive. \u2014 Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021"
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"apparelled",
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"clothed",
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"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
"\u2026 a large foldout color photograph of an unclad young lady \u2026",
"\u2014 Bill Davidson"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2019",
"An unclad man bows before a large white circle on one of Andres Mario de Varona\u2019s black-and-white pictures, which hint at religious ritual. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2019"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8klad"
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"au naturel",
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"nude",
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"\u2014 Fredric Jameson",
"unclarified butter"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The circumstances of Libby's husband's death become less coherent every time they're broached, the screenplay suggesting complications that go unclarified and unexplored. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2020",
"During the conference, any of your further questions and the ones that are left unclarified in this email will be answered clearly and satisfactorily. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 13 Nov. 2017"
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"1574, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8kla-r\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kler-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
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"adjective"
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": lack of clarity : ambiguity , obscurity":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such regulatory unclarity adds risk to investing in Affirm\u2019s growth story. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"And the agreement does not mention the $133,000 Cindi would be putting into the ministry (by paying for things rather than cash transfer which also makes for some unclarity ). \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021"
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"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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"unclasp a purse"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His hands, with their many rings, are broad and eloquent, delicately clasping and unclasping in syncopated claps. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2019",
"The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book\u2019s old cover and sat down to see what was inside. \u2014 Avi Selk, Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The democratization of data would unclasp the shackles of the quants as well. \u2014 Daniel Roth, WIRED , 11 Mar. 2009"
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"Many of their health problems were caused by unclean living conditions.",
"there's something unclean about this whole business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elitism, especially mixed with worship, has that tendency, rallying the faithful with attitude around a special cause, a select group, separating the believing from the unbelieving, the chosen from the unchosen, the clean from the unclean . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Such broad intimations that all other wines are unnatural or unclean are unfair, even if more transparency by the industry would show that. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"And despite our net exporter status, oil production is likely to become more concentrated in unclean hands in the future. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Not only is the distance challenging, but the water is also unclean and used by animals. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Ailments from unclean sheets can become even more serious if they're allowed to continue. \u2014 Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Detoxing is a fad diet that\u2019s part of the diet culture narrative that our bodies are unclean and require fixing. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Dogs, seen in biblical times as unclean scavengers, were a kind of stand-in for the devil. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Outside reviews have warned of problems going back nearly a decade, including major records-management issues, low staff morale and unclean facilities. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Nov. 2021"
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"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"uncleaned water",
"uncleaned fish"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Human waste accumulated in two hundred thousand cesspools, many of which went uncleaned for years. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For longer stays, that means rooms could go uncleaned for days at a time, resulting in reduced shifts for housekeeping employees. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Kids swiped janitors\u2019 bleach bottles to scrub common bathrooms that went uncleaned . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
"If the fawn is left alone for too long, its ears curl up, a sign of dehydration, and flies may cloud around its uncleaned body, drawing attention. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"The audit reports that inspectors called out an uncleaned food preparation machine in four consecutive reviews over the course of two years. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2021",
"Because they're located near the floor and often out of sight, baseboards are a major dust collector and often go uncleaned . \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2021",
"Ramps are best used within a day or so of being harvested, but will keep uncleaned for a few days at room temperature on the counter, with their bulbs submerged in water like a bouquet of flowers. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 May 2021",
"If left uncleaned , a makeup sponge \u2014 like a Beautyblender \u2014 can get very gross, very quickly. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 16 Oct. 2020"
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"an unclear reference"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The agency said the data would be useful for efforts to identify potential safety risks, although key factors in many crashes were unclear . \u2014 Ryan Felton, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"At present, however, Winer and other current and former officials following investigations acknowledge, Justice Department interest in these issues is unclear at best. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"The relationship between Mycoskie and McLaughlin is unclear . \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The relationship between the victim and suspect was unclear . \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"The etymological origin of hoochie daddy shorts is unclear . \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there will be any talk of a cease-fire or negotiations is unclear . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The technology has become common but its effectiveness is unclear , experts said. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"Whether such collective hatred is beneficial in the long run is unclear . \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
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"adverb"
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"adjective"
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
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"uncloaked the latest plan for improvements to the state capitol",
"investigative reporters uncloaked the real estate tycoon, revealing him to be nothing more than a slumlord",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The taboo topic, of course, is politics, and more specifically, President Trump, whose 2016 election uncloaked a chasm between voters all over the country, but here especially so. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
"But future maps might uncloak such tectonic features. \u2014 Shannon Hall, Scientific American , 12 June 2019",
"Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Federal Hill Preparatory School counted down as a maintenance crew uncloaked the machine to reveal two massive, brown googly eyes. \u2014 Lauren Lumpkin, baltimoresun.com , 5 June 2018",
"But by threading the needle, Cassini has allowed scientists to untangle them, telling them about the mass, and therefore age, of the rings \u2014 and uncloaking Saturn's interior. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 15 Sep. 2017",
"The Senate has not uncloaked a bill GOP leaders worked on behind closed doors, although it is expected to be released Thursday, with a vote as soon as next week. \u2014 Stephen Koff, cleveland.com , 21 June 2017",
"Only if a match were made would a computer alert each side to uncloak the record and probe further. \u2014 Associated Press, WIRED , 17 June 2006"
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"Soften first with shaving cream, foam or oil to guard skin and improve glide, rinse the razor's blades often to unclog and replace them about every two weeks for maximum safety and efficacy, the GH Beauty Lab recommends. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Federal Reserve is creating an emergency lending program to help unclog a short-term credit market that has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"For them, the budget promises deficit reduction to cool the economy and tangible steps to unclog supply-chain bottlenecks that contribute to rising prices. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, regular exfoliation\u2013which can unclog your pores\u2014may make breakouts less likely. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Biden announced a slew of initiatives to unclog supply chains, so that container ships can dock faster and big-rig trucks can get on the road faster with full trailers. \u2014 Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Sadly, the Fed can\u2019t unclog the ports or persuade a larger percentage of Americans to work. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"The Federal Reserve is creating an emergency lending program to help unclog a short-term credit market that has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"For them, the budget promises deficit reduction to cool the economy and tangible steps to unclog supply-chain bottlenecks that contribute to rising prices. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, regular exfoliation\u2013which can unclog your pores\u2014may make breakouts less likely. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Biden announced a slew of initiatives to unclog supply chains, so that container ships can dock faster and big-rig trucks can get on the road faster with full trailers. \u2014 Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Sadly, the Fed can\u2019t unclog the ports or persuade a larger percentage of Americans to work. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"escaped through the one remaining unclosed passageway",
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"While even the most serious of today\u2019s allegations hardly compare, the resonance runs deep, amid a conflict that has opened unclosed historical wounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 Joe Williams"
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"Police found the victim's unclothed body in the woods.",
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"Barrett\u2019s sister discovered her unclothed body in the living room of her home March 21, 2021 and flagged down officers in the city\u2019s Westport neighborhood. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"The apparel company's promotional material for its sports bras, released in February, featured a grid of photographs of various women's unclothed chests. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 12 May 2022",
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"The baby boy was discovered unclothed with its umbilical cord attached on the shore of Methodist Beach, southeast of Minneapolis, on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 2003, according to a criminal complaint. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"Each alien begins as an unclothed body, randomly selected from twenty basic bodies designed by Marso. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Rooney was found sleeping unclothed in a nearby cabin, where investigators found blood. \u2014 Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Her body was found unclothed and partially covered by a passerby along a rural road in the county, according to NBC affiliate KING of Seattle. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"An acquaintance found their remains at a mountaintop campsite on Aug. 18 -- both had been shot to death and were partially unclothed . \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brownlee was an ideal interpreter of this music, his bright and unclouded vocal tone allowing access to both the intimacy and public force of the writing. \u2014 Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2018",
"At Belarussian Xata in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, birch sap comes in a tall carafe, unclouded and pure. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2018",
"But anyone watching his performance with unclouded eyes could see that his ego left no room for loyalty to party, much less to country. \u2014 William Saletan, Slate Magazine , 20 Jan. 2017"
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"adjective"
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"an uncluttered desk"
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"Her desk is always neat and uncluttered .",
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"Like the other Genesis models, the interior has a clean and uncluttered appearance. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"But the widget apps do have inherent characteristics\u2014most notably, a streamlined, uncluttered user experience\u2014that may encourage users to share more. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"Their home blends multiple styles: uncluttered white space and warm woods popular in Scandinavian design, the Bauhaus-beloved Wassily chair, and 1980s elements including pastel colors, rounded profiles, and ceramic vases. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The solo was similarly uncluttered , though for different reasons. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The interior, meanwhile, appears to be the epitome of Scandi chic, with simple, uncluttered furnishings, a subtle monochromatic palette and a ton of light wood throughout. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The host and veteran correspondents deliver narrations and conduct interviews with calm authority on an uncluttered screen. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"To keep the dial as uncluttered as possible, the power reserve has been moved to the back of the movement (as opposed to the one on the front of the original Eichi). \u2014 Jack Forster, Bloomberg.com , 20 Jan. 2021"
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"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
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"forced",
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"nonvoluntary",
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"will-less"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2026 a former FBI special agent who obtained uncoerced confessions from two of the most high-profile terrorists in recent American history.",
"\u2014 Peter Bergen",
"But can men, whose interests are diverse, ever hope to live together in a harmony uncoerced ",
"\u2014 Herman Melville"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The great irony in Michael Flynn\u2019s statement and in the arguments for Christian nationalism is that religion has flourished in America as nowhere else precisely because faith is uncoerced . \u2014 Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"It\u2019s all leading questions or George\u2019s uncoerced and truthful answers. \u2014 James Ellroy, Vanities , 7 Oct. 2017"
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"circa 1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259rst"
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"freewill",
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"voluntary",
"volunteer",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052420",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"colored",
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"dyed",
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"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
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"\u2014 Theodore Dreiser"
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"red, blue, or uncolored paper"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That leaves six remaining uncolored edges: BC, BD, BF, CD, CF and DF. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The strategy is to avoid creating zugzwang quadrilaterals \u2014 except two that leave a common edge uncolored . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The adornment was little, but there was character in Halston\u2019s swirling batik treatments or the aquatic glisten of an uncolored sequin paillette. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 14 May 2021",
"It's protected by uncolored wax oil and is free of paint and formaldehyde to keep you and your family safe. \u2014 Andrea Marie, PEOPLE.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
"So does that mean that any neutral, uncolored combination is possible in nature",
"At the top of the central pillar is a seventh window that has been left uncolored . \u2014 Inga Saffron, Philly.com , 12 June 2018",
"The uncolored base materials could potentially be made to be quite cosmetically elegant, hydrating, etc. \u2014 Joyann King, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 May 2014",
"Sound is open and uncolored , with a crispness that shimmers and bass that never veers toward boomy. \u2014 Michael Hsu, WSJ , 28 July 2017"
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"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For months, North Korea has been relatively uncombative , as leader Kim Jong Un grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, natural disasters and the deepening economic pain under years of tough U.S.-led sanctions. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Oct. 2020"
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"\u2014 Oscar Wilde"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Everyone knows ugliness is in the eye of the beholder and, to a dog lover, there is no such thing as an uncomely canine. \u2014 John Rogers, Twin Cities , 24 June 2019",
"In this dark comedy set primarily in the late 1920s, our narrator is Aroon St. Charles, the heavy, uncomely daughter of a landed Anglo-Irish family beset by money troubles. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many of us conflate the two, and that stops us from having conversations that are uncomfortable but are generally safe. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"The stay interview can be uncomfortable , for both the worker and the boss. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
"Going to bed full is not only uncomfortable , but might also trigger acid reflux and disturb sleep. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
"Impostor syndrome is uncomfortable , but that can be a good thing. \u2014 Alaina Percival, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Change can be uncomfortable while also being something positive. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Change can be uncomfortable while also being something positive. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 31 May 2022",
"Keep yourself healthy: Stay hydrated, remember to eat and bring an extra pair of shoes if your costume\u2019s footwear is uncomfortable . \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Winter wind or summer sun are a recipe for chapped lips, which can be uncomfortable . \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 24 May 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259m(p)(f)-t\u0259r-b\u0259l",
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"\u2014 Edward Bulwer-Lytton",
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"-\u02c8k\u0259m(p)-f\u0259r-t\u0259-b\u0259l-",
"-\u02c8k\u0259m(p)-f\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l-",
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"\u2014 William Plomer"
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"\u2014 Max Beerbohm"
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"\u2014 John W. Aldridge",
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"\u2014 Katherine A. Powers"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Morris departed the project over creative differences, the movie ended up going direct to video and studios lost interest, considering the novels\u2019 Native lead characters to be uncommercial . \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Considering the reviews, buzz and comparatively uncommercial property in play, that would have been fine. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021",
"And lest the whole thing sound kind of uncommercial , the album has several tracks that use those aforementioned teeth to go for the commercial jugular, albeit in an alt-rock, not Top 40, vein. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Obamaesque preachiness makes One Night in Miami uncommercial and unentertaining. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Conundrums and outrages of the sort that fuss Mr. Story are at the heart of events, however uncommercial , like New York Fashion Week: Men\u2019s, and of what remains of fashion creativity in this town. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2020",
"But for a product so widely distributed, traditionally made panettoni are shockingly uncommercial , filled with expensive ingredients and time-consuming to make. \u2014 Saveur , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Though not necessarily natural allies, both Florida\u2019s Dead Prez and Michigan\u2019s Slum Village hit their creative strides around the turn of the millennium performing decidedly uncommercial hip-hop. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2018",
"Such doggedly uncommercial nerve backed by such a big studio. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 31 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Touted as one of the few uncommercialized family beaches remaining, the dolphins and turtles realize this. \u2014 Lesli Peterson, ajc , 31 Aug. 2021",
"In the 1970s, a 3M employee, craving a better way to mark pages in his hymnal, modified an uncommercialized adhesive invented a few years earlier by a colleague; Post-it Notes became an iconic 3M success story. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Sweden being such an uncommercialized culture where pop culture and fame . . . \u2014 Vogue , 30 Nov. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The uncommitted six-footer scored 24 points and dished out 8 assists to down the Kentucky Junior All Stars 112-102 with Urban coaching from the sideline. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"Throughout the invasion, Moscow has struggled to manage young, inexperienced troops who have suffered low morale and at times seemed uncommitted to the cause. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Pennsylvania\u2019s delegation, the most important cache of uncommitted votes, was seated at the other end of the Wigwam. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Some Senate Democratic caucus members remain uncommitted . \u2014 Alexa Corse, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Among the Louisville-area selections, Hayden is uncommitted , Lewis has committed to Olney Central and Powell has signed with Freed-Hardeman. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of the 56, Ohio State has offered 30; 28 of which remain uncommitted . \u2014 cleveland , 30 July 2021",
"The tennis stars Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are among the athletes who remain uncommitted . \u2014 Chris Vognar, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
"Moten, who is also a three-star recruit, remains uncommitted and is fielding offers from Iowa State, Miami, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee. \u2014 Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"a soldier of uncommon courage",
"She is an uncommon woman.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"None of the candidates, however, have presented themselves as moderates, Holsworth noted, which is not uncommon in a primary. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"a soldier of uncommon courage",
"She is an uncommon woman.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"None of the candidates, however, have presented themselves as moderates, Holsworth noted, which is not uncommon in a primary. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"None of the candidates, however, have presented themselves as moderates, Holsworth noted, which is not uncommon in a primary. \u2014 Meagan Flynn, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"intelligence agencies must be uncommunicative about their operations if they are to be at all effective",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Isolated and uncommunicative , Lucas grows feebler, losing stamina and praying to God to deliver him from the unconquerable place. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The captives are separated into three groups and driven to isolated locations; their captors are brutal and uncommunicative . \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
"In a deposition, Richard Sackler\u2019s daughter Marianna is sullen and uncommunicative . \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
"Patients and their families who have testified at legislative hearings describe an unresponsive and uncommunicative board that usually allows doctors accused of negligence or malpractice to continue to practice. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 June 2021",
"That deadline has since been extended to June 7, but Toho said the property\u2019s management has been uncommunicative and delinquent on payments for months. \u2014 Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com , 7 May 2021",
"The steering is heavy and uncommunicative with the 275/60R-17 Bridgestone Dueler HTS tires tending to pick a direction and then resist any deviation. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, very low compassion was rare in both men and women, but the few people who identified as very uncompassionate were much more likely to be men. \u2014 Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2022",
"An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up. \u2014 David Means, Harper's magazine , 10 Apr. 2019",
"Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics. \u2014 Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times , 21 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Couple that with the restaurant desert around the venue (Chipotle and SmashBurger do not qualify as destinations) and the total game experience is uncompelling and rates a 3 on a scale of 10. \u2014 Jay Brinker, Cincinnati.com , 15 Dec. 2017",
"Now there's less dead time, fewer uncompelling preseason games and the quality of the regular-season has noticeably suffered. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Oct. 2017",
"The other thing is that the rules of the match, namely, the doors opening and closing in the first cage, make for a completely uncompelling beginning of the match. \u2014 Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com , 24 July 2017"
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"an uncomplaining hardworking single mother of five",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loyal, strong, selfless, uncomplaining \u2014step after frozen step, sled dogs have hauled people to the limits of the earth, at both poles. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2021",
"At 65, the uncomplaining , modestly dressed Hornclaw appears to be a model senior citizen. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The sunflower has always been so hardworking, so uncomplaining . \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Ivey's Maggie is a pragmatic, uncomplaining woman who makes light of most difficulties, maintaining a cheery attitude \u2014 a kind of willful obliviousness \u2014 perhaps as a defense mechanism against the inevitable force of crushing reality. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The story is always written as a tearjerker, with praise for the person\u2019s uncomplaining attitude; a car is usually donated to the subject in the end. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2017"
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"patient",
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"an uncompleted crossword puzzle"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After increasing complaints about uncompleted installations, Menomonee-Falls based Window Select will no longer accept new customers, according to its third-party consulting firm, Cogent Analytics. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"This is followed by Bevel\u2019s uncompleted autobiography, a self-congratulatory account designed to restore his reputation and rebut the calumnies about his wife, Mildred, who actually died of cancer. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That dedicated group of experts would oversee and advise the complicated work of figuring out how to proactively include pregnant people in all clinical research and implement the other PRGLAC recommendations that remain uncompleted . \u2014 Kat Eschner, Fortune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Scott and a host of other officials, including Congressman Kwesi Mfume and a half dozen members of City Council, stood against the backdrop of a fenced off, uncompleted portion of the development. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Make a list of uncompleted items before closing and withhold an appropriate sum. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Home builders have built up a huge backlog of uncompleted homes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022",
"In November 2020, Kevin Marsh, the former CEO of the South Carolina utility SCANA, pled guilty to fraud in concealing the $9 billion cost of the uncompleted reactors. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Democratic lawmakers will return from the holidays with a long list of uncompleted chores and unresolved issues. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021"
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"The plot was uncomplicated and easy to follow.",
"He's an uncomplicated , straightforward person.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This dishwasher is uncomplicated and easy to program with only five key cycles and six options \u2013 ideal for busy cooks in a hurry. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Although pregnancy is not a disease, even one that is otherwise uncomplicated can go unexpectedly awry. \u2014 Adebayo Adesomo, Scientific American , 30 May 2022",
"A day before the Preakness, McKathan\u2019s world remained surprisingly uncomplicated . \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"While there is a time and a place for micro-customization of driving modes, the most uncomplicated adjustment is to push the V-Mode button on the steering wheel. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"This steam mop is a pleasantly uncomplicated workhorse. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Mar. 2022",
"An uncomplicated and minimalistic approach to clean beauty is Lilah B cosmetics. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Actually, Taureans are (thankfully) quite easy to shop for, considering that these celestial bulls are usually uncomplicated people to begin with. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Prettyman makes content for the girls who need uncomplicated tips about skincare, without getting into the whole science of it. \u2014 Christine Jean-baptiste, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"an uncomplimentary description of the town in which the writer grew up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reviews from Rolling Stone and The New York Times were similarly uncomplimentary , and were soon pulled from publication following Lennon's murder. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The nation\u2019s capital is replete with lawyers, and thus lawyer jokes (most of them uncomplimentary ). \u2014 George Weigel, National Review , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Cherry was regularly uncomplimentary of how some European players played the game. \u2014 Kevin Allen, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2019",
"An uncomplimentary set of players under two head coaches with no plan, Spurs stumbled their way to sixth place somehow, despite their best efforts to finish in the bottom half. \u2014 SI.com , 21 Oct. 2019",
"In this case, the noun brickbat, meaning a hard object like a brick that\u2019s used as a missile or an uncomplimentary remark, gave us the verb brickbat, meaning to launch one of these physical or verbal weapons. \u2014 June Casagrande, Burbank Leader , 10 Oct. 2019",
"The recent protests have included uncomplimentary references to la junta \u2014 the local name for the oversight board. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 July 2019",
"Twitter then trained its moderators to spot dehumanizing content, using a list of 42 religious groups as a guide and the tweet of Mr. Trump\u2019s uncomplimentary phrase about certain countries as an example of what to allow. \u2014 Kate Conger, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"Bill Gates had some uncomplimentary things to say about Trump in a tape obtained by NBC's Chris Hayes. \u2014 NBC News , 18 May 2018"
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"loose",
"relaxed",
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},
"examples":[
"They were uncompromising in their demands.",
"an uncompromising adherence to the rules that would do a schoolmarm proud",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The K Tool jack stands feature uncompromising weight capacity, thanks to their thick steel construction. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"But, while Cobain\u2019s songs of celebrity angst conjured real fury and fragility through gravelly, uncompromising vocals, Post\u2019s music tends toward the languid, lukewarm, stupefying. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Several groups have warned that China\u2019s uncompromising \u2018zero-Covid\u2019 policy could have a severe impact on the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Alice Eve) starts receiving tomorrow\u2019s newspaper today. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"Bleak, uncompromising , and anchored by an unforgettable performance from star Isabelle Adjani, Possession is a movie that's hard to shake. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Technology is there to meet this need and, in doing so, create a solid foundation for the independent business economy to thrive and serve a company\u2019s uncompromising commitment to client satisfaction. \u2014 Oz Alon, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The centrist incumbent beat a familiar tune of heavy investment in French industry and an uncompromising commitment to the European Union. \u2014 Joseph Ataman, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After a break in fighting, the Russians will build up their weapons and manpower and start a new offensive, Podolyak said, acknowledging that Kyiv\u2019s stance was becoming more uncompromising . \u2014 Fortune , 22 May 2022"
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"convincing",
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"it's unconceivable that a once-promising actor could end up this way",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My homeland had put me through hell, and much worse, had done unconceivable atrocities, genocide even, in neighboring countries. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"He has shown a surprising unconcern for his own safety.",
"wore an expression of general unconcern throughout the trial",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The word-play conveys somehow a sense of confidence and unconcern . \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday visited a San Francisco hair salon, against standing city ordinances, was the latest exhibition of privileged unconcern . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"There is a selfishness and unconcern for the elderly in the refusal of the young to take this pandemic seriously. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020",
"The technology sector\u2019s global conquest rests partly on its total unconcern for the real-world impact of its products and services. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Deliverance may have fueled white Northern overconfidence in the efficacy of Reconstruction, and unconcern for freedpeople may have spawned apathy. \u2014 Gregory Downs, Washington Post , 14 June 2019",
"In their locker room the colors of mildew, chlorine and athlete\u2019s foot (Angrette McCloskey did the spot-on set), Brigham\u2019s Amy initially seems the classic cool kid, all aggressive unconcern peppered with a few blase cruelties. \u2014 Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2018",
"Their dedication to minority causes, though admirable, looked out-of-touch when paired with a relative unconcern for struggling whites. \u2014 The Economist , 17 May 2018",
"Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic expressed unconcern about rising prices and the impact of oil rising past $70 a barrel. \u2014 Natasha Rausch, Bloomberg.com , 7 May 2018"
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"She's unconcerned about that issue.",
"The economy seems to be slowing down, but many investors remain unconcerned .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At 45, Pusha T is well aware of contemporary hip-hop\u2019s trends but unconcerned with them. \u2014 Julian Kimble, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Feng appears unconcerned \u2013 and the lack of revenues does not appear to have put off investors. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Cole is largely unconcerned with baseball traditionalists\u2019 opinions. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Conklin has long enjoyed \u2014 even taken pride in \u2014 its speck-on-the-wall anonymity, a town unnoticed by and unconcerned with most of the outside world. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"The Fed chair appeared unconcerned Tuesday about the stock market\u2019s sharp decline over the past six weeks. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Faced with a simple matching task, worrywarts were thinking slower than their more Covid- unconcerned peers; the psychologists theorized that their stress was, essentially, hogging background brainpower. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"Protagonists Isa and Gala are whimsical party girls fumbling their way through a summer in New York, entirely unconcerned with the social climbing and career advancement that bog down many young arrivistes. \u2014 Isabel B. Slone, Town & Country , 2 May 2022"
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"They demanded an unconditional surrender.",
"He had an unconditional loyalty to his family.",
"their unconditional love of their children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The city\u2019s embrace of the Celtics is unconditional and never more so than the 1985-86 team, with an unforgettable lineup featuring Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Orioles placed Owings on unconditional release waivers, ending his time with the team. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"The San Jose Sharks have placed forward Evander Kane on unconditional waivers with the intent to terminate the remainder of his $49 million, seven-year contract. \u2014 Josh Dubow, ajc , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The team placed the 30-year-old forward on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract, a decision the National Hockey League supports but drew the ire of the NHL Players\u2019 Association. \u2014 Ross Mckeon, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Jan. 2022",
"In response to the Spavor\u2019s sentencing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate and unconditional release of the two Michaels in a statement Wednesday afternoon. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Vancouver put Braden Holtby and San Jose put Martin Jones on unconditional waivers for the purposes of buying out the remainder of the goalies\u2019 contracts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021",
"The Rangers placed veteran OF Khris Davis on unconditional release waivers, five days after designating him for assignment. \u2014 Greg Beacham, Star Tribune , 13 June 2021",
"The Detroit Tigers have requested unconditional release waivers on utility player Brandon Dixon, who led the team with 19 home runs in 2019, the organization announced Thursday morning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Nov. 2020"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u0259l",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8dish-n\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
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"Saturday: The power of a Saturday is undeniable, the possibilities not endless but at least unconfined by my morning alarm. \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 16 Apr. 2021",
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"Family members are desperately waiting for word after two Americans who volunteered to assist Ukrainian forces have gone missing and there are unconfirmed reports of their possible capture. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"According to Tech Radar, there are unconfirmed reports that the popular messaging service WhatsApp will stop messages to users who have iOS 10 and 11 after October 24th, 2022. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"Spreading protests across Iran over a cut in state subsidies on food have turned political with slogans calling for top leaders to step down, according to posts on social media, and unconfirmed reports said at least four protesters were killed. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"The complete original series will be released on the streamer at an unconfirmed date, and a new revival series is expected to release by the end of the year. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 2 June 2022",
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"Though the rumors have gone unconfirmed , Quavo and Takeoff complement each other, with Quavo supplying the ad libs as Takeoff tackles the track with a dense flow. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"Now, Page Six is reporting that there may be a new development on the horizon for at least one of those genres, citing unconfirmed sources who say the couple are working on an at-home style docu-series. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"The evidence of such effects, though, is unconfirmed and untested. \u2014 Byquinn Owen, ABC News , 13 May 2022"
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"Someone listening to an uncongenial podcast can turn it off and listen to something else or nothing at all, in total safety. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 8 Feb. 2022",
"People who have broken down barriers thrown up by law, social convention and institutional intolerance tend to make uncongenial company. \u2014 Star Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
"The Guston affair is a symptom of a society-wide deterioration of trust in institutions and tolerance for uncongenial expression. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The intellectual energy of the galleries fizzled out in this strangely uncongenial , vertical space that was reminiscent of a shopping mall. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019",
"But the $250 million Kennedy Center expansion, confined to a small and uncongenial urban footprint, was a significantly more challenging project. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2019",
"North Korea is a problem uncongenial to such messiness\u2014the administration is leaving an awful lot of room for misunderstanding on a problem that admits little room for such mistakes. \u2014 Kori Schake, The Atlantic , 2 Oct. 2017",
"If the worry is that immigrants will outvote the locals and impose an uncongenial government on them, one solution would be not to let immigrants vote\u2014for five years, ten years or even a lifetime. \u2014 The Economist , 13 July 2017",
"NO. 8: PIERRE BOULEZ, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC (Deutsche Grammophon) Boulez advocated for several seemingly uncongenial composers toward the end of his life, and Bruckner was a fortunate beneficiary. \u2014 David Allen, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Lina later posted the screenshots from Yubo on Twitter and TikTok in an effort to debunk false claims spreading on the internet that a transgender person unconnected to the Uvalde shooting was responsible for it. \u2014 David Ingram, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
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"For all the reasons there are to relish a project that feels largely unconnected to the larger MCU, Moon Knight feels unmoored, a museum of exposition evidence that rarely answers the looming questions and never feels fixed to a moment in time. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
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"The stories of Murphy, Britt, Daly, Ware and several secondary characters are largely unconnected , except for their association with the 15th Infantry Regiment. \u2014 Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"Isolated and uncommunicative, Lucas grows feebler, losing stamina and praying to God to deliver him from the unconquerable place. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Out there, the ownership of land seemed like a myth used to tame an unconquerable planet with its imposing mountains, endless forests, and hypnotic deserts. \u2014 Raffi Joe Wartanian, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The album\u2019s second half flips toward optimism and catharsis \u2014 a white-knuckle grip on the belief in love and humanity to conquer the unconquerable . \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
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"Some dreamers will run smack dab into an unconquerable reality. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Pulling it all together for the country to witness was the unconquerable David Stern. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
"But a win over what\u2019s been an unconquerable foe would go a long way toward exercising those demons. \u2014 C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"To try nothing in the face of routine massacre is unconscionable . \u2014 Edward Felsenthal, Time , 26 May 2022",
"If stockpiling often seems immoral, that\u2019s in part because an unconscionable number of people have always grappled with genuine scarcity. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"This bittersweet collection of memories stands as a testament to the unconscionable harm that late-stage capitalism and its attendant greed have done to local news. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"An unconscionable act of violence, particularly in this setting, merits huge reprisal and consequence. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Too much of the response, however, has been temporary in nature, forcing a quick return to an unconscionable status quo. \u2014 Richard Besser, ABC News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Parents, mothers, are having to make unconscionable choices right now because the system is rigged against us. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His benefactors in Riyadh are facing the prospect of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a Venn diagram of the washed-up, the uncompetitive, the cash-poor and the egomaniacal, all overlapping to form a subset of the unconscionable . \u2014 Eamon Lynch, The Arizona Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"This past week, the three school-board members leading this unconscionable , crypto-fascist assault on art were ousted by the voters in a recall election. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"Authorities launched a rescue boat, and the woman was found unconscious and not breathing. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Bryce's friend Cooper Noriega died on Thursday, June 9, after being found unconscious . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 June 2022",
"The girlfriend of a Boston police officer who died after being found unconscious in a snowbank outside a Canton home in January was in court Friday facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from the death. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The woman was found unconscious at the scene after being hit while crossing Nott Street. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Liming was found unconscious in the parking lot near the school\u2019s basketball courts. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Three teenage girls were found unconscious in a Los Angeles County home on May 25 after taking ecstasy pills that were contaminated with fentanyl, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Twitter post this week. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Hoffmann was discovered dead about 24 hours after another McDaniel High School student, Olivia Coleman, had been found unconscious in the bedroom of her home and died of an accidental fentanyl overdose from a counterfeit pill. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022"
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"Authorities launched a rescue boat, and the woman was found unconscious and not breathing. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Bryce's friend Cooper Noriega died on Thursday, June 9, after being found unconscious . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 June 2022",
"The girlfriend of a Boston police officer who died after being found unconscious in a snowbank outside a Canton home in January was in court Friday facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from the death. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"Three teenage girls were found unconscious in a Los Angeles County home on May 25 after taking ecstasy pills that were contaminated with fentanyl, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Twitter post this week. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Hoffmann was discovered dead about 24 hours after another McDaniel High School student, Olivia Coleman, had been found unconscious in the bedroom of her home and died of an accidental fentanyl overdose from a counterfeit pill. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was the time that Patterson and a fellow altar boy\u2014Patterson grew up in a devoutly Catholic family\u2014almost got caught with a stash of unconsecrated Communion hosts that his friend had squirrelled away for post-Mass snacking. \u2014 Laura Miller, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The cocktail is made with Kikori Rice Whiskey, Clement coconut, lemon, black sesame and Japanese chili, garnished with red, white and blue unconsecrated communion wafers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019"
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"Standing on the shoulders of those who came before her, Adams\u2019 ultimate desire is to be a vessel of untold stories and unconsidered perspectives\u2014and to shed light on what\u2019s been left in the dark about Black women and our experiences. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The movie sinks, fast and deep, under the weight of dramatic shortcuts, overemphatic details, undercooked possibilities, unconsidered implications. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Their bourgeois arrangement is unconsidered and automatic, and Harriet is expected to replicate it. \u2014 Rebecca Panovka, The New Yorker , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Also, all BITE Denim features a contrasting black inside thread, a careful choice for a seam that is mostly left unconsidered . \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
"Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the business model of food-delivery apps went largely unconsidered by the diners who relied on them for midday kale salads and late-night taco feasts. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 5 Oct. 2021",
"In reimagining the dine-in theater concept, Schultz has left no detail unconsidered . \u2014 Ann Gehan, Dallas News , 9 Sep. 2021",
"In Lauren Harwell Godfrey\u2019s eponymous line Harwell Godfrey, no detail is left unconsidered . \u2014 Charlotte Diamond, Vogue , 24 June 2021",
"In these radical acts of transformation, no corner of the libretto or score is left unconsidered or unchanged. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2021"
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"The uncontained blaze had destroyed well over 100 square miles of land. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 21 Aug. 2021"
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"The price of prime scrap\u2014a clean, uncontaminated grade mostly harvested from metal stamping plants and machine shops\u2014rose 34% in 2021 to $540 a ton. \u2014 Bob Tita, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Try transplanting some of your silver dollar plants to an uncontaminated area, making sure not to include any garlic mustard. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Sep. 2021",
"Testing of uncontaminated wells will now be done every two weeks, Berg said, to ensure that the contamination isn't spreading. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 July 2021",
"Muller is currently assembling stories and recipes for a second book, which will focus on her journey from Manhattan to the remote farm as well as the traditions of the uncontaminated interior heart of the island. \u2014 Valentina Di Donato, Forbes , 25 June 2021",
"Environmentalists also worry that the government won\u2019t invest in infrastructure that can better control water levels within the mines and ensure that groundwater and rivers remain uncontaminated . \u2014 NBC News , 16 May 2021",
"Williams says the idea is to construct new habitat for fish and kelp in uncontaminated areas to build up healthy populations of fish. \u2014 Jeff Berardelli, CBS News , 12 Apr. 2021",
"And now, the global COVID-19 pandemic has made the opioid crisis even more deadly, by creating insecurity, isolating users, disrupting the flow of uncontaminated drug supplies, and taxing our health services. \u2014 Joseph Stauffer, Fortune , 16 Dec. 2020"
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"The privilege claims rarely came into play during the uncontentious interviews, and the Pence aides only declined to answer a few questions, according to sources. \u2014 Gloria Borger, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The first, largely uncontentious map, was presented by the nonpartisan redistricting commission. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Nov. 2021",
"At her mostly uncontentious Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jackson defended her independence in response to questions from Republicans about her rulings against the Trump administration. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Worse, any hope that the pandemic would be politically uncontentious has evaporated. \u2014 The Economist , 3 June 2020",
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"For hip-hop fans, Pop Smoke\u2019s growling delivery, uncontrived approach and organic fame represented a return of authenticity and realism, industry executives say. \u2014 Neil Shah, WSJ , 15 July 2021",
"The line is sophisticated, but has a uncontrived spirit that plays on masculine, feminine, and historical references. \u2014 Marina Liao, Marie Claire , 5 Mar. 2019",
"After all, the siblings\u2019 love of sportif-chic details, '90s influences, and uncontrived chic is one that has been cultivated in tandem. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 25 Jan. 2018"
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"Paired with the possibility that uncontrollable shocks could continue to push prices up \u2014 for instance, the war in Ukraine is expected to continue elevating commodity costs \u2014 the latest developments have put the Fed in a tight position. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"But your brain is working overtime trying to make the world safe, and your need to control some essentially uncontrollable aspects of your life must be exhausting for you (and yes, frustrating for others). \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"Aside from the concerns about this health crisis and deep social wounds, the pandemic, unfortunately, also spread uncontrollable fear and, in effect, limited a fundamental value inherent to humankind: freedom. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 June 2022",
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"In many cases, a partner\u2019s uncontrolled alcohol abuse leads to psychological, physical, and social trauma, and the rate of divorce is 18 percentage points higher than among nonalcoholic couples. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"But uncontrolled inflation, stock market declines and recession probabilities can take their toll. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"The commission\u2019s claim in the Starbucks case that the comparable uncontrolled price method is inherently preferred over TNMM is baseless, even under the 1995 version of the OECD transfer pricing guidelines. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Even for those who don\u2019t have aphasia or Tourette\u2019s, swearing can become a habit, something like an uncontrolled verbal tic. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The crux of the Latino paradox is as follows: A broad body of research shows that Latinos have higher rates of diabetes, obesity and uncontrolled blood pressure and cholesterol levels than non-Hispanic white people. \u2014 Olveen Carrasquillo, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
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"During this period, uncontrolled greenhouse gases mounted. \u2014 Kate Brown, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The acrobatic stunt is not a frantic and uncontrolled plunge. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022"
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"Chappelle\u2019s controversial and derogatory statements stand in contrast to Mulaney\u2019s largely uncontroversial material. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"When John Corigliano\u2019s uncontroversial Second Symphony appeared on one program, a donor threatened to pull his money. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The hopefuls seek an office that was historically uncontroversial \u2014 until the pandemic triggered a tidal wave of unemployment claims, far more than during even the deepest previous recessions. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"But the pipeline project itself remained uncontroversial . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"As a judge, Jackson was typically careful in uncontroversial cases, but prone to bend the law in a series of cases against the Trump administration. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"What would the Oscars look like if the academy \u2014 and the journalists who cover it \u2014 began each awards season by regarding the worthiness of movies from other countries not as an exceptional circumstance, but as a basic, uncontroversial given",
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"For the last three decades, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at protecting women had been assumed to be durable and uncontroversial . \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"Part of it is the city\u2019s history of embracing the unconventional and outr\u00e9 \u2014 which still describes professional soccer in the American sports context. \u2014 Kurt Streeter, New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"The failed nomination wound up putting Kagan on an unconventional path to the Supreme Court. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Garc\u00eda, another player who has long been considered a candidate to join the LIV Golf enterprise, recently expressed his support of the alternative tour in an unconventional way. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"This Bachelor couple is helping others find lasting love in an unconventional way. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Dumbledore has seen a quality in him that has the potential for leadership, albeit in an unconventional way. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"If there's an unconventional way to throw an ax, Joe White has probably done it. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But the model is still a relatively unconventional way to fund infrastructure development projects in the US. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Timothy Noah came up with an unconventional way to stop South Dakota from acting as a tax haven for incredibly wealthy people. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Many are unconvinced that putting the federal gas tax on hold would bring prices down. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"But millions of American women are unconvinced , vowing to fight back at the ballot box in November. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"The lifeguards continue to herd swimmers and sunbathers away, but some are unconvinced . \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
"Even though the principal at Dana Middle has said the pacing of the honors program has not slowed compared to its predecessor, some parents like Scotten remain unconvinced . \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"But Collins\u2019s persistence, even in the face of distrust and disrespect, felt like a lesson\u2014not about medicine or science, but about listening to and engaging with people who, for one reason or another, remain unconvinced . \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Volodymyr Shklyaruk, 31, and wife Ilona, 32, remained unconvinced . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Some Republicans, though, remained unconvinced , calling the legislation a bailout for the Postal Service that would shift financial burdens to taxpayers and onto Medicare. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Some of those experts remained unconvinced by the new data. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 21 Jan. 2022"
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"Federal judges ruled that Trump overstepped his authority in ordering TikTok to shut down, finding that the administration\u2019s hypothetical concerns about TikTok\u2019s security risks were unconvincing . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"The results were unconvincing : if anything, the non-responders had slightly higher baseline ferritin and lower C-reactive protein than the responders. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Flashbacks throughout the decades crop up between characters in unconvincing old age makeup addressing the camera, documentary style, with sweeping decrees about the true nature of Angelyne, fame, and everything in between. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Many of these photos are fuzzy, out of focus, indistinguishable, and otherwise unconvincing . \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Both Tim Story\u2019s 2005 Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer were campy fun that struggled with unconvincing special effects and overall silliness. \u2014 Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"Its middle expands on Gaspery\u2019s life, taking him from a listless 20-something to a somewhat unconvincing new candidate at the Time Institute. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"See how unconvincing Fabrizio Ferracane, as the delegate tasked with transporting Pirandello\u2019s ashes to Sicily, appears when the crate disappears aboard a train, or how lamely the extras pantomime their reactions. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But Bellis said medical explanations by two of Jones\u2019 physicians were unconvincing . \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Texture-wise, hearts of palm noodles are naturally firm and fibrous\u2014a bit crunchy when uncooked , and al dente when boiled. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"My favorite way is to fill the cooking grate with uncooked sausages such as bratwurst or Italian sausage \u2014 not the bulk breakfast variety. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The boisterous scene centered on uncooked spaghetti, marshmallows and tape. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"In the surgeon\u2019s gloved hands, it could be mistaken for an uncooked chicken breast. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"In another prank that went viral throughout 2020, TikTok users bit down on uncooked pasta as an unsuspecting subject massaged their neck and back, producing a jarring cracking sound to spook the subject. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"This sauce includes uncooked egg yolks, which does carry a small amount of risk. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This is especially important with an uncooked sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"When the oil is shimmering, pour the egg mixture into the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, lifting the edges with a spatula to let the uncooked egg seep underneath. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ku\u0307kt"
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"an uncool remark"
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"Her parents' car is totally uncool .",
"It's uncool to lie to your friends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool : an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness. \u2014 Kyle Harper, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Automotive trends cycle in and out, and what's completely uncool now might fetch big bucks on Bring a Trailer next decade. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"On the one hand, Washington is drawn to the glitter and glamour (and millions of Instagram followers) of the Hollywood famous and their ability to make the essentially uncool seem exciting. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Each episode focused on a different character, her struggles and victories, such as an absent father or feeling like the uncool kid in the club. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
"As a teen-ager, Apatow was a suburban comedy geek when comedy was still uncool . \u2014 Susan Morrison, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Penny should not flake on you \u2014 that\u2019s totally uncool behavior in any friendship or relationship, much less giving your bestie that treatment. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Mar. 2022",
"And while TikTok is rendering platforms like Facebook and Instagram increasingly uncool , Sayman said Twitter\u2019s biggest advantage is that it\u2019s been included in that conversation. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, Gen Z users on TikTok officially deemed skinny jeans uncool . \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcl"
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the evidence from his serendipitous uncooled rotor experiment is preliminary. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"This year, Canales filed House Bill 1971 to incrementally install air conditioning in Texas\u2019 uncooled prisons at a maximum cost of $100 million per biennium. \u2014 Jolie Mccullough, San Antonio Express-News , 15 May 2021",
"At present, the plasma hits uncooled graphite tiles when it is exhausted. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 23 May 2018",
"According to the 39 survivors, as many as 100 people, including children, had been packed into the waterless, uncooled trailer. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Dec. 2017",
"The books were moldering under inches of dust in an unheated, uncooled limbo. \u2014 Mark Greif, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2016"
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"1513, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcld"
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was found to be in possession of a Ruger P98 and was uncooperative while being taken into custody, Rush-Kittle said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"Chief Beard said that Jones was uncooperative and refused to speak with police several times. \u2014 Kyani Reid, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"The 56-year-old Cleveland woman was uncooperative and was arrested. \u2014 cleveland , 20 May 2022",
"According to the memo prepared for the council, the key players who wrote the emails have retired, and some were uncooperative when contacted by the city\u2019s legal team. \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Police were called to a dispute in downtown Hilo last month where Miller was uncooperative , refused to leave the area and obstructed a sidewalk, Quiocho said. \u2014 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Navarro, Trump's trade adviser, and Scavino, a White House communications aide under Trump, have been uncooperative in the congressional probe into the deadly 2021 insurrection, according to a committee report released Sunday night. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, ajc , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Miller received a traffic citation after police were called to a dispute in downtown Hilo last month where Miller was uncooperative , refused to leave the area and obstructed a sidewalk, Quiocho said. \u2014 Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The woman was uncooperative with police and highly intoxicated. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"-\u02c8\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u00e4-p\u0259-r\u0259-tiv",
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u00e4-p(\u0259-)r\u0259-tiv"
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"adjective"
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"coordinated",
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"\u2026 I'm every bit as clumsy and uncoordinated on a virtual skateboard as I would be on a real one.",
"\u2014 Peter Cohen"
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"\u2014 Jerry Adler",
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"uncoordinated attacks by rebel armies"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most common symptoms in pets exposed to cannabis included disorientation, lethargy, abnormal or uncoordinated movements such as swaying, lowered heart rate and urinary incontinence. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But the state had already spent $13 billion on the problem over the previous three years, and a withering auditor's report last February blamed the lack of visible results on tangled, uncoordinated bureaucracy. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 1 May 2022",
"Yet the dispersal of plastics and their pollutants, if regulated at all, has been addressed through a patchwork of municipal and national policies and a smattering of uncoordinated international instruments. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Unia suspected that his swallow was as uncoordinated as his walk. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"However, the demonstrations are largely uncoordinated and lack leadership. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 6 Jan. 2022",
"But the Emiratis are also worried that any uncoordinated military action could be the spark for a wider conflict. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Scholars have debated the extent of Lincoln\u2019s abridging of free speech, with historians such as Harold Holzer emphasizing that much of the press censorship during his presidency was uncoordinated and spontaneous. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Salesforce data shows that one of the biggest threats to a company is fragmented and uncoordinated products, services and business processes. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259d",
"-k\u014d-\u02c8\u022frd-\u1d4an-\u02cc\u0101t-\u0259d"
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"gawkish",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"ungainly"
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"adjective"
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": not able or allowed to be protected by copyright":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At some point along the continuum from merely aiding to independently creating music, Jukedeck produces works that may be as uncopyrightable as Naruto\u2019s Monkey Selfie. \u2014 James Sammataro, Billboard , 12 Sep. 2017"
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"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00e4-p\u0113-\u02ccr\u012b-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"adjective"
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": not coquettish : not trifling or insincere":[
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"\"+"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"abbreviation"
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": to release from cords : loosen the cords of":[]
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"Middle English uncorden , from un- entry 2 + cord , noun":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"transitive verb"
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"\u2014 H. L. Davis"
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"\"+"
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"adjective",
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"uncork a bottle of wine",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peach State leaders prepare to uncork a second multibillion dollar EV plant near the coast. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"So pick up your wine glass, uncork your schedule and listen up. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"Performing so many of Robbins\u2019s ballets over the years helped teach him how to uncork a dancer\u2019s inner electricity. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"What Birdy thought was a run-down, rural dive bar is actually a high-end destination with over 100 wines to memorize, bottles of Champagne to deftly uncork , and, of course, a handsome, talented chef to woo. \u2014 Jenna Adrian-diaz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The Rebels employ the same base defense, use a run-first up-tempo offense, feature a good running quarterback and can uncork explosive passing plays. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Browse for new bottles to uncap or uncork and try Drizly by saving $5 on your first order of $20 or more with promo code SPRINGINTOSUMMER5. \u2014 Greta Good, Chron , 30 June 2021",
"This is all thanks to the Gangsta Grillz template, which gives Tyler license to uncork and let the raps spill out. \u2014 Sheldon Pearc, The New Yorker , 30 June 2021",
"Fortune tasted through a selection of top bottles\u2014including vintage Champagnes, ros\u00e9 Proseccos, California sparklers, and even a few cans\u2014to narrow it down to these 12 bottles to uncork in honor of National Ros\u00e9 Day. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 12 June 2021"
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022frk"
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"loose",
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"unlock",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-173232",
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"verb"
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": not corrupt":[
"\u2026 the worldly-wise but uncorrupt private eye.",
"\u2014 Vincent Patrick",
"an uncorrupt computer file"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thanks to light-touch regulation and efficient, uncorrupt bureaucracies, Singapore comes second and Hong Kong fourth in the World Bank\u2019s ranking of 190 countries for the ease of doing business. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Its candidate is Joseph Boakai, Ms Sirleaf\u2019s mild-mannered vice-president, who is seen by many as a safe (and uncorrupt ) choice. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0259pt"
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"adjective"
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"though his associates were dishonest, he remained uncorrupted",
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"Middle English, from un- entry 1 + corrupted , past participle of corrupten to corrupt":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183055",
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"little",
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"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
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"you keep your room unco hot",
"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
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"examples":[
"Adverb",
"has written an unco fine novel about the war"
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"1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02c8\u0259\u014b-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
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": detach , disconnect":[
"uncouple railroad cars"
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": to release (dogs) from a pair of joined collars":[]
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"examples":[
"They uncoupled the railroad cars.",
"uncoupled the two railroad cars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All these factors, plus a springtime flocking into the outdoors, especially in the northern U.S., could help blunt a potential wave\u2019s peak; some may even help uncouple a rise in infections from a secondary surge in hospitalizations and deaths. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"By releasing its guidance before the data used to justify it, the CDC didn't so much put the cart before the horse as uncouple them entirely. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 30 July 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden's agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Kevin Freking, ajc , 1 Oct. 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden's agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden\u2019s agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Kevin Freking, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2021",
"An attempt to uncouple the engine and car containing a safe and valuables was unsuccessful amid the shootout, and the robbers fled instead with some jewelry and cash. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2021",
"First, a big part of the complexity during the migration process is that each enterprise needs to determine the various technologies and applications operating in their data lake, and then figure out how to uncouple them and migrate them. \u2014 Chetan Mathur, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Remote patient monitoring technologies also have another potential: to uncouple patients from their health workers, allowing theoretically limitless distance between the two. \u2014 Neil Singh, Wired , 15 June 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-p\u0259l"
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"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
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"resolve",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234949",
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"noun",
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"\u2026 the act of taking something that was either successful or not and redoing it is ridiculously uncourageous to me.",
"\u2014 Rob Owen"
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101-j\u0259s"
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"adjective",
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},
"examples":[
"People thought he was uncouth and uncivilized.",
"will not tolerate any uncouth behavior, such as eating with one's mouth open",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Tronsmart Onyx Ace Pro earbuds are amazing value for money and produce a sound that\u2019s big and bold but never uncouth or unruly. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"When it was published, in 1949, his level of disclosure was still considered uncouth , and Gunther knew it. \u2014 Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
"At the very least, this tweet is uncouth by business standards. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Mahershala Ali plays a Black pianist touring the Jim Crow South and Viggo Mortensen is his uncouth driver in a feel-good film about race relations with a whitewashed perspective. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While many of Silicon Valley\u2019s wealthy would distance themselves from this uncouth Trumpy identification with fossil fuels, Andreessen is a good example of how petromasculinity can operate in a white-collar context, as well. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Fluent in Japanese and determined not to stick out as the uncouth American, Jake keeps his nose to the ground and immerses himself in the city\u2019s culture. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even so, the Timberline fails to fix other issues that plague the Explorer, such as its uncouth four-cylinder powertrain, slow-witted infotainment, and unimpressive interior materials. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Despite its uncouth base engine, the available 308-hp V-6 is responsive and speedy, and the diesel option is thrifty and torquey, producing a sizable 369 pound-feet. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English unc\u016bth , from un- + c\u016bth familiar, known; akin to Old High German kund known, Old English can know \u2014 more at can entry 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcth",
"\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcth"
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"boorish",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200930",
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"noun"
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"conceal",
"cover (up)",
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"hide",
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"shroud",
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"Police uncovered a criminal plot.",
"Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient city.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shaman Nam Jun-hun is a scam artist, but his investigations into people\u2019s problems usually uncover crimes and corner criminals. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office also issued condolences to the families and said an investigation will uncover what happened. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"In 2019, Chinese cyberspies were spotted allegedly hacking into mobile carriers to spy on SMS messages from users and uncover call log and location data. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The charges could be dropped at any point if the police uncover new evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Scientists studying aging hope that eventually, individuals will be able to accurately measure their biological age and uncover the steps that influence it to forestall chronic disease and possibly live longer. \u2014 Betsy Morris, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, the space observatory has helped scientists discover and refine that accelerating rate -- as well as uncover a mysterious wrinkle that only brand-new physics may solve. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"She's told to seek the help of a colony of super-intelligent mice, only to meet peril after peril and uncover disturbing truths in this dark story of survival by Don Bluth (who also directed An American Tail). \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"This is why a more collaborative approach to learning is necessary to uncover and surface the aspects of learning that are missing. \u2014 David James, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-v\u0259r",
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"the famed snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are receding, leaving behind much uncovered ground",
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"Paul takes his parents to the countryside to re-create a beloved memory, but uncovered secrets leave them all shocked. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"Generically speaking, the cars running at Road America on and off since 1982 have been the same ones that run in the world\u2019s biggest race, the Indianapolis 500, with uncovered wheels, partially open cockpits and wings at the front and rear. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
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"The mansion, at 532 Neptune Ave., has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, two garage parking spots and four uncovered spaces. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Continue to cook uncovered until the stew begins to thicken, about 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"But three Hondas, a Nissan, and, naturally, a Cadillac were the uncovered gems in this m\u00e9lange of Zoom-misery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
"With the reactors no longer able to run their coolant pumps, much of the uncovered nuclear fuel then melted. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Water-resistant fabrics can be used on uncovered decks and patios, but cushions will need to be propped on their sides to dry after a good rain. \u2014 Kelly Roberson, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"\u2014 David Rakoff"
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"\u2026 thinks focus groups are uncreative , unproductive, and excruciatingly boring.",
"\u2014 Jeremy Main"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the first round of donations were largely maudlin and uncreative . \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2021",
"The visual effects branch, however, doesn\u2019t admit them, due to what many consider the outdated notion that VFX producers play an uncreative role on a film, and neither does the Academy\u2019s producers branch. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t, for a second, think Leo Mercury is uncreative because their Mercury is expressed so simply. \u2014 Alice Sparkly Kat, Allure , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The work was the same for everyone, but while some thought it was comprised of uncreative tasks, those who liked the work thought of themselves as playing a critical role in healing patients. \u2014 David G. Allan, CNN , 6 Sep. 2021",
"At too many organizations today, middle managers are often shockingly uncreative in motivating their teams to find new business opportunities, preferring instead to help run the business the way it\u2019s always been run. \u2014 Mike Esterday, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Even though the 49ers won their season opener, these two men were placed on double-secret probation by fans and critics \u2014 Garoppolo for being ragged and unspectacular, and Shanahan for being conservative and uncreative . \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Especially when compared to the day wear, most of Mr. Cardin\u2019s evening gowns are tacky and uncreative . \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 22 Aug. 2019",
"And costumes that make Star Wars outfits look conventional and uncreative . \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2015"
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"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-tiv"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181128",
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"adjective"
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"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
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"The senator's uncritical support for the measure reflects his poor judgment.",
"had an uncritical trust in the nation's leaders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Future presidents may enjoy periodic surges in popularity and respect, but few are likely to attain the aura of uncritical personal trust once accorded by most Americans. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"China\u2019s uncritical amplification of Kremlin views on Moscow\u2019s invasion of the Ukraine demonstrates Beijing\u2019s support for Russia in the war, the U.S. State Department said in a statement today. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"That\u2019s why uncritical media coverage of the WHCD is at fault. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 May 2022",
"But Villeneuve's film, as an uncritical adaptation, leaves the door open to exactly this understanding. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Seven years after its publication, Parloff\u2019s story stands out for its lack of skepticism and uncritical acceptance of Holmes\u2019 confident claims. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or \u2014 that dread word! \u2014 good. \u2014 Sam Negus, National Review , 10 Oct. 2021",
"As punishment for her relentless and uncritical flogging of the collusion story",
"That isn\u2019t to say that Marshall was uncritical , even of theoretical allies. \u2014 New York Times , 14 July 2021"
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"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kri-ti-k\u0259l"
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"aw-shucks",
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"innocent",
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"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"The famous subways were quiet \u2026 and relatively uncrowded .",
"\u2014 John Hersey"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ticket prices are relatively low and slopes uncrowded because the resort limits day tickets and season passes. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Hiking from the main stage to the Mojave or the Do LaB in a timely manner required some serious planning, but there were moments where the chaos subsided and the grounds felt borderline empty (or at least uncrowded ) and peaceful. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Outdoor pools that are uncrowded or that limit the number of swimmers are relatively safe spaces in the pandemic; the CDC says there\u2019s no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread through recreational waters. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Imagine yourself on soft white sand on an uncrowded beach, enjoying the luxurious ambiance, and dining in sumptuous restaurants. \u2014 Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Some tour operators are known for familiarity with uncrowded travel spots. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Parks that might be especially wild or hard to reach but also uncrowded and largely undiscovered. \u2014 Marnie Hunter, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"With 13 miles of uncrowded beaches, there\u2019s no need to stake out a spot at sunrise. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2019",
"At uncrowded tables outside the hotel\u2019s bar on the second day, a few attendees worked at their laptops in silence. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"1700, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8krau\u0307-d\u0259d"
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"adjective"
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"crown",
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"throne"
],
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": to take the crown from : dethrone":[]
},
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"Edward VIII effectively uncrowned himself when he insisted upon marrying an American divorc\u00e9e.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On June 3, 1988, the Pistons uncrowned the Boston Celtics, 95-90, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to win the series, 4-2. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2020",
"Many considered him Italy\u2019s uncrowned sovereign, the steward of the country\u2019s economic renaissance from the postwar period through the turbulent 1970s. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2017"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8krau\u0307n"
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"verb"
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kr\u0259m-p\u0259l"
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"verb"
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"an unctuous effort to appear religious to the voters",
"an unctuous appraisal of the musical talent shown by the boss's daughter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the anchovies were beguilingly unctuous , almost creamy, with a complex but subtle flavor that the excellent miche\u2014made with malted rye, dense and dark\u2014threatened to overpower. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
"But this is underselling the unctuous texture, and the brininess, and the strange and compelling savoriness of fish nearly transformed into something else entirely. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Then road riding seemed to lose some of its unctuous , depilated sheen. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Last but not least, the quesabirria\u2014 unctuous cuts of beef braised all night in an intensely fragrant chile broth, which comes full circle as the dipping jus for these crispy cheesy tacos. \u2014 Jackie Tran, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The restaurant\u2019s carne guisada is remarkably unctuous with an intensely savory beef flavor, and the enchilada plate will satisfy any nostalgic craving with its classic Tex-Mex gravy and boatload of gooey yellow cheese. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The meat is braised into unctuous tenderness with onion, garlic, chilies, green herbs, and coconut. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"After all, that\u2019s what frogs\u2019 legs demand \u2014 and not just any butter: the unctuous otherworldly thing of beauty that is French butter. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Nov. 2021"
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"\u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259-w\u0259s",
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"\u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259(-w\u0259)s, \u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)sh-w\u0259s"
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"\u2014 Pauline Kael"
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"While sources went uncultivated and leaks dried up, the capital's best reporters were caught by other stories \u2026",
"\u2014 Richard Behar"
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"uncultivated land",
"uncultivated fields"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For centuries, when uncultivated Scottish land was appraised, only two numbers mattered: How many birds could be shot from the sky above it, and how many deer could be killed on the ground",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259l-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101-t\u0259d"
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"natural",
"untamed",
"virgin",
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"adjective"
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"cultured",
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"polished",
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": lacking in education, taste, or refinement":[
"coarse, uncultured people"
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"uncultured pathogens"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Together, in which an uncultured father toils to support his musical prodigy son, doesn\u2019t translate to this American tale, calculated to hang an honorific on a story of black masculine perseverance that many will find unexceptional. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Gothic art has always played with doubling, and in the movie Starling is the elusive, empathetic, uncultured antithesis to Hannibal Lecter\u2019s extravagant psychopath. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Cultured butter has a higher fat content (82%-86% vs. 80% for uncultured ) and a slightly tangy flavor that has hints of hazelnut. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 Jan. 2020",
"But its predecessor in parts of Eurasia, the Neanderthal, a human ancestor that became extinct around 40,000 years ago, has traditionally been regarded as uncultured and behaviorally inferior. \u2014 Chris Standish, Newsweek , 27 Feb. 2018",
"The Irish were once thought to be lazy, dumb and prone to criminal behavior The Italians were considered dumb, dirty and uncultured Neanderthals who would rape white women. \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Root , 25 Jan. 2018",
"Putin is an uneducated, unintelligent, uncultured man who has no plan. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine , 27 Feb. 2017",
"The people without much money, or much opportunity, or those regarded by some as corny or uncultured . \u2014 John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press , 16 Sep. 2017"
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"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259l-ch\u0259rd"
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"coarse",
"common",
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"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130220",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncurious":{
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a normal or usual curiosity : not curious : incurious":[
"Deaver's President is every bit the benignly self-assured, uncurious fellow portrayed by many less friendly observers.",
"\u2014 Barrett Seaman"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The press has been remarkably uncurious about this development. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 13 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259s"
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"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
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"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064351",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncustomary":{
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
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": not customary or usual : unusual , atypical":[
"uncustomary behavior",
"\u2026 the nurse returned in a state of most uncustomary excitement \u2026",
"\u2014 Wilkie Collins"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After traveling all morning from Colorado Springs and not eating properly or drinking enough fluids, plus pitching in uncustomary heat, Houser said his stomach became upset. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2018",
"On Wednesday, Israel\u2019s departing ambassador, Eitan Na\u2019eh, received an uncustomary search at Istanbul\u2019s airport in an apparent attempt at public humiliation, including being forced to take off his shoes. \u2014 Ruth Eglash, Washington Post , 16 May 2018",
"Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister, Elizabeth. \u2014 Jane Horwitz, idahostatesman , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister. \u2014 Jane Horwitz, kansascity , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Things are in such a state, the mayor has singled out some most uncustomary targets in the city\u2019s latest drive against prostitution and pornography. \u2014 Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer , 8 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02ccme-r\u0113",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-st\u0259-\u02ccmer-\u0113"
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"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
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"unwonted"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205637",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[],
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"the film's uncut version"
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": not diluted or adulterated":[
"uncut gin",
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": not having the folds of the leaves slit":[],
": not shaped by cutting":[
"an uncut diamond"
]
},
"examples":[
"His hair was uncut but neat.",
"the uncut version of the film",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Working with Graduation cameraman Tudor Vladimir Panduru, the director relies on wide master shots to capture the daunting mountain landscapes and to depict events in a single frame, allowing the actors to play through their long scenes uncut . \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"In general, sturdier, larger, and more solid ingredients\u2014like whole or halved vegetables or fruits, burgers, whole fish, and uncut pieces of meat\u2014are preferred for grilling. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 14 May 2022",
"All those initiated wear symbols with religious significance, known as the five K\u2019s: kesh ( uncut hair), kanga (wooden comb), kachera (cotton undershorts), kirpan (a steel blade), and kara (a steel bracelet). \u2014 Simranjit Khalsa, The Conversation , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Zengel is now twelve years old, and what\u2019s remarkable is that, though armed with blond hair, blue eyes, and, God help us, freckles, she is formidably uncute throughout the film. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2020"
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"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"But with a book-length paper released Sunday that feels like something from a bygone time, Francis makes the uncynical case for how people can reverse course. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2020"
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"My heaven is alpine: krummholz giving way to granite, and the sky uncurling from fast-moving clouds. \u2014 Gretel Ehrlich, The Atlantic , 2 May 2020",
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"In the short clip, what appeared to be a snake or dragon tail curled and uncurled under video static. \u2014 Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com , 21 Aug. 2017",
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"I have three uncles and two aunts.",
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"Ewers was astonished to discover that Burns lived next door to his aunt and uncle in Walpole, NH. \u2014 Meimei Fox, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Born Geraldyn Hodges in Chicago in 1894, Major was raised by a doting aunt and uncle after her mother died in childbirth. \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, Town & Country , 16 June 2022",
"Uziyah Garcia had moved to Uvalde to live with Nikki and Brett Cross, his aunt and uncle , just in time for the start of the school year. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"Still, with their four dogs, my aunt and uncle remain busy and happy. \u2014 Cheryl Casone, Fox News , 4 June 2022",
"Rose Mary referred to Jo Jo and his siblings as her cousins, and his parents as her aunt and uncle . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 May 2022",
"My aunt and uncle moved to Anapa, which is in Russia on the Black Sea. \u2014 Stella Kalinina, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"Today, Eden, 19, is studying in New Jersey, close to her aunt and uncle . \u2014 Adriana Gomez Licon, Sun Sentinel , 9 May 2022",
"In a videoconference hearing, Ramon Escobar, 50, also pleaded guilty to the 2018 killings of his aunt and uncle in Houston. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sanders' resolution is in line with broader calls within the party to reexamine the U.S.'s longstanding, unconditioned military and economic aid to Israel. \u2014 Matthew Brown, USA TODAY , 20 May 2021",
"In early May, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) wrote to Senate leaders along with eight GOP and Democratic colleagues backing emergency funding and unconditioned borrowing for the Postal Service. \u2014 Jacob Bogage, Washington Post , 25 June 2020",
"The Sudanese Professional Associations (SPA), a body that led protests against former leader Omar al-Bashir, have called for the immediate and unconditioned handover of power to civilians. \u2014 Yasir Abdullah, Nada Altaher And Kareem Khadder, CNN , 30 June 2019",
"What's interesting is to note how children react, perhaps unconditioned to the fear of breaking glass at this point. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 11 Oct. 2017",
"Any ducts that travel through an unconditioned room like an attic, basement, garage or crawl space should be insulated. \u2014 Fran J. Donegan / Special To The Pioneer Press, Twin Cities , 17 Mar. 2017",
"Thus the imposer of conditions of reconstruction has now become the fore- most friend of the unconditioned return of the Rebel States. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 30 June 2017"
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"He unclenched his jaw and took deep breaths.",
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"For those who are vaccinated, relatively healthy, financially stable and with access to decent health care, there\u2019s reason to unclench your jaw. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Her storyline brought all our favorites together in the ambulance bay, working as a team to figure out how to unclench Gigi's jaw from her owner's arm. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Corinne watches the anchor clench and unclench her left hand, her nails perfectly manicured and pink. \u2014 Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"Time to unclench your brain and open your mind to the creative possibilities that constructors come up with. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
"My relief creeped in slowly and my shoulders unclenched . \u2014 Hannah Howard, Longreads , 1 Nov. 2019",
"Have your muscles unclenched from the almost-90-minute anxiety state that was last night's epic episode of Game of Thrones",
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"Throughout, what remains a constant is Dr. Fanti\u2019s new philosophy of practicing medicine and of trying to find ways to cure even rare diseases that are considered uncurable . \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In the third year of Nixon\u2019s first term, America\u2019s economy faced seemingly uncurable unemployment and inflation. \u2014 Daniel Casse, WSJ , 1 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The May 13 unclassified memo cites social media threats to Supreme Court justices, other public officials, and health care providers. \u2014 Colin Lodewick, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"The Defense Intelligence Agency released an unclassified report last week that detailed China and Russia\u2019s increased number of satellite launches as well as improvements to their military space capabilities. \u2014 W.j. Hennigan, Time , 19 Apr. 2022",
"That has included outreach, technical assistance and classified and unclassified briefings to the private sector and state and local officials. \u2014 Josh Meyer, USA TODAY , 19 Feb. 2022",
"There are two types for classified and unclassified material, and different requirements for each in determining what can be destroyed, experts said. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"There are two types, for classified and unclassified material, and different requirements for each in determining what can be destroyed, experts said. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Therefore, Akram cleared vetting prior to his arrival, which would have been checked against classified and unclassified information available at the time. \u2014 Travis Caldwell And Kacey Cherry, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"As a result of this judgment, the CIA, led by Director Tenet, provided hundreds of classified and unclassified warnings of the threat posed by bin Laden. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Enlarge / Vice President Kamala Harris receives an unclassified briefing in the Command Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Space Force Base on April 18, 2022. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1815, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092755"
},
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"type":[
"verb"
],
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": to open the clasp of":[
"unclasp a purse"
],
": to open or cause to be opened":[
"unclasp a clenched hand"
],
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},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8klasp"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His hands, with their many rings, are broad and eloquent, delicately clasping and unclasping in syncopated claps. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2019",
"The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book\u2019s old cover and sat down to see what was inside. \u2014 Avi Selk, Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The democratization of data would unclasp the shackles of the quants as well. \u2014 Daniel Roth, WIRED , 11 Mar. 2009"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101529"
},
"uncharming":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
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": lacking charm":[
"an uncharming manner/style/person"
]
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ch\u00e4r-mi\u014b"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the stark light of morning, for a charming breakfast or brunch in a rather uncharming part of town, head to the Fox River Mall. \u2014 Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com , 11 Nov. 2019",
"With some seven million volumes and 8,000 manuscripts housed in a modernist 1970s-era building in the decidedly uncharming environs of the Termini rail station, this is clearly a place for serious scholars, not dreamy bookish tourists. \u2014 David Laskin, New York Times , 13 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1687, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115205"
},
"unconditionality":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being unconditional":[]
},
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"\"+"
],
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"unconditional + -ity":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135309"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": not capable of being curbed":[]
},
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"un- entry 1 + curb + -able":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174240"
},
"unclassifiable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": unable to be classified : not classifiable":[
"\u2026 unclassifiable writers like Rudyard Kipling \u2026",
"\u2014 George Stade",
"\u2026 a collection of essays, magazine pieces and unclassifiable musings \u2026",
"\u2014 Kate Jennings"
]
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cckla-s\u0259-\u02c8f\u012b-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Empirical, which makes largely unclassifiable but unmitigatedly delicious spirits. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 May 2022",
"The unclassifiable artist developed in his last decades a method of painting in which tiny changes accumulated to strange new effect. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"The big-screen acting career of Bruce Willis is at once archetypal and unclassifiable . \u2014 NBC News , 30 Mar. 2022",
"O\u2019Connor wasn\u2019t vilified simply for being erratic or unclassifiable , though that surely didn\u2019t help. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Part of that alchemy comes from Winfrey\u2019s strange, unclassifiable celebrity. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Dec. 2021",
"In other words, Centaurworld remains wonderfully unclassifiable . \u2014 Jenna Scherer, Rolling Stone , 7 Dec. 2021",
"For a novelist on the rise, this unclassifiable book could be viewed as a risky career move. \u2014 Mark Haskell Smith, Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In 1965, a new, unclassifiable kind of rock music began bubbling up in San Francisco and the Bay Area. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Oct. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1835, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174337"
},
"uncle sam":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the U.S. government":[],
": the American nation or people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259\u014b-k\u0259l-\u02c8sam"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Uncle Sam wants you to join the Army!"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"expansion of U.S. , abbreviation of United States":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181105"
},
"uncurtain":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to remove a curtain from : reveal , unveil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + curtain":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182317"
},
"uncurtained":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": not having a curtain":[
"uncurtained windows"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259r-t\u1d4and"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204929"
},
"uncleship":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being an uncle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259\u014bk\u0259l\u02ccship"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220015"
},
"uncial":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
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": a handwriting used especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the fourth to the eighth centuries a.d. and made with somewhat rounded separated majuscules but having cursive forms for some letters":[],
": an uncial letter":[],
": a manuscript written in uncial":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259n(t)-sh\u0259l",
"-s\u0113-\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin unciales ( litterae ) uncial (letters), from Latin, plural of uncialis weighing an ounce, from uncia twelfth part, ounce \u2014 more at ounce":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1712, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-224038"
},
"unconfessed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": not avowed, acknowledged, or confessed":[
"The society is heavy with unconfessed sins \u2026",
"\u2014 G. K. Chesterton",
"unconfessed desires"
],
": not having confessed":[
"For his crime his life is forfeited by the law \u2026 but it were peril to my own soul to let him die unconfessed and unabsolved.",
"\u2014 Mark Twain"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8fest"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Could infamous Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer have committed one more unconfessed mutilation murder"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001708"
},
"uncounted":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": not counted":[],
": innumerable":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[
"countless",
"innumerable",
"innumerous",
"myriad",
"numberless",
"uncountable",
"unnumbered",
"untold"
],
"antonyms":[
"countable",
"enumerable",
"numberable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"They spent uncounted hours on the project.",
"gazed in wonder at the uncounted stars of the sky",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pak testified that Giuliani misrepresented uncounted ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, in the weeks following the 2020 election. \u2014 Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"But tens of thousands more votes remain uncounted in the race to replace the late U.S. Rep. Don Young. \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"While some votes remain uncounted , McLeod-Skinner leads with an insurmountable 57% of the vote compared to 43% for Schrader. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
"The remaining uncounted ballots expanded his lead by another 104 votes, final results from each county in the district showed. \u2014 Benjamin Wermund, San Antonio Express-News , 3 June 2022",
"There were 26 uncounted ballots in the District 3 aldermanic race and 32 in the District 8 race. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Workers will continue processing uncounted ballots next week. \u2014 Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The city\u2019s deputy mayor said that uncounted bodies couldn\u2019t be recovered because of intense shelling. \u2014 Alexander Cohn, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2022",
"But after weeks of shelling and the uncounted deaths of civilians, members of both parties are stepping cautiously around what more to do after already imposing far-reaching sanctions and commitments of further aid. \u2014 Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic , 16 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003459"
},
"Uncle Tom":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a Black person who is overeager to win the approval of whites (as by obsequious behavior or uncritical acceptance of white values and goals)":[],
": a person who is overly subservient to or cooperative with authority":[
"the worst floor managers and supervisors by far are women \u2026 Some of them are regular Uncle Toms",
"\u2014 Jane Fonda"
],
": to behave like an Uncle Tom":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259\u014b-k\u0259l-\u02c8t\u00e4m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Uncle Tom , pious and faithful Black slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851\u201352) by Harriet Beecher Stowe":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1933, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005450"
}
}
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