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{
"untactful":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having or showing tact : not tactful":[
"untactful remarks"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8takt-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041905",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"untainted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not contaminated, spoiled, or affected slightly with something bad : not tainted":[
"untainted evidence",
"an untainted reputation"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there\u2019s no Cordelia here, no child whose love for her father, in the waning and waxing of his faculties, is simple and true and untainted by concerns of personal gain. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Twinkling synth instrumentals remain constant in the background of the song, as Lotterud contemplates leaving it all behind for a better and untainted future, one that has less questions and holds more answers. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 7 Feb. 2022",
"In retirement, O\u2019Connor has campaigned around the United States to abolish elections for judges, believing that a merit system leads to a more qualified and untainted judiciary. \u2014 CNN , 18 Mar. 2022",
"The move ensures the 2022 elections in those states will be fought within district boundaries that are largely untainted by the extraordinarily widespread practice of partisan gerrymandering. \u2014 Saoirse Gowan, The Week , 9 Mar. 2022",
"For example, even tobacco companies help regulate the sale of tobacco products, curb the black market and ensure that those who decide to use these products have access to safe and untainted products. \u2014 Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone , 2 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s a reverence here for the untainted world of the forest. \u2014 Manuel Betancourt, Variety , 5 Feb. 2022",
"While many people have access to water through faucets in the United States, two million people actually lack access to untainted water. \u2014 Kayla Hui, Health.com , 6 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101n-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195010",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untamed":{
"antonyms":[
"cultivated",
"tamed"
],
"definitions":{
": not made less wild or less difficult to control : not tamed":[
"untamed animals",
"the untamed wilderness",
"untamed hair"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An unheralded entrepreneur born in Urbana, Ill., outwitted the titans of industry in the effort to domesticate the untamed American roads of the early 20th century. \u2014 Fox News , 18 June 2022",
"The preserve, set on over 2,000 acres of pristine backcountry, is home to 400 untamed equine inhabitants. \u2014 Viju Mathew, Robb Report , 17 June 2022",
"The route took mushers along Alaska\u2019s untamed and unforgiving wilderness, including two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and Bering Sea ice along the state\u2019s western coastline. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The route took mushers along Alaska\u2019s untamed and unforgiving wilderness, including two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and Bering Sea ice along the state\u2019s western coastline. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
"The route took mushers along Alaska\u2019s untamed and unforgiving wilderness, including two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and Bering Sea ice along the state\u2019s western coastline. \u2014 Yvonne Gonzalez, ajc , 5 June 2022",
"The 2022 elections\u2014with Covid untamed and global inflation soaring\u2014were always going to be tough for the Democrats. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"Indicators point toward the economy cooling, but 40-year-high inflation remains untamed . \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"Before Cara Delevingne's name became synonymous with beautiful untamed brows, Shields was the reigning queen of full, bushy brows throughout the \u201980s. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 2 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0101md"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"natural",
"uncultivated",
"virgin",
"wild"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184202",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untangle":{
"antonyms":[
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"definitions":{
": to loose from tangles or entanglement : straighten out":[
"untangle a knot",
"untangle a mystery"
]
},
"examples":[
"She carefully untangled the child's hair.",
"He untangled the garden hose.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For employees of franchised fast food restaurants today, the lines of accountability can be just as difficult to untangle , particularly when there\u2019s a grievance to file. \u2014 Alex Park, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"This will launch you into conflict with your peer, which will be difficult to untangle . \u2014 Ron N Hurst, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The sanctions imposed on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine will also surely prove difficult to untangle for years to come, vesting power in the economic warriors at Treasury. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 20 Jan. 2021",
"In Season 3, desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his newfound passion, Barry (Hader) is attempting to untangle himself from the world of contract killing and fully immerse himself in acting. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"The war jitters are also adding another chapter to Moldova\u2019s long and increasingly desperate effort to untangle itself from Moscow\u2019s clutches. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Our collective failure to accelerate the transition to cleaner energies has left us heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas and scrambling to untangle ourselves, in the short (and long) term. \u2014 Beth Thoren, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Since winning freeski big air last week, the Chinese American, 18-year-old, skier-student-model has captured attention on both sides of the Pacific where people struggled to untangle her from a complicated web of sports, identity and politics. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Sometimes love surrounds you and it\u2019s impossible to untangle yourself. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1550, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ta\u014b-g\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for untangle extricate , disentangle , untangle , disencumber , disembarrass mean to free from what binds or holds back. extricate implies the use of care or ingenuity in freeing from a difficult position or situation. extricated himself from financial difficulties disentangle and untangle suggest painstaking separation of a thing from other things. disentangling fact from fiction untangle a web of deceit disencumber implies a release from something that clogs or weighs down. an article disencumbered of jargon disembarrass suggests a release from something that impedes or hinders. disembarrassed herself of her advisers",
"synonyms":[
"disentangle",
"ravel (out)",
"unbraid",
"unlay",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untwine",
"untwist",
"unweave"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184029",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"untaught":{
"antonyms":[
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"lettered",
"literate",
"schooled",
"well-informed",
"well-read"
],
"definitions":{
": natural , spontaneous":[
"untaught kindness"
],
": not instructed or trained : ignorant":[]
},
"examples":[
"an untaught artist whose primitive paintings are now prized by collectors",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Being untaught in our schools, as so much of our history has been. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light. \u2014 Deepti Hajela, chicagotribune.com , 29 May 2021",
"But where untaught formlessness is the ideal, the formative character of such an enterprise is suspect, a threat to the authentic, untutored self. \u2014 Michael Knox Beran, National Review , 6 Feb. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u022ft"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"analphabetic",
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"nonliterate",
"rude",
"simple",
"uneducated",
"uninstructed",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"unschooled",
"untutored"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091234",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untechnical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not technical":[
"an untechnical explanation",
"untechnical vocabulary"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is something in him that deeply resonates with us, something completely untechnical , unstylized, and unformalized. \u2014 Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1832, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tek-ni-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190108",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untenable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not able to be defended":[
"an untenable position"
],
": not able to be occupied":[
"untenable apartments"
]
},
"examples":[
"The Agriculture Department is in an untenable position. With the two hats that it wears\u2014one to protect consumer health and the other to help farmers sell food\u2014it cannot tell us to eat fewer calories. After all, fewer calories generally mean less food, which would fly in the face of the department's mandate to help farmers. \u2014 Marian Burros , New York Times , 14 Aug. 2002",
"But scholars are citizens, too, and if it is wrongheaded to demand political payoff from basic research, it would be equally untenable to demand that research be quarantined from the real-world considerations that weigh so heavily upon us. \u2014 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , New York Times , 4 Apr. 1998",
"All the theories of the Moon's origin proposed before the Apollo Moon landings of 1969 \u2026 became untenable when the rocks returned from the Moon proved to be as old as the Earth and significantly dissimilar. \u2014 Physics Today , January 1997",
"The problem was then resolved\u2014not by finding that the conduct in question was justified, because that would have offended the judge's sense of order, and not by rejecting the applicability of the defense, which would have led to a reportable opinion and an appeal\u2014but through a dismissal of the charges on the wholly untenable ground that the prosecution had not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt. \u2014 Edward N. Costikyan , New York Times Book Review , 13 Mar. 1988",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the New York City subway, the screening wouldn\u2019t resemble airport checkpoints, an untenable solution for a system with 472 stations, all with multiple entrances. \u2014 David Porter, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"But these positions are increasingly untenable today because public expectations of corporate behavior have changed, said Americus Reed, a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School of Finance. \u2014 Dylan Freedman, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"That\u2019s obviously untenable , given what has now happened. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"The ball is in some ridiculous, precarious, untenable spot. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 19 May 2022",
"But what could make Twitter\u2019s financial situation truly untenable is the debt, the $12.5 billion in loans taken by Musk to fund his acquisition that Twitter Inc. will need to pay for. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"For an executive who claims to spend 80 to 100 hours daily working at his current companies, adding the headache-inducing complexities of Twitter to his plate seems untenable . \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While a micro hotel and transit center could potentially share the same site, the prospect of a years-long delay, the company says, is financially untenable . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Organizer Ty Bellamy said the bureaucracy is frustrating and untenable . \u2014 Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tenable":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8te-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012332",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"unthinkable":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": not capable of being grasped by the mind":[],
": being contrary to what is reasonable, desirable, or probable : being out of the question":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thi\u014b-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"incredulous",
"unbelievable",
"uncompelling",
"unconceivable",
"unconvincing",
"unimaginable"
],
"antonyms":[
"believable",
"cogitable",
"conceivable",
"convincing",
"credible",
"creditable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"supposable",
"thinkable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"to most people it seemed unthinkable that such a gentle man could be guilty of such awful crimes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All of this creates an opening for policies that once seemed unthinkable to get a serious hearing in some conservative states. \u2014 Mary Ziegler, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress\u2019 most far-reaching response in decades to the nation\u2019s run of brutal mass shootings. \u2014 Alan Fram, Hartford Courant , 23 June 2022",
"With these two companies being arch-rivals in Japan, this kind of collaboration seemed unthinkable . \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Vladimir Putin\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine has pushed Europe to levy sanctions on Russia at a rate that would have seemed unthinkable even in 2014, after Putin ordered the annexation of Crimea. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
"What had felt almost certain a few months earlier now seemed unthinkable . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Polls that once projected Macron comfortably winning in a head-to-head race with Le Pen have narrowed in recent weeks, leading many to contemplate what until recently seemed unthinkable . \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, through apparent distraction or perhaps mere boredom at the idea of another campaign, has allowed Le Pen to slip into the zone of the possible surprises that once seemed unthinkable . \u2014 Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"That possibility seemed unthinkable as recently as last month. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145011"
},
"unthinking":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having the power of thought":[],
": not indicating thought or reflection":[
"an unthinking decision"
],
": not taking thought : heedless , unmindful":[
"the unthinking onlookers"
]
},
"examples":[
"His unthinking agreement made me uneasy.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There follows a curt, violent Scherzo\u2014an apotheosis of unthinking force. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In my youth, and perhaps yours, Wilson was presented in history books as a tragic hero whom the unthinking American people didn\u2019t deserve. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Finally, Black dismisses as unthinking and unhelpful the characterization of Gr\u00f6ning, Eberling, and their followers by many contemporary commentators as relics of a backward and superstitious rural past. \u2014 Richard J. Evans, The New Republic , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The unthinking ageism that has crept into much of the discussion about climate change is a serious problem, given the growing demographic weight and financial power of the older population. \u2014 Bobby Duffy, WSJ , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The boomers worked with the material they were given, and part of what they were given was a lifeless religious establishmentarianism and an unthinking faith in the power of government. \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 15 Jan. 2021",
"The Titans are former Eldians, forcibly transformed into unthinking beasts by a nation called Marley. \u2014 Shaan Amin, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2020",
"Like an unthinking Instagram user, the dolls both shop and are sold as products themselves. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Sep. 2020",
"Moral complexity may be an argument against unthinking iconoclasm. \u2014 Kenan Malik, The New York Review of Books , 9 Sep. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thi\u014b-ki\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214433",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unthorough":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not thorough : slipshod":[
"incapable of an unthorough or conscienceless job",
"\u2014 Olin Downes"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065706",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthought":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not anticipated : unexpected":[
"\u2014 often used with of an unthought -of development"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sale, unthought of a month ago, comes with soccer at something of a crossroads. \u2014 David Hellier, Bloomberg.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Enterprises scrambled in 2020 to implement practices that would guarantee business continuity, and previously unthought -of cybersecurity issues arose. \u2014 Anurag Lal, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Removing a living unborn child from the womb, operating on him or her, and returning the baby to finish growing inside the mother was also unthought of in 1973. \u2014 Grazie Pozo Christie, National Review , 21 Sep. 2021",
"New ways of doing business that were once unthought of are sticking around. \u2014 Greg Engle, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1548, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8th\u022ft"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071512",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthoughted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ill-considered : thoughtless":[],
": not thought of":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103444",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthoughtful":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not thoughtful : lacking in thought":[
"a mechanical, unthoughtful process",
"\u2014 W. H. Hale"
],
": thoughtless":[
"careless, unthoughtful behavior"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060044",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unthread":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to draw or take out a thread from":[
"unthread a needle"
],
": to loosen the threads or connections of":[],
": to make one's way through":[
"unthread a maze"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Use the valve-core remover to unthread the core counterclockwise, then remove it and set it aside. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 28 July 2020",
"For disc brakes Open and unthread the thru-axle and slide it out of the hub, then lower the wheel out of the dropouts. \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 3 June 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thred"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000320",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unthreatening":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not presenting a threat : not threatening":[
"\u2026 Mr. Yanobe's sculptures are friendly, unthreatening beings.",
"\u2014 Sarah Bayliss"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even as the music was being slowly tied to Communism (sometimes accurately), the demeanor of the genre was cheerful and unthreatening . \u2014 Sasha Frere-jones, The New Yorker , 24 Feb. 2022",
"But, in the light of one man\u2019s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbor, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But, in the light of one man's bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbor, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity. \u2014 Chloe Melas, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Four years ago, Putin expressed his deep admiration for the tsar while visiting the Crimean Peninsula, a substantial and distinctly unthreatening parcel of Ukraine that Russia invaded in 2014 and has occupied ever since. \u2014 David Remnick, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"With three minutes left in the first half, junior Anthony Ruiz got through to Warner on fourth-and-1 at the five-yard line, forcing him to chuck an unthreatening pass into the end zone. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The strangers are an unthreatening family of survivors, but Roxanne refuses to take them in. \u2014 Nick Schager, EW.com , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The fact that Diane was brought into a Black-run firm as an unthreatening white face for deep-pocketed clients during the Trump era has never been more awkwardly plain. \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Under the careful, patient, and unthreatening questioning of McNally, Lavigne belittled Danny, calling him dumb and strange. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thret-ni\u014b",
"-\u02c8thre-t\u1d4an-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112628",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unthrifty":{
"antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"penny-pinching",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty"
],
"definitions":{
": not growing vigorously : not strong or healthy":[
"\u2026 many an unthrifty malnourished animal was sent out to plow \u2026",
"\u2014 Maxine Kumin"
],
": not thrifty : such as":[],
": tending to spend money wastefully":[
"unthrifty teenagers"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thrif-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"high-rolling",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"squandering",
"thriftless",
"wasteful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105056",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthriven":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": unthriving":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + thriven , past participle of thrive":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225013",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthriving":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not thriving":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065340",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unthrone":{
"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
],
"definitions":{
": to remove from or as if from a throne":[]
},
"examples":[
"the board of directors unthroned the CEO when it became clear that he was not going to reverse the company's sagging fortunes anytime soon",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Under Armour and Curry still have work to do to unthrone Nike and the King, but the Curry 4 is a promising indication of where UA could be in a couple years time. \u2014 Jake Woolf, GQ , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thr\u014dn"
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"defrock",
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"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unseat"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
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"untidy tasks like bathing the baby",
"\u2014 New Yorker"
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"their untidy kitchen"
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"an untidy mind"
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"an untidy manuscript"
]
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"examples":[
"I can never find anything in this untidy office.",
"neighbors gossiped about the woman's rumpled and untidy children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Putting the ball in play after a long at-bat sparked an inning that finished with four runs, in spite of some untidy Braves\u2019 unraveling. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 May 2022",
"Anousheh: Grappling with this question has led me down a very untidy linguistic rabbit hole, but the vague answer is that many of the world\u2019s languages do NOT use gendered pronouns. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Dear Anousheh: Grappling with this question has led me down a very untidy linguistic rabbit hole, but the vague answer is that many of the world\u2019s languages do NOT use gendered pronouns. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The results are untidy and unbalanced, but derive considerable energy from that eccentric approach. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Our experience illustrates how deep, untidy and idiosyncratic vaccine resistance may be. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 May 2021",
"More Television Reviews Not everything is explained in the Berman-Pulcini script, or serves an obvious function\u2014Catherine\u2019s bulimia, for instance, or her Catholicism, which may be untidy threads left over after tailoring the novel for the screen. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2021",
"My closet is typically a hair-raising tumble of clothes\u2014some haphazardly hung, some stacked on shelves in untidy , teetering piles. \u2014 Kathryn O'shea-evans, House Beautiful , 17 Apr. 2020",
"New York City, a place where strangers\u2019 lives intertwine in fantastic and untidy ways, has been forced into solitude by social distancing measures. \u2014 Isabella Kwai, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b-d\u0113"
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"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"upside-down"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"bind",
"fasten",
"knot",
"lash",
"tie"
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": disentangle , resolve":[
"untie a traffic jam"
],
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"untie a shoe"
],
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"untied our hands"
]
},
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"He untied the package and opened it.",
"She untied the horse from the post.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And while the dress was rose gold and featured a massive bow when Lively entered the glamorous event, assistants helped untie the bow on the Met steps, revealing a blue-green train. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 June 2022",
"Trying to tie or untie your shoes while wearing mittens, gloves or with fingers numbed from the cold can be an impossible task. \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Having to untie a pair of lace-up snow boots at airport security on your way to Aspen",
"When the barge arrived, a boy on board reached over and attempted to untie Coetzee\u2019s bonds before being slapped away by a warrior. \u2014 Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online , 7 Feb. 2011",
"Meanwhile, groundbreaking legislation has advanced in Congress that would curb the market power of Facebook and other tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple \u2014 and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, ajc , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The brides were instructed to play a game on their wedding night to see who could untie one another\u2019s knots the fastest. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, USA TODAY , 26 June 2021",
"Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, Star Tribune , 25 June 2021"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b"
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"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unlash"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not tight : loose , leaky":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tight , adjective":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210531",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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": to make less tight : loosen":[
"an expulsion of breath untightens the chest",
"\u2014 William Faulkner"
]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + tighten":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-120806",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": before sense 2":[
"not available until tomorrow",
"we don't open until ten"
],
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"play continued until it got dark",
"never able to relax until he took up fishing",
"ran until she was breathless"
]
},
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"Conjunction",
"We played until it got dark.",
"Keep going until I tell you to stop.",
"I ran until I was breathless.",
"Stay here until the danger has passed.",
"Stir the dough until it forms a ball.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because NBA rules do not allow the extension to become official until July 6. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 July 2022",
"The Romanian firefighters, who brought five fire engines along, will operate in the Attica region, which includes the capital Athens, until July 31. \u2014 Demetris Nellas, ajc , 2 July 2022",
"Pearls is currently on view at Qube Gallery in Cebu City until July 31. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 1 July 2022",
"No free agent deals can be made official until July 6. \u2014 Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel , 1 July 2022",
"No free agent signings can become official until July 6. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 1 July 2022",
"The oil painting, titled Diana, Princess of Wales, was completed by artist Nelson Shanks in 1994 \u2014 three years before Diana's tragic death in Paris \u2014 and will be featured in Philip Mould & Company's gallery in the British capital until July 6. \u2014 Breanna Bell, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
"Free agency signings can\u2019t become official until July 6. \u2014 Chris Fedor, cleveland , 1 July 2022",
"The court adjourned until July 7 to hear more evidence from witnesses. \u2014 Ellen Francis, Washington Post , 1 July 2022"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Preposition",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction"
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"Middle English, from un- (probably from Old Norse *und up to; akin to Old Norse unz up to, until, Old High German unt , Old English ende end) + til, till till":"Preposition"
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"-\u02c8tel",
"\u02c8\u0259n-\u02cctil",
"-\u02cctel",
"\u0259n-\u02c8til",
"-t\u1d4al"
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"conjunction",
"preposition"
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"antonyms":[],
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": until an announcement is made (that something has been changed back to the way it was)":[
"The beach is closed until further notice ."
]
},
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to take the tiles from":[
"the storm untiled part of the roof"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English untilen , from un- entry 2 + tilen to tile":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213744",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not supplied with tiles":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tiled , adjective":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101354",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not able to be tilled":[
"untillable land"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The team meticulously marks, measures, and photographs each crater and depression, all the while brushing off questions from villagers befuddled by the interest in this barren, untillable plot of land. \u2014 Kathleen Mclaughlin, Science | AAAS , 21 June 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1714, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ti-l\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073428",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not tilled":[
"untilled fields",
"\u2026 the land was rough and untilled .",
"\u2014 L. Frank Baum"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is surprisingly untilled soil for the franchise. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This country is lush, with vast areas of untilled land, and nobody should go hungry. \u2014 Nicholas Kristof, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tild"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113052",
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"late"
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": at an inopportune time : unseasonably":[],
": before the due, natural, or proper time : prematurely":[
"went untimely to the grave"
],
": inopportune , unseasonable":[
"an untimely joke",
"untimely frost"
],
": occurring or done before the due, natural, or proper time : too early : premature":[
"an untimely death"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"the untimely arrival of our guests caught us by surprise",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Nuguse has battled untimely quad and hamstring injuries during the past two years. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 June 2022",
"Mohrman cited several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, claiming untimely sharing of evidence, failure to disclose and document dumping by the government. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Mohrman cited several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, claiming untimely sharing of evidence, failure to disclose and document dumping by the government. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Mohrman cited several instances of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, claiming untimely sharing of evidence, failure to disclose and document dumping by the government. \u2014 NBC News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Gottfried shared a note about his friend Saget after the Full House star's untimely passing due to head trauma in January. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The Problem With Jon Stewart is a strikingly unambitious, defiantly untimely show that confuses thrift with substance, as though spending money on anything but office furniture is a sign of intellectual unseriousness. \u2014 Devin Gordon, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"It was untimely hitting, yet still an improvement for the slumping offense. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Johnson might be as comfortable, if not more, come May 29 after a week\u2019s worth running hundreds of laps around IMS \u2013 only to have a fluke crash right in front of him or a pit crew error or an untimely yellow ruin his day. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Manville will play Nancy, a woman devastated by her young son\u2019s untimely death. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 10 June 2022",
"Ray Liotta's only daughter, Karsen Liotta, is breaking her silence more than two weeks after his untimely death. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 9 June 2022",
"The show chronicles Hamilton's journey, played in the national touring production by Pierre Jean Gonzalez, from his arrival in America as a young man to his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"Elizabeth II was thrust into a leadership role at the tender age of 25, following the abdication of her uncle and the untimely death of her father. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Luhrmann\u2019s glitzy rockabilly biopic follows Elvis from a childhood in poverty through his first live performances to becoming a global superstar to his decline, late-career revival in Vegas and untimely death. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
"The Sunday headliners were originally scheduled to be the Foo Fighters, but the band will no longer be performing at the festival following the untimely death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 26 May 2022",
"Dannielynn and Larry have been attending the Kentucky Derby since 2008, a year after Anna Nicole's untimely death. \u2014 Country Living Staff, Country Living , 12 May 2022",
"After Ritter's untimely death in 2003 from an aortic dissection, his family started the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 9 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012bm-l\u0113"
],
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"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105923",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"untirability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being untirable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027\u02cct\u012br\u0259\u00a6bil\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114336",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"untirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": incapable of being tired":[
"seemed invigorated and untirable",
"\u2014 H. H. Johnston"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tire + -able":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027\u00a6t\u012br\u0259b\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104152",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untire":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to give rest to : refresh":[
"a bench or two on which the drinkers untire themselves",
"\u2014 Richard Ford"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + tire":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012959",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"untired":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not tired or worn out":[
"his head was hot, but he was singularly untired",
"\u2014 Stephen McKenna"
]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tired , adjective":""
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"\"+"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034844",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"untiring":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not becoming tired : indefatigable":[
"an untiring worker"
]
},
"examples":[
"the camel's reputation as an untiring beast of burden",
"the detective's untiring investigation of the crime finally led to several arrests",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Joe was a philanthropist, a community leader, and an unwavering and untiring supporter of the U.S. Military and his country. \u2014 al , 25 May 2022",
"Speeches Malcolm X was known as an articulate speaker, charismatic person, and an untiring organizer. \u2014 Branden Hunter, Detroit Free Press , 19 May 2020",
"All speakers paid tribute to Jack Gross, owner of the new station, for his untiring efforts to bring San Diego its own television station. \u2014 sandiegouniontribune.com , 17 May 2018",
"Still, Clark's adrenaline and untiring preparation propelled her to a second place finish in Oslo and a third place finish at the Burton US Open the following month. \u2014 Nihal Kolur, SI.com , 30 Oct. 2017",
"The public eye in Pakistan today is an unforgiving, untiring beast that never sleeps. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 4 Aug. 2017",
"Corrupt regimes long reviled by their populace are being brought down left and right, thanks to the brilliant and untiring efforts of democracy activists. \u2014 Bruce Sterling, WIRED , 16 Feb. 2011"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1822, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b-ri\u014b"
],
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"synonyms":[
"indefatigable",
"inexhaustible",
"tireless",
"unflagging",
"weariless"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060220",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"untitled":{
"antonyms":[
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
],
"definitions":{
": having no title or right to rule":[],
": not called by a title":[
"untitled nobility"
],
": not named":[
"an untitled novel"
]
},
"examples":[
"the band is working on a new album which is still untitled",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The untitled series was picked up to series at Apple in February, with Douglas\u2019 casting being announced at that time. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 8 June 2022",
"Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters are now serving as showrunners on the untitled The Boys series, which is set at a college campus run by Vought International for supes-in-training. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 9 May 2022",
"In addition to being an executive producer, Becky G will also appear in the yet untitled series that will be co-produced with 2WS Films. \u2014 Veronica Villafa\u00f1e, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The movie, which is still untitled , is a musical romantic dramedy, adapted from a short Bloomquist made in 2018. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Most recently, the basic cabler ordered an untitled comedy pilot from Lauren Ludwig. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"Ford also shared some details about the untitled Indiana Jones 5, which is currently in production and will hit theaters June 30, 2023. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 31 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a new Indy movie, already shot but as yet untitled , in the can for release in June 2023. \u2014 Ty Burr, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Lamar adds his fourth No. 1 on the chart, following 2015\u2019s To Pimp a Butterfly, 2016\u2019s untitled unmastered. \u2014 Xander Zellner, Billboard , 26 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4ald"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083306",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unto":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is broad recognition that diverse teams deliver better results and do better serving a diverse market, and that equity is a critical goal unto itself. \u2014 Kieran Snyder, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"One skewed side effect of Hollywood spending a decade chasing the commercial and critical glories of The Dark Knight and The Avengers is that the Jurassic franchise is now even more of a unique- unto -itself cinematic franchise. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Agatha Christie is a category unto herself, the grand dame, the fount from which so much mystery writing springs. \u2014 Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Without close extended family, my parents and I were a tribe unto ourselves. \u2014 Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"The face of each watch, like an artwork unto itself, reflects a major period-specific work inside the famed Paris museum, while other decorative elements reference its era. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 26 May 2022",
"Italian prog is a genre unto itself, often adding a more Romantic spin on the symphonic style popularized by Yes and Genesis. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Whether by choice or happenstance, these women are a village all unto themselves, and these quotes about single moms and sayings about single motherhood capture all the hard work and emotions of the experience. \u2014 Rebekah Lowin, Country Living , 2 May 2022",
"These technologies shed photons, so finding ways to cut down on loss is a huge industry unto itself. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, probably from un- (as in until ) + to to":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259n-t\u00fc",
"\u02c8\u0259n-(\u02cc)t\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133154",
"type":[
"preposition"
]
},
"untorn":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not torn : unmarred by tears : whole":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + torn , past participle of tear":""
},
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"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113529",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untouchability":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a newly independent nation, India adopted a constitution in 1950 abolishing untouchability , but caste discrimination remained entrenched in society. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2022",
"But after the first phase of the primary season concluded on Tuesday, a month in which a quarter of America\u2019s states cast their ballots, the verdict has been clear: Mr. Trump\u2019s aura of untouchability in Republican politics has been punctured. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"Dalit soldiers fighting for the British played a major role in the victory \u2014 which came to symbolize the Dalit community\u2019s fight against untouchability . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Yet the series continued to air on Fox Nation, which further lent Carlson an air of untouchability inside Fox. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Dalits, the lowest rung in India\u2019s hierarchal caste system before untouchability was abolished in 1950, still face prejudice. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Yet the series continued to air on Fox Nation, which further lent Carlson an air of untouchability inside Fox. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Yet the series continued to air on Fox Nation, which further lent Carlson an air of untouchability inside Fox. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Yet the series continued to air on Fox Nation, which further lent Carlson an air of untouchability inside Fox. \u2014 Sarah Ellison, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Dec. 2021"
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"The team's record was untouchable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The problem is that the money can be untouchable for many months \u2014 not good when customers are demanding it. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The 25-year-old hasn\u2019t been untouchable this season, walking at least two batters in each of his five other starts and allowing three runs in each of his last four outings. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"Immigration once seemed untouchable as a political issue in Florida, back when Republicans feared that espousing harsh measures would turn away Hispanics, who make up more than a quarter of the state\u2019s population. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Dobbs will be a testament to that, and so was the decade-long effort to level the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was once seen as untouchable and sacrosanct in American political life. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 23 May 2022",
"That\u2019s precisely why MJF finds himself in a great position, even at a time when there is no single untouchable draw in pro wrestling. \u2014 Blake Oestriecher, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"This isn\u2019t the NFL, NBA or MLB, whose unconstitutional drafts are made untouchable by being collectively bargained. \u2014 Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Twenty years later, that story is untouchable canon. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The Tigers couldn't reward Skubal with a win for his strong outing because of Keller, who nearly posted seven scoreless innings and was untouchable for most of the evening. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Sure, but then again so was the Heat insistence that the team\u2019s protection of its youth made Herro, Robinson and even Precious Achiuwa untouchable . \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Virus piles on the pain for India's ' untouchables ' India's caste system was officially abolished in 1950, but the 2,000-year-old social system imposed on people by birth still exists in many aspects of life. \u2014 Eliza Mackintosh, CNN , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The untouchables Lam\u2019s continuing refusal to set up an independent inquiry has raised questions as to whether the government has ultimate authority over the police force in the wake of the territory\u2019s return to China. \u2014 Mary Hui, Quartz , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Apple TV+ has reportedly sunk at least $1 billion \u2014 and possibly $6 billion \u2014 into its original content, signing untouchables like Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams as production heavyweights. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Two hundred million of them are Dalit, or what used to be called untouchables . \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker , 6 Oct. 2019",
"The relative increase in the Muslim population that the census had established, and the uncertain status of untouchables and tribal groups as Hindus for enumeration purposes made the definition of a Hindu all the more critical. \u2014 Vikram Sampath, Quartz India , 20 Aug. 2019",
"Many of the crimes against women and children have also been hate crimes against Dalits ( untouchables ) and minorities, argues Kavita Krishnan, secretary of All India Progressive Women's Association. \u2014 Sam Kiley, CNN , 17 May 2018",
"But some of the village\u2019s poorest residents \u2014 former untouchables \u2014 were given new connections in January after living for decades in darkness. \u2014 Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2018"
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"The piano was untouched for years.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The artist, 40, has removed her profile picture from accounts on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok, although the content on those accounts appears untouched . \u2014 Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"Light travels, encroaching even into places that are otherwise untouched by human influence. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"On his desk are his computer and cellphone, untouched next to some of his favorite snacks. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Fortunately, Tanzania is a big country, with a number of game reserves that are still remote and untouched . \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Kozlov moved in on Hextall, closer, closer, untouched , then fired a breathing-distance shot. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 5 June 2022",
"The frozen samples sat untouched in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for decades. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"Cravotta's simple anagram game\u2014whose gameplay closely resembled PikPok's popular, pre-existing Four Letters\u2014received a few updates in the months after its release, but then sat untouched and largely unnoticed for years. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 5 May 2022",
"Some said the World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England, should be left untouched , citing its apparent history as an ancient religious site. \u2014 Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post , 30 May 2022"
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"There was nothing untoward about his appearance.",
"tried to reason with the untoward child",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tim went on to clarify that, because of Mr. Jones\u2019s status as an educator in town, the department had a policy in place for anything untoward . \u2014 Kathleen Alcott, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Black women have received untoward commentary about our hair texture, our hairstyle choices, and our hair loss for a very long time now. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Lamentedly, the stopping ploy sometimes won\u2019t work or the clever stunt could create an untoward driving situation that gets out of hand. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday that the U.N. agency, which has broad inspections rights in Ukraine, had seen no untoward activity. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"According to a transcript, Perlasca denied anything untoward . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The proliferation of small aircraft involved in untoward actions has led federal investigators to try to rein in some of the most egregious behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Dictated by the car and not the mileage, these visits have revealed nothing untoward . \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
"In theory, this would imply that no driver could get themselves into such an untoward posture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"There was nothing untoward about his appearance.",
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"Tim went on to clarify that, because of Mr. Jones\u2019s status as an educator in town, the department had a policy in place for anything untoward . \u2014 Kathleen Alcott, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Black women have received untoward commentary about our hair texture, our hairstyle choices, and our hair loss for a very long time now. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Lamentedly, the stopping ploy sometimes won\u2019t work or the clever stunt could create an untoward driving situation that gets out of hand. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said Wednesday that the U.N. agency, which has broad inspections rights in Ukraine, had seen no untoward activity. \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 2 Mar. 2022",
"According to a transcript, Perlasca denied anything untoward . \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 25 Jan. 2022",
"The proliferation of small aircraft involved in untoward actions has led federal investigators to try to rein in some of the most egregious behavior. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Dictated by the car and not the mileage, these visits have revealed nothing untoward . \u2014 Beth Nichols, Car and Driver , 26 Jan. 2022",
"In theory, this would imply that no driver could get themselves into such an untoward posture. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"\u2014 David Rosengarten"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Be very wary of people promising to help you in untraditional ways. \u2014 Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Anne Marie Schubert\u2019s bid as an untraditional independent candidate has so far failed to gain traction among voters. \u2014 Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Not only has our untraditional relationship normalized the idea of a successful female in business, but our boys also have firsthand experience with a warm, nurturing, and reliable male caregiver. \u2014 Gina Mastantuono, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Our experts' tested three brushes with this untraditional shape, and this one was their favorite. \u2014 Jodhaira Rodriguez, Good Housekeeping , 24 May 2022",
"For such a historic club\u2014the Bel-Air Country Club opened in 1927\u2014it might feel a bit untraditional to build a futuristic-style home within the golf community. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 9 May 2022",
"In the midst of memes lay hundreds of (hilarious) tweets from Black women who are open about their affection for the untraditional rapper. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
"New faces emerged from untraditional backgrounds, often encouraged by specific organizations or individuals to run. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The film serves both as an in-depth character portrait and an untraditional rom-com, placing its primary concern on the brazen, impulsive way Julie (an impressive \u200b\u200bRenate Reinsve) chooses to navigate the world. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-tr\u0259-\u02c8dish-n\u0259l",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unclean water and untreated sewage also took more than a million lives. \u2014 Kasha Patel, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"But department officials had said what observers have said recently appeared to be untreated sewage floating in the river were actually floating mats of algae. \u2014 Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Participants in the survey also reported most mental health providers do not accept MassHealth, leading to lower income residents suffering from mental illness to go undiagnosed or untreated . \u2014 Walker Armstrong, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"The danger is from bacterial contamination that can cause severe diarrhea, which when untreated can be life-threatening. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 31 May 2022",
"As for mineral oil, though some people try to avoid it because untreated or lightly-treated mineral oil is a carcinogen, and could be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane. \u2014 Jihan Forbes, Allure , 31 May 2022",
"The initiative backed by Vargas and Stephan aims to bring more help to those with untreated trauma. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"The figure includes people killed by shelling or in fires caused by Russian missile strikes, as well as those who died from shrapnel wounds, untreated diseases, a lack of medicine or while trapped under rubble, according to the mayor. \u2014 Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"The figure includes people killed by shelling or in fires caused by Russian missile strikes, as well as those who died from shrapnel wounds, untreated diseases, a lack of medicine or while trapped under rubble, according to the mayor. \u2014 Yuras Karmanau And Elena Becatoros, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But this incident happened at Inkanto, a smaller Peruvian restaurant on a decidedly untrendy stretch of East Oakland Park Boulevard. \u2014 Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com , 28 Sep. 2019",
"The rooms here are sober, unisex, and decidedly untrendy , with leather trunks that double as minibars and an emphasis on luxurious textiles and textures in lieu of bright colors and patterns. \u2014 Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 20 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lu Zhang recommends looking at technology from all perspectives to find ways to bring existing innovations into untried areas. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Dozens of narcotics distribution and animal cruelty cases have gone untried , city officials say, and accused murderers have been allowed to walk free. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Or some as-yet untried , unorthodox blend of conservative and liberal ideas",
"The school-voucher reform the book also introduced, offering equal access to all schools regardless of income, remains untried , despite decades of advocacy for it by Sugarman and Mr. Coons. \u2014 Mark Brilliant And Steven Davidoff Solomon, WSJ , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Electric vehicle batteries are not easy to recycle, and developing untried processes is expensive. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Doing so will require the use the Super Heavy, a still untried rocket booster that will push Starship out of Earth\u2019s gravity well. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Harnessing a new and relatively untried technology called messenger RNA, or mRNA, the vaccines were available many months and possibly even years ahead of when health experts expected safe and effective traditional vaccines to arrive. \u2014 Felicia Schwartz, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Like passing a major overhaul of the tax system that includes a lot of new tax concepts or untried tax ideas to pay for it is very difficult when one single vote in the Senate can break it up. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"she remains untroubled despite the chaos around her",
"quietly canoeing on the untroubled waters of the lake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, Stella\u2019s school life in San Diego is relatively untroubled . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"The only seals that seemed untroubled by their own existence were those which had already expired. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Nothing else is affected: your heart rate remains low, your breathing is untroubled , your mind is sharp. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 21 July 2020",
"Sweet sleep, a safe pathway, and an untroubled heart are the benefits of a faithful spirit. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 4 May 2022",
"For the most part, these innies seem untroubled by their split existence. \u2014 The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"An untroubled air pervaded Kyiv in the days before Feb. 24. \u2014 Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Apr. 2022",
"One of these two views must be wrong but, so far, the market appears untroubled . \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 4 Jan. 2022",
"After a relatively untroubled opening three months of the American football season, COVID-19 has returned to stalk the NFL with a vengeance in the past week. \u2014 CBS News , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"He made untrue statements to the press.",
"Her lover had been untrue .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The House bill requires that sportsbook advertising generally not be deceptive, false, misleading, untrue , or appeal to persons under the age of 21. \u2014 Daniel Wallach, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Those accusations and rumors were untrue , unfair, and ugly, and just another piece of performative politics. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But most of what journalists say about him is confused or simply untrue . \u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Top White House officials and aides to the vice president went on the record to defend Harris and Flournoy, calling reports of infighting and dysfunction overblown or simply untrue . \u2014 Jasmine Wright, Jeremy Diamond And Arlette Saenz, CNN , 2 July 2021",
"Nicklaus, 82, said in a statement two weeks ago that the claims by Howard Milstein, executive chairman of the Nicklaus Companies who also oversees Golf Magazine and Golf.com., were untrue . \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"The Fiscal, Economic And Security Arguments: The research by Michael Clemens shows claims that refugees will harm the U.S. economy or taxpayers are untrue . \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"The claim that removing guns enabled Hitler\u2019s genocide is untrue , but was an idea seeded more than two decades ago by radical members of the gun rights movement that has since gained traction, according to historians. \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"However, veterans say this is untrue , according to News5 Clevleand\u2019s Morgan Trau. \u2014 Laura Hancock, cleveland , 16 May 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213231",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"untruism":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": something obviously not true":[
"revel in platitudes, truisms, and untruism",
"\u2014 Anthony Trollope"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081340",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"untruss":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to unfasten or take off one's clothes and especially one's breeches":[],
": undress":[],
": untie , unfasten":[
"\u2014 used in the phrase untruss one's points"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014317",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"untrust":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": distrust":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from un- entry 1 + trust":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210802",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"untrusting":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having or given to confidence in something or someone : not trusting":[
"untrusting of the police"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After a harrowing event, an untrusting street vendor discovers the embrace of community. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Eugene Borgida, a professor of psychology and law at the University of Minnesota, claims that forced participation tends to make participants defensive and untrusting , which makes for a less effective program. \u2014 Candice Wang, Popular Science , 16 June 2020",
"The players, who really bought in at first, became confused and untrusting , uncertain that Jurgen would honor their commitment to him by rewarding them with a consistent status on the pitch. \u2014 Jon Weinbach, Slate Magazine , 13 Oct. 2017",
"In a country going through a particularly untrusting phase, anyone with any remaining shred of authority about storms ratcheted up the rhetoric this weekend in an effort to get people to listen up and evacuate. \u2014 Marc Fisher, Washington Post , 9 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259-sti\u014b"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105206",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untrustworthy":{
"antonyms":[],
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": not dependable or worthy of confidence : not trustworthy":[
"an untrustworthy person",
"an untrustworthy source"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Finally, a third group of 223 participants each rated a selection of 128 of the images for trustworthiness on a scale of one (very untrustworthy ) to seven (very trustworthy). \u2014 Emily Willingham, Scientific American , 14 Feb. 2022",
"To many of his new colleagues, Meadows quickly came across as duplicitous and untrustworthy . \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 7 June 2022",
"Though, pre-internet tour recounting can be a bit untrustworthy . \u2014 Troy L. Smith, cleveland , 19 May 2022",
"Former prosecutors noted that any information Mr. Caddle may provide would need to be strong enough to withstand his biggest vulnerability before a jury: Having arranged a friend\u2019s murder, he will be depicted as fundamentally untrustworthy . \u2014 New York Times , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Leaders who typically withhold important information, or sugarcoat bad news, are often considered untrustworthy . \u2014 Gregg Ward, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The problem is Shan\u2019s also dealing with another alliance member that\u2019s proving untrustworthy . \u2014 Joseph Longo, Vulture , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Typically, in fantasy fiction, goblins are depicted as cruel, grabby, and untrustworthy , the type of creatures to join orcs in battle against the forces of good, to stab an adventurer with a rusty dagger, and steal their valuables. \u2014 Dani Di Placido, Forbes , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Lucy is as isolated and afraid as Rosemary Woodhouse, alone in New York City, surrounded only by men and hostile, ingratiating and untrustworthy women. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259st-\u02ccw\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103415",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untruth":{
"antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
],
"definitions":{
": disloyalty":[],
": lack of truthfulness : falsity":[],
": something that is untrue : falsehood":[]
},
"examples":[
"the untruths he has uttered",
"their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Snyder calls Putin's justification a variation of Hitler's Big Lie -- a Nazi propaganda technique that insists that if a political leader repeats a colossal untruth enough, people will eventually believe it. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Another glaring untruth in Terwilliger\u2019s op-ed concerns the origins of executive privilege. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"The songs feature an unapologetic melancholy and sincerity that works even with the extra layer of untruth beneath the surface. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Such a label might go on a tweet containing an untruth that could be, but isn\u2019t necessarily immediately harmful. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 July 2021",
"Adam Hersh, an epidemiologist at U. Health and Intermountain Primary Children\u2019s Hospital, says this is the most prevalent untruth about masks. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Such a label might go on a tweet containing an untruth that could be, but isn\u2019t necessarily immediately harmful. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 July 2021",
"Such a label might go on a tweet containing an untruth that could be, but isn\u2019t necessarily immediately harmful. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 July 2021",
"Such a label might go on a tweet containing an untruth that could be, but isn\u2019t necessarily immediately harmful. \u2014 Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor , 2 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259n-\u02cctr\u00fcth",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u00fcth"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085849",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"untruthful":{
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": not containing or telling the truth : false , inaccurate":[
"an untruthful report"
]
},
"examples":[
"an unintentionally untruthful statement that the candidate later corrected",
"the political action committee was slammed for spreading untruthful smears about the candidate and his wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depp\u2019s legions of online fans have focused on their belief that Heard has been untruthful . \u2014 Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"What happened to the young player is inexcusable and damage from the widespread and untruthful accusations have devastated his entire family. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February. \u2014 Stephen Groves, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Britney Spears retracts statement calling new conservatorship documentary untruthful . \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"And an investigation commissioned by the governor concluded that Diamantis and Colangelo had been untruthful during the inquiry. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Still, the judge noted that being present and untruthful wasn't enough to support a conviction. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic , 27 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u00fcth-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for untruthful dishonest , deceitful , mendacious , untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud. a swindle usually involves two dishonest people deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing. the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths. mendacious tales of adventure untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality. an untruthful account of their actions",
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182539",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"untruthfulness":{
"antonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
],
"definitions":{
": not containing or telling the truth : false , inaccurate":[
"an untruthful report"
]
},
"examples":[
"an unintentionally untruthful statement that the candidate later corrected",
"the political action committee was slammed for spreading untruthful smears about the candidate and his wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Depp\u2019s legions of online fans have focused on their belief that Heard has been untruthful . \u2014 Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"What happened to the young player is inexcusable and damage from the widespread and untruthful accusations have devastated his entire family. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February. \u2014 CBS News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February. \u2014 Stephen Groves, chicagotribune.com , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Britney Spears retracts statement calling new conservatorship documentary untruthful . \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 29 Sep. 2021",
"And an investigation commissioned by the governor concluded that Diamantis and Colangelo had been untruthful during the inquiry. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Likewise, the focus on how similar candidates are to Trump centers almost entirely on personality: how crass and outrageous and brazenly untruthful a candidate can be. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Still, the judge noted that being present and untruthful wasn't enough to support a conviction. \u2014 Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic , 27 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u00fcth-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for untruthful dishonest , deceitful , mendacious , untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud. a swindle usually involves two dishonest people deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing. the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths. mendacious tales of adventure untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality. an untruthful account of their actions",
"synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041256",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"Definition of unts plural of unt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-195013",
"type":[]
},
"untuck":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to release from a tuck or from being tucked up":[
"stooping to untuck the rug",
"\u2014 Clive Arden",
"untucked her legs, and stuck her feet into her shoes",
"\u2014 Frances G. Patton"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + tuck":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070354",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"untucked":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not tucked into something (such as a pair of pants)":[
"an untucked shirt"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rob Kardashian wore a loose-fitting, untucked black dress shirt on the stand. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Wearing wrinkled pants or an untucked shirt, use of cellphones, visible tattoos, and gum chewing are just a few no-no\u2019s for staff and members. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Look for work shirts with a shorter hem too, so they can be worn untucked . \u2014 Mike Richard, Men's Health , 6 May 2022",
"The unsettlingly intense gaze and untucked chambray shirt in his videos leave him looking more like a venture capitalist than a politician; even his name sounds like something Bret Easton Ellis might have dreamed up for a Silicon Valley novel. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The sweatshirt is an ideal length for tucking into pants or leaving casually untucked , pairs easily with jeans, leggings, skirts, or shorts, and has a relaxed fit that's comfortable without being boxy or shapeless. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, PEOPLE.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Kidman nods, a wispy sliver of strawberry-blond hair coming untucked from behind an ear. \u2014 Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Meanwhile CeeDee Lamb has been fined $45,000 for low socks and untucked jerseys. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 6 Nov. 2021",
"Chen started carrying it to Clarksburg High School, in his book bag or in a belt holster, hidden by an untucked shirt. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0259kt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200746",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untufted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having a tuft or multiple tufts : not tufted":[
"an untufted tail"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Make that your very wealthy musician friend, who left no leather couch untufted and no bathtub un-clawfooted. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit, Bon Appetit , 25 Apr. 2017",
"Make that your very wealthy musician friend, who left no leather couch untufted and no bathtub un-clawfooted. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit, Bon Appetit , 25 Apr. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0259f-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130009",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"lettered",
"literate",
"schooled",
"well-informed",
"well-read"
],
"definitions":{
": having no formal learning or training":[],
": naive , unsophisticated":[],
": not produced or developed by instruction : native":[
"untutored shrewdness"
]
},
"examples":[
"to the untutored observer these works of art must seem strange indeed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Big waves and their manifest risks captivate far more viewers than the small to medium-sized waves on the World Championship Tour, where, to the untutored eye, all the surfers seem to be doing basically the same things. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"An electrical problem as simple as a headlight malfunction can drive the untutored owner nuts. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The masonry was deceptive\u2014seemingly untutored , actually sophisticated. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 10 Apr. 2021",
"But where untaught formlessness is the ideal, the formative character of such an enterprise is suspect, a threat to the authentic, untutored self. \u2014 Michael Knox Beran, National Review , 6 Feb. 2020",
"Shakespeare\u2019s untutored mingling of fools and kings seemed odd, so dramatists often rewrote his texts. \u2014 The Economist , 26 Oct. 2019",
"To untutored ears, gqom can sound gritty, with its apocalyptic sirens and ribcage-rattling bass. \u2014 Kate Hutchinson, New York Times , 9 Aug. 2019",
"For another thing, every such proposal tramples all over fair-minded moral intuitions of regular folks, intuitions disqualified by philosophers as primitive and philosophically untutored . \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2019",
"Democrats say President Trump is untutored but then deny the qualified personnel to advise him. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 Oct. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8ty\u00fc-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u00fc-t\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for untutored ignorant , illiterate , unlettered , untutored , unlearned mean not having knowledge. ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing. an ignorant fool ignorant of nuclear physics illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write. much of the population is still illiterate unlettered implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading. an allusion meaningless to the unlettered untutored may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization. strange monuments built by an untutored people unlearned suggests ignorance of advanced subjects. poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses",
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"analphabetic",
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"nonliterate",
"rude",
"simple",
"uneducated",
"uninstructed",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"unschooled",
"untaught"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070122",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untwine":{
"antonyms":[
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
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": to become disentangled or unwound":[],
": to remove by unwinding":[],
": to unwind the twisted or tangled parts of : disentangle":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tw\u012bn"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"disentangle",
"ravel (out)",
"unbraid",
"unlay",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwist",
"unweave"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164426",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"untwist":{
"antonyms":[
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"definitions":{
": to become untwined":[],
": to separate the twisted parts of : untwine":[]
},
"examples":[
"untwisted the ball of thread",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"From there, the robot starts to untwist , like a spring that stores energy in its body. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 24 May 2022",
"Its robotic top twists off lids with the touch of the button, then the two padded, curvy arms press in on the jar's exterior while the motor spins the lid to untwist it in a flash. \u2014 Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens , 8 July 2021",
"Allowing each of these fibers to quickly untwist produced a cooling effect, but its strength varied, depending on the material. \u2014 Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Researchers from the University of Bath in the U.K. have created a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at once, expressing both chirality and non-chirality. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 30 Sep. 2019",
"Stretching this setup actually untwists the line instead of twisting it tighter, reversing the warming/cooling cycle. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 Oct. 2019",
"Simply twisting and untwisting the rubber worked even better, with an average temperature change of about 12\u00b0C. \u2014 Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica , 11 Oct. 2019",
"By twisting and untwisting the fibers in a water bath, the researchers could measure their performance as coolants. \u2014 George Musser, Science | AAAS , 10 Oct. 2019",
"In the team\u2019s lab tests, an untwisting fiber spun a bit of paper at 600 revolutions per minute for a full five seconds. \u2014 Sid Perkins, Scientific American , 11 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8twist"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"disentangle",
"ravel (out)",
"unbraid",
"unlay",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"unweave"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002338",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"untwisted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not twisted":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tight at first, a little funky when the screw cap is untwisted , this wine soon revels in its freedom and reveals juicy blackberry, boysenberry, cherry and raspberry flavors. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 12 May 2022",
"The singer and former Nickelodeon kid heads up a tepid romantic thriller that leaves no subplot untwisted . \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1575, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8twi-st\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044012",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untypical":{
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
],
"definitions":{
": not typical : atypical":[
"untypical behavior",
"an untypical burst of anger",
"an untypical example"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Specialized REITs can invest in casinos and other untypical real-estate properties. \u2014 Lori Ioannou, WSJ , 8 Aug. 2021",
"The drop following the Fed FOMC meeting is not untypical \u2013 the market has become extraordinarily sensitive to such pronouncements \u2013 and probably will correct as the market absorbs the Fed\u2019s slightly adjusted policy views. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"This was not untypical of the thinking of the times. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The Rays, again getting by on their wits and wiggling into playoff contention by winning more with less this season, came out of a pendulous game with a victory in their typically untypical fashion. \u2014 Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle , 29 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Specialized REITs can invest in casinos and other untypical real-estate properties. \u2014 Lori Ioannou, WSJ , 8 Aug. 2021",
"The drop following the Fed FOMC meeting is not untypical \u2013 the market has become extraordinarily sensitive to such pronouncements \u2013 and probably will correct as the market absorbs the Fed\u2019s slightly adjusted policy views. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"This was not untypical of the thinking of the times. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2021",
"The Rays, again getting by on their wits and wiggling into playoff contention by winning more with less this season, came out of a pendulous game with a victory in their typically untypical fashion. \u2014 Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle , 29 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the end, Tillman\u2019s story became less about unthinking , reflexive jingoism and more about the uncomfortable truth often lurking behind bumper-sticker slogans. \u2014 Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer , 25 Sep. 2017"
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"\u2014 Martin Sandbu"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the discipline first began to coalesce, in the early nineteen-sixties, the memory of Nazi atrocities rendered the eugenics threat distinctly untheoretical . \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021"
],
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"\u2014 Business Wire"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Homeowners can try to run hot water into their sinks in hopes of warming a frozen sewage line, but should otherwise call a professional to help carefully unthaw the lines. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Jan. 2022",
"The Texas Republican backlash to Biden has already begun, with Cruz\u2019s comments and a lawsuit by Attorney General Ken Paxton to unthaw the Homeland Security Department\u2019s freeze of deportations of immigrants in the country without authorization. \u2014 Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News , 25 Jan. 2021",
"Sergei Fyodorov, a researcher at North-Eastern Federal University, tells the AP that climate change is affecting the Siberian permafrost, meaning people are finding more and more ancient creatures unthawing . \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 3 Dec. 2019",
"Forget about unthawing chicken, boiling noodles or throwing in a pizza June 6. \u2014 Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 4 June 2018",
"The super-soldier serum allowed him to stay alive, and SHIELD unthaws him. \u2014 Sonia Rao, chicagotribune.com , 24 Apr. 2018",
"Normally, there's about a 75% survival rate when unthawing frozen embryos. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 19 Dec. 2017"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite losing his technique under pressure at other times, Lance managed a passer rating of 93.8 and showed some unteachable qualities. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Aug. 2021",
"Let it not be said these young Spurs are unteachable . \u2014 Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News , 11 May 2021",
"Fueled by swagger and unteachable instincts, Griffey grabbed the attention of young people during his 22-year career from 1989-2010. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Fueled by swagger and unteachable instincts, Griffey grabbed the attention of young people during his 22-year career from 1989-2010. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Fueled by swagger and unteachable instincts, Griffey grabbed the attention of young people during his 22-year career from 1989-2010. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Fueled by swagger and unteachable instincts, Griffey grabbed the attention of young people during his 22-year career from 1989-2010. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Fueled by swagger and unteachable instincts, Griffey grabbed the attention of young people during his 22-year career from 1989-2010. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Speed is an obvious one, an unteachable (but improvable) skill that athletes either have or don\u2019t. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Feb. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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}
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