{ "ununderstanding":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lacking in understanding : uncomprehending":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132221", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unusable":{ "antonyms":[ "applicable", "feasible", "functional", "operable", "operational", "practicable", "practical", "serviceable", "ultrapractical", "usable", "useable", "useful", "utilizable", "workable" ], "definitions":{ ": not capable of being used or fit for use : not usable":[ "unusable documentary footage", "The lavatory, totally unusable , was full of snow which had blasted in through the keyhole.", "\u2014 Katharine Sim" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Debris on a piano, one of many rendered unusable by exposure to cold temperatures, at I.P. Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv National University of Arts. \u2014 Lauren Egan, NBC News , 30 May 2022", "The bridge on the main highway that connects the two towns has been rendered unusable , likely delaying any further Ukrainian advance. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022", "In the strike on Odesa, which remains in Ukrainian hands after being menaced earlier in the war, local officials said the airport\u2019s main runway was rendered unusable . \u2014 Laura King, Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022", "Every year, hundreds of organs were deemed unusable because their donors had hepatitis C. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022", "The firm exports mid-quality items to international markets and recycles raw materials from items deemed unusable . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 2 Nov. 2021", "Wright said the park was littered with trash, people were using drugs in the open, and the park\u2019s amenities, like a racquetball court, were frequently locked and unusable . \u2014 Megan Taros, The Arizona Republic , 8 Mar. 2022", "According to the state's Elections Bureau, multiple candidates were affected by a series of petitioners who obtained nothing but invalid or otherwise unusable signatures, putting them well below the mark for qualification. \u2014 Fox News , 26 May 2022", "But the data, posted online in spreadsheets for thousands of procedures, have often been incomprehensible and unusable by patients \u2014 a thicket of numbers and technical medical terms, displayed in formats that vary from hospital to hospital. \u2014 Michael Levenson, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1825, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fc-z\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "impracticable", "impractical", "inoperable", "nonpractical", "unserviceable", "unworkable", "useless" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070447", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "unused":{ "antonyms":[ "acclimated", "accustomed", "adapted", "adjusted", "habituated", "used" ], "definitions":{ ": fresh , new":[ "set an unused canvas on the easel" ], ": not consumed : accrued":[ "unused sick leave" ], ": not habituated : unaccustomed":[ "unused to crowds" ], ": not put to use : idle":[ "unused land" ], ": not used: such as":[] }, "examples":[ "The library has been unused for 10 years.", "I have four days of unused vacation time left.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "An old gas well left unused since the 1950s had broken its clay plug, and methane and other chemical compounds were seeping out, just a few dozen feet from the three apartment buildings making up the 176-unit independent living facility. \u2014 Carey L. Biron, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022", "The pills tend to pile up in bottles in medicine cabinets, left unused and unwanted, and the twice-yearly takeback days give people a chance to safely dispose of them. \u2014 Terry Demio, The Enquirer , 28 Apr. 2022", "Belle Tire is seeking plan approval for to build the business on an unused 2-acre portion of the Meijer parking lot north of the 815 S. Randall Road supercenter, Senior Planner Damir Latinovic said at this week\u2019s commission meeting. \u2014 Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2021", "Those who fall below that threshold will have the unused portion reclaimed and the money will be redistributed to other parts of the country. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 25 Oct. 2021", "Assume that, at any time, your line of credit could be called or the unused portion could be rescinded. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021", "More than a decade in power has left the SNP unused to challenge, and unprepared to handle internal dissent. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 5 May 2021", "There's still some space left unused , but much less of it. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2021", "At the end of the day, more than half of the 1,100 doses were left unused . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "1 often -\u02c8y\u00fcst before \"to\"", "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fczd", "in the phrase \"unused to\" usually -\u02c8y\u00fcs(t)" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "unacclimated", "unaccustomed", "unadapted", "unadjusted" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113941", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "unusual":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "ordinary", "plain", "usual" ], "definitions":{ ": not usual : uncommon , rare":[] }, "examples":[ "It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.", "a scene of unusual beauty", "She has an unusual name.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s not unusual for a funeral home to have one or two unclaimed cremains sit for a period of time. \u2014 Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for B2B customers to start with the lowest pricing possible until their growth or usage necessitates an upgrade. \u2014 Omari Rigg, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for employers to suggest activities that involve alcohol as a way to team build. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for our clothing to mirror some of the ups and downs of life. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022", "It\u2019s certainly unusual to see a ransomware strain like Goodwill. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for dolphins to get stranded in the area because of its shape as a hook within the larger hook of Cape Cod\u2019s shoreline and because of large tidal fluctuations in Cape Cod Bay. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for a top quarterback now to top $1 million in NIL money. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022", "Now, it\u2019s not unusual for the Kardashians to coordinate looks, and for their Italian getaway, the stylish siblings have all decided to wear vintage designs from Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s archive. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1579, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8y\u00fczh-w\u0259l", "-zh\u0259l", "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fc-zh\u0259-w\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "curious", "extraordinary", "funny", "odd", "offbeat", "out-of-the-way", "peculiar", "queer", "rare", "singular", "strange", "unaccustomed", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "weird" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071658", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "unusuality":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": something unusual":[], ": unusualness":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6\u0259n\u02ccy\u00fczh\u0259\u00a6wal\u0259t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231829", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "unusually":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "ordinary", "plain", "usual" ], "definitions":{ ": not usual : uncommon , rare":[] }, "examples":[ "It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.", "a scene of unusual beauty", "She has an unusual name.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s not unusual for a funeral home to have one or two unclaimed cremains sit for a period of time. \u2014 Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for B2B customers to start with the lowest pricing possible until their growth or usage necessitates an upgrade. \u2014 Omari Rigg, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for employers to suggest activities that involve alcohol as a way to team build. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for our clothing to mirror some of the ups and downs of life. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022", "It\u2019s certainly unusual to see a ransomware strain like Goodwill. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for dolphins to get stranded in the area because of its shape as a hook within the larger hook of Cape Cod\u2019s shoreline and because of large tidal fluctuations in Cape Cod Bay. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for a top quarterback now to top $1 million in NIL money. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022", "Now, it\u2019s not unusual for the Kardashians to coordinate looks, and for their Italian getaway, the stylish siblings have all decided to wear vintage designs from Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s archive. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1579, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8y\u00fczh-w\u0259l", "-zh\u0259l", "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fc-zh\u0259-w\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "curious", "extraordinary", "funny", "odd", "offbeat", "out-of-the-way", "peculiar", "queer", "rare", "singular", "strange", "unaccustomed", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "weird" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010426", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "unusualness":{ "antonyms":[ "common", "ordinary", "plain", "usual" ], "definitions":{ ": not usual : uncommon , rare":[] }, "examples":[ "It's not unusual for him to stay late at work.", "a scene of unusual beauty", "She has an unusual name.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "It\u2019s not unusual for a funeral home to have one or two unclaimed cremains sit for a period of time. \u2014 Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for B2B customers to start with the lowest pricing possible until their growth or usage necessitates an upgrade. \u2014 Omari Rigg, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for employers to suggest activities that involve alcohol as a way to team build. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 6 June 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for our clothing to mirror some of the ups and downs of life. \u2014 Essence , 2 June 2022", "It\u2019s certainly unusual to see a ransomware strain like Goodwill. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 24 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for dolphins to get stranded in the area because of its shape as a hook within the larger hook of Cape Cod\u2019s shoreline and because of large tidal fluctuations in Cape Cod Bay. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022", "It\u2019s not unusual for a top quarterback now to top $1 million in NIL money. \u2014 Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022", "Now, it\u2019s not unusual for the Kardashians to coordinate looks, and for their Italian getaway, the stylish siblings have all decided to wear vintage designs from Dolce & Gabbana\u2019s archive. \u2014 Christian Allaire, Vogue , 22 May 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1579, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8y\u00fczh-w\u0259l", "-zh\u0259l", "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fc-zh\u0259-w\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "curious", "extraordinary", "funny", "odd", "offbeat", "out-of-the-way", "peculiar", "queer", "rare", "singular", "strange", "unaccustomed", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "weird" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131028", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ] }, "unutilized":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": not put to use : not utilized":[ "tracts of unutilized farmland" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8y\u00fc-t\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Another startup using NFTs is Stay Open, which converts unutilized retail and office space into hostel-like lodgings. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 24 May 2022", "With so much ground going unutilized , the city of Helsinki has converted some of its shelters into spaces for everyday public use. \u2014 ABC News , 12 May 2022", "Yup, almost 30% of ballot capacity went unutilized , with so many worthy players eligible. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022", "With no tracking in place, the customer was left holding the bag on unutilized shelfware. \u2014 Uday Birajdar, Forbes , 24 May 2021", "Repurposing unutilized spaces helps achieve environmental and social goals while simultaneously delivering better economic performance. \u2014 Arshdeep Sethi, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021", "And Trump's reelection team isn't letting any advantage go unutilized . \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 8 Apr. 2020", "The couple is partnering with homeowners to transform unutilized properties \u2014 ranging from a decrepit shipping container to a rundown Airstream \u2014 into money-making cash pads. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 23 July 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1868, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144641" }, "unutterable":{ "antonyms":[ "communicable", "definable", "expressible", "speakable" ], "definitions":{ ": being beyond the powers of description : inexpressible":[ "an unutterable tragedy" ] }, "examples":[ "unutterable joy that a baby can bring to a household", "the unutterable suffering brought on by the war", "Recent Examples on the Web", "To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 25 June 2021", "The score comes with a long theological preface and effusive descriptions of the unutterable in each gaze. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2020", "And where the two met, ideas that once seemed unutterable started, to many, to sound like the future. \u2014 Anand Giridharadas, Time , 21 Nov. 2019", "But Rosamund Young\u2019s The Secret Life of Cows deserves its sudden reputation as a first-hand account of unutterable charm. \u2014 Eve Macsweeney, Vogue , 15 June 2018", "Our minds, formed and informed by their We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance dark, cold caves. \u2014 Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Apr. 2018", "But Mac, instead, ended the chapter with lens blurred, in magnificent midsentence, as if the artist's voice were suddenly taken away in an unutterable trail of tears. \u2014 Mark Swed, latimes.com , 16 Mar. 2018", "Eventually, one dares to hope, the full story of this unutterable nonsense will come to light. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 18 Oct. 2017", "Such words would have been unutterable just a few months ago in Angola. \u2014 Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times , 20 May 2017" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8\u0259-t\u0259-r\u0259-b\u0259l" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "incommunicable", "indefinable", "indescribable", "ineffable", "inenarrable", "inexpressible", "nameless", "uncommunicable", "unspeakable" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025259", "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "unutterables":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": unmentionables":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030901", "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "unuttered":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": not expressed in words : unspoken":[ "meeting glances tell the unuttered tale of love", "\u2014 Amelia Welby" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "un- entry 1 + uttered , past participle of utter":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\"+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063055", "type":[ "adjective" ] } }