dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/un_mw.json
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{
"Underground Railroad":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. before 1863 by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035748",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"un-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cause to cease to be":[
"\u2014 in verbs formed from nouns un man"
],
": completely":[
"un loose"
],
": deprive of : remove (a specified thing) from : remove":[
"\u2014 in verbs formed from nouns un frock un sex"
],
": do the opposite of : reverse (a specified action) : de- sense 1a , dis- sense 1a":[
"\u2014 in verbs formed from verbs un bend un dress un fold"
],
": not : in- , non-":[
"\u2014 in adjectives formed from adjectives un ambitious un skilled or participles un dressed , in nouns formed from nouns un availability , and rarely in verbs formed from verbs un be \u2014 sometimes in words that have a meaning that merely negates that of the base word and are thereby distinguished from words that prefix in- or a variant of it (such as im- ) to the same base word and have a meaning positively opposite to that of the base word un artistic un moral"
],
": opposite of : contrary to":[
"\u2014 in adjectives formed from adjectives un constitutional un graceful un mannered or participles un believing and in nouns formed from nouns un rest"
],
": release from : free from":[
"\u2014 in verbs formed from nouns un hand"
],
": remove from : extract from : bring out of":[
"\u2014 in verbs formed from nouns un bosom"
],
"United Nations":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English un-, on- , alteration of and- against \u2014 more at ante-":"Prefix",
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German un- un-, Latin in- , Greek a-, an- , Old English ne not \u2014 more at no":"Prefix"
},
"pronounciation":[
"often \u02c8\u0259n",
"\u02c8\u0259n",
"\u02cc\u0259n",
"before \u02c8- stressed syllable"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084440",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"prefix"
]
},
"un-understandable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": impossible to understand : not understandable":[
"Karl Jaspers held, famously, that schizophrenic phenomena are ununderstandable .",
"\u2014 Naomi Eilan"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1631, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8stan-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070808",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"una voce":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": with one voice : unanimously":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, with one voice":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00fcn\u0259\u02c8v\u014dk\u0101",
"\u02c8y\u00fcn\u0259\u02c8v\u014ds\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114054",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"unabashed":{
"antonyms":[
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"embarrassed",
"hangdog",
"shamed",
"shamefaced",
"sheepish"
],
"definitions":{
": not abashed : undisguised , unapologetic":[]
},
"examples":[
"She is an unabashed supporter of the president's policies.",
"unabashed by their booing and hissing, he continued with his musical performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Rory McIlroy becomes unabashed leader of PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf ahead of US Open Time for answers from NFL? \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The Hangover may have been full of unabashed debauchery, but there is at least one elegant part of the trilogy: the California manse featured in the first film. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 14 June 2022",
"The Austrian composer Minkus, on the other hand, offers a utilitarian vehicle for unabashed , largely plotless dancing with a bit of Spanish flair slapped on. \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"At the turn of the millennium, as technology took off at warp speed, the minimalism and grunge that dominated the \u201990s gave way to flashy hues, metallic shine, and unabashed individuality. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 31 May 2022",
"He is cast as the ultimate hero, Captain Capitalist, who solves the world\u2019s ultimate problems through unabashed honesty backed by brilliance and the money that brilliance has earned him. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"In his view, the unabashed love of lucre was the key to the rise of Silicon Valley. \u2014 Kim Phillips-fein, The New Republic , 11 May 2022",
"Expect feathers, high kicks and an unabashed display of French opulence. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 6 May 2022",
"In her kitchen, though, Cote is charming me with her unabashed saltiness. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English unabaiste , from un- + abaiste , past participle of abaissen, abaishen to abash":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259-\u02c8basht"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"shameless",
"unashamed",
"unblushing",
"unembarrassed"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-192003",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unable":{
"antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
],
"definitions":{
": impotent , helpless":[],
": not able : incapable : such as":[],
": unqualified , incompetent":[]
},
"examples":[
"I was unable to afford the trip.",
"He was unable to play tennis after the injury.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Governments set emissions limits, and companies that exceed them can sell credits to those unable to do so. \u2014 Ken Silverstein, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Crowds have gathered at the major landmark for years, but were unable to do so for two years due to restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"One boy remembers being unable to do his homework early in the morning because there wasn\u2019t enough power for his family\u2019s one lamp. \u2014 Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ , 20 June 2022",
"Rowe also faced the death penalty but was sentenced to life without parole last year after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous decision during his sentencing. \u2014 Shaddi Abusaid, ajc , 17 June 2022",
"The Associated Press was unable to reach Nitz for comment this week. \u2014 Fox News , 16 June 2022",
"He had been scheduled to appear in person but was unable to do so when his wife went into labor. \u2014 Norman Eisen, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Police were unable to answer Friday if any suspects had been identified and did not have an estimate as to how many people were in the area when the shooting began. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"After the three-time most valuable player regained the Angels\u2019 lead with a two-run homer in the seventh, the team\u2019s bullpen \u2014 specifically Kyle Barraclough and Aaron Loup \u2014 was unable to hold things together. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 28 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8\u0101-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"inapt",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214226",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unabsorbed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not taken in by absorption : not absorbed":[
"unabsorbed nutrients",
"Sucralose is the first artificial sweetener to be made from real sugar, but the molecules are altered in a multistep process that yields an exceptionally sweet substance that passes through the body unabsorbed .",
"\u2014 Reagan Walker"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is because unabsorbed carbohydrate draws water into the intestinal lumen and is eventually fermented in the colon, with loose stools and gas production as the unfortunate by-products. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 13 Apr. 2020",
"Inadequate amounts of elastase and other pancreatic enzymes allow fats and proteins to pass through the small intestine intact and unabsorbed . \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"While a gram or two of unabsorbed polyols isn\u2019t a big deal, larger amounts sitting in the gut can wreak havoc. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 7 Aug. 2020",
"If the dough feels dry or there is any unabsorbed flour, add a little more water, one spoonful at a time. \u2014 Lisa Zwirn, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Mar. 2021",
"In contrast, if the gut is irritated or inflamed, valuable food nutrients will be lost and go unabsorbed through the body. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 2 Mar. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1768, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8z\u022frbd",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259b-\u02c8s\u022frbd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030118",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unacademic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not academic : such as":[],
": not having or showing an interest in or an aptitude for academic studies":[
"\u2026 secondary art schools for bright but unacademic youths \u2026",
"\u2014 Ray Olson"
],
": not relating to schools and formal education":[
"unacademic pursuits"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lymie is slight of build, shy and bookish, while Spud is athletic, outgoing and unacademic . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"All of those Andys exist \u2014 sometimes simultaneously over a single paragraph \u2014 in Blake Gopnik\u2019s Warhol, a frank, gossipy, but not unacademic chronicle of one of the 20th century\u2019s most foundational and confounding figures. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 5 May 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cca-k\u0259-\u02c8de-mik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235429",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unacceptable":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"definitions":{
": not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome":[]
},
"examples":[
"a word that is unacceptable in formal English",
"Some of her ideas were unacceptable to other people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Failing to feed our school-aged youth because of strict, unattainable nutrition guidelines is unacceptable . \u2014 Guy Yehiav, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"And actually, some things have always been true and some things have always been unacceptable . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"This is unacceptable , and our children deserve better. \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"However, Hancock also reports that the bill remains unacceptable for LGBTQ Ohioans, their supporters, and high school and college athletic associations. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Like the housing authority, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs found unacceptable conditions at Pavilion Place. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday condemned the North\u2019s ongoing military activities and preparations for a nuclear test as unacceptable provocations. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 11 June 2022",
"The comments that this candidate made were not just unfortunate but unacceptable . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"That hasn\u2019t deterred Barden in his mission to make gun violence socially and culturally unacceptable , like drunk driving or not wearing a seatbelt; to try, unceasingly, to protect other children and families. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-ak-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-ik-\u02c8sep-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203817",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unacceptably":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"definitions":{
": not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome":[]
},
"examples":[
"a word that is unacceptable in formal English",
"Some of her ideas were unacceptable to other people.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Failing to feed our school-aged youth because of strict, unattainable nutrition guidelines is unacceptable . \u2014 Guy Yehiav, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"And actually, some things have always been true and some things have always been unacceptable . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"This is unacceptable , and our children deserve better. \u2014 Brooke Baitinger, Sun Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"However, Hancock also reports that the bill remains unacceptable for LGBTQ Ohioans, their supporters, and high school and college athletic associations. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"Like the housing authority, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs found unacceptable conditions at Pavilion Place. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday condemned the North\u2019s ongoing military activities and preparations for a nuclear test as unacceptable provocations. \u2014 Reuters, NBC News , 11 June 2022",
"The comments that this candidate made were not just unfortunate but unacceptable . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"That hasn\u2019t deterred Barden in his mission to make gun violence socially and culturally unacceptable , like drunk driving or not wearing a seatbelt; to try, unceasingly, to protect other children and families. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 3 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-ak-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-ik-\u02c8sep-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182557",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unacclimated":{
"antonyms":[
"acclimated",
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"habituated",
"used"
],
"definitions":{
": not adapted to a new climate, place, or situation : not acclimated":[
"new arrivals unacclimated to the local environment"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1846, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8kl\u012b-m\u0259-",
"-\u02ccm\u0101-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8a-kl\u0259-\u02ccm\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"unaccustomed",
"unadapted",
"unadjusted",
"unused"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005702",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unaccompanied":{
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"He attended the party unaccompanied .",
"Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.",
"All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.",
"a piece written for an unaccompanied cello",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over 132,000 unaccompanied children were apprehended at the southwestern border of the United States between October 2020 and August 2021, representing a fourfold increase compared with the same period the year prior. \u2014 Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Among those arrested in May, 69% were single adults while families and unaccompanied children continue to cross the border in high numbers as well, according to government data. \u2014 Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Approximately 77,000 of those migrants have been families and unaccompanied children. \u2014 Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The Biden administration, for example, has exempted certain groups from Title 42 on humanitarian grounds, including unaccompanied children, Ukrainian refugees and some asylum-seekers. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"But, in the ensuing months, as Biden continued to expel migrants under Title 42\u2014albeit with new exemptions, including for unaccompanied children\u2014Pinheiro grew disillusioned. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"Soon after President Biden took office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally exempted unaccompanied children from Title 42. \u2014 Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"The Bean, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) announced a 10:00 p.m. weekend curfew for unaccompanied minors. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 18 May 2022",
"The violence prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot to ban unaccompanied minors from visiting Millennium Park after 6 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday. \u2014 Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune , 17 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1545, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0259mp-n\u0113d",
"-\u02c8k\u00e4m-",
"-\u02c8k\u00e4mp-",
"-\u02c8k\u0259m-p\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"solo"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015015",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unaccountable":{
"antonyms":[
"accountable",
"explainable",
"explicable"
],
"definitions":{
": not to be accounted for : inexplicable , strange":[],
": not to be called to account : not responsible":[]
},
"examples":[
"She has shown an unaccountable reluctance to accept their offer.",
"the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even if Musk ultimately decides against undoing Twitter's policies, his sole ownership of the company highlights his unaccountable power, said Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director of Accountable Tech. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 3 May 2022",
"Entrepreneurs and bankers alike say the brutal lockdown has demonstrated money means nothing in a world where anyone can instantly become collateral damage in plans instigated by a distant and unaccountable leadership. \u2014 Steven Jiang, CNN , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Instead of allowing true free speech, unaccountable Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg decide what can and can\u2019t be said. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The bulk of the bill is, however, a partisan spending package, with billions going to scientific research that has little to do with national security and to projects such as the U.N.\u2019s unaccountable Green Climate Fund. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Despite all these existing hurdles, conservative Republicans have for years argued that the regulatory process remains unaccountable and illegitimate. \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Some stories are about the sudden forging of close friendships, which the characters find just as unaccountable as war, but now unaccountably joyous. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Yes, the virus seems unaccountable to our best efforts and fueled by our worst instincts. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
"And, in the context of a new distribution channel that is 24 hours, amplified by completely unaccountable information sources in the Internet. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1643, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259-\u02c8kau\u0307n-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"synonyms":[
"inexplainable",
"inexplicable",
"unexplainable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205837",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unaccustomed":{
"antonyms":[
"acclimated",
"accustomed",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"habituated",
"used"
],
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": not customary : not usual or common":[],
": not habituated":[
"\u2014 usually used with to"
]
},
"examples":[
"They responded to our request with unaccustomed speed.",
"pampered youngsters who were unaccustomed to such hard work",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Writer and producer Danny Strong was unaccustomed to high-ranking television executives calling him at odd hours for in-depth discussions about a project. \u2014 Joe Flint, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"Many providers are unaccustomed to Moderna, having relied so far on only the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"Colleagues may be unaccustomed to using video conferencing or may forget to patch in virtual workers. \u2014 Max Hansen, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The big white Christmas news came for Seattle late Saturday in a region unaccustomed to powder on Dec. 25. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Dec. 2021",
"As the development pipeline continues to move into regions that are unaccustomed to warehouse facilities, combating NIMBYism will likely remain a persistent challenge. \u2014 David Welch, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Australians are a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of people, not unaccustomed to dealing with trouble and tragedy on a continent of environmental extremes. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Additional amenities include steam rooms, saunas, multiple pools, a whirlpool and oxygen rooms, which are essential for out-of-towners unaccustomed to the thin air in a city with a more than 6,000-foot elevation. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Plucked in the sixth round out of Washington State\u2019s Air Raid offense, Patmon entered the NFL raw, unaccustomed to playing in an offense that requires the attention to detail Indianapolis demands of its wide receivers. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 31 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259-\u02c8k\u0259-st\u0259md"
],
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"synonyms":[
"unacclimated",
"unadapted",
"unadjusted",
"unused"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231511",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unacquainted":{
"antonyms":[
"acquainted",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"conversant",
"grounded",
"informed",
"knowing",
"mindful",
"witting"
],
"definitions":{
": not acquainted : such as":[],
": not having experience or knowledge of something":[
"\u2014 used with with was unacquainted with the issues a reader unacquainted with her style She was unacquainted with the world of the fashionable New York hotel \u2026 \u2014 Edith Wharton"
],
": not known personally or socially":[
"introducing two previously unacquainted cousins"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the unacquainted , the Roca brothers together helm Michelin three-star restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, Spain. \u2014 Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, Robb Report , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The wooden wheel and tall, closely situated gear shifter are a joy to use, and any intimidation an unacquainted driver may feel washes away after the first mile. \u2014 Alistair Charlton, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Spend too much time on, say, how to tie a fly, and those unacquainted with the sport can quickly lose interest. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Oct. 2021",
"Four unacquainted people meet at an immigration detention center in Australia. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2021",
"And young, unacquainted with despair and allergic to the idea that anything is too late. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
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"Of course, this could still all go horribly wrong; there are those who think The Sandman is essentially unadaptable . \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 1 July 2019",
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"Students do benefit from learning in their own ways, but the internet\u2019s unadjudicated offerings are no substitute for actual teachers, or for a central authority ensuring that the information on offer is correct. \u2014 Daniel J. Levitin, WSJ , 4 Sep. 2020",
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"Households with earnings above $200,000 (single) or $250,000 (joint filers), again unadjusted for inflation, would also pay tax of 12.4% on their investment earnings, similar to the additional Medicare tax implemented to fund Obamacare. \u2014 Elizabeth Bauer, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
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"Compared with a year ago, airfare prices are up 33.3% on an unadjusted basis. \u2014 Jacob Passy, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
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"Freshly caught whitefish, pike and more are grilled and unadorned . \u2014 Diane Daniel, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"His clothing is simple and unadorned , lending the painting a sense of intimacy, distinct from the wealth and decorum that come through in Raphael\u2019s portraits of popes and dukes. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
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"The poignancy of Little America lies in its unadulterated honesty that almost demands empathy from its viewers. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 25 May 2022",
"All starting with my unadulterated binge drinking as an Oakmont student. \u2014 Ed Kressy, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"The Met Gala red carpet is the rare celebrity style moment dedicated to pure, unadulterated fashion. \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 May 2022",
"As the Crawleys contend with their rapidly modernizing world, expect quips and pure, unadulterated escapism. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Like Rugani, Rodrigo Bentancur has failed to show any tangible progress, and his passing has become increasingly unadventurous after a string of high profile mistakes. \u2014 Adam Digby, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Since taping, Cicolini has emerged as somewhat of a local celebrity and rightfully so \u2014 her innovative, Abbruzzo-style approach to proteins that many unadventurous eaters shy away from (like tripe, liver and heart) is food artistry at its finest. \u2014 Joey Skladany, PEOPLE.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
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"An unadventurous and disciplined Villarreal side, expertly coached by Unai Emery, sat back and invited United to attack, but they were put under very little pressure. \u2014 Sam Pilger, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"Sacked by the chairman, replaced by a perpetual winner who, at the time of writing, looks likely to break that habit with us, turning us into a boring, unadventurous , mid-table, mediocre side in the process. \u2014 Paul Croughton, Robb Report , 8 May 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At least four studies, in Canada, Germany and the U.S., have found brokers and advisers often chase what\u2019s hot and dump what\u2019s not, much the way unadvised individuals do. \u2014 Jason Zweig, WSJ , 7 May 2021",
"Pursuing treatment from a doctor is key because unadvised use of the drugs can be fatal. \u2014 Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner , 25 Mar. 2020",
"And given Russia's goals in Syria are different from the United States' goals, sharing such information seemed an odd choice, at best, and highly unadvised , at worst. 4. \u2014 Aaron Blake, Washington Post , 21 July 2017"
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"Also unaffected are boutique crypto miners, like individuals who operate from their homes, an important distinction meant to preserve crypto\u2019s potential benefit to marginalized people, according to Ms. Kelles. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
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"But in conversations with his long-suffering wife Louisa and his stern mother Abigail Adams, a less noble side of the man is laid bare: absentee husband, cold, unaffectionate father and inflexible, unlikable politician. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 26 Oct. 2020",
"Seward says Diana told her about her ex-husband's unaffectionate childhood with parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 21 Sep. 2020",
"Kyung, a Korean-American, grew up financially comfortable \u2014 surrounded by tutors, music lessons and other markers of success \u2014 but in loveless, unaffectionate surroundings. \u2014 Joumana Khatib, New York Times , 11 May 2017"
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"That, plus a healthy dose of unaffiliated voters who generally vote with Democrats, means a clear conservative will face an almost impossible hurdle to win a statewide office. \u2014 John Myers, Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Seventy-seven percent of Democrats support Bonta, according to the survey of likely voters, along with 38% of unaffiliated voters. \u2014 Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Among unaffiliated voters, Klarides holds the lead at 45% to 40% with 15% undecided, according to the survey. \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
"Party primaries are open to unaffiliated voters, but the majority of voters can\u2019t participate in determining which candidates will be available for their consideration until the primary. \u2014 Danielle Allen, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"But when it was crafted, the assumption was that unaffiliated voters \u2014 29% of all voters statewide \u2014 would be able to sign petitions for any party. \u2014 Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"His musical and real-life personalities seemed directly related: unhurried, easygoing, more likely to follow a train of thought than pursue a rigorous argument, but unafraid to let the conversation become serious or philosophical. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Her development of Lady Ease, a line of feminine skincare products, demonstrates a determination to offer real solutions for women while being steadfastly unafraid of the stigma attached to the subject. \u2014 Rod Berger, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"And for those who like to see actors unafraid to dive in without hesitation, no matter what the role (or roles) demands of them. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"But training herself to appear unafraid was not the same as training herself not to feel afraid\u2014the difference between pretending and being. \u2014 Ling Ma, The Atlantic , 16 May 2022",
"Stanley, who worked as a pharmacy technician, frequently changed his hair color and was unafraid to express his sexuality on Facebook. \u2014 Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"As Lady Mary's loyal maid Anna, Joanne Froggatt is rarely seen without her black dress and her hair in a bun, but in real life, the actress is unafraid to experiment with color on the red carpet. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 17 May 2022",
"But for 100 years from now\u2014the year 2122\u2014we spoke with people who were unafraid to make some bold claims: science fiction writers. \u2014 Alex Beggs, Bon App\u00e9tit , 26 Apr. 2022",
"National Review writers are unafraid to state that a man cannot become a woman. \u2014 Madeleine Kearns, National Review , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"The map displays 28 reported sightings over the past 30 days, and all displayed unaggressive behavior. \u2014 Brandi Addison, Dallas News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The movie also maps Harding\u2019s longtime struggle to belong in the skating world as a blue-collar athlete while also refusing to conform to the dainty, unaggressive ideology judges preferred. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Oct. 2017",
"The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 1 Mar. 2017",
"Fruit forward and silky, with unaggressive tannins. \u2014 Connie Ogle, miamiherald , 24 Aug. 2017",
"Typically unaggressive rider Julien Leparoux must ride Classic Empire aggressively. \u2014 Dick Jerardi, Philly.com , 18 May 2017",
"The commercial value of their horns, combined with their relatively unaggressive nature, has left them susceptible to poaching. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic , 1 Mar. 2017"
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"Last year, the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund doled out $28 billion to help cover costs such as rent and payroll, while still leaving roughly 200,000 applicants unaided . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"The comet started coming nearer to Earth in the ensuing weeks, brightening and then finally appearing to the unaided eye in June 1861. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And sky-watchers can look out for an eye-catching huddle of five of our brightest neighboring planets, all visible to the unaided eye. \u2014 Andrew Fazekas, Science , 30 Dec. 2021",
"And before him, President Franklin Roosevelt \u2013 suffering from polio \u2013 hid from the public his use of a wheelchair and inability to walk unaided . \u2014 Josh Rivera, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies of a stroke From his first days in the White House, America\u2019s longest-serving president had hidden from the public his inability to walk unaided . \u2014 Amy Mckeever And David Beard, National Geographic , 2 Oct. 2020",
"Most of the time, our unaided intuition would suggest that a small change of density should lead only to a bit more burn. \u2014 Julia Brodsky, Forbes , 29 May 2021",
"That finding supports the ancient sources that said the Himerans were mostly left unaided in the second fight, which allowed the Carthaginian force to overpower them. \u2014 Katherine Reinberger, The Conversation , 12 May 2021",
"Visibly yellowy-orange to look at with the unaided eye, Arcturus in the constellation of Bo\u00f6tes is a mere 37 light-years from us, and easy to find on clear nights in June. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 6 June 2021"
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"Because no two presidents in the history of the republic are more unalike in character and temperament than this pair. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Dec. 2020",
"While the two were as unalike as night and day, Mr. Topping was Mr. Rosenthal\u2019s handpicked alter-ego, as tough as the boss, but with none of his rough edges. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 8 Nov. 2020",
"This is not to say that Trump and Jackson are completely unalike . \u2014 Daniel Gullota, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Mother and daughter couldn\u2019t be more unalike but must navigate their contentious relationship to rebuild their lives. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 8 Dec. 2019",
"For a brief moment in time, California and Berlin looked not unalike : two nights pulling at the edges of an expanse of light stretched over the earth. \u2014 Tessa Love, Longreads , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Diptychs were no longer necessarily divided into unalike images. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2018",
"The work starts with two male-female duets (Sofiane Sylve with Tiit Helimets, Jahna Frantziskonis with Joseph Warton) that, though unalike , each involves two-way negotiation. \u2014 Alastair Macaulay, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2018",
"The Bertuzzi and Marchand situations are completely unalike . \u2014 Michael Mccann, SI.com , 6 May 2018"
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"At some point, it is thought, the spacecraft will leave those roiling shoals behind and at last encounter the unalloyed interstellar magnetic field. \u2014 Tim Folger, Scientific American , 18 June 2022",
"But the real world and its various markets are bigger and more intricate than the models of game theory, of course: No one has perfect information or consistent beliefs, no one acts in the realm of unalloyed reason. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
"That\u2019s because unalloyed optimism, which is what\u2019s generally purveyed by corporate executives, is unhealthy for capitalism, just as living on a diet exclusively of Twinkies would be for you or me. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Admitting to suicidal thinking, much less publishing an extended, unalloyed account of it, remains an unremitting taboo. \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Summers, a former top economic adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, sees neither unalloyed prosperity nor dangerous decline. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 12 Dec. 2021",
"In them, Gruden demonstrates an unalloyed contempt for this mission. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Thus, the quantity of material being produced, and the size of the audiences subjected to it, became unalloyed goods. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Not every risk paid off (see the Lisa computer), but Steve Jobs approached every instance of product creation with a sense of unalloyed audacity. \u2014 Steve Vassallo, Forbes , 5 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Los Angeles has never been more unalluring than in this bleak, racy and hard-to-put-down piece of neo-noir by first-time novelist Halley Sutton, who\u2019s a kind of #MeToo Jim Thompson. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2020"
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"Whenever someone buys an NFT, the purchase is recorded on a transparent and unalterable blockchain that lets everyone see who the current owner is. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 9 May 2022",
"Most journalistic forecasts about 2022 treat as an unalterable rule of physics the historical pattern that the president\u2019s party loses House and (usually) Senate seats in off-year elections. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"If no one has cornered you at a party to explain this to you yet, NFT stands for non-fungible token, which is an unalterable digital receipt that lives on a decentralized public transaction ledger called a blockchain. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 4 Feb. 2022",
"And in this case, one uncomfortable reality is that both wind and solar are dogged by a range of problems caused by intermittency, the unalterable fact that the wind doesn\u2019t always blow, and the sun doesn\u2019t always shine. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The x-axis is still just the unalterable fact of time. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The x-axis is still just the unalterable fact of time. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The x-axis is still just the unalterable fact of time. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The x-axis is still just the unalterable fact of time. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"Critics have pointed to this as an acknowledgement of a flawed argument, though the preceding sentence declaring a lack of support for such a right was unaltered . \u2014 Daigo Fujiwara, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"The expedition team, which partnered with the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration, left the wreck realizing much of it remains unaltered , offering an extraordinary opportunity for marine archaeologists and historians. \u2014 CBS News , 6 June 2022",
"Gene expression of early viral proteins was unaltered with exposure to various forms of this virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"In short, the fractured political landscape that marked the presidential campaign remains unaltered as the country girds for the June legislative elections. \u2014 Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"However, the lettering on the famous bridge would remain unaltered . \u2014 NBC News , 6 Apr. 2022",
"My guess is few decisions made by CEOs on day one of the crisis remain unaltered through today. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Not every speech will captivate those at home, but DeBose and Kotsur, in their concise, beautifully delivered comments, showed the potential of an unaltered acceptance. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The body shape, which would remain relatively unaltered throughout the nameplate\u2019s 16 years, is far from the only eye-catching element of its design. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022"
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"Rice\u2019s unambiguous ouster was somewhat rattling for the media business, where high-profile exits are often sugarcoated as voluntary resignations. \u2014 Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 June 2022",
"Another possibility is that the justices were unanimous about the statute\u2019s unambiguous nature from the start and opted to avoid discussing Chevron for simplicity\u2019s sake. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 20 June 2022",
"The takeaway message: Build a culture of respect, communicate clearly and set unambiguous expectations. \u2014 Tracy Brower, Forbes , 5 June 2022",
"Speaking today from a venue far closer to China, standing alongside Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Biden was again decidedly unambiguous . \u2014 Tripti Lahiri, Quartz , 23 May 2022",
"Now, on Monday outside Atlanta, Mr. Pence is taking his boldest and most unambiguous step toward confronting his former political patron. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
"Skolimowski uses other tricks to communicate the mood, such as Pawe\u0142 Mykietyn\u2019s unambiguous electronic score and a dizzying array of trick shots, some from EO\u2019s point of view. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"In the meantime, interim security arrangements for Sweden and Finland of the type now being discussed or put into place by the U.S., the U.K., France, and others should be made as unambiguous as possible. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 May 2022",
"The response from Republicans across the board was unambiguous . \u2014 CBS News , 3 June 2022"
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"Bill Murray and Harold Ramis star as two unambitious friends who join the Army and find themselves in a platoon of misfits. \u2014 Amy Mitchell, Country Living , 3 June 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",
"Its goal of reaching a 20% ratio seems pretty unambitious compared with its historical levels. \u2014 Jinjoo Lee, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Not meeting these targets and setting unambitious goals for lowering emissions have cost the economy a potential NIS 217 billion, the report said. \u2014 Shoshanna Solomon, Fortune , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Leaders can ultimately settle for an unambitious agreement that does not push the major emitters outside their comfort zone and leaves vulnerable nations largely on their own. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Belichick has been careful to give Jones a fairly unambitious menu. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Xi in 2019 said his country would achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, after peaking emissions before 2030, a goal that climate advocates have described as unambitious in the face of the climate crisis. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2021",
"The 20-year lag behind other powerful nations\u2019 targets may make India\u2019s goal seem unambitious . \u2014 Ciara Nugent, Time , 1 Nov. 2021"
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"There are no poets or prophets among the emotionally wounded; there\u2019s only redemption through violence and a sense of grim, fierce, unambiguous, unambivalent , purely partisan purpose. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But wireless providers and others are pushing back, saying that backup power resources are case-by-case judgements unamenable to bureaucratic micromanagement and that blanket requirements reduce operators\u2019 flexibility to respond to disasters. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"With unanimity required of all 27 heads of state and government, there are still some skeptical holdouts for recognition -- notably Denmark and Portugal. \u2014 David A. Andelman, CNN , 16 June 2022",
"He has been received with an immediate and extraordinary unanimity of solidarity and commitment: arms, intelligence-sharing, aid, and crushing economic sanctions against Russia. \u2014 The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2022",
"No such unanimity in the service of truth exists at the Capitol today. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"The Chagossians in Crawley present no unanimity of opinion about Chagos and their future. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"But there was a time around a decade ago when critics habitually hailed the ensemble as one of the greatest in the country \u2014 or anywhere \u2014 for its willingness to take risks, its rhythmic verve, its crisp articulation and its unanimity of purpose. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
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"The embargo covers oil delivered by sea, with an exemption for crude transported by pipelines that secured landlocked Hungary's support to win the required unanimity . \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 31 May 2022"
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"Justices, in a four-page unanimous order, said the statewide grand jury will be impaneled for a year in the 10th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Polk, Hardee and Highlands counties. \u2014 Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel , 29 June 2022",
"The unanimous opinion, in which one justice did not participate, calls for the cases against former state officials Nick Lyon, Nancy Peeler and Richard Baird to return to the Genesee Circuit Court for preliminary examinations. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, USA TODAY , 28 June 2022",
"Without a unanimous recommendation of death, Scherer cannot impose that sentence. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The unanimous opinion, with one justice not participating, calls for the cases against former state officials Nick Lyon, Nancy Peeler and Richard Baird to return to the Genesee Circuit Court for preliminary examinations. \u2014 Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press , 28 June 2022",
"From 12 to 20 weeks unanimous approval is required. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Manning, the nation\u2019s unanimous No. 1 prospect, is the eighth 2023 recruit to verbally commit to Texas. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 23 June 2022",
"Justice Andrew McDonald wrote the unanimous decisions in which the identities of family members were concealed to protect children. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022"
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"The coda left me with only one remaining unanswerable question: In the final estimation, just how good or bad is a good book with a bad ending? \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Odell\u2019s friends have been wrestling with the unanswerable question of whether something could have gone differently. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 23 Mar. 2022",
"How crypto behaves as a result is an unanswerable question at this point. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2022",
"There are still many questions, most of which are probably unanswerable . \u2014 J. Brady Mccollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Throwing up your hands and concluding that the question of the meaning of life is simply unanswerable \u2014by you, at least\u2014is the easy response. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Following the event, the memorial served as a refuge for those without answers to so many unanswerable questions. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Dec. 2021",
"But there was a formal coldness to his art that saved it from sentimentality, a refusal of closure that threw you back on your own life with unanswerable questions. \u2014 Leslie Camhi, Vogue , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some professors worry that the unanswered attacks are hurting Boise State\u2019s credibility. \u2014 Daniel Golden, ProPublica , 4 July 2022",
"Many questions remain unanswered in the days following the shooting. \u2014 Ana Roc\u00edo \u00c1lvarez Br\u00ed\u00f1ez, The Courier-Journal , 30 June 2022",
"Investment opportunities that speak to innovation and seek to solve unanswered needs can be compelling\u2014both as investments and as ways to satisfy the personal visions of the investor. \u2014 Thomas H. Ruggie, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Some people have complained to Rolling Stone and many more griped on social media that their messages to customer service had gone unanswered for days, even though the company invited concerned customers to reach out. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"That type of caution leaves gaps and raises many still unanswered questions about how the fiery preacher\u2019s image changed so dramatically. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Ines Schreiver, co-director of a center of dermatotoxicology at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Germany, said that basic questions about the body\u2019s exposure to the inks remained unanswered . \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"There remain big, unanswered \u2014and perhaps now forever unknowable\u2014questions even about the central Watergate break-in itself: Who ultimately ordered it? \u2014 Timothy Noah, The New Republic , 17 June 2022",
"Their unanswered demands for improved employment, health, and education opportunities are driving record voters to elect a new outsider president. \u2014 Christina Noriega, The Christian Science Monitor , 17 June 2022"
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"The new policy has had some unanticipated side effects.",
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"The pandemic was a wake-up call underlying the simple fact that the unanticipated and the improbable are more possible than anyone would have expected before. \u2014 Somdutta Singh, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"These seemingly unrelated changes had an unanticipated outcome: students being ticketed by police and then funneled into systems designed for adults, not children. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Bloom is willing to make unanticipated moves and fill round holes with square pegs; witness the surprising trade-deadline move for Kyle Schwarber. \u2014 Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Berkeley said that level was abnormally low because the pandemic had caused an unanticipated drop of more than 800 students who chose to take time off. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Republican critics have raised concerns about the uncertainty of the actual rate and say the program could have unanticipated costs. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"The pandemic was a wake-up call underlying the simple fact that the unanticipated and the improbable are more possible than anyone would have expected before. \u2014 Somdutta Singh, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"These seemingly unrelated changes had an unanticipated outcome: students being ticketed by police and then funneled into systems designed for adults, not children. \u2014 Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Bloom is willing to make unanticipated moves and fill round holes with square pegs; witness the surprising trade-deadline move for Kyle Schwarber. \u2014 Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"An internal Alaska Air memo indicated an unanticipated shortage of pilots is driving the cancellations. \u2014 The Seattle Times, Anchorage Daily News , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Complex problems, by comparison, can be likened to raising a child: The results are often unpredictable and small inputs can have large, unanticipated changes. \u2014 Peter Pronovost, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Berkeley said that level was abnormally low because the pandemic had caused an unanticipated drop of more than 800 students who chose to take time off. \u2014 Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
"Republican critics have raised concerns about the uncertainty of the actual rate and say the program could have unanticipated costs. \u2014 Bryn Stole, Baltimore Sun , 28 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the children who push this book forward in unanticipated ways. \u2014 Jennifer Egan, New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"She was unapologetic about her remarks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Robert Goolrick, who was known as Robbie, was unapologetic . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Leavitt \u2014 who has raised more than $100,000 in campaign funds, compared to Gray\u2019s $15,000 \u2014 has been unapologetic about his changes. \u2014 Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Osaka is leading a new generation of athletes who are unapologetic about utilizing their platforms to share their stances on social issues, including the mental health crisis facing many in this country, and she won\u2019t be deterred by critics. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 3 June 2022",
"The important step is to be specific and unapologetic . \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"But at the heart of Eleanor Bergstein\u2019s script is a clear and unapologetic argument for reproductive choice. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 May 2022",
"These bright and unapologetic earrings with gold and sage tones are the definition of statement earrings. \u2014 Martha Sorren, Woman's Day , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lil' Kim is known for shaking the music industry as one of the first to pave the way for female rappers with her savvy and unapologetic attitude. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The song set the tone for the night: to be unashamed, unfiltered and unapologetic about one\u2019s experiences and feelings. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"In The Cut, Danielle Cohen observed that an active social-media life can leave an unappealing digital paper trail\u2014the cringey detritus of a series of past selves. \u2014 Jenna Mahale, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
"The appearance of the scar tissue may also be unappealing to patients. \u2014 Kellen Chen, The Conversation , 23 May 2022",
"That left Karr with two unappealing choices \u2014 stay with her preferred surgeon and pay sky-high out-of-network rates, or hunt for another surgeon at another in-network hospital willing to perform the procedure. \u2014 Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Voters on the left see the French presidential election as an unappealing choice between a center-right president and a far-right populist. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The prospect of doubling down on babies can feel especially unappealing for the parents who are still reeling from taking on unexpected duties with no recognition or social support. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This stop outside the minuscule town of Springer is unappealing \u2014 its bathrooms rank and its dining options minimal. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The most natural or expected way for a journalist to publish is to publish a non-fiction book, and that idea is just so unappealing to me. \u2014 Melissah Yang, refinery29.com , 24 Aug. 2021",
"An independent group, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, says the real problems are long-distance trucking\u2019s unappealing lifestyle and inadequate compensation. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such leaders are unappeasable because their goals can never be reached. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Activists will decry the shift as hippie-punching aimed at mollifying an unappeasable hard right, while moderates will blame the activists for continuing to tar the party's image with unpopular radical stances. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 25 June 2021",
"This unappeasable hostility is a problem for Israel, for America, and for the Democratic Party. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 22 May 2021",
"But ultimately what stands between him and any large achievement is his deeply rooted, unappeasable need to look longingly backward, an impulse that goes beyond nostalgia. \u2014 Robert Gottlieb, The New Yorker , 4 Nov. 2019",
"More often than not her tone carries a tinge of unappeasable rage. \u2014 Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ , 10 Aug. 2017"
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"the array of unappetizing foods that we encountered at that cheap roadside restaurant",
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"All this after the Celtics had filled the first couple of months of the regular season with some of the most unappetizing basketball on the East Coast. \u2014 New York Times , 29 May 2022",
"When Steve turns out to be more Hannibal Lecter than Prince Charming, their relationship quickly takes an unappetizing turn. \u2014 Andrew Walsh, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Plus, many people experience nausea or even vomit, which can make food seem really unappetizing . \u2014 SELF , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The food at Black\u2019s looked the most unappetizing to me out of the three, and the presentation is a bit off-putting too. \u2014 Chris O'connell, Chron , 10 Feb. 2022",
"That's why some analysts are worried that Kroger's stock price may be starting to look about as unappetizing as an overripe banana. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 24 Aug. 2021",
"There were times, however, when the humans had to intervene \u2014 like when casein, the main protein in cow\u2019s milk, was simulated by an algae that turned the drink an unappetizing shade of blue. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 June 2021",
"The dishes are usually prepared in ways that seem intentionally unappetizing , divorced of context, flavor and seasoning. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 24 June 2021",
"Restaurants around the world have faced an unappetizing reality in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as shutdowns and indoor dining restrictions have ground the industry to a halt. \u2014 Adeline Chen, CNN , 14 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the two held a propensity for feeling unappreciated and thus kept a long memory of petty grievance. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Ignoring diversity causes people to feel undervalued and unappreciated . \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Your friends are right \u2013\u2014 this would have been an unused and unappreciated dud, at best. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Covid and global warming, two of the century\u2019s biggest issues so far, have an unappreciated similarity: Both have triggered extreme overreactions by policy makers. \u2014 Tomas J. Philipson, WSJ , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Guest has immortalized groundbreaking ballerinas, iconic photographers, international dignitaries, tragically slain children, unappreciated servicemen, and enslaved peoples with the same level of respect and appreciation. \u2014 Keyaira Boone, Essence , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Feeling unappreciated may nudge your customers to take their business someplace else. \u2014 Kenny Tripura, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Feeling rather unappreciated could really wear on you today. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 9 Feb. 2022",
"An unappreciated motive for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is that Kyiv was positioning itself to break from its longtime Russian nuclear suppliers, as the U.S. was encroaching on Russia\u2019s largest nuclear export market. \u2014 Jeffrey S. Merrifield, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cautionary word, however, is that humans are prone to what\u2019s called hedonic adaptation, which basically translates to a tendency to revert back to our old \u2013 and in this case, unappreciative \u2013 ways. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Taking place in the mid \u201880s, the eight-episode show kicks off with the titular iconic band Los Prisioneros playing their sardonic protest songs to a rowdy, unappreciative crowd. \u2014 Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of military from far away, and very unappreciative , lands. \u2014 Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner , 22 Dec. 2020"
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"a cold and unapproachable person",
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"CEOs are often too unapproachable and so high up that there is a disconnection between them and the employees. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Ovechkin needs 35 goals to pass Howe and 128 to break Gretzky\u2019s record \u2014 long thought to be unapproachable in modern hockey. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Although the meet record in the girls 400 is an almost unapproachable 48.09 by two-time Olympic gold medalist Monique Henderson of Morse in 2002, Poway\u2019s Alyssa Bean and Bishops\u2019 Madeline Cramer had one of the best races of the day. \u2014 Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"At $488,245 a share, Berkshire shares are unapproachable for most individual investors. \u2014 David Goldman, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The value of having Fools in a leader\u2019s life cannot be over-emphasized because, like kings, today\u2019s leaders are often seen as above reproach and unapproachable . \u2014 Paul Glover, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"In China, top leaders of Zhang's standing remain virtually unapproachable and private even after retirement, which makes reaching him to comment for this story virtually impossible. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Yong Xiong, CNN , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Leaders without a good dose of self-awareness will appear arrogant, unapproachable and unconnected. \u2014 Joanna Swash, Forbes , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Farley: Fundraising can seem unapproachable to those who are new to the craft. \u2014 Shannon Farley, Forbes , 16 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This nickname would - to say the very least - prove to be unapt , as Bonetti would ironically resemble another family pet during the quarter finals: a dog, haplessly chasing after the ball in his penalty area with catastrophic consequences. \u2014 SI.com , 14 June 2018"
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"I will not challenge your unarguable expertise in the field of lepidopterology.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But Rick Rubin counters with a simple, and fairly unarguable , statement. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"In the near-term, Reeder said, the first step is unarguable . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 27 Oct. 2021",
"His logic was unarguable : if the means of producing nuclear weapons could be placed under reliable international control, abolition was possible. \u2014 Michael Krepon, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"For a young person, born and raised in London and keen to experience the world, this was obvious and unarguable . \u2014 Henry Wismayer, Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
"His influence in Minnesota's sports media is unarguable . \u2014 Star Tribune , 26 Oct. 2020",
"Where public monuments have long been overbearing and unarguable , these two are broad-minded and open-ended. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 17 Sep. 2020",
"The unarguable outcome is the most powerful government in a generation, under Boris Johnson. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Jan. 2020",
"This election means that getting Brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible unarguable decision of the British people. \u2014 Fox News , 13 Dec. 2019"
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"he is unarguably a better tennis player than his wife",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Climate change is both critical, and unarguably an audit matter. \u2014 Robert G. Eccles, Forbes , 10 Mar. 2021",
"Paula's Choice is famous for its fast-acting exfoliating products, and its 25% AHA and 2% BHA Exfoliant Peel \u2014 which launched for a limited time this past summer \u2014 was unarguably one of its biggest hits yet. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 1 Jan. 2021",
"Still, going forward, the appointment would help confirm what is unarguably true: that the arts are essential. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Arguably the best athlete on this list and unarguably the most successful NFL player on it, Casper\u2019s freshman year predated the return of freshman eligibility to college football by two years. \u2014 Eric Hansen, Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2020",
"While several candidates helped themselves and raised their stature \u2014 Harris unarguably is now in the top tier of candidates \u2014 others didn\u2019t do enough to break out of the pack. \u2014 Aric Chokey, sun-sentinel.com , 28 June 2019",
"The Aspen inn offers al fresco dining at 11,212 feet (pictured above) or near the pool with views of a living wall of flowers, unarguably the retreat's pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance. \u2014 Michaela Bechler, Vogue , 2 Oct. 2018",
"His boss is Roger Penske, a living legend and unarguably the most successful Indy car owner in the sport's illustrious history. \u2014 Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star , 27 May 2018",
"For example, Richard Shaw is unarguably a master of technical wizardry. \u2014 Julia Couzens, sacbee , 4 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The city of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has settled with the family of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man who was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop last year, for $3.25 million. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"The investigation comes more than three years after video released by the AP showed Louisiana State troopers brutally punching, stunning, and dragging Ronald Greene, an unarmed Black man who failed to stop during a high-speed chase. \u2014 Julie Coleman, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The protests, between late May and early June of 2020, unfolded in cities across the country and were sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by a Minneapolis police officer. \u2014 Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer , 27 May 2022",
"Biden will sign the order at a White House ceremony on the two-year anniversary of the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, 2020, after a white officer used his knee to pin Floyd to the ground. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died when a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee onto his neck for nine minutes as other officers helped or looked on without intervening. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 24 May 2022",
"Ukraine has already started prosecuting Russian soldiers for war crimes, including Shishimarin, who is accused of killing an elderly unarmed man. \u2014 Claire Parker, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"In 2019, Schubert\u2019s office did not charge the two Sacramento officers involved in the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed Black man killed in his grandmother\u2019s backyard a year before. \u2014 Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old member of a tank unit, pleaded guilty to shooting an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through a car window in the opening days of the war. \u2014 Oleksandr Stashevskyi, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The systems are unarmored , difficult to maneuver and often break down, exposing operators to risk of counterattack. \u2014 Stephen Kalin, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"Supply vehicles were sometimes left on their own, even after the Ukrainian military advised citizens on social media to attack unarmored fuel trucks. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"It was followed by the unarmored black Nissan driven by Mr. Fakhrizadeh, with his wife, Sadigheh Ghasemi, at his side. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Several anti-fascist medics, dressed in black and wearing body armor, walked over and quietly put themselves between the unarmored counterprotesters and the Proud Boys. \u2014 Robert Evans, Rolling Stone , 14 Sep. 2021",
"The automaker claims the interior is as equally as luxurious as the unarmored S-Class, though the Guard does not sport the sliding sunroof for obvious reasons. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The bomblets, each with the explosive power of a hand grenade, are deadly against ground troops and unarmored vehicles such as supply trucks. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 18 Aug. 2020",
"That meant traveling dangerous roads in an unarmored S.U.V. to meet armed men with questionable allegiances. \u2014 Dave Philipps, New York Times , 25 Aug. 2019",
"Now, Shelton feared, all those satellites overhead had become so many huge, unarmored , billion-dollar sitting ducks. \u2014 Garrett M. Graff, WIRED , 26 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Money is an unarticulated through-line in Body Parts. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"The Midwestern white boy is struck by a Mexican woman, Carmen (Teresa Ruiz), whose Catholicism syncs with Stu\u2019s hidden, unarticulated morality. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 20 Apr. 2022",
"When these unarticulated moments build up into arguments, Lea comes off as foolish and unreasonable. \u2014 Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"But for Ada, her parents\u2019 silence about their past has created an unarticulated darkness that prompts her, early in the novel, to have a public emotional outburst. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Anolik sees the influence of Evelyn Waugh as unlocking some hitherto unarticulated aspect of Donna Tartt\u2019s art. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 22 Oct. 2021",
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"One unarticulated ingredient of chemistry, perhaps, is complicity. \u2014 Amanda Hess, New York Times , 23 Dec. 2019",
"The unarticulated assumption is that the enemy is still Russia. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Dec. 2019"
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"Johnson, who some political pundits have compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump, is often unashamed in his own politics and often has brushes with controversy. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"While there, Megan meets a rebellious and unashamed teen lesbian, Graham (Clea DuVall). \u2014 al , 2 June 2022",
"Something in those shoulders and in the set of the neck, in the sign of unashamed age suggested by the unhidden bald spot, gave an impression of the unflappable calm that comes only by way of long-sustained excellence. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The song set the tone for the night: to be unashamed , unfiltered and unapologetic about one\u2019s experiences and feelings. \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Our unashamed view at National Review is that argument is better than forbiddance, that sunlight is preferable to darkness, and that tolerance, not outrage and cancellation, ought to be our default mode. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 10 Feb. 2022",
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"These were the years of Trumpism, of unashamed white-supremacist politics, of unending police brutality against Black people. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"As a student at Oxford, Wilde was attracted by the idealized homoerotic images of Greek culture, which led him to an increasingly unashamed presentation of himself as a man who adored (and was often adored by) younger men. \u2014 Scott Bradfield, Los Angeles Times , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"In Seattle, for example, a hysterical effort inspired by the lab resulted in a report called Losing Home, a document built on a tissue of assumption and unasked questions. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"But where and when and by whom were questions that were left unasked and unanswered. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Jan. 2022",
"The question that remains unasked is how toys can invite children into the political discussion instead of merely targeting them. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 12 Oct. 2021",
"These basic questions have too frequently gone unasked . \u2014 Eric Reinhart, STAT , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Chief among them is the ability to embed interactive widgets on your home screens \u2013 which iPadOS 15 rudely introduces by scattering some around unasked , disrupting existing arrangements of apps. \u2014 Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY , 25 Sep. 2021",
"The unasked question is how much value lies in crewed exploration of the moon beyond PR. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 13 July 2021"
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"The target this time is Gigi Sohn, whose credentials as a critic of the monopoly power of big telecommunications companies and a defender of the public interest are unassailable . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"What these conversations don\u2019t take into account is the invisible religion of work that\u2019s become an unassailable part of our culture. \u2014 Carolyn Chen, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Fahrenheit, as Australia batted for another 22 overs as the runs appeared not to matter as the tourists pressed their lead past an unassailable 500 runs. \u2014 Tristan Lavalette, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Most important, his courtroom record is unassailable . \u2014 Malina Saval, Variety , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The perfect jacket is unassailable and ideal for all occasions. \u2014 Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"The growing dissent and ebbing support has undercut the former president\u2019s efforts to portray himself as an unassailable figure, and thrown suspense into the upcoming primary season. \u2014 Michael Scherer And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The door seemed open for Djokovic to barge through and set a seemingly unassailable mark for major wins, right as his fiercest rivals seemed to be fading. \u2014 Joshua Robinson, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2022"
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"Agents found an unassembled rifle in a pantry at Cook\u2019s home and extremist material on his electronic devices. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Ghost guns are exempt from laws requiring background checks and waiting periods because they are sold as unassembled kits, according to the motion introduced by Koretz and Krekorian. \u2014 Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Another couch, another controversy in the land of Swedish meatballs and unassembled furniture. \u2014 Erin Corbett, refinery29.com , 30 June 2021",
"Chase finished last in that survey, The unassembled convention is fairly new to the Republican Party of Virginia. \u2014 Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Greenhouses range in cost from $250 for an unassembled 6-foot-by-8-foot kit online to many thousands of dollars for more elaborate \u2014 or larger or assembled \u2014 models. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Sep. 2020",
"But production of the Karma soon ended when the company declared bankruptcy and its assets -- including some unassembled cars -- wereauctioned off. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 9 Jan. 2020",
"This regulation has been violated in the past: In September 2013, Aaron Alexis, a contractor who had authorized access at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., took an unassembled shotgun onto the base in a bag. \u2014 Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Step 12: Return to the driveway to stare at the 45 unassembled parts. \u2014 Sally Schwartz Higginson, chicagotribune.com , 17 Oct. 2019"
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"After a time, Patterson\u2019s play-it-down-the-middle approach feels less like the remembrances of a Renaissance man and more like evasive, unassertive hedging. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"The sun, only rarely in evidence behind gray clouds, set quickly and bade us an unassertive farewell. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Jan. 2022",
"My own thoughts have been along the line of weak, unassertive , super humble and timid. \u2014 Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman , 14 June 2018",
"Meryl Streep stars as Post owner Katherine Graham, an unassertive socialite who normally follows the journalistic lead of her editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks, playing it too cute). \u2014 John Powers, Vogue , 13 Dec. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new space will center on an unassigned desk arrangement, allowing for those who do come in the freedom to work from different areas throughout the day, said Dustin Sarnoski, the company\u2019s head of global realty. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 19 June 2022",
"This constraint is also what led Southwest to the radical idea of unassigned seating. \u2014 Lisa Bodell, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"For instance, internal controls can restrict accountants from keeping petty cash in an office drawer, signing a bulk of unassigned checks or completing wire transfers on open IP addresses. \u2014 Lilit Davtyan, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Of the total $58 million surplus, $21 million will remain unassigned in the FY2022 fiscal year budget and $37 million will be set aside for FY2023, according to the release. \u2014 Madison Bateman, baltimoresun.com , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Hot-desking is a system that uses unassigned desks furnished with identical monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, and docking station to connect to the office network. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The space will include unassigned desks, permanent offices and a podcast and video production studio. \u2014 Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Gensler is now working on layouts that incorporate employee lockers and more unassigned seating, as well as private rooms where teams and individuals can work without being disturbed. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2021",
"The managing attorney for the Conflict Office told Harris that as of July 31, his office had a backlog of 663 unassigned cases. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 24 Aug. 2021"
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"This approach has raised anew the bugbear of the unassimilable Other in our midst. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Moreover, conscripts returning from the war had to reassume civilian identities, thus introducing a troubling doubling of their own psyches: such extraordinary memories were quite simply unassimilable by their quotidian minds. \u2014 Will Self, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Many perceived the Chinese to be a heathen race, unassimilable and alien to the American way of life. \u2014 Michael Luo, The New Yorker , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Right until the moment his life was extinguished, his art was truculent, bold, arresting and unassimilable . \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 21 Aug. 2019",
"Spiegelman employed a popular cultural medium \u2014 comics \u2014 to render the unassimilable experience of growing up in postwar America as a child of Holocaust survivors. \u2014 New York Times , 16 July 2019",
"The European political center was killed by the political elites who opened the floodgates to unassimilable Muslim immigrants who the elites didn\u2019t have to live with but their citizens did. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 6 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bath seats should only be used with children who can sit unassisted Ignore distractions! \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 27 June 2022",
"She was slightly stooped but sure enough on her feet to go unassisted from the aisle to her chair, which served as a kind of throne. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Anthony Santander followed with a shot up the middle that appeared headed toward the second-base bag, giving shortstop Andrew Velazquez a chance for an unassisted double play. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Roller capped the offensive avalanche on an unassisted goal in the 73rd minute to pull consecutive hat tricks. \u2014 Evan Dudley, al , 13 May 2022",
"Moments later, Rosenzweig scored an unassisted goal with 2:38 to go. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, Baltimore Sun , 13 May 2022",
"Albers was one of the players sent to the penalty box but emerged from it to end the scoring drought with an unassisted goal with 38 seconds left in the period. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
"Anton Stralman scored his eighth goal for Arizona with 16:37 left in regulation, about four minutes before Shayne Gostisbehere\u2019s unassisted goal. \u2014 Stephen Hawkins, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The Tigers got a goal from Maddox Quigley on an unassisted free kick to improve to 10-1-2 on the season. \u2014 al , 29 Mar. 2022"
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"He's just an unassuming guy.",
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"Quiet and unassuming , Fitzpatrick also has an easy smile that hides a fierce competitive streak. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"An unassuming man, Guy puts up with all sorts of absurdities and indignities as the war plays out. \u2014 Alexander Mccall Smith, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Those that are venturing into the AI biases and societal power dynamics arena are trying to bring direct sunlight and rapt attention to an otherwise quiet or unassuming matter that would seemingly silently lay in wait. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"Michael Hebrard, a former PSU student who was the basketball team\u2019s manager during Williams\u2019 career, said the sharp-shooter was a very unassuming and friendly person. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This verbal language shares with the visual language an unassuming , direct kind of poetry. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Through it all, McCormick remains humble and unassuming , and deflects praise back to her students. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Park\u2019s organization, which works out of an unassuming office space in Seoul, is run by a team of seven millennials and Gen Zers who especially want to help the younger generation who make up the largest share of defectors. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
"In March, Virginia\u2019s College of William and Mary identified an unassuming cottage on its campus as one of the first schools for Black children in the Americas. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"In March, Virginia\u2019s College of William and Mary identified an unassuming cottage on its campus as one of the first schools for Black children in the Americas. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"In the eighteenth century a career with the East India Company was a throw of the dice for unattached young British men. \u2014 Christopher De Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Understandably, the current housing market has made this option seem unattainable . \u2014 Jarred Kessler, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The move is part of the underwear giant\u2019s efforts to rehabilitate its brand, long accused of promoting unattainable beauty standards that cater to the male gaze and that negatively affect young people\u2019s self esteem. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Though some outlets praised the singer for her physical transformation, some fans of the singer felt that her body's weight loss signified the artist succumbing to the pressure of unattainable Hollywood beauty standards. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Social media can take a toll on mental health, between promoting unattainable beauty standards to reducing human communication to enraged quote tweets. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Oct. 2021",
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"Companies are more likely to set bold targets that are unattainable and then fail and lose momentum. \u2014 Daryl Brewster, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"At between three and five hours in duration, this operation is entirely unknown in mass production, creating an intensity the company says is unattainable elsewhere in the automotive industry. \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Particularly in the last year, things might have felt unattainable at first. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"On the other hand, Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (SCHH) holds poor stocks and earns a very unattractive rating despite having low total annual costs of 0.08%. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Renegotiating new contracts would mean higher prices, making the infrastructure unattractive to potential buyers. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Second, an exclusively senior management team may be a sign that the business is unattractive to the next generation of managers. \u2014 Rich Gunn, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"If this continues, stocks will become unattractive to investors. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 17 May 2022",
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"Nuclear saber-rattling is an unattractive habit, and Putin and his aides resort to it often. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
"Thinning, on the other hand, is accomplished by taking out branches that are unattractive , older branches or weaker ones. \u2014 oregonlive , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"On the other hand, Schwab U.S. REIT ETF (SCHH) holds poor stocks and earns a very unattractive rating despite having low total annual costs of 0.08%. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Renegotiating new contracts would mean higher prices, making the infrastructure unattractive to potential buyers. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"Second, an exclusively senior management team may be a sign that the business is unattractive to the next generation of managers. \u2014 Rich Gunn, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"If this continues, stocks will become unattractive to investors. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 17 May 2022",
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"Nuclear saber-rattling is an unattractive habit, and Putin and his aides resort to it often. \u2014 Doyle Mcmanuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 1 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a network source, the unattributed passages were caught during routine editing. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"His knowledge of Adidas' role in the recruitment of Brian Bowen is alleged in a new book, but mostly through unattributed hearsay. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 16 Feb. 2022",
"After the Post story published, the Red Stars hired a crisis communications firm and later released a handful of unattributed statements that also were short on details. \u2014 Jeremy Mikula, chicagotribune.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s the anonymous part: A list of author names is provided but unattributed , and the reader is invited to guess which author wrote which piece. \u2014 Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"This was, however, not the first time McRaven's remarks have been unattributed or copied for use by others. \u2014 Travis Caldwell And Amanda Jackson, CNN , 14 May 2021",
"In the past months, literary investigators have exposed the two leading contenders for the September election for using unattributed text by other authors in their books. \u2014 Bojan Pancevski, WSJ , 21 Aug. 2021",
"Until recently, the Dresden State Art Collections had listed the skull as an unattributed work, notes a separate DPA report. \u2014 Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 June 2021",
"That came after unnamed players offered The Athletic their unattributed takes on the second-year Cincinnati coach. \u2014 Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer , 9 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Americans are habitually unattuned to the massive and profoundly human apparatus that brings us basically everything in our lives. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Roorda accepts no responsibility for the impressions of those who may be unattuned to that fine grammatical distinction. \u2014 Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic , 20 Oct. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Kingsford, has seen many American-Spanish restaurants in Rhode Island prepare paella, which requires a crunchy outside, in an unauthentic way. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These devices also include the option to attach a security wire lock, helping to minimize theft of cards and unauthorized usage. \u2014 Sam Yoshida, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"But Alice doubts his guilt after ministering to him in jail, and continues to plead his case to Thaddeus after Cicero effects an unauthorized release. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"An unauthorized party gained access to Baptist Health System\u2019s computer network recently after installing a line of malicious code on the system\u2019s website, the company informed consumers. \u2014 Laura Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 21 June 2022",
"Barron had been in custody since June for one charge of unauthorized entry of motor vehicle and criminal mischief, officials said. \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 20 June 2022",
"Three years later in 1819, outside Manchester, a wave of meetings demanding parliamentary reform ended with the Peterloo Massacre, when magistrates ordered cavalry to disperse an unauthorized gathering. \u2014 William Anthony Hay, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Texans head coach Lovie Smith was fined $50,000 for unauthorized drills during the team's Organized Team Activities (OTA) practices. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 17 June 2022",
"In May, there were nearly 240,000 unauthorized southern border crossings, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection \u2013 which is a two-decade high and a 30% increase from the same time last year. \u2014 Haley Yamada, ABC News , 17 June 2022",
"Authorities alleged the employee billed the firm for time while working unauthorized side jobs and using firm resources \u2013 email and phone -- for those jobs, KHON reported. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus, the approach has remained unautomated , leveraging large operational teams to execute countless manual keystrokes and mouse clicks. \u2014 Adam Famularo, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Third, asking how much manual or unautomated work is in the process to generate the data will frame up the potential margin structure of a vendor. \u2014 Jason Schoettler, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
"The only sign of conscious, unautomated humanity is the sound of the protagonist\u2019s ragged breathing \u2014 an acknowledgment of the exhaustion that comes when a human being is pushed to become an action avatar. \u2014 Teo Bugbee, New York Times , 24 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The investigation remains ongoing and toxicology results were unavailable . \u2014 Hannah Brock, The Indianapolis Star , 17 June 2022",
"Bail and lawyer information for Robinson was unavailable Tuesday. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"Further information was unavailable as state troopers investigated the wreck. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"Either way the Pistons will need to do their due diligence in the event Ivey is unavailable . \u2014 cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"Forcing immigrant workers to be without legal status, which happens when legal visas are unavailable , is the least likely way to improve the well-being of U.S. or foreign workers. \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Nine of those operators are unavailable because of long-term absences. \u2014 Justin George, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The male victim, whose age was unavailable , was taken to a hospital for treatment, police said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Garden City Middle School, the site where the show happened the last five years, is unavailable this time due to renovation work. \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022"
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"Building anything takes years of hard work and, through it all, disagreement and conflict are unavoidable . \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Three Coachella Valley districts have had the highest per capita water use in the state, though officials point to the area's high heat as an unavoidable factor. \u2014 Janet Wilson, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"To add to the list of unavoidable stink bug attractions, these insects love warmth and sunlight. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Other forecasters said a recession was unavoidable . \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Other forecasters said a recession was unavoidable . \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"While risk is unavoidable , don\u2019t dwell on the challenges. \u2014 Rick Luebbe, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Tradeoffs are unavoidable in life; military aviation is no different. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
"Judges are randomly assigned, but with more than 800 Jan. 6 cases so far charged in the D.C. federal courthouse, such overlap is unavoidable . \u2014 Scott Macfarlane, CBS News , 24 May 2022"
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"unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight",
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"Building anything takes years of hard work and, through it all, disagreement and conflict are unavoidable . \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Three Coachella Valley districts have had the highest per capita water use in the state, though officials point to the area's high heat as an unavoidable factor. \u2014 Janet Wilson, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"To add to the list of unavoidable stink bug attractions, these insects love warmth and sunlight. \u2014 Natalie Schumann, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Other forecasters said a recession was unavoidable . \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"Other forecasters said a recession was unavoidable . \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 5 June 2022",
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"Tradeoffs are unavoidable in life; military aviation is no different. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 25 May 2022",
"Judges are randomly assigned, but with more than 800 Jan. 6 cases so far charged in the D.C. federal courthouse, such overlap is unavoidable . \u2014 Scott Macfarlane, CBS News , 24 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Still, the Duffer brothers.-created 80\u2019s-set supernatural thriller was an original story with new characters who, by the show\u2019s relative quality and appeal to kids entirely unaware of the references, became themselves marquee characters. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"Angel Face waited by the door, unaware of what was happening around him. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"Through it all, Bill continues lecturing, oblivious to the growing commotion, unaware that his career may have just come to an end. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"In 1942 Hitler traveled to Finland for talks with that country\u2019s leaders and left behind, unaware , a recording of his stream-of-consciousness observations on his life and the future. \u2014 Wsj Arts, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by Ukraine because of the imminent threat of a Russian invasion, members still unaware of Putin\u2019s announcement of a military operation appealed to him to stop an attack. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Raf Casert And Ellen Knickmeyer, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"Still, the Duffer brothers.-created 80\u2019s-set supernatural thriller was an original story with new characters who, by the show\u2019s relative quality and appeal to kids entirely unaware of the references, became themselves marquee characters. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"Angel Face waited by the door, unaware of what was happening around him. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"People unaware of the cup recall might use them for drinking coffee or other hot beverages. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 19 June 2022",
"Frustratingly unaware , disarmingly earnest and hilariously egomaniacal, Kayla reads like a classic Meg Stalter character. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
"The sign consists of 225 thumbnail-size portraits: all these average Americans posing for the camera, unaware of the place in posterity that awaited them. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"Through it all, Bill continues lecturing, oblivious to the growing commotion, unaware that his career may have just come to an end. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022",
"In 1942 Hitler traveled to Finland for talks with that country\u2019s leaders and left behind, unaware , a recording of his stream-of-consciousness observations on his life and the future. \u2014 Wsj Arts, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council called by Ukraine because of the imminent threat of a Russian invasion, members still unaware of Putin\u2019s announcement of a military operation appealed to him to stop an attack. \u2014 Jim Heintz, Raf Casert And Ellen Knickmeyer, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2022"
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"the thunderstorm caught us unawares , and we scrambled to get off the ridge as lightning started to flash",
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"If restaurateurs were caught unawares , so was Grubhub. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"From my perspective, there\u2019s no excuse for being caught unawares , and clinging to the easier or cheaper option is a far riskier business decision than exploring other avenues now. \u2014 Sjoerd Fauser, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Herbert also said he had been caught unawares by the attorney general\u2019s actions. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Mar. 2022",
"But it\u2019s here in the good old U.S. of A. that Azerbaijan has had the greatest success covertly influencing policy and policymakers, with both constituents and regulators caught unawares . \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Diana Pratt-Simar, a historian/docent at Donner Memorial State Park, says snow can catch people unawares . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Jan. 2022",
"At a Republican rally in August, Johnson was caught unawares by Windsor, who quizzed him about the 2020 presidential contest. \u2014 Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 16 Nov. 2021",
"During the second wave, villages in India were caught unawares , with severe underreporting of both cases and Covid-19 deaths. \u2014 Amanda Shendruk, Quartz , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Michael Packard was diving off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Friday, when the capital cetacean caught him unawares . \u2014 Evan Simko-bednarski, CNN , 11 June 2021"
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"If too many people stand up, it will unbalance the boat.",
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"With Dani Alves not registered for the competition, Dest can take advantage of the opportunity to impress while Xavi will also look to the likes of Adama Traore and Ousmane Dembele to unbalance the hosts. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"For one thing, a Zoom call will completely unbalance my day. \u2014 Liana Finck, The New Yorker , 20 Feb. 2022",
"This process will eventually unbalance the ecology of the region, raise local temperatures, and potentially impact our global climate. \u2014 Greg Autry, Forbes , 24 Sep. 2021",
"In freestyle wrestling, athletes can use any part of the body to unbalance their opponent, for example through leg attacks or throws (in Greco-Roman wrestling, only the upper body and arms are used). \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Already, individual district programs and organizations such as ResearchEd and Teach for America all offer robust alternatives that could collectively unbalance the university monopoly. \u2014 Daniel Buck, National Review , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Handing out a few candy bars will not unbalance your budget. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 31 Oct. 2020",
"The acquisition of Pepe only unbalances the squad further. \u2014 Jonathan Wilson, SI.com , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Puerto Rico\u2019s political crisis appeared to deepen on Wednesday as the island\u2019s outgoing governor and legislators \u2014 including those from his own party \u2014 clashed over who should be the next leader of a U.S. territory unbalanced by massive protests. \u2014 D\u00c1nica Coto, chicagotribune.com , 31 July 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The two sides were (and still are) unlikely to come to terms given the unbalance in value. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s a fatal unbalance as Alex spins out, in a minutely detailed personal and professional crisis, over a character depicted in broad and not particularly artful strokes. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 17 Sep. 2021",
"No, the loss of the horizontal stabilizers would result in an severe aerodynamic unbalance . \u2014 John Cox, USA TODAY , 21 Jan. 2021",
"Components of the gut flora are also involved in digesting certain foodstuffs containing complex carbohydrates, and an unbalance in the relevant microbial mix is implicated in obesity. \u2014 The Economist , 17 Oct. 2020",
"For example notions like asymmetry, unbalance , anything which challenges that basic idea of speed for the sake of it, can now be desirable. \u2014 Luke Leitch, Vogue , 2 Oct. 2020",
"In most previous passenger car applications of this engine, the fourth harmonic unbalance occurs beyond the normal speed range. \u2014 Car and Driver , 17 Apr. 2020",
"This time, sisters Anna and Elsa seek to restore a mysterious unbalance in Arendelle and discover buried secrets about their family on the way. \u2014 Nina Huang, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Planned or not, the unbalance was befitting, punctuating an evening that unsettled and sometimes even assaulted the senses. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2019"
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"He's been eating an unbalanced diet.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Florida redistricting maps are still unfair and unbalanced . \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Michigan's old state and federal political districts -- in place for the past decade -- have been considered some of the most unfair and unbalanced in the country -- drawn by Republicans, to favor Republicans. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"The cost-benefit ratio would often be too unbalanced . \u2014 Rory Cooksey, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Which raises some issues worth debating: With an unbalanced schedule, do the overall league standings really matter? \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"With this being the final year of the unbalanced schedule and all AL East teams playing nine or 10 games in Toronto, there could be some significant implications. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
"This cocktail of diplomats is rather unbalanced , with each having completely different items on their agenda. \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Authored by Michael Block, a professor of economics and law at the University of Arizona, the report argued that getting tough works and that Knapp\u2019s report was unbalanced . \u2014 Nicole Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Their unbalanced team needs someone at the base to provide a platform for the big-name attackers further up the pitch. \u2014 Graham Ruthven, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because the Catholic Church promulgated the belief that a child who died unbaptized could not be buried in consecrated ground, lay people desperate for their children to be properly laid to rest would find their own sites of significance. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Apr. 2021",
"Duendes, a type of gnome that has long been featured in regional Catholic lore, are said to haunt, and even steal, unbaptized babies. \u2014 Megan Spurrell, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 29 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over the first weeks, public transportation slowed; airports emptied; hair grew straggly, gray, unbarbered . \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 23 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable . \u2014 Essence , 27 June 2022",
"While undoubtedly unbearable on land, such long-duration heat events also make the water off the coast incredibly hot. \u2014 Daniella Silva, NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"There\u2019s no air conditioning in this classroom and the masks everyone has stretched across their faces are making the heat more unbearable . \u2014 Freep.com , 10 June 2022",
"By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. \u2014 Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News , 27 May 2022",
"By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. \u2014 Rose Minutaglio, ELLE , 25 May 2022",
"By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 25 May 2022",
"By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"By the ways in which we, as a nation, have become conditioned to unfathomable and unbearable heartbreak. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 25 May 2022"
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"a restaurant with unbeatable food",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beyond unbeatable , the Spectrum port of this cute Commodore 64 game was totally unplayable due to a programming glitch that made the game fail to respond to any keyboard inputs. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"When the Yankees\u2019 Lou Gehrig piled up an unbeatable lead, fans of the Athletics\u2019 Jimmy Foxx still wanted him in the game. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Along with unbeatable bargains, Goodwill makes shopping easier for busy parents by arranging the clothing items by color. \u2014 AccessAtlanta , 17 June 2022",
"Comfort preferences aside, carpet's padded surface is also a practical flooring option, offering unbeatable thermal and acoustic insulation. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"While gerrymandering is as old as the republic itself, Republicans used their victories in the 2010 midterm elections to draw nearly unbeatable maps for themselves in state legislative races in states like North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"China remains a most exciting market with an unbeatable number of sizable opportunities. \u2014 Christopher Marquis, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"The Hacienda AltaGracia is a luxury resort that also operates as a coffee farm, offering 50 hacienda-style casitas along with an unbeatable selection of wellness amenities and local sites to explore, all nestled in the mountains of P\u00e9rez Zeled\u00f3n. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 6 June 2022",
"Iga Swiatek is unbeaten since February and sure looks unbeatable at the moment, now a two-time champion at the French Open. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 4 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Buddhism was born under a giant fig tree, which, today, grows at the center of the remote and unbeautiful town of Bodh Gaya, in India\u2019s destitute northeastern state of Bihar. \u2014 Paul Salopek, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2019",
"These things are for the unbeautiful , the uneducated, the uncouth. \u2014 Dwight Garner, New York Times , 21 June 2017",
"Our sound, right now, is going to be the most blatant way of saying things -- the most unbeautiful , realistic lyrics. \u2014 Taylor Weatherby, Billboard , 20 June 2017",
"Will magnificent objects suffer if they are found to have unbeautiful back stories? \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2016"
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"That color is very unbecoming on her.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s just cowardice, which is unbecoming of the L.A. County sheriff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Peralta's final line was unbecoming : three innings pitched, six hits, five runs (all earned) and a walk with two strikeouts. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"This pattern of intentional deceit is totally unbecoming for a public servant. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Fisher has snapped a handful of unbecoming streaks in his four seasons at A&M. Winning at LSU is not one of them. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021",
"However, anyone found to have participated in such an incident faces criminal charges based on a provision in the Military Code of Justice on conduct unbecoming to an officer, Navy officials said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Three officers were singled out for unbecoming conduct, one officer for failure to comply with directives, one officer for improper remarks and one officer for improper dissemination of information, the Capitol Police said in a statement. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The Boca Raton Police Department suspended Leinonen and Fong for two weeks without pay for conduct unbecoming of an officer and fixing traffic tickets. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Even people who believed Gebru had behaved in ways unbecoming of a corporate researcher saw Google\u2019s response as ham-handed. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 8 June 2021"
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"That color is very unbecoming on her.",
"boorish behavior that is unbecoming to an officer",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s just cowardice, which is unbecoming of the L.A. County sheriff. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Peralta's final line was unbecoming : three innings pitched, six hits, five runs (all earned) and a walk with two strikeouts. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2022",
"This pattern of intentional deceit is totally unbecoming for a public servant. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Fisher has snapped a handful of unbecoming streaks in his four seasons at A&M. Winning at LSU is not one of them. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 27 Nov. 2021",
"However, anyone found to have participated in such an incident faces criminal charges based on a provision in the Military Code of Justice on conduct unbecoming to an officer, Navy officials said. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Three officers were singled out for unbecoming conduct, one officer for failure to comply with directives, one officer for improper remarks and one officer for improper dissemination of information, the Capitol Police said in a statement. \u2014 Luke Broadwater, New York Times , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The Boca Raton Police Department suspended Leinonen and Fong for two weeks without pay for conduct unbecoming of an officer and fixing traffic tickets. \u2014 Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Aug. 2021",
"Even people who believed Gebru had behaved in ways unbecoming of a corporate researcher saw Google\u2019s response as ham-handed. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 8 June 2021"
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"\u2014 Ernest Gellner"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ward, who focuses on cybersecurity investments for Insight, noted that China and Russia are able to operate more swiftly and uniformly, as authoritarian regimes unbeholden to the same rules and transparency required of the U.S. government. \u2014 Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
"Lamb\u2019s status in news journalism has long been emeritus-like, unbeholden to ratings (as a nonprofit, the network has never been monitored by Nielsen) or shareholders. \u2014 Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Republic , 26 June 2019",
"New Jersey\u2019s governor, Phil Murphy, beat a Norcross ally in the primary for the Democratic nomination by first locking up the North Jersey party committees, making him largely unbeholden to Norcross, to Norcross\u2019s fairly public consternation. \u2014 Alex Pareene, The New Republic , 26 June 2019"
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"unbeknownst to me, my mother was planning a party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Scales accepted the job in the Fenway, unbeknownst to him, he was classified by Whole Foods as a permanent employee. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"After the Holocaust, Moshe\u2019s wife was only able to recover a small fraction of his work, but unbeknownst to the family, many other pieces survived. \u2014 al , 19 June 2022",
"The titular Obi-Wan Kenobi \u2014 played by Ewan McGregor \u2014 is then tasked by Leia\u2019s adoptive father to rescue young Leia, which, unbeknownst to him, leads him straight to the den of Reva and, ultimately, another appearance from Flea. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"Thornton revealed that her role on the show opened up a dialogue between her and her mother about her family\u2019s own history with domestic violence, previously unbeknownst to her. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"With her newfound passion roaring, Kelly\u2019s tenure at Noisey was ( unbeknownst to her) winding to a close. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 23 May 2022",
"Behind the scenes, however, and unbeknownst to the admin, the attacker's reverse shell opens. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
"However, unbeknownst to them, Dumbledore is unable to directly fight Grindelwald himself due to a secret blood pact the pair made years ago to never fight each other. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"One woman, Shamaya Coleman, lost four children to a fire in a building that, unbeknownst to her, had a yearslong history of safety issues. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022"
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"unbeknownst to me, my mother was planning a party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Scales accepted the job in the Fenway, unbeknownst to him, he was classified by Whole Foods as a permanent employee. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"After the Holocaust, Moshe\u2019s wife was only able to recover a small fraction of his work, but unbeknownst to the family, many other pieces survived. \u2014 al , 19 June 2022",
"The titular Obi-Wan Kenobi \u2014 played by Ewan McGregor \u2014 is then tasked by Leia\u2019s adoptive father to rescue young Leia, which, unbeknownst to him, leads him straight to the den of Reva and, ultimately, another appearance from Flea. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 27 May 2022",
"Thornton revealed that her role on the show opened up a dialogue between her and her mother about her family\u2019s own history with domestic violence, previously unbeknownst to her. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 2 June 2022",
"With her newfound passion roaring, Kelly\u2019s tenure at Noisey was ( unbeknownst to her) winding to a close. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 23 May 2022",
"Behind the scenes, however, and unbeknownst to the admin, the attacker's reverse shell opens. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 26 May 2022",
"However, unbeknownst to them, Dumbledore is unable to directly fight Grindelwald himself due to a secret blood pact the pair made years ago to never fight each other. \u2014 Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"One woman, Shamaya Coleman, lost four children to a fire in a building that, unbeknownst to her, had a yearslong history of safety issues. \u2014 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune , 9 May 2022"
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},
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"living in an age of unbelief",
"a natural-born skeptic, she typically greets the latest conspiracy theory with head-shaking unbelief",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His Dark Materials is a kind of romance of unbelief . \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 15 Oct. 2019",
"When you have been taught, commanded even, to build your entire life around a community, the cost of unbelief is considerable. \u2014 Amber Scorah, BostonGlobe.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Decree defeat, humiliation and unbelief to the unbelievers. \u2014 Adam Nossiter, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"But God eventually answered these prayers, and by the power of his spirit their unbelief was shattered and they were brought to Christ. \u2014 Billy Graham, kansascity.com , 8 June 2017"
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"a completely unbelievable story about why there was lipstick on his collar",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Boban is incredible and Anthony Edwards is unbelievable and Kenny Smith is amazing and Jauncho is a revelation. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Boban is incredible and Anthony Edwards is unbelievable and Kenny Smith is amazing and Jauncho is a revelation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
"The force of the ice slowly crushed the Endurance, sinking it 10 months later, and kicking off what would become an incredible \u2013 and almost unbelievable \u2013 saga of survival and navigation by Shackleton and his crew. \u2014 Daniella Mccahey, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Super Bowl run even more unbelievable , more exciting. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Feb. 2022",
"And Electric Warrior is unbelievable , right up there with some of the best albums in rock & roll history. \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 10 June 2022",
"The togetherness that this team has is unbelievable , right now and has been for the last two months. \u2014 Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"For some people, the mere idea of waking up with dirty dishes in the sink is unbelievable . \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 8 June 2022",
"Obviously the Ryder Cup is unbelievable and something that has meant a lot to me. ... \u2014 Rob Harris, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
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"a hardheaded unbeliever who demanded to see concrete evidence of any alleged UFO activity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As director of Number 10\u2019s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson\u2019s high command, albeit an important one. \u2014 The Economist , 27 June 2020",
"For me, this person is always an unbeliever and the strain of making him see is considerable. \u2014 Stephen Mirarchi, National Review , 28 Dec. 2019",
"The isolated world of Appalachian snake handlers is the setting for this drama about a pastor\u2019s daughter who falls in love with an unbeliever . \u2014 Cary Darling |, Houston Chronicle , 8 Aug. 2019",
"The philosophe wondered what was left to unbelievers in the way of ethical guidelines. \u2014 Dan Hofstadter, WSJ , 15 Feb. 2019",
"Decree defeat, humiliation and unbelief to the unbelievers . \u2014 Adam Nossiter, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever , a lecher, a contrary creature. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2018",
"For the casual, uninitiated baseball fan who tunes in every once in a while, this season\u2019s home-run calls must sound as baffling as a Pentecostal sermon to an unbeliever . \u2014 Jay Caspian Kang, New York Times , 29 Aug. 2017",
"But their willingness to ally themselves with any enemy of their enemy has left them in the strange position of cheerleading regimes that jail homosexuals, murder dissidents, stone unbelievers , and drop barrel bombs on civilians in Aleppo. \u2014 Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine , 5 Jan. 2017"
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"doubting Thomas",
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"gullable",
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"unquestioning"
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"She had an unbelieving look on her face.",
"unbelieving scientists who demand that all phenomena be subjected to rigorous scientific scrutiny",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was told that unbelieving boys and girls in short dresses and naked arms met in these places and fell in love. \u2014 The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Discipleship, ministry and mission all happened in homes as families lived out their faith in Jesus in the midst of an unbelieving world. \u2014 The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 12 Dec. 2020",
"But the unbelieving or skeptical child, with no great desire to change his life, felt abandoned by those who should have been in charge, and wondered furtively at the authority of that divine command. \u2014 James Wood, The New Yorker , 2 Nov. 2020",
"The story centers on two scientists who, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Feb. 2020"
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"\u2014 L. P. Hartley",
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8li-j\u0259-"
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"\u2014 Pete Bodo",
"\u2026 unbeloved , he was not even \u2026 much admired.",
"\u2014 Scott Raab"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now holding the vice presidency, Harris remains impressively unbeloved . \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 19 May 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-bi-\u02c8l\u0259vd",
"-\u02c8l\u0259-v\u0259d",
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": to unfasten from a spar or stay":[
"unbend a sail"
]
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"He was bending and unbending his fingers.",
"His fingers were bending and unbending .",
"He unbent a little at the party.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then unbend and flatten the second bobby pin to make one long, straight lock pick. \u2014 Kevin Dupzyk And Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The Trump administration\u2019s unbending policy toward Iran was supposed to force the foe into submission. \u2014 Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com , 19 June 2019",
"Sarri was unbending in his desire to implement his style and his philosophy at the club, and no amount of pressure from fans or journalists changed this fact. \u2014 SI.com , 5 June 2019",
"Right-to-try laws indulge the fear that unbending bureaucrats in Washington have kept patients from medical cures with an excess of red tape. \u2014 Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine , 25 July 2017",
"Tilica is unbending in her focus, and uncompromising when accepting what\u2019s possible. \u2014 Sam Mellinger, kansascity.com , 12 May 2017"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bend"
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"He has an unbending will.",
"the commanding officer's unbending reserve when dealing with subordinates",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result has been a most uncivil war, not fought over ideology, but over loyalty to the former president; not over public policy or economic solutions, but about who can serve as the most unbending conduit of the Republican base\u2019s profound anger. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Adding to McConnell's unbending position on the debt ceiling is Democrats' efforts to pass a sweeping $3.5 trillion package that would expand the social safety net and combat climate change. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, CBS News , 1 Oct. 2021",
"His voice was deep, brawny, and plaintive; his look delicate but unbending and intense. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Taking fright, however, was not in his character, Mr. Putsila said in an interview at the office of Nexta, the opposition news organization where Mr. Protasevich established himself as one of Mr. Lukashenko\u2019s most effective and unbending critics. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2021",
"Extremists in Afghanistan, in essence, control both sides of that equation \u2014 keeping up the violence to help their position in talks now, while holding to their goal of a return to an unbending Islamic rule later. \u2014 Mujib Mashal, New York Times , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Her unfailing sense of justice reminded us of its awesome power, and her unbending sense of duty reminded us to remain committed to protecting our democracy, our Constitution and the rule of law. \u2014 Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 19 Sep. 2020",
"Gill\u2019s unbending political will reinforced the authority of the Anchorage Board of Health, enabling later officials to act decisively when needed. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 11 May 2020",
"But, at the same time, given the unbending nature of NFL owners, the stance of soldiering on until circumstances dictate otherwise makes perfect sense. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 31 Mar. 2020"
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"circa 1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ben-di\u014b"
],
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"antisocial",
"asocial",
"buttoned-up",
"cold",
"cold-eyed",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"dry",
"frosty",
"offish",
"remote",
"standoff",
"standoffish",
"unclubbable",
"unsociable"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213151",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adverb"
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193254",
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"\"+"
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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"Let me offer an unbiased opinion.",
"offered an unbiased judgment of the dancer's performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
"Voters are increasingly demanding\u2014and seeking out\u2014 unbiased information on the candidates, ballot issues and policies that matter to them. \u2014 WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 May 2022",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2022",
"His goal is to continue to share an unbiased story of what people go through when migrating to the U.S. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The reality, as all major search engine providers have long privately understood, is that there is no such thing as an unbiased search algorithm. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Many people subscribe to your paper just for the sports section and would appreciate unbiased and fair reporting. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Naughton, the Rockefeller Foundation team and others are looking to expand the technology and the monitoring databases to developing countries, where fewer clinics and less patient surveillance make unbiased sampling methods even more valuable. \u2014 Sara Reardon, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"one-sided",
"partial",
"parti pris",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unjust"
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"Let me offer an unbiased opinion.",
"offered an unbiased judgment of the dancer's performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 June 2022",
"Voters are increasingly demanding\u2014and seeking out\u2014 unbiased information on the candidates, ballot issues and policies that matter to them. \u2014 WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 May 2022",
"Instead, try to be truly unbiased in your approach to these difficult relationships. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2022",
"His goal is to continue to share an unbiased story of what people go through when migrating to the U.S. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The reality, as all major search engine providers have long privately understood, is that there is no such thing as an unbiased search algorithm. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Many people subscribe to your paper just for the sports section and would appreciate unbiased and fair reporting. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Naughton, the Rockefeller Foundation team and others are looking to expand the technology and the monitoring databases to developing countries, where fewer clinics and less patient surveillance make unbiased sampling methods even more valuable. \u2014 Sara Reardon, Scientific American , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u012b-\u0259st"
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"solicited"
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]
},
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"she arrived, unbidden , to help out at the Red Cross center",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the average shopper, this opacity can magnify the sense that a particular style has become inescapable overnight, largely unbidden . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"The package arrived, unbidden , two days into New York City\u2019s lockdown in March 2020. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"The voices of others jostle for our attention\u2014a father\u2019s criticism, a colleague\u2019s snide comment, an unbidden conversation that unfolds on its own. \u2014 T. M. Luhrmann, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"All those monthly users interacting with all the ads that choke Facebook\u2019s timeline and clutter its margins and blunder unbidden into every available space generate a lot of money for the company. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The Giants\u2019 special teams unit would probably have trotted onto the field unbidden in such situations. \u2014 Mike Tanier, New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The two experiences combined, unbidden , into a vertiginous sensation of time travel. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"For the past several months, when all major events were canceled, the Model A\u2019s rolled, unbidden , through San Diego neighborhoods with drivers smiling and waving \u2014 and keeping their distance. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 July 2021",
"The obsessions\u2014the unbidden thoughts driving the compulsions\u2014are comparatively less discussed. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2021"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"thoughts that come to the mind unbidden",
"she arrived, unbidden , to help out at the Red Cross center",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the average shopper, this opacity can magnify the sense that a particular style has become inescapable overnight, largely unbidden . \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"The package arrived, unbidden , two days into New York City\u2019s lockdown in March 2020. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"The voices of others jostle for our attention\u2014a father\u2019s criticism, a colleague\u2019s snide comment, an unbidden conversation that unfolds on its own. \u2014 T. M. Luhrmann, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"All those monthly users interacting with all the ads that choke Facebook\u2019s timeline and clutter its margins and blunder unbidden into every available space generate a lot of money for the company. \u2014 David Roth, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021",
"The Giants\u2019 special teams unit would probably have trotted onto the field unbidden in such situations. \u2014 Mike Tanier, New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The two experiences combined, unbidden , into a vertiginous sensation of time travel. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 July 2021",
"For the past several months, when all major events were canceled, the Model A\u2019s rolled, unbidden , through San Diego neighborhoods with drivers smiling and waving \u2014 and keeping their distance. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 July 2021",
"The obsessions\u2014the unbidden thoughts driving the compulsions\u2014are comparatively less discussed. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Mar. 2021"
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"Perhaps, to vanish well entails allowing others to help unbind you, trusting them to keep your secrets. \u2014 Longreads , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Despite becoming the first president ever to receive votes from both parties to convict and remove him from office in an impeachment trial, President Donald Trump today woke up in the White House unbound . \u2014 Garrett M. Graff, Wired , 6 Feb. 2020",
"His is a generosity unbound by rules, regulations and codes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Sep. 2019",
"The other frontier unbound by international law is space. \u2014 Melissa K. Chan, Time , 13 Sep. 2019",
"Its vistas, forests and canyons are branded in the nation\u2019s imagination, an expanse where the soul is unbound across 450 million acres of public lands. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 July 2019",
"The metal can unbind from sentiment in low oxygen areas, creating foul-smelling, yellow water, that\u2019s expensive to treat. \u2014 Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland.com , 19 July 2019",
"The thought of bringing AI into an area where, by its very definition, the problem is unbound was really intriguing. \u2014 Kevin Kelleher, Fortune , 19 June 2018",
"Trump imagines that America unbound , shaking hands or giving the finger, depending upon short-term interests and Presidential whims, will flourish among the other rogues. \u2014 George Packer, The New Yorker , 17 June 2018"
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"The win also caps off an unblemished season for the Crusaders, who ended the season 17-0. \u2014 Nik Streng, oregonlive , 3 June 2022",
"Powell's previously unblemished legacy of military and political service suffered the scars of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Ballard needs three victories this weekend to become the third program in state history to win a state title with an unblemished record. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 9 June 2022",
"But they were not preferred by processors and their customers seeking to market bigger crab with unblemished shells. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Bitadze shot an unblemished 7-for-7 from the floor and 4-for-4 at the free-throw line. \u2014 James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Jasper\u2019s output matched freshman Jabri Smith\u2019s team-high as the Tigers (25-3, 13-2) pushed their record to an unblemished 15-0 at home this season. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Freshman attacker Georgia Latch racked up game highs in both assists (three) and points (six) to lift Loyola to an unblemished 8-0 record. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 24 Mar. 2022",
"And perhaps no one has more to celebrate than the Arizona Cardinals, who took down the Cleveland Browns and remained the lone NFL's unblemished team at 6-0. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 19 Oct. 2021"
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"The speech comes as Ukrainian leaders say the country needs a massive increase in weapons supplies to continue resisting Russia, to liberate occupied territories and to try to unblock shipping lanes. \u2014 WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Looming over the gathering was the haunting question of what Russian President Vladimir Putin may do to unblock a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Here is how to unblock someone on Facebook using any device, according to Facebook. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Talks on a nuclear deal with Tehran that could unblock some Iranian oil exports hit a snag over the weekend. \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Barriers to unblock Just after sunrise on a chilly November morning, Kent swims with an able-bodied group called the Crusty Barnacles. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, faced a similar civil lawsuit on identical grounds this fall, but the plaintiff in that case dropped the matter after Micciche agreed to unblock them and issued a statement on the issue. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Western governments have said a return to the pre-coup status quo is necessary to unblock aid, and Hamdok\u2019s release is just one part of that. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The port congestion in Los Angeles and Long Beach continued to build throughout the pandemic with no meaningful attempt to unblock the problem. \u2014 Greg Petro, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
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"an unblushing patriotism that is manifested in the family's public display of the flag"
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"ghosts are often depicted as unbodied , yet somehow visible, beings",
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"Though its name suggests a nootropics concern or a purveyor of networked exercise equipment, Superhuman\u2019s unbodied offering is productivity software for the inbox. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 17 July 2019",
"Deleuze and Guattari, in Anti-Oedipus, see in it the model of a new kind of reasoning: schizoid, unbodied , and diffuse. \u2014 Sam Kriss, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2017"
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"The panel ultimately found Peterson guilty in 2004 of first-degree murder in the death of his wife and the second-degree murder of their unborn son. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 29 June 2022",
"Katie Wilson was crushed by tree limb and lost her unborn son during the Woodridge tornado. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"The family escaped the blaze from their home on the 21st floor, only to lose Andreia's unborn son Logan, who was delivered stillborn hours later. \u2014 Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The couple\u2019s unborn son did not survive and was delivered stillborn by C-section while Ms. Perestrelo was in a coma. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Twenty-three weeks into the pregnancy, doctors told Karter that her unborn son was healthy but his twin sister had a rare chromosomal disorder. \u2014 Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Four days after her husband was killed, Anna\u2019s unborn son died too. \u2014 Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News , 27 May 2022",
"In 2004, Peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn son on Christmas Eve 2002. \u2014 Susanne Rust Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Katie Sutton learned something was wrong with her unborn son during an ultrasound at Ascension St. Vincent Children\u2019s Hospital, Indianapolis, in her 20th week of pregnancy. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"He dresses however he likes and feels unbound by convention.",
"a test to determine the amount of unbound iron in the blood",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To be free is to be empowered and, unbound , Black people seem to scare this world. \u2014 Jene\u00e9 Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"The creature, unbound and apparently alone, has careened around a bend and is barreling toward you, eyes wild and tongue out. \u2014 Mark Remy, Outside Online , 12 Oct. 2018",
"Shooting the film this way allows the story to feel raw and unbound \u2014 like Josephine Decker\u2019s early projects \u2014 even though the director is always in control. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Mad men, unbound by reality and a survival instinct, might also choose nuclear war. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
"By-the-glass options give me freedom to be whimsical, unbound by the barriers of business. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Again, the press was unbound , the pages stuffed, the coordinates declared, the baggies stored. \u2014 Marion Renault, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Chanel unbound women from corsets, offering them breathable jersey sportswear, relaxed trousers, and, of course, the simplicity and ease of the little black dress. \u2014 Celia Ellenberg, Vogue , 5 Jan. 2022",
"With that, her intimate memoir is unbound and unblinkingly fearless \u2013 yet dramatically structured \u2013 in recalling the emotion of her mother\u2019s death and the manner in which a young Zauner forged her identity as an artist and as a woman. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"the unbounded enthusiasm shown by the new club members",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dramatic recent advances in natural language processing (NLP) are opening up virtually unbounded opportunities for value creation across the economy, as previously explored in this column. \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"But those years of proximity, familiarity, unbounded intimacy can also lead to assumptions and surface-level understanding. \u2014 Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"Deeply rooted in the meditation lifestyle has helped the studio embrace fully the world of unbounded color, texture and pattern choices. \u2014 Bryan Robinson, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"In Motherhood, Heti decides that this kind of unbounded intimacy is incompatible with artistic self-centeredness. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Republic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The second was unbounded , shifting, physically on the move to that outside world. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Its history is long and encompassing, truly global, virtually unbounded . \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"This is fiction unbounded and unburdened\u2014joyously free. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Anchored by a soundtrack played out on screen by Manuel\u2019s band, the film tackles the challenges of modern youth through its characters\u2019 endearing awkwardness and unbounded hope \u2013 and just enough teenage brooding. \u2014 Jd Linville, Variety , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
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": to separate the strands of : unravel":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The work offers hints of a new explanation for how the brain can unbraid overlapping streams of auditory stimuli so quickly and effectively. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Step 4: When the hair is dry and cooled, unbraid the hair and loosen the curls. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 6 June 2021",
"Brexit requires unbraiding a centuries-deep history of entanglements, causing major disruption to the country as a whole and Northern Ireland in particular. \u2014 Seamas O\u2019reilly, New York Times , 6 Nov. 2019",
"Native Houstonian Gerald Green gave the media a different look prior to Friday's practice \u2013 one with his long hair unbraided . \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle , 11 May 2018",
"Then, dip the ends of the braids into boiling water, which, again, seals the ends and prevents them from unbraiding , and also makes the braids more flexible. \u2014 Stasha Harris, Cosmopolitan , 18 Oct. 2017",
"After practice ends, Burton takes off the saddles, unwraps the horses\u2019 legs, unbraids their tails, hoses them down and squeegees off the water. \u2014 Elisabeth Moughon, The Courier-Journal , 27 July 2017"
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"verb"
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"unbreakable plastic",
"the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Slavery\u2019s domination of American political institutions appeared to be so unbreakable that states\u2019 rights\u2014or, for some, secession from the Union\u2014seemed to be the only hope for insuring a refuge for freedom. \u2014 The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Four women from different backgrounds forge an unbreakable sisterhood while trapped and in hiding during the genocide in Rwanda. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 5 June 2022",
"Over millennia, people have created ciphers that seemed unbreakable right until they were broken. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Sharing anniversary quotes and heartwarming messages is a great way to commemorate the love and unbreakable bond shared between two people. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2022",
"After that, the caution and the fear that had characterized this competition for most of the first decade of this century was jettisoned, replaced by an apparently unbreakable commitment to abandon and audacity and ambition. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Keep reading to check out the rest of the deals happening at the Ready to Entertain storefront, including more discounts on patio tables and chairs, unbreakable plates, and pillow shams. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The memorial pays tribute to the Navajo men who created an unbreakable code during the war. \u2014 Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"And what the Divas represent to me is an unbreakable bond. \u2014 Scott Talley, Freep.com , 1 May 2022"
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"The crowd was swept with unbridled enthusiasm.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cronenberg\u2019s unbridled drama was drenched in too much bloodshed to break through. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 5 June 2022",
"Every inch of this album is felt\u2014raw, honest, unbridled emotion. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 27 May 2022",
"In a moment of unbridled rage, Matho\u2019s dad kicks him out. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"But Turnstile's members aren't just masters of unbridled punk-rock energy. \u2014 Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"Jones' 2015 academic conference Kimposium prompted unbridled online blowback and even death threats. \u2014 Mj Corey, refinery29.com , 9 May 2022",
"At a time when the joy of bringing a child into the world has too often been overshadowed by one geopolitical crisis after another, her unbridled feminine power was nothing short of life-affirming. \u2014 Chioma Nnadi, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"And Maryland will get more than a brainy, slick-fielding shortstop who can smash the ball hard enough to knock over the L screen, but also a player with unbridled joy for the game and a desire to spread it. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 21 May 2022",
"One is the sheer, unbridled joy of filmmaking on display, courtesy of writers and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who collectively go by Daniels. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 Stanley Kauffmann"
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"\u2014 Edward J. Renehan, Jr."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet Republican support for Trump throughout the insurrection, and in the years since, has remained nearly unbroken . \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"DiGiovanni and Davis are the first to officially hold this previously unbroken record. \u2014 Serena Puang, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The pillowy dash echoes the Civic with an unbroken line of honeycomb mesh across all the vents. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 21 June 2022",
"The next grade is composed of hard whites, which are often a year old, and smooth and unbroken . \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"This is simple reliability, such as boxes of eggs arriving fresh and unbroken or providing family fun in a holiday park. \u2014 Leanne Kemp, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2021",
"The magical tradition, in the West at least, is unbroken . \u2014 Kent Russell, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Although Earley is still in quite a bit of physical pain, his spirit remains unbroken , his mom said. \u2014 Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"The city is less than 40 miles from the Russian border, and any effort to create an unbroken land bridge stretching from Russia to Crimea would hinge on controlling Mariupol. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some on the left were hopeful that the unsullied voices of teenagers, cutting through the usual tussle over whether gun control advocates were politicizing a tragedy, would move previously unbudgeable lawmakers. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Feb. 2018"
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"the massive old bed was simply unbudging , despite our best efforts",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Automakers should read from this trend the unbudging fact that American consumers don\u2019t want to give up full-sized cars. \u2014 Marty Jerome, WIRED , 26 July 2007"
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"beavers were busily building dams, and local landowners were just as diligently unbuilding them",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The price/value ratio can build a brand and unbuild it too. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
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"the crew was frantically unburdening the ship in an attempt to save it",
"a generous friend unburdened her of that particular financial worry",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In many cases, implementing an RBVM can reduce the number of necessary FTEs, helping unburden already understaffed and underfunded teams. \u2014 Lisa Xu, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"The Supreme Court appears to be about to unburden itself of one of its most notorious decisions, Roe v. Wade (1973). \u2014 Paul Moreno, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"State and local policymakers should privatize our ports to improve their performance, curb inflation, unburden taxpayers, and strengthen America\u2019s economy. \u2014 Adam A. Millsap, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"The Recognition Project is just one petite and long-overdue positive step to unburden the NIH staff of visual oppressions. \u2014 Sadhana Jackson, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"President Biden recently signed legislation into law to unburden the mail agency of years\u2019 worth of financial constraints. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"His colleagues similarly unburden themselves to him with tales of personal failings, betrayals and deceptions, and piercingly discerning observations and accusations. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Characters in Richard Greenberg\u2019s plays tend to unburden themselves in spoken arias. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Or, at least, to unburden himself from budgets and season selection. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"now unburdened of his painful secret, he felt free for the first time in years",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Women who can easily work outside the home are still not free or unburdened from other people. \u2014 Angela Garbes, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022",
"The Rocky Mountain peaks, unburdened from heavy snow, exude their full majestic glory. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 May 2022",
"She was raised by her mother, Tamara, an office manager who was born in Belgrade and grew up unburdened by responsibility for Nazi barbarism. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"And then Innie Helly was more of an angsty teenager, presenting the id that has no conditioning and is unburdened by the stories she's been telling herself her whole life. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Ultimately the desire to absorb the identity of the bimbo comes from the fact the bimbo is unburdened \u2014whether or not this is a performance. \u2014 Sascha Cohen, Longreads , 20 May 2021",
"Or would people just want to eat and have a good time, unburdened by history? \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Without the Browns or Baker Mayfield being brought up, Beckham was asked about being unburdened . \u2014 Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Whatever the case, Underwood, amiable but blank, remains stiff on camera even after having unburdened himself. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 29 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unbureaucratic nature of these grassroots efforts leads to a little chaos and occasional mistakes. \u2014 Michaela Haas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Germany was lauded for being fast and unbureaucratic , using websites to facilitate the process with few strings attached. \u2014 Karin Matussek, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020"
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"an unburied corpse"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many longtime enthusiasts\u2014myself included\u2014have reported seeing more littered toilet paper and unburied waste (a.k.a. surface turds) in the last two years than ever before. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian authorities warned that civilians who are still in the southeastern port city face dangerously unsanitary conditions, while many of the dead from a two-month siege remain unburied . \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Anchorage Daily News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Ukrainian authorities warned that civilians who are still in the southeastern port city face dangerously unsanitary conditions, while many of the dead from a two-month siege remain unburied . \u2014 Inna Varenytsia And David Keyton, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Under siege and bombardment since the war\u2019s first days, Mariupol lies largely in ruins, with unburied bodies lying in the streets. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Still others ignored the rules and camped where they weren\u2019t supposed to, leaving behind fire scars, trampled vegetation, and unburied human waste. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 25 May 2021",
"The materials were discarded objects Holley uncovered, unburied or simply picked up and transformed into art, a process which began in 1979 when the artist was 29-years-old. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The camp was jammed with more than 60,000 inmates while 13,000 unburied corpses littered the ground. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Baker City office, said wolves were attracted to the site by six unburied cow carcasses on the property on Middle Bridge Loop Road north of Highway 86. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Jan. 2022"
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]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unburnable book was made and donated by Ms. Atwood\u2019s publisher, Penguin Random House. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"The approximately one-minute video advertises a unique auction through Sotheby\u2019s: a one-of-a-kind, unburnable copy of Atwood\u2019s best-selling novel that critics say has become hauntingly more relevant in the decades since it was first published. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 24 May 2022"
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"a residue of unburned gunpowder",
"unburnt fuel"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in treatment completed nine years before the fire, only about 2% went unburned and about 32% suffered low-severity burning. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 20 June 2022",
"The energy band is mostly methane from oil and gas operations including (1) unburned venting of gas from oil and gas wells (about 30%), (2) leaks of gas from wellheads, storage tanks, pipelines, and gas-processing plants (about 70%). \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Two logs, one burned and one unburned , were found inside the Hustisford home. \u2014 Drew Dawson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 May 2022",
"There\u2019s a lot of vicarious pleasure to be had in this charming book, and none of the drawbacks of a real day at the beach: The characters apply no sunscreen yet go unburned ! \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 27 May 2022",
"Fire information officer Mike DeFries said that was due to flare-ups within the interior of the fire as the flames found pockets of unburned fuel. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Fire information officer Mike DeFries said that was because there were flare-ups within the interior of the fire as the flames found pockets of unburned fuel. \u2014 Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Fire information officer Mike DeFries said that was because there were flare-ups within the interior of the fire as the flames found pockets of unburned fuel. \u2014 CBS News , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Release of unburned gas from a wellhead is called venting. \u2014 Ian Palmer, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"adjective"
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": not engaged in or characterized by activity : not busy":[
"an unbusy afternoon",
"unbusy roads",
"an unbusy schedule"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Or, even better, until some productive, unbusy scientist clones me a sister-wife. \u2014 Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com , 15 Nov. 2019"
],
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"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bi-z\u0113"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
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": to release from or as if from a cage : free from restraint":[]
},
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"uncaged the bird and let it fly away",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"With the help of the wise and mysterious maid Willie May (Latifah) and a stubborn new girl in school played by Mills, the boy must decide whether to set the tiger free and in turn uncage his emotional grief. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 30 Aug. 2019"
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"disenthral",
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"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not planned or thought out beforehand : spontaneous":[
"uncalculated confrontations"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the visionary behind the bespoke floral design studio, Bloom & Plume, in Echo Park, Los Angeles, Harris is renowned for his whimsical arrangements, placing flowers with fruit, fronds and decor items in a seemingly uncalculated bouquet. \u2014 Jillian Dara, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"For me, dictionaries are a portal into that kind of uncalculated knowledge-seeking. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Sep. 2021",
"But even as President Obama continues transferring people from Guant\u00e1namo and Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, promises to bring back techniques, now banned, such as waterboarding, the human toll has gone largely uncalculated . \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Her seemingly uncalculated fashion is anything but. \u2014 Jessica Iredale, Town & Country , 24 Jan. 2021",
"To expose their soft underbelly (or loose underbelly as the case may be), the better to appear open and uncalculated with their peers. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 19 July 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191806",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required"
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"an uncalled-for display of temper",
"uncalled-for insults"
],
": not called for or needed : unnecessary":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022fl(d)-\u02ccf\u022fr",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022fld-\u02ccf\u022fr"
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"gratuitous",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unwarranted"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040201",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not openly honest and sincere in expression : not marked by candor : not candid":[
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"\u2014 Joan Acocella"
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],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
": lack of candor"
],
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-043145",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"uncanniness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": being beyond what is normal or expected : suggesting superhuman or supernatural powers":[
"an uncanny sense of direction"
],
": seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie , mysterious":[],
": severe , punishing":[]
},
"examples":[
"I was struck by his uncanny ability to communicate arcane, complex economic policy and by his punk-rock instinct to question the status quo. \u2014 Bono , Time , 18 Apr. 2005",
"To an economist, the 1990s bear an uncanny resemblance to two earlier decades: the 1920s in the United States and the 1980s in Japan. In all three decades, technological change produced extraordinary economic growth, leading to talk of a \"new era\" and triggering a bull market in stocks that terminated in a market collapse\u2014widely regarded as the bursting of a speculative bubble. \u2014 Milton Friedman , Wall Street Journal , 22 Jan. 2002",
"As he approached quite close to the enclosure he saw an excited group surrounding the two fugitives, who, trembling with fright and exhaustion, were scarce able to recount the uncanny details of their adventure. \u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , 1914",
"She could not teach herself to think favourably of Pansy, whose absence of initiative, of conversation, of personal claims, seemed to her, in a girl of twenty, unnatural and even uncanny . \u2014 Henry James , The Portrait of a Lady , 1881",
"She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.",
"She has an uncanny sense of direction.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opera singer Merissa Beddows gave uncanny impressions of Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks, and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"But he was also moved by the uncanny power that Elvis taps into in the original performance. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"There was the instant acceleration, of course, but also a suspension system that floated with uncanny smoothness over the worst roads Greater Boston has to offer. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The way Paul Guilmoth sees the nocturnal world is intriguingly unusual: a spacetime place where darkness and light dance together giving rise to evanescent and uncanny images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"In recent years, however, Yass\u2019 annual income has, with uncanny consistency, been made up almost entirely of income taxed at the roughly 20% rate reserved for longer-term investments. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"With an uncanny aptitude for systems management and an unlikely ability to maintain the amenities of modern life with 50 percent of the, er, manpower. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022"
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"I was struck by his uncanny ability to communicate arcane, complex economic policy and by his punk-rock instinct to question the status quo. \u2014 Bono , Time , 18 Apr. 2005",
"To an economist, the 1990s bear an uncanny resemblance to two earlier decades: the 1920s in the United States and the 1980s in Japan. In all three decades, technological change produced extraordinary economic growth, leading to talk of a \"new era\" and triggering a bull market in stocks that terminated in a market collapse\u2014widely regarded as the bursting of a speculative bubble. \u2014 Milton Friedman , Wall Street Journal , 22 Jan. 2002",
"As he approached quite close to the enclosure he saw an excited group surrounding the two fugitives, who, trembling with fright and exhaustion, were scarce able to recount the uncanny details of their adventure. \u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , 1914",
"She could not teach herself to think favourably of Pansy, whose absence of initiative, of conversation, of personal claims, seemed to her, in a girl of twenty, unnatural and even uncanny . \u2014 Henry James , The Portrait of a Lady , 1881",
"She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.",
"She has an uncanny sense of direction.",
"an uncanny ability to predict the weather",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opera singer Merissa Beddows gave uncanny impressions of Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks, and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"But he was also moved by the uncanny power that Elvis taps into in the original performance. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"There was the instant acceleration, of course, but also a suspension system that floated with uncanny smoothness over the worst roads Greater Boston has to offer. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The way Paul Guilmoth sees the nocturnal world is intriguingly unusual: a spacetime place where darkness and light dance together giving rise to evanescent and uncanny images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"In recent years, however, Yass\u2019 annual income has, with uncanny consistency, been made up almost entirely of income taxed at the roughly 20% rate reserved for longer-term investments. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"With an uncanny aptitude for systems management and an unlikely ability to maintain the amenities of modern life with 50 percent of the, er, manpower. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022"
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"I was struck by his uncanny ability to communicate arcane, complex economic policy and by his punk-rock instinct to question the status quo. \u2014 Bono , Time , 18 Apr. 2005",
"To an economist, the 1990s bear an uncanny resemblance to two earlier decades: the 1920s in the United States and the 1980s in Japan. In all three decades, technological change produced extraordinary economic growth, leading to talk of a \"new era\" and triggering a bull market in stocks that terminated in a market collapse\u2014widely regarded as the bursting of a speculative bubble. \u2014 Milton Friedman , Wall Street Journal , 22 Jan. 2002",
"As he approached quite close to the enclosure he saw an excited group surrounding the two fugitives, who, trembling with fright and exhaustion, were scarce able to recount the uncanny details of their adventure. \u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs , Tarzan of the Apes , 1914",
"She could not teach herself to think favourably of Pansy, whose absence of initiative, of conversation, of personal claims, seemed to her, in a girl of twenty, unnatural and even uncanny . \u2014 Henry James , The Portrait of a Lady , 1881",
"She had an uncanny resemblance to someone I had seen before.",
"She has an uncanny sense of direction.",
"an uncanny ability to predict the weather",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Opera singer Merissa Beddows gave uncanny impressions of Ariana Grande, Stevie Nicks, and more. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"But the work is really all about the sky and its uncanny connection with the earth below. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"But he was also moved by the uncanny power that Elvis taps into in the original performance. \u2014 Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"There was the instant acceleration, of course, but also a suspension system that floated with uncanny smoothness over the worst roads Greater Boston has to offer. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"The way Paul Guilmoth sees the nocturnal world is intriguingly unusual: a spacetime place where darkness and light dance together giving rise to evanescent and uncanny images. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Ginny has uncanny emotional intelligence, something her brother completely lacks. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"In recent years, however, Yass\u2019 annual income has, with uncanny consistency, been made up almost entirely of income taxed at the roughly 20% rate reserved for longer-term investments. \u2014 Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica , 21 June 2022",
"With an uncanny aptitude for systems management and an unlikely ability to maintain the amenities of modern life with 50 percent of the, er, manpower. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021",
"Thus, according to Ovid, Peleus begets the great Achilles, as Homeric scripture had ordained, but the wizard Proteus insinuates his slippery self into the process, despite getting his thunder stolen by Thetis\u2019s uncanonical transformations. \u2014 Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gusts of 65 miles per hour hit us head-on, prompting us to tie all four rafts together, tighten down gear once more, and uncase a motor to ease the pain of what was becoming futile manual labor. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 4 May 2022",
"Other band members drift in, uncase their instruments and take quick solos before the full band swings into the close. \u2014 Susan Delson, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In a search, the officer found a Smith & Wesson MP .40-caliber handgun, which was uncased and unloaded under the passenger seat. \u2014 Staff Report, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Pigs create this chemical naturally, and consuming the organ meats of uncastrated male pigs-boar-could potentially cause a false positive. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 15 June 2021",
"These uncastrated castrati drove straight women mad (especially Barry) and drove straight men crazy. \u2014 Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times , 10 Dec. 2020"
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"an uncatalogued asteroid"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the disease, which has been declared by the health authorities from 40 to 90 percent fatal, remain uncatalogued , every effort was being made in municipal laboratories to seek relief for the suffering victim. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Nov. 2020",
"Each takes snapshots of the firmament across several consecutive nights, then uses a computer to look for any uncatalogued objects that slowly change position. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 22 Mar. 2018"
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"While the disease, which has been declared by the health authorities from 40 to 90 percent fatal, remain uncatalogued , every effort was being made in municipal laboratories to seek relief for the suffering victim. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Nov. 2020",
"Each takes snapshots of the firmament across several consecutive nights, then uses a computer to look for any uncatalogued objects that slowly change position. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 22 Mar. 2018"
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]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet all his evidence was still circumstantial, and after several years, the ELF was beginning to look uncatchable . \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"There was contact by the defender, but defensive holding, five yards and an automatic first down, would be a much more reasonable call with an uncatchable ball. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The two played catch at halftime, Barnes whizzing uncatchable balls at least two feet out of Ford\u2019s reach. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"His percentage of bad throws\u2014ones deemed uncatchable \u2014dropped. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"To me, the ball landed almost 30 yards away from the receiver, meaning the pass was uncatchable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Underneath the apparent respectability of his paintings, so smooth in their rendering of elegant references to semiotics and psychology, is a bad child, uncatchable and still uncaught, writhing with glee in the surplus fat of the twentieth century. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Dalvin Cook was once again an energetic blur, showcasing uncatchable speed on runs to the edge and down the sideline. \u2014 Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune , 26 May 2021",
"Manchester City claimed their third Premier League title in four years after Manchester United\u2019s loss to Leicester City meant Pep Guardiola\u2019s side were uncatchable with three games to go. \u2014 James Nalton, Forbes , 15 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The strife and hustle of Paris\u2019 suburbs have been portrayed before, but never through the eyes of such an uncategorizable protagonist. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 May 2022",
"In the past decade, Ishibashi has quietly become one of Japan\u2019s more dependable yet uncategorizable musical figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"But plenty of the program dwells in SXSW\u2019s categorically uncategorizable sweet spot. \u2014 Andrew Barker, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Or play it safer with the uncategorizable and (mostly) apolitical Can Xue? \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Small distilleries like Empirical Spirits are working on uncategorizable drinks made of stuff like plum pits, for the resilient quaff of tomorrow. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 2 Aug. 2021",
"This gives phantasmagoric shape to Carson\u2019s characteristically uncategorizable translation. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 June 2021",
"David Byrne\u2019s hit musical/concert/ uncategorizable experiment will play a return Broadway engagement starting September 17. \u2014 Lee Seymour, Forbes , 12 May 2021",
"The intense scrutiny of her image and the rush to categorize this almost deliberately uncategorizable persona yielded years of ridiculous conversations. \u2014 Craig Jenkins, Vulture , 17 Feb. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An event of that kind can slip away uncaught , because resisting the familiar language resists the familiar point. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
"Hail Mary launches fell uncaught against the Giants in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI and when he was strip-sacked by the Eagles in LII. \u2014 John Powers, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Feb. 2022",
"When a girl is found murdered nearby, one of the victims of an uncaught villain nicknamed \u2018The Spider,\u2019 the factors quickly send Julia into a downward spiral of paranoia. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Underneath the apparent respectability of his paintings, so smooth in their rendering of elegant references to semiotics and psychology, is a bad child, uncatchable and still uncaught , writhing with glee in the surplus fat of the twentieth century. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 24 Nov. 2021",
"But back-to-back doubles tied the game, and then Robert Andino\u2019s sinking, catchable liner to left went uncaught by Carl Crawford as the Orioles walked off with the win. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Meanwhile, in news from the central Oregon coast, federal managers agreed to add more coho from an uncaught hatchery quota to allow a reopening Friday of any-coho retention. \u2014 Bill Monroe, oregonlive , 15 Sep. 2021",
"After nine seasons, having run out of uncaught species, the show ended in 2017. \u2014 Bill Heavey, WSJ , 22 May 2020",
"Serial predators go uncaught because untested rape kits lie piled up in warehouses. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 14 May 2020"
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"this unceasing rain will turn me into a mushroom!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Surely not even half the people who\u2019ve been in love have endured such extensive and unceasing analysis. \u2014 Morgan Parker, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
"In the 1990s, the O.J. Simpson murder trial ushered in a new era of 24-hour tabloid news, in which celebrity worship and domestic violence were fused into an unceasing national spectacle. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"From my observations of Chris over the months, his career is equally driven and hindered by an unceasing resentment and jealousy of others. \u2014 Jonah Bayer, SPIN , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The insult stung but was outweighed in its impact by the love of her parents and their unceasing efforts to cultivate her imagination. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"This broken promise caused some of the anger that led Russia to embrace the anti-American positions Brands now sees as proof of its unceasing hostility. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The unceasing snowfall Thursday has hidden almost all sight of pavement in Indianapolis. \u2014 Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
"News is an unceasing river, no longer the province of the weekly newsmagazine or intoned at the same hour each weeknight. \u2014 Melissa Holbrook Pierson, WSJ , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Someone like Steve Bannon wears his indictment on contempt charges as a badge of honor, evidence of his unceasing loyalty to both Donald Trump and the political forces that brought him into the presidency. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 19 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps this is why Morgan\u2019s achievements have gone largely uncelebrated . \u2014 Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Couldn't let a day as significant as today go uncelebrated . \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 28 Aug. 2021",
"All San Diegans should know about this uncelebrated local school desegregation case. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 July 2021",
"Don\u2019t let all that Prime Day deal scoring go uncelebrated . \u2014 Janelle Randazza, USA TODAY , 22 June 2021",
"His book is an attempt to illuminate the uncelebrated dividends\u2014both individual and communal\u2014of pouring yourself into a cause, place, craft, or group, whether that means looking out for local cats, or something else. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 1 June 2021",
"The priests and other ministers who kept serving are the uncelebrated heroes \u2014 essential workers \u2014 of the coronavirus shutdowns. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 10 May 2021",
"Her process is to immerse herself in communities and create large-scale portraits of ordinary, uncelebrated people and install them as huge banners on the sides of buildings in downtown areas. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2021",
"In the fine-dining world, Black women still remain largely uncelebrated , with notable exceptions like the James Beard award-winning chefs Nina Compton, Mashama Bailey and Dolester Miles. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2021"
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"my polite request was met with an unceremonious refusal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His unceremonious departure from WPP fueled the 77-year-old executive who, after leaving WPP, launched himself into a whirlwind of activity that led to S4\u2019s rise. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, appeared in court Tuesday after his unceremonious arrest by Chinese Communist Party officials. \u2014 Fox News , 25 May 2022",
"The team\u2019s fall comes following an unceremonious early exit in last week\u2019s SEC Tournament, when the regular-season SEC champs were sent packing by Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Spikes, donning the archetypal black turtleneck CEO\u2019s are meant to wear during major announcements, was actually one of the company\u2019s initial founders before his unceremonious ouster in 2018. \u2014 Matthew Kitchen, Chron , 11 Feb. 2022",
"That was it, an unfortunate and unceremonious end to a run that once held so much promise yet ended with an undeniable fizzle. \u2014 Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"During that span, the Texans parted with franchise greats DeAndre Hopkins and J.J. Watt in unceremonious fashion and struggled to reload its roster with young talent. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 7 Feb. 2022",
"His death came less than two months after the unceremonious withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. \u2014 David Axelrod, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The unceremonious end to his tenure and the ensuing rivalry, Mr. Sorrell says, is part of what fuels him. \u2014 Nick Kostov, WSJ , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"The time of departure is still uncertain .",
"We are still uncertain of the truth.",
"She remains uncertain about her plans.",
"I'm uncertain about how to respond.",
"The cause of the fire is uncertain .",
"He has an uncertain temper.",
"They face a financially uncertain future.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the war drags on, the dancers\u2019 future remains uncertain . \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"While the Senate will have at least 10 Republicans who support the gun safety bill and save the legislation from a filibuster, bipartisan support in the House remains uncertain . \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"But a day after officials counted an initial batch of more than 100,000 ballots, the identity of the fourth and final participant in the election\u2019s next phase remained uncertain . \u2014 Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
"Despite the transatlantic unity, Russia\u2019s war continues to ravage eastern Ukraine, and its outcome remains uncertain . \u2014 Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"What impact this conference might have remains uncertain . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 June 2022",
"The company may file a preliminary prospectus as soon as next month, though the date of an IPO remains uncertain . \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Still, prospects for a follow-up collaboration remained uncertain . \u2014 Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"The outcome of Pennsylvania\u2019s Republican U.S. Senate primary remained uncertain as election officials continued to count mail ballots a day after primaries in five states showed there are limits to Donald Trump\u2019s grip on GOP voters. \u2014 WSJ , 24 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite economic uncertainty and fallout from the pandemic there are over two dozen brewery projects in the works throughout San Diego County. \u2014 Brandon Hern\u00e1ndez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"Federal regulators recently recommended that coronavirus vaccine manufacturers update their boosters to target BA.4 and BA.5, despite the uncertainty regarding what form of the virus may be circulating later this year. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Signs are emerging that international demand is bouncing back already, despite the uncertainty created by testing requirements. \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 10 June 2022",
"Murray has been in communication with Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury and teammates throughout the offseason despite uncertainty regarding his long-term future with the organization. \u2014 Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty surrounding its title hopes, ASU remained optimistic throughout the afternoon. \u2014 Drew Schott, The Arizona Republic , 23 May 2022",
"Despite the legal and financial uncertainty , Kinoprime CEO Anton Malyshev confirmed to Variety that the fund is still up and running. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty of Brittney's return home, Cherelle has remained a strong supporter of the WNBA's recent season start. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Despite the uncertainty and setbacks happening in the states and abroad, Palacio often reflects on the past in order to stay focused on what\u2019s ahead. \u2014 Janel Martinez, refinery29.com , 28 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Observation, in this case, is a quantum mechanics phenomenon embodied by Heisenberg\u2019s uncertainty principle . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 22 June 2022",
"Its title was inspired by German physicist Werner Heisenberg\u2019s 1927 uncertainty principle , which says it\u2019s impossible to precisely measure the velocity of a particle in motion. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Jan. 2022",
"But the uncertainty principle , formulated by German physicist Werner Heisenberg in the 1920s, states that there is a fundamental limit to how well the position and momentum of an object such as a drum can be known. \u2014 Daniel Garisto, Scientific American , 6 May 2021",
"The uncertainty principle , formulated by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, is a consequence of the fuzziness of the universe at microscopic scales. \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2014",
"This same technique of acquiring the minimum amount of information needed for a measurement seemed to offer a way around the uncertainty principle . \u2014 Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American , 6 Aug. 2014",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019",
"In a sense, merely looking at a quantum system unavoidably disturbs it, a manifestation of Heisenberg\u2019s famous uncertainty principle . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 2 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Schools with more minority students are more likely to have inexperienced, less trained and even uncertified teachers. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Schools with more minority students are more likely to have inexperienced, less trained and even uncertified teachers. \u2014 Michael Warren, ajc , 12 Apr. 2022",
"An ongoing teacher shortage has exacerbated the problem, leading to bigger classroom sizes and allowing uncertified teachers to help fill staffing gaps. \u2014 Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The small producers don\u2019t receive sound advice on growing and harvesting agaves, Valiente said, and additionally, their mezcal goes uncertified . \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
"However, Pence rejected the pressure to do so, sticking to his strictly ceremonial role -- and infuriating Trump -- and the National Archives never accepted the uncertified documents for congressional counting. \u2014 Libby Cathey, ABC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"However, Pence rejected the pressure to do so, sticking to his strictly ceremonial role, and the National Archives never accepted the uncertified documents for congressional counting. \u2014 Benjamin Siegel, ABC News , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But the airlines are worried that remaining limitations at those airports, as well as a large amount of equipment still uncertified , could trigger a crisis including the grounding of thousands of flights. \u2014 CBS News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The original lawsuits allege auditors used uncertified voting equipment and manipulated thousands of ballots in an unspecified statewide race. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Wednesday, the rescuers carefully lifted the shed enough to reach Bubbles and unchain the dog. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The feds give an official exemption to Nuro, a company working on small self-driving cars\u2014a sign that regulators are willing to unchain autonomous vehicles from the old rules. \u2014 Aarian Marshall, Wired , 9 Feb. 2020",
"Police say the three protesters had the ability to unchain themselves from the equipment but refused. \u2014 USA TODAY , 13 Sep. 2019",
"This most recent stretch includes half of his six big league homers, moments in which Naylor\u2019s unchained enthusiasm for the game has teammates tripping over themselves to get out of his way. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Aug. 2019",
"When unchained from the desk, Benke reported from around New Mexico. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 July 2019",
"Getting leading scorer Goran Dragic unchained in the fourth quarter is another priority. \u2014 Manny Navarro, miamiherald , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Now that the speaker is unchained from a mercurial president who tries the patience of even his friends, will Ryan spend his remaining time in office speaking his mind, as other retiring members are doing? \u2014 Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Apr. 2018",
"The parents were able to get two of the children, 11 and 14, unchained before police entered, but a 22-year-old remained chained to the bed. \u2014 Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post , 19 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Smith was daily saving the honor of the unchallengeable ruler: Big Brother. \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 2 June 2021",
"Pence\u2019s threat to sideline the rocket was intended as a warning to Boeing that its hold on the program was not unchallengeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2021",
"But even cleverer was the presentation of assumptions and unanswered questions as unchallengeable statements of fact. \u2014 Andrew Stuttaford, National Review , 29 Oct. 2020",
"If anything, this little burble of content suggests that no political faction\u2019s stranglehold on storytelling is absolute or unchallengeable . \u2014 Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review , 29 Apr. 2020",
"The people also have their precise place in that perfect, unchallengeable hierarchy that is Versailles. \u2014 Jessica Gross, Longreads , 27 Sep. 2019",
"The king is in his place not because of some whim, but because of a deep, unchallengeable , irresistible geometrical order. \u2014 Jessica Gross, Longreads , 27 Sep. 2019",
"There is no question that American military power remains, for the moment, unchallengeable . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 20 Sep. 2019",
"And yet, by focusing so much of The Testaments on Aunt Lydia, Atwood also appears to be staking her own, unchallengeable claim to the character. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 5 Sep. 2019"
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"found the work unchallenging"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, bad managers, poor culture, inadequate compensation/benefits, work-life balance issues, lack of flexible schedules, feeling undervalued and unchallenging work are common reasons that lead to negative consequences and employee turnover. \u2014 Niki Jorgensen, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"Until now, brunch has been mostly the province of weekends\u2014the sleepy, unchallenging meal. \u2014 Jason Diamond, WSJ , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In terms of issues, Essaibi George is running the kind of campaign that used to win in this city: moderate, unchallenging , safe. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Their walls are just the right amount of nicked; their art is unchallenging but well-framed. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The final area where unchallenging games thrive is comedy. \u2014 Joe Molander, Wired , 29 May 2021",
"Casarosa\u2019s film makes a virtue of being simple and unchallenging . \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 19 June 2021",
"Unlike Greta Gerwig, who reimagined Little Women and gave it a contemporary subtext, de Wilde and Catton deliver a largely faithful and unchallenging adaptation, beautifully staged and sharply acted by a cast adept at balancing wit and romance. \u2014 Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 Feb. 2020",
"There's something unshakably patronizing in this presentation of not-terribly-dire interpersonal conflicts, an unchallenging perspective that nudges us to root for almost everyone. \u2014 Meaghan Garvey, Chicago Reader , 12 Dec. 2017"
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"I'm afraid that my opinion on this matter is unchangeable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An unchangeable trust may not be the best option in a world that\u2019s constantly changing. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"NFTs are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item is unique and unchangeable . . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s a function of where they\u2019re born, and seems to be unchangeable after childhood. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The relative stability of the annual number of fatal shootings does not mean the total is unchangeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And what is the purpose of all this work if our positions within prejudicial, racialized structures are permanent, essential, unchangeable \u2014as rigid as the rules of gravity? \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Non-fungible tokens are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item, or asset, is unique and unchangeable . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"This technology delivers many benefits to banks, including a higher level of security against hackers, quicker transaction times and unchangeable historical records of transactions. \u2014 Luigi Wewege, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But what sets out to be an effort to define fixed and unchangeable rules for international conflict ends up revealing how chaotic and unpredictable our world really is. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021"
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},
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"I'm afraid that my opinion on this matter is unchangeable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An unchangeable trust may not be the best option in a world that\u2019s constantly changing. \u2014 Liz Weston, oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
"NFTs are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item is unique and unchangeable . . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 28 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s a function of where they\u2019re born, and seems to be unchangeable after childhood. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The relative stability of the annual number of fatal shootings does not mean the total is unchangeable . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"And what is the purpose of all this work if our positions within prejudicial, racialized structures are permanent, essential, unchangeable \u2014as rigid as the rules of gravity? \u2014 Zadie Smith, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Non-fungible tokens are virtual items that use blockchain technology and smart contracts to assure each item, or asset, is unique and unchangeable . \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"This technology delivers many benefits to banks, including a higher level of security against hackers, quicker transaction times and unchangeable historical records of transactions. \u2014 Luigi Wewege, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But what sets out to be an effort to define fixed and unchangeable rules for international conflict ends up revealing how chaotic and unpredictable our world really is. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"Much of what makes a brand successful has shifted over the last decade, but for Chow and Osborne the elements for success are unchanged . \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
"After a hand recount of 5 million ballots, Biden\u2019s victory was unchanged . \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"While the cheapest Model 3 sedan was unchanged at $46,990, the Long Range version of the car went up by $2,500 to $57,990. \u2014 Alan Ohnsman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"In addition to the ECB, the Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, ajc , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"The Bank of England has raised rates four times since December to a 13-year high, despite predictions that economic growth will be unchanged in the second quarter. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022"
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"That must have been painful, the rejection of who you are based on your race \u2014 a social construct but equally entirely unchanging . \u2014 refinery29.com , 12 May 2022",
"For two years, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been one unchanging , consistent message from public health officials: Testing is vital. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Mar. 2022",
"And now as Allgeier is on the precipice of an NFL career, going through Pro Day today, his unchanging personality is what people closest to him call his best trait for what comes next. \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The video backdrops are equally stark, the action taking place squarely on a black-and-white playing field with the characters clothed in unchanging black-and-white suits. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In the meantime, our bigger picture remains both clear and unchanging . \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The study team\u2019s conclusion was that T. rex was not a single, unchanging dinosaur but may have had two equally terrifying sibling species. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The story can seem old because the situation is unchanging . \u2014 Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Young said today putting Ten Commandments displays in public schools would help teach children that there are unchanging principles of right and wrong. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a good spot in second place going into the bars, the Utes totaled a season-low 49.2125 as several gymnasts had uncharacteristic mistakes. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Although Caruso\u2019s return has helped the Bulls restore vigor to their defense, the guard made a series of uncharacteristic mistakes, turning the ball over three times in the first half. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the face of an unprecedented crisis, federal officials consistently chose haste over precision, dispatching aid with uncharacteristic speed to save the economy - even at the risk of costly mistakes. \u2014 Tony Romm And Yeganeh Torbati, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"The Dodgers\u2019 offense offset the uncharacteristic outing with a five-run third inning and another run in the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Memphis also got some uncharacteristic numbers that may even out later in the series. \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 8 May 2022",
"What happened after Huberdeau\u2019s uncharacteristic penalty was emblematic of this series. \u2014 Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel , 7 May 2022",
"Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter \u2014 because of the uncharacteristic walks \u2014 assumed something was wrong with Alexander's health. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"Clark scored 19 points in the first half, but had an uncharacteristic six turnovers in the first two quarters. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Mar. 2022"
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"Patrick, Stripe\u2019s 33-year-old CEO, has interrupted his honeymoon to write a memo to the entire company (later shared publicly) warning that such scrutiny\u2014and uncharitable interpretations of Stripe\u2019s motives\u2014will only increase over time. \u2014 Alex Konrad, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Even so, Kai has nothing uncharitable to say about him. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"At the time of the film\u2019s release, though, the critical consensus was rather myopic and uncharitable . \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In consideration of its effects on Lucas\u2019 brother, however, the abuse parallel falls flat while the heritability of trauma angle (if that\u2019s the interpretation) feels uncharitable to victims of trauma. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Another, more generous reading is that Chuntao\u2019s uncharitable vision of Rose flows in part from her own anger at how receiving a kidney robbed her of the social status granted to the terminally ill. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 10 Oct. 2021",
"The late critic Eileen Battersby took a different approach in a remarkably uncharitable review of McGregor\u2019s first novel for the Irish Times. \u2014 Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
"The country\u2019s uncharitable refugee policy remains in place despite the cratering of Japan\u2019s workforce and the fact that millions of homes and other buildings in Japan lie abandoned. \u2014 Tim Hornyak/tokyo, Time , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Further, those speeches that throw faculty under the bus are performative, petulant, and uncharitable . \u2014 Luther Ray Abel, National Review , 9 July 2021"
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"The story of a young girl who joins a crew of monster hunters on an epic adventure into uncharted waters from one of the co-directors of Moana. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Beyond physical and societal benefits of simply playing sports, female athletes are wading through the uncharted NIL waters. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Since The Handler is a new character created for the show, their relationship here is uncharted waters. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 8 June 2022",
"These stunning developments put Twitter, a company that is certainly no stranger to corporate chaos, in uncharted waters. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"With Evina Westbrook, a transfer who joined the program in 2019 and began playing in 2020-21, this group has had to lead the young players through what were uncharted waters for everyone. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"In a time of uncharted waters, name, image and likeness agreements are exploding. \u2014 Scott Springer, The Enquirer , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In contests for governor or for House or Senate seats, the refusal to certify the result of an election could send states into uncharted legal waters. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The Patriots are in uncharted territory without a clear successor to McDaniels. \u2014 Mark Daniels, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Traditionally, an allegation of a woman\u2019s unchastity constitutes libel per se. \u2014 Jack Greiner, The Enquirer , 27 May 2021"
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"\u2014 Cameron Crotty , Macworld , June 1998"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Neither of these points necessarily mean Welker has uncontrollable or uncheckable biases: Everyone\u2019s parents have opinions. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 21 Oct. 2020",
"The Constitution gives no government official uncheckable power. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 2 Sep. 2017"
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"Green groups warn climate change will go largely unchecked in the state. \u2014 Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The committee has thus far told a remarkable story of the events leading up to January 6 and on that fateful day ( unchecked , it should be noted, by any meaningful cross-examination or other presentation in defense of Trump). \u2014 Elie Honig, CNN , 28 June 2022",
"Returning to Beijing shows what happens when an unfettered state is allowed free rein, unchecked by law or civil society. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 14 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, Indian women\u2019s rights lawyer Karuna Nundy emphasized how patriarchal courts have enabled violence against women to continue unchecked . \u2014 Raisa Bruner, Time , 9 June 2022",
"The Lightning jumped in front less than three minutes into Game 4 when Bogosian\u2019s shot was blocked by Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin but Maroon raced in unchecked and backhanded the puck over Shesterkin\u2019s pads and into the net. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Forensic experts continue to employ unproven techniques, and courts continue to accept their testimony largely unchecked . \u2014 David L. Faigman, Nicholas Scurich, Scientific American , 25 May 2022",
"That allows the most radical elements of the party free to grow unchecked . \u2014 David Lautersenior Editor, Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"Air potato is an invasive vine that was spreading unchecked across Florida until the introduction of a natural predator helped slow the spread. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Americana"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Emily Ratajkowski Makes the Case for Techy Earphones Tech accessories are often very unchic . \u2014 Vogue , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Under other circumstances, this hour might have seemed unchic , even geriatric, but these were unusual circumstances indeed. \u2014 Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country , 15 July 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Princeton is proud of these letters; Eliot\u2019s Harvard statement\u2014at best unchivalrous , at worst faintly homicidal\u2014demeans them, and has cast a long, green, Eliotic shadow over their unsealing. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020",
"This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Glamour , 16 Jan. 2018",
"They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating \u2013 a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. \u2014 Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities , 23 Apr. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The steady unraveling of first impressions requires an unchivalrous running time of 152 minutes. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Princeton is proud of these letters; Eliot\u2019s Harvard statement\u2014at best unchivalrous , at worst faintly homicidal\u2014demeans them, and has cast a long, green, Eliotic shadow over their unsealing. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 6 Apr. 2020",
"This isn't the first time Trump has been accused of unchivalrous conduct. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Glamour , 16 Jan. 2018",
"They were also viewed as ungentlemanly, a form of unchivalrous cheating \u2013 a special kind of insult for professional soldiers. \u2014 Paul D. Miller, Twin Cities , 23 Apr. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These series arrive when the reach of the internet and the broad acceptance of online dating means that the unchlorinated pool of eligible mates has never been deeper. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2021",
"In the title story, a woman\u2019s observations of strangers in a swimming pool arouse recollections of a childhood excursion to a different swimming spot, outdoors and unchlorinated . \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The studio\u2019s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance party, with a couch, rugs, strings of lights, and a crew of dancers performing seemingly unchoreographed moves. \u2014 Carrie Battan, The New Yorker , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The Astros fans did respond quite loudly, especially in their Game 1 victory, and there were some unchoreographed chants, but on the whole, Minute Maid relies on the cue-card approach to whipping up the fans. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Oct. 2021",
"That is, the nightly content was unscripted, unchoreographed , and audiences wanted to watch it in real time. \u2014 L. Jon Wertheim, Time , 23 June 2021",
"As the oldest, Ryan got put in charge of large amounts of unchoreographed free time. \u2014 John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 Sep. 2020",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019",
"His effervescent dance that wins the day at the movie\u2019s climax was mostly unchoreographed . \u2014 Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities , 19 June 2019"
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"transitive verb"
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"christened",
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"termed"
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"I am as innocent \u2026 as the babe unchristened .",
"\u2014 Robert Louis Stevenson"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached to the budget bill that removed the $250,000 that was to go Memphis. House lawmakers from Memphis responded by calling it vile, racist and unchristian . \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Apr. 2018"
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"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kris-ch\u0259n",
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"\u2014 Carolyn G. Heilbrun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The task of fleeing Eritrea, the small nation sometimes reductively called the North Korea of Africa, is the kind of perilous journey that often goes unchronicled for fear of retaliation. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022"
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"the uncivil and wild land that the pioneers tamed and settled",
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"The Fairmont Conference was called New Alternatives, which was the conservatives\u2019 way of framing conversations to keep the peace in an increasingly uncivil society. \u2014 Courtland Milloy, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"True, politicians are increasingly breaking the norms of decency, ideologues are increasingly uncivil , protesters are increasingly militant, and increasing numbers of Americans are unwilling to accept the outcomes of elections. \u2014 Verlan Lewis And Hyrum Lewis, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"There were also protests and uncivil unrest that resulted in damages to more than 80 businesses. \u2014 Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The average congressional tweets were not especially uncivil , with relatively low scores. \u2014 Melanie Masonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"As recalled by Judith Lapierre, who was the lone woman participant in a 1999 isolation experiment in Moscow intended to simulate space-station living, matters can become uncivil quite quickly. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The result has been a most uncivil war, not fought over ideology, but over loyalty to the former president; not over public policy or economic solutions, but about who can serve as the most unbending conduit of the Republican base\u2019s profound anger. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 18 Feb. 2022",
"But the scope, nature and tactics of such protests are escalating, becoming increasingly uncivil and more aggressive around the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
"This is the fellow, after all, who declared personnel war on uncivil behavior in the White House ranks. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022"
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"He was awakened at an uncivilized hour.",
"They believe that capital punishment is uncivilized .",
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"Roxane Gay: For all our cultural obsession with civility, there is nothing more uncivilized than the political establishment\u2019s acceptance of the constancy of mass shootings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Sure, the song (apparently written about writer Quentin Crisp) is just about the alienating sense of being an outsider, of having people judge you for your accent or aspiring to civility in an uncivilized land. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Whereas Saidian Orientalism understood the Eastern Other as fundamentally backward and uncivilized , however, techno-Orientalism presents an upgraded vision of the Asian as threateningly futuristic and advanced. \u2014 Jane Hu, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The Qing emperors themselves were not Han either, but Manchu, a people from the other side of the Great Wall who had traditionally been regarded as uncivilized nomads. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"There is only one religion in uncivilized society, and that is Kendall Roy. \u2014 Natalie Lin, Vulture , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Hollywood has painted our state as a wild, uncivilized frontier filled with dangers and adventure. \u2014 Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"School board meetings everywhere have become uncivilized battlegrounds over curriculum involving race and COVID-19 mask and vaccination mandates. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Some women consider breast-feeding uncivilized and unattractive. \u2014 Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 23 Aug. 2021"
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"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"invested",
"robed",
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"\u2014 Joseph Conrad",
"\u2026 a large foldout color photograph of an unclad young lady \u2026",
"\u2014 Bill Davidson"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brown didn't mind standing in between the shirt unclad pros. \u2014 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY , 6 Nov. 2019",
"An unclad man bows before a large white circle on one of Andres Mario de Varona\u2019s black-and-white pictures, which hint at religious ritual. \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 28 June 2019"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8klad"
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"au naturel",
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 Fredric Jameson",
"unclarified butter"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The circumstances of Libby's husband's death become less coherent every time they're broached, the screenplay suggesting complications that go unclarified and unexplored. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2020",
"During the conference, any of your further questions and the ones that are left unclarified in this email will be answered clearly and satisfactorily. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 13 Nov. 2017"
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"1574, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8kla-r\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kler-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
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"adjective"
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": lack of clarity : ambiguity , obscurity":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Such regulatory unclarity adds risk to investing in Affirm\u2019s growth story. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
"And the agreement does not mention the $133,000 Cindi would be putting into the ministry (by paying for things rather than cash transfer which also makes for some unclarity ). \u2014 Peter J Reilly, Forbes , 10 Oct. 2021"
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"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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"unclasp a purse"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His hands, with their many rings, are broad and eloquent, delicately clasping and unclasping in syncopated claps. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 21 Dec. 2019",
"The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book\u2019s old cover and sat down to see what was inside. \u2014 Avi Selk, Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2018",
"The democratization of data would unclasp the shackles of the quants as well. \u2014 Daniel Roth, WIRED , 11 Mar. 2009"
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"1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"Many of their health problems were caused by unclean living conditions.",
"there's something unclean about this whole business",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Elitism, especially mixed with worship, has that tendency, rallying the faithful with attitude around a special cause, a select group, separating the believing from the unbelieving, the chosen from the unchosen, the clean from the unclean . \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 June 2022",
"Such broad intimations that all other wines are unnatural or unclean are unfair, even if more transparency by the industry would show that. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"And despite our net exporter status, oil production is likely to become more concentrated in unclean hands in the future. \u2014 University Of Houston Energy Fellows, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Not only is the distance challenging, but the water is also unclean and used by animals. \u2014 Carol Kovach, cleveland , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Ailments from unclean sheets can become even more serious if they're allowed to continue. \u2014 Mike Masterson, Arkansas Online , 23 Nov. 2021",
"Detoxing is a fad diet that\u2019s part of the diet culture narrative that our bodies are unclean and require fixing. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Dogs, seen in biblical times as unclean scavengers, were a kind of stand-in for the devil. \u2014 Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press , 4 Dec. 2021",
"Outside reviews have warned of problems going back nearly a decade, including major records-management issues, low staff morale and unclean facilities. \u2014 CBS News , 25 Nov. 2021"
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"rakehell",
"rakehelly",
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"sick",
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"warped"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"uncleaned water",
"uncleaned fish"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Human waste accumulated in two hundred thousand cesspools, many of which went uncleaned for years. \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
"For longer stays, that means rooms could go uncleaned for days at a time, resulting in reduced shifts for housekeeping employees. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Kids swiped janitors\u2019 bleach bottles to scrub common bathrooms that went uncleaned . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Sep. 2021",
"If the fawn is left alone for too long, its ears curl up, a sign of dehydration, and flies may cloud around its uncleaned body, drawing attention. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021",
"The audit reports that inspectors called out an uncleaned food preparation machine in four consecutive reviews over the course of two years. \u2014 Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 June 2021",
"Because they're located near the floor and often out of sight, baseboards are a major dust collector and often go uncleaned . \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 11 May 2021",
"Ramps are best used within a day or so of being harvested, but will keep uncleaned for a few days at room temperature on the counter, with their bulbs submerged in water like a bouquet of flowers. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 5 May 2021",
"If left uncleaned , a makeup sponge \u2014 like a Beautyblender \u2014 can get very gross, very quickly. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 16 Oct. 2020"
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"an unclear reference"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The agency said the data would be useful for efforts to identify potential safety risks, although key factors in many crashes were unclear . \u2014 Ryan Felton, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"At present, however, Winer and other current and former officials following investigations acknowledge, Justice Department interest in these issues is unclear at best. \u2014 Mark Hosenball, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"The relationship between Mycoskie and McLaughlin is unclear . \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 13 June 2022",
"The relationship between the victim and suspect was unclear . \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"The etymological origin of hoochie daddy shorts is unclear . \u2014 Damon Young, Washington Post , 13 June 2022",
"Whether there will be any talk of a cease-fire or negotiations is unclear . \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"The technology has become common but its effectiveness is unclear , experts said. \u2014 Max Zahn, ABC News , 11 June 2022",
"Whether such collective hatred is beneficial in the long run is unclear . \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 10 June 2022"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"adjective"
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"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
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"uncloaked the latest plan for improvements to the state capitol",
"investigative reporters uncloaked the real estate tycoon, revealing him to be nothing more than a slumlord",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The taboo topic, of course, is politics, and more specifically, President Trump, whose 2016 election uncloaked a chasm between voters all over the country, but here especially so. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 6 Oct. 2019",
"But future maps might uncloak such tectonic features. \u2014 Shannon Hall, Scientific American , 12 June 2019",
"Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Federal Hill Preparatory School counted down as a maintenance crew uncloaked the machine to reveal two massive, brown googly eyes. \u2014 Lauren Lumpkin, baltimoresun.com , 5 June 2018",
"But by threading the needle, Cassini has allowed scientists to untangle them, telling them about the mass, and therefore age, of the rings \u2014 and uncloaking Saturn's interior. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 15 Sep. 2017",
"The Senate has not uncloaked a bill GOP leaders worked on behind closed doors, although it is expected to be released Thursday, with a vote as soon as next week. \u2014 Stephen Koff, cleveland.com , 21 June 2017",
"Only if a match were made would a computer alert each side to uncloak the record and probe further. \u2014 Associated Press, WIRED , 17 June 2006"
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"Soften first with shaving cream, foam or oil to guard skin and improve glide, rinse the razor's blades often to unclog and replace them about every two weeks for maximum safety and efficacy, the GH Beauty Lab recommends. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Federal Reserve is creating an emergency lending program to help unclog a short-term credit market that has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"For them, the budget promises deficit reduction to cool the economy and tangible steps to unclog supply-chain bottlenecks that contribute to rising prices. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, regular exfoliation\u2013which can unclog your pores\u2014may make breakouts less likely. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Biden announced a slew of initiatives to unclog supply chains, so that container ships can dock faster and big-rig trucks can get on the road faster with full trailers. \u2014 Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Sadly, the Fed can\u2019t unclog the ports or persuade a larger percentage of Americans to work. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Soften first with shaving cream, foam or oil to guard skin and improve glide, rinse the razor's blades often to unclog and replace them about every two weeks for maximum safety and efficacy, the GH Beauty Lab recommends. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The Federal Reserve is creating an emergency lending program to help unclog a short-term credit market that has been disrupted by the novel coronavirus outbreak. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Mar. 2020",
"For them, the budget promises deficit reduction to cool the economy and tangible steps to unclog supply-chain bottlenecks that contribute to rising prices. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Plus, regular exfoliation\u2013which can unclog your pores\u2014may make breakouts less likely. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Biden announced a slew of initiatives to unclog supply chains, so that container ships can dock faster and big-rig trucks can get on the road faster with full trailers. \u2014 Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Sadly, the Fed can\u2019t unclog the ports or persuade a larger percentage of Americans to work. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"verb"
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"escaped through the one remaining unclosed passageway",
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"While even the most serious of today\u2019s allegations hardly compare, the resonance runs deep, amid a conflict that has opened unclosed historical wounds. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell. \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
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"adjective"
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"dress",
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"\u2014 Joe Williams"
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"Police found the victim's unclothed body in the woods.",
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"Barrett\u2019s sister discovered her unclothed body in the living room of her home March 21, 2021 and flagged down officers in the city\u2019s Westport neighborhood. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
"The apparel company's promotional material for its sports bras, released in February, featured a grid of photographs of various women's unclothed chests. \u2014 Amarachi Orie, CNN , 12 May 2022",
"But Oliver and Alwyn generate only mild friction together, even when their unclothed bodies are writhing against each other to gentle soundtracks in soft sunlight. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"The baby boy was discovered unclothed with its umbilical cord attached on the shore of Methodist Beach, southeast of Minneapolis, on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 2003, according to a criminal complaint. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"Each alien begins as an unclothed body, randomly selected from twenty basic bodies designed by Marso. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Rooney was found sleeping unclothed in a nearby cabin, where investigators found blood. \u2014 Sarah Volpenhein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Her body was found unclothed and partially covered by a passerby along a rural road in the county, according to NBC affiliate KING of Seattle. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Mar. 2022",
"An acquaintance found their remains at a mountaintop campsite on Aug. 18 -- both had been shot to death and were partially unclothed . \u2014 Michael Ruiz, Fox News , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brownlee was an ideal interpreter of this music, his bright and unclouded vocal tone allowing access to both the intimacy and public force of the writing. \u2014 Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2018",
"At Belarussian Xata in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, birch sap comes in a tall carafe, unclouded and pure. \u2014 Ligaya Mishan, New York Times , 22 Feb. 2018",
"But anyone watching his performance with unclouded eyes could see that his ego left no room for loyalty to party, much less to country. \u2014 William Saletan, Slate Magazine , 20 Jan. 2017"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8klau\u0307-d\u0259d"
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"for such a decidedly unclubbable man, politics was an odd career choice"
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"adjective"
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"an uncluttered desk"
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"Her desk is always neat and uncluttered .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like the other Genesis models, the interior has a clean and uncluttered appearance. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 17 May 2022",
"But the widget apps do have inherent characteristics\u2014most notably, a streamlined, uncluttered user experience\u2014that may encourage users to share more. \u2014 Dalvin Brown, WSJ , 15 May 2022",
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"Their home blends multiple styles: uncluttered white space and warm woods popular in Scandinavian design, the Bauhaus-beloved Wassily chair, and 1980s elements including pastel colors, rounded profiles, and ceramic vases. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The solo was similarly uncluttered , though for different reasons. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The interior, meanwhile, appears to be the epitome of Scandi chic, with simple, uncluttered furnishings, a subtle monochromatic palette and a ton of light wood throughout. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The host and veteran correspondents deliver narrations and conduct interviews with calm authority on an uncluttered screen. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"To keep the dial as uncluttered as possible, the power reserve has been moved to the back of the movement (as opposed to the one on the front of the original Eichi). \u2014 Jack Forster, Bloomberg.com , 20 Jan. 2021"
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"\u2014 R. L. Stevenson"
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"noun"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cck\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8lest"
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
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"compelled",
"forced",
"involuntary",
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"will-less"
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"\u2026 a former FBI special agent who obtained uncoerced confessions from two of the most high-profile terrorists in recent American history.",
"\u2014 Peter Bergen",
"But can men, whose interests are diverse, ever hope to live together in a harmony uncoerced ?",
"\u2014 Herman Melville"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The great irony in Michael Flynn\u2019s statement and in the arguments for Christian nationalism is that religion has flourished in America as nowhere else precisely because faith is uncoerced . \u2014 Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"It\u2019s all leading questions or George\u2019s uncoerced and truthful answers. \u2014 James Ellroy, Vanities , 7 Oct. 2017"
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"circa 1792, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u0259rst"
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"freewill",
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"unforced",
"volitional",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052420",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"colored",
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"hued",
"painted",
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"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
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"\u2014 Theodore Dreiser"
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"uncolored glass",
"the last uncolored page in the coloring book",
"red, blue, or uncolored paper"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That leaves six remaining uncolored edges: BC, BD, BF, CD, CF and DF. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The strategy is to avoid creating zugzwang quadrilaterals \u2014 except two that leave a common edge uncolored . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 8 Apr. 2022",
"The adornment was little, but there was character in Halston\u2019s swirling batik treatments or the aquatic glisten of an uncolored sequin paillette. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 14 May 2021",
"It's protected by uncolored wax oil and is free of paint and formaldehyde to keep you and your family safe. \u2014 Andrea Marie, PEOPLE.com , 28 Apr. 2021",
"So does that mean that any neutral, uncolored combination is possible in nature? \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
"At the top of the central pillar is a seventh window that has been left uncolored . \u2014 Inga Saffron, Philly.com , 12 June 2018",
"The uncolored base materials could potentially be made to be quite cosmetically elegant, hydrating, etc. \u2014 Joyann King, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 May 2014",
"Sound is open and uncolored , with a crispness that shimmers and bass that never veers toward boomy. \u2014 Michael Hsu, WSJ , 28 July 2017"
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"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184336",
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"adjective"
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": not eager to fight or argue : not combative":[
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For months, North Korea has been relatively uncombative , as leader Kim Jong Un grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, natural disasters and the deepening economic pain under years of tough U.S.-led sanctions. \u2014 Fox News , 8 Oct. 2020"
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"The stay interview can be uncomfortable , for both the worker and the boss. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
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"Impostor syndrome is uncomfortable , but that can be a good thing. \u2014 Alaina Percival, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Change can be uncomfortable while also being something positive. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 4 June 2022",
"Change can be uncomfortable while also being something positive. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 31 May 2022",
"Keep yourself healthy: Stay hydrated, remember to eat and bring an extra pair of shoes if your costume\u2019s footwear is uncomfortable . \u2014 Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
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"\u2014 Max Beerbohm"
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"\u2014 John W. Aldridge",
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"\u2014 Katherine A. Powers"
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"Morris departed the project over creative differences, the movie ended up going direct to video and studios lost interest, considering the novels\u2019 Native lead characters to be uncommercial . \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Considering the reviews, buzz and comparatively uncommercial property in play, that would have been fine. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021",
"And lest the whole thing sound kind of uncommercial , the album has several tracks that use those aforementioned teeth to go for the commercial jugular, albeit in an alt-rock, not Top 40, vein. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Obamaesque preachiness makes One Night in Miami uncommercial and unentertaining. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Conundrums and outrages of the sort that fuss Mr. Story are at the heart of events, however uncommercial , like New York Fashion Week: Men\u2019s, and of what remains of fashion creativity in this town. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2020",
"But for a product so widely distributed, traditionally made panettoni are shockingly uncommercial , filled with expensive ingredients and time-consuming to make. \u2014 Saveur , 16 Dec. 2019",
"Though not necessarily natural allies, both Florida\u2019s Dead Prez and Michigan\u2019s Slum Village hit their creative strides around the turn of the millennium performing decidedly uncommercial hip-hop. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2018",
"Such doggedly uncommercial nerve backed by such a big studio. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 31 May 2018"
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"Touted as one of the few uncommercialized family beaches remaining, the dolphins and turtles realize this. \u2014 Lesli Peterson, ajc , 31 Aug. 2021",
"In the 1970s, a 3M employee, craving a better way to mark pages in his hymnal, modified an uncommercialized adhesive invented a few years earlier by a colleague; Post-it Notes became an iconic 3M success story. \u2014 Danielle Abril, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2020",
"Sweden being such an uncommercialized culture where pop culture and fame . . . \u2014 Vogue , 30 Nov. 2018"
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"The uncommitted six-footer scored 24 points and dished out 8 assists to down the Kentucky Junior All Stars 112-102 with Urban coaching from the sideline. \u2014 Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"Throughout the invasion, Moscow has struggled to manage young, inexperienced troops who have suffered low morale and at times seemed uncommitted to the cause. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Pennsylvania\u2019s delegation, the most important cache of uncommitted votes, was seated at the other end of the Wigwam. \u2014 Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Some Senate Democratic caucus members remain uncommitted . \u2014 Alexa Corse, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Among the Louisville-area selections, Hayden is uncommitted , Lewis has committed to Olney Central and Powell has signed with Freed-Hardeman. \u2014 Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Of the 56, Ohio State has offered 30; 28 of which remain uncommitted . \u2014 cleveland , 30 July 2021",
"The tennis stars Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal are among the athletes who remain uncommitted . \u2014 Chris Vognar, Vulture , 26 May 2021",
"Moten, who is also a three-star recruit, remains uncommitted and is fielding offers from Iowa State, Miami, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee. \u2014 Brett Shweky, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"That is not uncommon , said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, as patients are often uncertain about whether exams are inappropriate and fear no one will take their word. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"According to officials, this type of cross-species infection is uncommon . \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
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"Teen and young adult dating violence is not uncommon . \u2014 Katie Hurley, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"Jubilees are not uncommon in British royal history. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022",
"Early-season storms are not uncommon in the Atlantic, especially lately. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 1 June 2022",
"Car chases are not uncommon in the area, both the witness and her husband said. \u2014 Deon J. Hampton, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
"Such upswings are not uncommon after a mass shooting or any event that puts gun control in the political spotlight, in the view that there will be a rush on guns, ammunition and accessories in advance of any effort to limit access. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022"
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"the child was uncommunicative and unhelpful to school investigators",
"intelligence agencies must be uncommunicative about their operations if they are to be at all effective",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Isolated and uncommunicative , Lucas grows feebler, losing stamina and praying to God to deliver him from the unconquerable place. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The captives are separated into three groups and driven to isolated locations; their captors are brutal and uncommunicative . \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
"In a deposition, Richard Sackler\u2019s daughter Marianna is sullen and uncommunicative . \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Many less attractive traits are also recorded: Charles could be uncommunicative and dilatory, evasive and mendacious, refractory, vindictive, obstinate, even outright wicked, though self-delusive about the motives of others. \u2014 R.j.w. Evans, The New York Review of Books , 11 June 2020",
"Patients and their families who have testified at legislative hearings describe an unresponsive and uncommunicative board that usually allows doctors accused of negligence or malpractice to continue to practice. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 June 2021",
"That deadline has since been extended to June 7, but Toho said the property\u2019s management has been uncommunicative and delinquent on payments for months. \u2014 Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com , 7 May 2021",
"The steering is heavy and uncommunicative with the 275/60R-17 Bridgestone Dueler HTS tires tending to pick a direction and then resist any deviation. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For example, very low compassion was rare in both men and women, but the few people who identified as very uncompassionate were much more likely to be men. \u2014 Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2022",
"An uncompassionate person reading Kafka would simply give up. \u2014 David Means, Harper's magazine , 10 Apr. 2019",
"Storr argues that this uncompassionate edge of self-esteemery dovetails with the economic ideas of Ayn Rand and the competitive individualism of her followers in neoliberal politics. \u2014 Anthony Gottlieb, New York Times , 21 June 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Couple that with the restaurant desert around the venue (Chipotle and SmashBurger do not qualify as destinations) and the total game experience is uncompelling and rates a 3 on a scale of 10. \u2014 Jay Brinker, Cincinnati.com , 15 Dec. 2017",
"Now there's less dead time, fewer uncompelling preseason games and the quality of the regular-season has noticeably suffered. \u2014 Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 28 Oct. 2017",
"The other thing is that the rules of the match, namely, the doors opening and closing in the first cage, make for a completely uncompelling beginning of the match. \u2014 Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com , 24 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loyal, strong, selfless, uncomplaining \u2014step after frozen step, sled dogs have hauled people to the limits of the earth, at both poles. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 28 Dec. 2021",
"At 65, the uncomplaining , modestly dressed Hornclaw appears to be a model senior citizen. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The sunflower has always been so hardworking, so uncomplaining . \u2014 Charlotte Mendelson, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2020",
"Ivey's Maggie is a pragmatic, uncomplaining woman who makes light of most difficulties, maintaining a cheery attitude \u2014 a kind of willful obliviousness \u2014 perhaps as a defense mechanism against the inevitable force of crushing reality. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Dec. 2019",
"The story is always written as a tearjerker, with praise for the person\u2019s uncomplaining attitude; a car is usually donated to the subject in the end. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After increasing complaints about uncompleted installations, Menomonee-Falls based Window Select will no longer accept new customers, according to its third-party consulting firm, Cogent Analytics. \u2014 Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel , 8 June 2022",
"This is followed by Bevel\u2019s uncompleted autobiography, a self-congratulatory account designed to restore his reputation and rebut the calumnies about his wife, Mildred, who actually died of cancer. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"That dedicated group of experts would oversee and advise the complicated work of figuring out how to proactively include pregnant people in all clinical research and implement the other PRGLAC recommendations that remain uncompleted . \u2014 Kat Eschner, Fortune , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Scott and a host of other officials, including Congressman Kwesi Mfume and a half dozen members of City Council, stood against the backdrop of a fenced off, uncompleted portion of the development. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Make a list of uncompleted items before closing and withhold an appropriate sum. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Home builders have built up a huge backlog of uncompleted homes. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022",
"In November 2020, Kevin Marsh, the former CEO of the South Carolina utility SCANA, pled guilty to fraud in concealing the $9 billion cost of the uncompleted reactors. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Democratic lawmakers will return from the holidays with a long list of uncompleted chores and unresolved issues. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 22 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This dishwasher is uncomplicated and easy to program with only five key cycles and six options \u2013 ideal for busy cooks in a hurry. \u2014 Carolyn Fort\u00e9, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"Although pregnancy is not a disease, even one that is otherwise uncomplicated can go unexpectedly awry. \u2014 Adebayo Adesomo, Scientific American , 30 May 2022",
"A day before the Preakness, McKathan\u2019s world remained surprisingly uncomplicated . \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"While there is a time and a place for micro-customization of driving modes, the most uncomplicated adjustment is to push the V-Mode button on the steering wheel. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"This steam mop is a pleasantly uncomplicated workhorse. \u2014 Better Homes & Gardens , 9 Mar. 2022",
"An uncomplicated and minimalistic approach to clean beauty is Lilah B cosmetics. \u2014 Jailynn Taylor, Essence , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Actually, Taureans are (thankfully) quite easy to shop for, considering that these celestial bulls are usually uncomplicated people to begin with. \u2014 Jennifer Hussein, Allure , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Prettyman makes content for the girls who need uncomplicated tips about skincare, without getting into the whole science of it. \u2014 Christine Jean-baptiste, refinery29.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Reviews from Rolling Stone and The New York Times were similarly uncomplimentary , and were soon pulled from publication following Lennon's murder. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The nation\u2019s capital is replete with lawyers, and thus lawyer jokes (most of them uncomplimentary ). \u2014 George Weigel, National Review , 2 Dec. 2019",
"Cherry was regularly uncomplimentary of how some European players played the game. \u2014 Kevin Allen, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2019",
"An uncomplimentary set of players under two head coaches with no plan, Spurs stumbled their way to sixth place somehow, despite their best efforts to finish in the bottom half. \u2014 SI.com , 21 Oct. 2019",
"In this case, the noun brickbat, meaning a hard object like a brick that\u2019s used as a missile or an uncomplimentary remark, gave us the verb brickbat, meaning to launch one of these physical or verbal weapons. \u2014 June Casagrande, Burbank Leader , 10 Oct. 2019",
"The recent protests have included uncomplimentary references to la junta \u2014 the local name for the oversight board. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 July 2019",
"Twitter then trained its moderators to spot dehumanizing content, using a list of 42 religious groups as a guide and the tweet of Mr. Trump\u2019s uncomplimentary phrase about certain countries as an example of what to allow. \u2014 Kate Conger, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"Bill Gates had some uncomplimentary things to say about Trump in a tape obtained by NBC's Chris Hayes. \u2014 NBC News , 18 May 2018"
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"They were uncompromising in their demands.",
"an uncompromising adherence to the rules that would do a schoolmarm proud",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The K Tool jack stands feature uncompromising weight capacity, thanks to their thick steel construction. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
"But, while Cobain\u2019s songs of celebrity angst conjured real fury and fragility through gravelly, uncompromising vocals, Post\u2019s music tends toward the languid, lukewarm, stupefying. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Several groups have warned that China\u2019s uncompromising \u2018zero-Covid\u2019 policy could have a severe impact on the country\u2019s economy. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"In the rebooted version, ambitious but uncompromising journalist Beth (Alice Eve) starts receiving tomorrow\u2019s newspaper today. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 12 May 2022",
"Bleak, uncompromising , and anchored by an unforgettable performance from star Isabelle Adjani, Possession is a movie that's hard to shake. \u2014 Katie Rife, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Technology is there to meet this need and, in doing so, create a solid foundation for the independent business economy to thrive and serve a company\u2019s uncompromising commitment to client satisfaction. \u2014 Oz Alon, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The centrist incumbent beat a familiar tune of heavy investment in French industry and an uncompromising commitment to the European Union. \u2014 Joseph Ataman, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After a break in fighting, the Russians will build up their weapons and manpower and start a new offensive, Podolyak said, acknowledging that Kyiv\u2019s stance was becoming more uncompromising . \u2014 Fortune , 22 May 2022"
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"it's unconceivable that a once-promising actor could end up this way",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My homeland had put me through hell, and much worse, had done unconceivable atrocities, genocide even, in neighboring countries. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"He has shown a surprising unconcern for his own safety.",
"wore an expression of general unconcern throughout the trial",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The word-play conveys somehow a sense of confidence and unconcern . \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The news that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday visited a San Francisco hair salon, against standing city ordinances, was the latest exhibition of privileged unconcern . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 2 Sep. 2020",
"There is a selfishness and unconcern for the elderly in the refusal of the young to take this pandemic seriously. \u2014 Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek , 18 Mar. 2020",
"The technology sector\u2019s global conquest rests partly on its total unconcern for the real-world impact of its products and services. \u2014 Ian Bogost, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Deliverance may have fueled white Northern overconfidence in the efficacy of Reconstruction, and unconcern for freedpeople may have spawned apathy. \u2014 Gregory Downs, Washington Post , 14 June 2019",
"In their locker room the colors of mildew, chlorine and athlete\u2019s foot (Angrette McCloskey did the spot-on set), Brigham\u2019s Amy initially seems the classic cool kid, all aggressive unconcern peppered with a few blase cruelties. \u2014 Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2018",
"Their dedication to minority causes, though admirable, looked out-of-touch when paired with a relative unconcern for struggling whites. \u2014 The Economist , 17 May 2018",
"Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic expressed unconcern about rising prices and the impact of oil rising past $70 a barrel. \u2014 Natasha Rausch, Bloomberg.com , 7 May 2018"
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"She's unconcerned about that issue.",
"The economy seems to be slowing down, but many investors remain unconcerned .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At 45, Pusha T is well aware of contemporary hip-hop\u2019s trends but unconcerned with them. \u2014 Julian Kimble, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Feng appears unconcerned \u2013 and the lack of revenues does not appear to have put off investors. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Cole is largely unconcerned with baseball traditionalists\u2019 opinions. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Conklin has long enjoyed \u2014 even taken pride in \u2014 its speck-on-the-wall anonymity, a town unnoticed by and unconcerned with most of the outside world. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"The Fed chair appeared unconcerned Tuesday about the stock market\u2019s sharp decline over the past six weeks. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"Faced with a simple matching task, worrywarts were thinking slower than their more Covid- unconcerned peers; the psychologists theorized that their stress was, essentially, hogging background brainpower. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"Protagonists Isa and Gala are whimsical party girls fumbling their way through a summer in New York, entirely unconcerned with the social climbing and career advancement that bog down many young arrivistes. \u2014 Isabel B. Slone, Town & Country , 2 May 2022"
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"They demanded an unconditional surrender.",
"He had an unconditional loyalty to his family.",
"their unconditional love of their children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The city\u2019s embrace of the Celtics is unconditional and never more so than the 1985-86 team, with an unforgettable lineup featuring Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"The Orioles placed Owings on unconditional release waivers, ending his time with the team. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 12 June 2022",
"The San Jose Sharks have placed forward Evander Kane on unconditional waivers with the intent to terminate the remainder of his $49 million, seven-year contract. \u2014 Josh Dubow, ajc , 8 Jan. 2022",
"The team placed the 30-year-old forward on unconditional waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract, a decision the National Hockey League supports but drew the ire of the NHL Players\u2019 Association. \u2014 Ross Mckeon, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Jan. 2022",
"In response to the Spavor\u2019s sentencing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate and unconditional release of the two Michaels in a statement Wednesday afternoon. \u2014 Michael Bociurkiw, CNN , 13 Aug. 2021",
"Vancouver put Braden Holtby and San Jose put Martin Jones on unconditional waivers for the purposes of buying out the remainder of the goalies\u2019 contracts. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021",
"The Rangers placed veteran OF Khris Davis on unconditional release waivers, five days after designating him for assignment. \u2014 Greg Beacham, Star Tribune , 13 June 2021",
"The Detroit Tigers have requested unconditional release waivers on utility player Brandon Dixon, who led the team with 19 home runs in 2019, the organization announced Thursday morning. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 19 Nov. 2020"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u0259l",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8dish-n\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8di-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
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"\u2014 Wilkie Collins"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The thin wall acts as a waveguide for the sound wave and slows its speed compared to an unconfined sound wave. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Saturday: The power of a Saturday is undeniable, the possibilities not endless but at least unconfined by my morning alarm. \u2014 Abigail Rosenthal, Chron , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Instead of being stuffed in a fear-inducing box, a cat can now be carefully wrapped in this bag that keeps it safe while also allowing room for the animals to move freely with an unconfined head. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2018",
"Press conferences from the scientists ranged from dry detachment to completely unconfined excitement, and the public was along for all of it. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 5 Nov. 2017"
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"an unconfirmed case of pneumonia",
"unconfirmed reports of gunfire"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Family members are desperately waiting for word after two Americans who volunteered to assist Ukrainian forces have gone missing and there are unconfirmed reports of their possible capture. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"According to Tech Radar, there are unconfirmed reports that the popular messaging service WhatsApp will stop messages to users who have iOS 10 and 11 after October 24th, 2022. \u2014 Gene Marks, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"Spreading protests across Iran over a cut in state subsidies on food have turned political with slogans calling for top leaders to step down, according to posts on social media, and unconfirmed reports said at least four protesters were killed. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2022",
"The complete original series will be released on the streamer at an unconfirmed date, and a new revival series is expected to release by the end of the year. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Effectiveness was sort of unconfirmed , but appeared to be good as close to 80%. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Though the rumors have gone unconfirmed , Quavo and Takeoff complement each other, with Quavo supplying the ad libs as Takeoff tackles the track with a dense flow. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 20 May 2022",
"Now, Page Six is reporting that there may be a new development on the horizon for at least one of those genres, citing unconfirmed sources who say the couple are working on an at-home style docu-series. \u2014 Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country , 18 May 2022",
"The evidence of such effects, though, is unconfirmed and untested. \u2014 Byquinn Owen, ABC News , 13 May 2022"
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\"+"
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"noun"
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"He was being asked to support a policy that was uncongenial to him.",
"a dank and uncongenial castle that makes one question just how merry old England really was",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Someone listening to an uncongenial podcast can turn it off and listen to something else or nothing at all, in total safety. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 8 Feb. 2022",
"People who have broken down barriers thrown up by law, social convention and institutional intolerance tend to make uncongenial company. \u2014 Star Tribune , 15 Jan. 2021",
"The Guston affair is a symptom of a society-wide deterioration of trust in institutions and tolerance for uncongenial expression. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020",
"The intellectual energy of the galleries fizzled out in this strangely uncongenial , vertical space that was reminiscent of a shopping mall. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 10 Oct. 2019",
"But the $250 million Kennedy Center expansion, confined to a small and uncongenial urban footprint, was a significantly more challenging project. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 30 Aug. 2019",
"North Korea is a problem uncongenial to such messiness\u2014the administration is leaving an awful lot of room for misunderstanding on a problem that admits little room for such mistakes. \u2014 Kori Schake, The Atlantic , 2 Oct. 2017",
"If the worry is that immigrants will outvote the locals and impose an uncongenial government on them, one solution would be not to let immigrants vote\u2014for five years, ten years or even a lifetime. \u2014 The Economist , 13 July 2017",
"NO. 8: PIERRE BOULEZ, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC (Deutsche Grammophon) Boulez advocated for several seemingly uncongenial composers toward the end of his life, and Bruckner was a fortunate beneficiary. \u2014 David Allen, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2017"
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"unconjugated bilirubin"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two days later, Abigail died from unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus, conditions associated with jaundice, the State Journal reports. \u2014 Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com , 29 Sep. 2017"
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8k\u00e4n-j\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101t-\u0259d",
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lina later posted the screenshots from Yubo on Twitter and TikTok in an effort to debunk false claims spreading on the internet that a transgender person unconnected to the Uvalde shooting was responsible for it. \u2014 David Ingram, NBC News , 1 June 2022",
"Antonoff attempted a high-level overview of his creative process which included a few unconnected abstract similes. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"Still, 16% of low-income residents are unconnected and 10% depend on smartphones, which provide an inferior connection for such tasks as schoolwork or attending class online. \u2014 Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Two percent of low-income students remain unconnected . \u2014 Javeria Salman, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Apr. 2022",
"For all the reasons there are to relish a project that feels largely unconnected to the larger MCU, Moon Knight feels unmoored, a museum of exposition evidence that rarely answers the looming questions and never feels fixed to a moment in time. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 May 2022",
"Last year saw a sisterly spat between Britney and Jamie Lynn (not unconnected to the press circuit of Jamie\u2019s tell-all memoir). \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The lyrics are distinctly less cheerful than the music throughout, with calls that go unconnected and doorbells going unanswered. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The stories of Murphy, Britt, Daly, Ware and several secondary characters are largely unconnected , except for their association with the 15th Infantry Regiment. \u2014 Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"an unconquerable spirit that got the family through some hard times",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Isolated and uncommunicative, Lucas grows feebler, losing stamina and praying to God to deliver him from the unconquerable place. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"Out there, the ownership of land seemed like a myth used to tame an unconquerable planet with its imposing mountains, endless forests, and hypnotic deserts. \u2014 Raffi Joe Wartanian, Outside Online , 8 Oct. 2020",
"The album\u2019s second half flips toward optimism and catharsis \u2014 a white-knuckle grip on the belief in love and humanity to conquer the unconquerable . \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 4 May 2022",
"Worried that vast stretches of uncontrolled territory in the Amazon would invite foreign invasions, generals set out to conquer what had until then been unconquerable . \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Some dreamers will run smack dab into an unconquerable reality. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Pulling it all together for the country to witness was the unconquerable David Stern. \u2014 Tim Reynolds, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
"But a win over what\u2019s been an unconquerable foe would go a long way toward exercising those demons. \u2014 C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com , 4 Dec. 2021",
"But they get drowned out by his unconquerable determination to make it to the major leagues. \u2014 NBC News , 30 Oct. 2021"
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"They have had to endure unconscionable delays.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To try nothing in the face of routine massacre is unconscionable . \u2014 Edward Felsenthal, Time , 26 May 2022",
"If stockpiling often seems immoral, that\u2019s in part because an unconscionable number of people have always grappled with genuine scarcity. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 26 May 2022",
"This bittersweet collection of memories stands as a testament to the unconscionable harm that late-stage capitalism and its attendant greed have done to local news. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"An unconscionable act of violence, particularly in this setting, merits huge reprisal and consequence. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Too much of the response, however, has been temporary in nature, forcing a quick return to an unconscionable status quo. \u2014 Richard Besser, ABC News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Parents, mothers, are having to make unconscionable choices right now because the system is rigged against us. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"His benefactors in Riyadh are facing the prospect of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a Venn diagram of the washed-up, the uncompetitive, the cash-poor and the egomaniacal, all overlapping to form a subset of the unconscionable . \u2014 Eamon Lynch, The Arizona Republic , 22 Feb. 2022",
"This past week, the three school-board members leading this unconscionable , crypto-fascist assault on art were ousted by the voters in a recall election. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Feb. 2022"
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"1565, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00e4n-ch\u0259-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"baroque",
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},
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"The singer lived at Graceland until August 16, 1977, when he was found unconscious on the property at only 42 years old. \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"Authorities launched a rescue boat, and the woman was found unconscious and not breathing. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Bryce's friend Cooper Noriega died on Thursday, June 9, after being found unconscious . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 June 2022",
"The girlfriend of a Boston police officer who died after being found unconscious in a snowbank outside a Canton home in January was in court Friday facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from the death. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The woman was found unconscious at the scene after being hit while crossing Nott Street. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Liming was found unconscious in the parking lot near the school\u2019s basketball courts. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Three teenage girls were found unconscious in a Los Angeles County home on May 25 after taking ecstasy pills that were contaminated with fentanyl, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Twitter post this week. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Hoffmann was discovered dead about 24 hours after another McDaniel High School student, Olivia Coleman, had been found unconscious in the bedroom of her home and died of an accidental fentanyl overdose from a counterfeit pill. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00e4n-ch\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Authorities launched a rescue boat, and the woman was found unconscious and not breathing. \u2014 CBS News , 17 June 2022",
"Bryce's friend Cooper Noriega died on Thursday, June 9, after being found unconscious . \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 June 2022",
"The girlfriend of a Boston police officer who died after being found unconscious in a snowbank outside a Canton home in January was in court Friday facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from the death. \u2014 Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"The woman was found unconscious at the scene after being hit while crossing Nott Street. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Liming was found unconscious in the parking lot near the school\u2019s basketball courts. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Three teenage girls were found unconscious in a Los Angeles County home on May 25 after taking ecstasy pills that were contaminated with fentanyl, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Twitter post this week. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Hoffmann was discovered dead about 24 hours after another McDaniel High School student, Olivia Coleman, had been found unconscious in the bedroom of her home and died of an accidental fentanyl overdose from a counterfeit pill. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2022"
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"an unconsecrated offering"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was the time that Patterson and a fellow altar boy\u2014Patterson grew up in a devoutly Catholic family\u2014almost got caught with a stash of unconsecrated Communion hosts that his friend had squirrelled away for post-Mass snacking. \u2014 Laura Miller, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The cocktail is made with Kikori Rice Whiskey, Clement coconut, lemon, black sesame and Japanese chili, garnished with red, white and blue unconsecrated communion wafers. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 June 2019"
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"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
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"After all, the siblings\u2019 love of sportif-chic details, '90s influences, and uncontrived chic is one that has been cultivated in tandem. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 25 Jan. 2018"
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"In many cases, a partner\u2019s uncontrolled alcohol abuse leads to psychological, physical, and social trauma, and the rate of divorce is 18 percentage points higher than among nonalcoholic couples. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"But uncontrolled inflation, stock market declines and recession probabilities can take their toll. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"The commission\u2019s claim in the Starbucks case that the comparable uncontrolled price method is inherently preferred over TNMM is baseless, even under the 1995 version of the OECD transfer pricing guidelines. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Even for those who don\u2019t have aphasia or Tourette\u2019s, swearing can become a habit, something like an uncontrolled verbal tic. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
"The crux of the Latino paradox is as follows: A broad body of research shows that Latinos have higher rates of diabetes, obesity and uncontrolled blood pressure and cholesterol levels than non-Hispanic white people. \u2014 Olveen Carrasquillo, The Conversation , 8 June 2022",
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"During this period, uncontrolled greenhouse gases mounted. \u2014 Kate Brown, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"The acrobatic stunt is not a frantic and uncontrolled plunge. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022"
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"Chappelle\u2019s controversial and derogatory statements stand in contrast to Mulaney\u2019s largely uncontroversial material. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 21 May 2022",
"When John Corigliano\u2019s uncontroversial Second Symphony appeared on one program, a donor threatened to pull his money. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"The hopefuls seek an office that was historically uncontroversial \u2014 until the pandemic triggered a tidal wave of unemployment claims, far more than during even the deepest previous recessions. \u2014 Michael E. Kanell, ajc , 6 May 2022",
"But the pipeline project itself remained uncontroversial . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"As a judge, Jackson was typically careful in uncontroversial cases, but prone to bend the law in a series of cases against the Trump administration. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 25 Mar. 2022",
"What would the Oscars look like if the academy \u2014 and the journalists who cover it \u2014 began each awards season by regarding the worthiness of movies from other countries not as an exceptional circumstance, but as a basic, uncontroversial given? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"These measures might otherwise seem uncontroversial and like minor inconveniences. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 9 Mar. 2022",
"For the last three decades, a landmark piece of legislation aimed at protecting women had been assumed to be durable and uncontroversial . \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"The failed nomination wound up putting Kagan on an unconventional path to the Supreme Court. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Garc\u00eda, another player who has long been considered a candidate to join the LIV Golf enterprise, recently expressed his support of the alternative tour in an unconventional way. \u2014 New York Times , 11 May 2022",
"This Bachelor couple is helping others find lasting love in an unconventional way. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Dumbledore has seen a quality in him that has the potential for leadership, albeit in an unconventional way. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 11 Apr. 2022",
"If there's an unconventional way to throw an ax, Joe White has probably done it. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But the model is still a relatively unconventional way to fund infrastructure development projects in the US. \u2014 Camille Squires, Quartz , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Timothy Noah came up with an unconventional way to stop South Dakota from acting as a tax haven for incredibly wealthy people. \u2014 The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"Many are unconvinced that putting the federal gas tax on hold would bring prices down. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"But millions of American women are unconvinced , vowing to fight back at the ballot box in November. \u2014 Devin Dwyer, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
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"Even though the principal at Dana Middle has said the pacing of the honors program has not slowed compared to its predecessor, some parents like Scotten remain unconvinced . \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"But Collins\u2019s persistence, even in the face of distrust and disrespect, felt like a lesson\u2014not about medicine or science, but about listening to and engaging with people who, for one reason or another, remain unconvinced . \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Volodymyr Shklyaruk, 31, and wife Ilona, 32, remained unconvinced . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Some Republicans, though, remained unconvinced , calling the legislation a bailout for the Postal Service that would shift financial burdens to taxpayers and onto Medicare. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"Federal judges ruled that Trump overstepped his authority in ordering TikTok to shut down, finding that the administration\u2019s hypothetical concerns about TikTok\u2019s security risks were unconvincing . \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"The results were unconvincing : if anything, the non-responders had slightly higher baseline ferritin and lower C-reactive protein than the responders. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 11 Sep. 2020",
"Flashbacks throughout the decades crop up between characters in unconvincing old age makeup addressing the camera, documentary style, with sweeping decrees about the true nature of Angelyne, fame, and everything in between. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"Many of these photos are fuzzy, out of focus, indistinguishable, and otherwise unconvincing . \u2014 Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Both Tim Story\u2019s 2005 Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer were campy fun that struggled with unconvincing special effects and overall silliness. \u2014 Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"Its middle expands on Gaspery\u2019s life, taking him from a listless 20-something to a somewhat unconvincing new candidate at the Time Institute. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"See how unconvincing Fabrizio Ferracane, as the delegate tasked with transporting Pirandello\u2019s ashes to Sicily, appears when the crate disappears aboard a train, or how lamely the extras pantomime their reactions. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022",
"But Bellis said medical explanations by two of Jones\u2019 physicians were unconvincing . \u2014 Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259n-\u02c8vin(t)-si\u014b"
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"adjective"
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"cooked"
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"uncooked shrimp"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Texture-wise, hearts of palm noodles are naturally firm and fibrous\u2014a bit crunchy when uncooked , and al dente when boiled. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 11 June 2022",
"My favorite way is to fill the cooking grate with uncooked sausages such as bratwurst or Italian sausage \u2014 not the bulk breakfast variety. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The boisterous scene centered on uncooked spaghetti, marshmallows and tape. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"In the surgeon\u2019s gloved hands, it could be mistaken for an uncooked chicken breast. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"In another prank that went viral throughout 2020, TikTok users bit down on uncooked pasta as an unsuspecting subject massaged their neck and back, producing a jarring cracking sound to spook the subject. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Feb. 2022",
"This sauce includes uncooked egg yolks, which does carry a small amount of risk. \u2014 Kim Sun\u00e9e, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"This is especially important with an uncooked sauce. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"When the oil is shimmering, pour the egg mixture into the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, lifting the edges with a spatula to let the uncooked egg seep underneath. \u2014 Lynne Sherwin, cleveland , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Her parents' car is totally uncool .",
"It's uncool to lie to your friends.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The plastics industry was, and is, the symbol for everything uncool : an inauthentic material, the boring bourgeois business of making and selling it, all with a whiff of environmental unfriendliness. \u2014 Kyle Harper, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Automotive trends cycle in and out, and what's completely uncool now might fetch big bucks on Bring a Trailer next decade. \u2014 Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver , 30 May 2022",
"On the one hand, Washington is drawn to the glitter and glamour (and millions of Instagram followers) of the Hollywood famous and their ability to make the essentially uncool seem exciting. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Each episode focused on a different character, her struggles and victories, such as an absent father or feeling like the uncool kid in the club. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 12 Apr. 2022",
"As a teen-ager, Apatow was a suburban comedy geek when comedy was still uncool . \u2014 Susan Morrison, The New Yorker , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Penny should not flake on you \u2014 that\u2019s totally uncool behavior in any friendship or relationship, much less giving your bestie that treatment. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Mar. 2022",
"And while TikTok is rendering platforms like Facebook and Instagram increasingly uncool , Sayman said Twitter\u2019s biggest advantage is that it\u2019s been included in that conversation. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Last year, Gen Z users on TikTok officially deemed skinny jeans uncool . \u2014 Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"1948, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the evidence from his serendipitous uncooled rotor experiment is preliminary. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"This year, Canales filed House Bill 1971 to incrementally install air conditioning in Texas\u2019 uncooled prisons at a maximum cost of $100 million per biennium. \u2014 Jolie Mccullough, San Antonio Express-News , 15 May 2021",
"At present, the plasma hits uncooled graphite tiles when it is exhausted. \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 23 May 2018",
"According to the 39 survivors, as many as 100 people, including children, had been packed into the waterless, uncooled trailer. \u2014 John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News , 29 Dec. 2017",
"The books were moldering under inches of dust in an unheated, uncooled limbo. \u2014 Mark Greif, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2016"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcld"
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"adjective"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was found to be in possession of a Ruger P98 and was uncooperative while being taken into custody, Rush-Kittle said. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 21 June 2022",
"Chief Beard said that Jones was uncooperative and refused to speak with police several times. \u2014 Kyani Reid, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
"The 56-year-old Cleveland woman was uncooperative and was arrested. \u2014 cleveland , 20 May 2022",
"According to the memo prepared for the council, the key players who wrote the emails have retired, and some were uncooperative when contacted by the city\u2019s legal team. \u2014 David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Police were called to a dispute in downtown Hilo last month where Miller was uncooperative , refused to leave the area and obstructed a sidewalk, Quiocho said. \u2014 Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Navarro, Trump's trade adviser, and Scavino, a White House communications aide under Trump, have been uncooperative in the congressional probe into the deadly 2021 insurrection, according to a committee report released Sunday night. \u2014 Farnoush Amiri, ajc , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Miller received a traffic citation after police were called to a dispute in downtown Hilo last month where Miller was uncooperative , refused to leave the area and obstructed a sidewalk, Quiocho said. \u2014 Time , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The woman was uncooperative with police and highly intoxicated. \u2014 cleveland , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"-\u02c8\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101-",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u00e4-p(\u0259-)r\u0259-tiv"
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"\u2014 Peter Cohen"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most common symptoms in pets exposed to cannabis included disorientation, lethargy, abnormal or uncoordinated movements such as swaying, lowered heart rate and urinary incontinence. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But the state had already spent $13 billion on the problem over the previous three years, and a withering auditor's report last February blamed the lack of visible results on tangled, uncoordinated bureaucracy. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 1 May 2022",
"Yet the dispersal of plastics and their pollutants, if regulated at all, has been addressed through a patchwork of municipal and national policies and a smattering of uncoordinated international instruments. \u2014 Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Unia suspected that his swallow was as uncoordinated as his walk. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2022",
"However, the demonstrations are largely uncoordinated and lack leadership. \u2014 Eloise Barry, Time , 6 Jan. 2022",
"But the Emiratis are also worried that any uncoordinated military action could be the spark for a wider conflict. \u2014 Thomas Grove, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Scholars have debated the extent of Lincoln\u2019s abridging of free speech, with historians such as Harold Holzer emphasizing that much of the press censorship during his presidency was uncoordinated and spontaneous. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Salesforce data shows that one of the biggest threats to a company is fragmented and uncoordinated products, services and business processes. \u2014 Alex Kreger, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021"
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u014d-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259d",
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"gawkish",
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"klutzy",
"ungainly"
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"adjective"
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": not able or allowed to be protected by copyright":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At some point along the continuum from merely aiding to independently creating music, Jukedeck produces works that may be as uncopyrightable as Naruto\u2019s Monkey Selfie. \u2014 James Sammataro, Billboard , 12 Sep. 2017"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00e4-p\u0113-\u02ccr\u012b-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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": to release from cords : loosen the cords of":[]
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"transitive verb"
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"\u2014 H. L. Davis"
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"uncork a bottle of wine",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Peach State leaders prepare to uncork a second multibillion dollar EV plant near the coast. \u2014 Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc , 14 May 2022",
"So pick up your wine glass, uncork your schedule and listen up. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 12 May 2022",
"Performing so many of Robbins\u2019s ballets over the years helped teach him how to uncork a dancer\u2019s inner electricity. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Dec. 2021",
"What Birdy thought was a run-down, rural dive bar is actually a high-end destination with over 100 wines to memorize, bottles of Champagne to deftly uncork , and, of course, a handsome, talented chef to woo. \u2014 Jenna Adrian-diaz, Bon App\u00e9tit , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The Rebels employ the same base defense, use a run-first up-tempo offense, feature a good running quarterback and can uncork explosive passing plays. \u2014 Christopher Smith, al , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Browse for new bottles to uncap or uncork and try Drizly by saving $5 on your first order of $20 or more with promo code SPRINGINTOSUMMER5. \u2014 Greta Good, Chron , 30 June 2021",
"This is all thanks to the Gangsta Grillz template, which gives Tyler license to uncork and let the raps spill out. \u2014 Sheldon Pearc, The New Yorker , 30 June 2021",
"Fortune tasted through a selection of top bottles\u2014including vintage Champagnes, ros\u00e9 Proseccos, California sparklers, and even a few cans\u2014to narrow it down to these 12 bottles to uncork in honor of National Ros\u00e9 Day. \u2014 Stephanie Cain, Fortune , 12 June 2021"
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"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u022frk"
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"verb"
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"\u2026 the worldly-wise but uncorrupt private eye.",
"\u2014 Vincent Patrick",
"an uncorrupt computer file"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thanks to light-touch regulation and efficient, uncorrupt bureaucracies, Singapore comes second and Hong Kong fourth in the World Bank\u2019s ranking of 190 countries for the ease of doing business. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019",
"Its candidate is Joseph Boakai, Ms Sirleaf\u2019s mild-mannered vice-president, who is seen by many as a safe (and uncorrupt ) choice. \u2014 The Economist , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-k\u0259-\u02c8r\u0259pt"
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"adjective"
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"They uncoupled the railroad cars.",
"uncoupled the two railroad cars",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All these factors, plus a springtime flocking into the outdoors, especially in the northern U.S., could help blunt a potential wave\u2019s peak; some may even help uncouple a rise in infections from a secondary surge in hospitalizations and deaths. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"By releasing its guidance before the data used to justify it, the CDC didn't so much put the cart before the horse as uncouple them entirely. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 30 July 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden's agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Kevin Freking, ajc , 1 Oct. 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden's agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 1 Oct. 2021",
"With their energy focused on Biden\u2019s agenda, Democrats backed down from a showdown over the debt limit in the government funding bill, deciding to uncouple the borrowing ceiling at the insistence of Republicans. \u2014 Kevin Freking, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Sep. 2021",
"An attempt to uncouple the engine and car containing a safe and valuables was unsuccessful amid the shootout, and the robbers fled instead with some jewelry and cash. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 15 Aug. 2021",
"First, a big part of the complexity during the migration process is that each enterprise needs to determine the various technologies and applications operating in their data lake, and then figure out how to uncouple them and migrate them. \u2014 Chetan Mathur, Forbes , 18 June 2021",
"Remote patient monitoring technologies also have another potential: to uncouple patients from their health workers, allowing theoretically limitless distance between the two. \u2014 Neil Singh, Wired , 15 June 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-p\u0259l"
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"break up",
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"disconnect",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234949",
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"\u2014 Rob Owen"
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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"examples":[
"People thought he was uncouth and uncivilized.",
"will not tolerate any uncouth behavior, such as eating with one's mouth open",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Tronsmart Onyx Ace Pro earbuds are amazing value for money and produce a sound that\u2019s big and bold but never uncouth or unruly. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"When it was published, in 1949, his level of disclosure was still considered uncouth , and Gunther knew it. \u2014 Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic , 3 June 2022",
"At the very least, this tweet is uncouth by business standards. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 13 May 2022",
"Mahershala Ali plays a Black pianist touring the Jim Crow South and Viggo Mortensen is his uncouth driver in a feel-good film about race relations with a whitewashed perspective. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While many of Silicon Valley\u2019s wealthy would distance themselves from this uncouth Trumpy identification with fossil fuels, Andreessen is a good example of how petromasculinity can operate in a white-collar context, as well. \u2014 Liza Featherstone, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Fluent in Japanese and determined not to stick out as the uncouth American, Jake keeps his nose to the ground and immerses himself in the city\u2019s culture. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Even so, the Timberline fails to fix other issues that plague the Explorer, such as its uncouth four-cylinder powertrain, slow-witted infotainment, and unimpressive interior materials. \u2014 Greg Fink, Car and Driver , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Despite its uncouth base engine, the available 308-hp V-6 is responsive and speedy, and the diesel option is thrifty and torquey, producing a sizable 369 pound-feet. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"Middle English, from Old English unc\u016bth , from un- + c\u016bth familiar, known; akin to Old High German kund known, Old English can know \u2014 more at can entry 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcth",
"\u0259n-\u02c8k\u00fcth"
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"boorish",
"churlish",
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"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"enshroud",
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"mask",
"shroud",
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"Police uncovered a criminal plot.",
"Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient city.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shaman Nam Jun-hun is a scam artist, but his investigations into people\u2019s problems usually uncover crimes and corner criminals. \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office also issued condolences to the families and said an investigation will uncover what happened. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 27 June 2022",
"In 2019, Chinese cyberspies were spotted allegedly hacking into mobile carriers to spy on SMS messages from users and uncover call log and location data. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The charges could be dropped at any point if the police uncover new evidence. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"Scientists studying aging hope that eventually, individuals will be able to accurately measure their biological age and uncover the steps that influence it to forestall chronic disease and possibly live longer. \u2014 Betsy Morris, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Over the past 30 years, the space observatory has helped scientists discover and refine that accelerating rate -- as well as uncover a mysterious wrinkle that only brand-new physics may solve. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"She's told to seek the help of a colony of super-intelligent mice, only to meet peril after peril and uncover disturbing truths in this dark story of survival by Don Bluth (who also directed An American Tail). \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 20 May 2022",
"This is why a more collaborative approach to learning is necessary to uncover and surface the aspects of learning that are missing. \u2014 David James, Forbes , 9 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-v\u0259r",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-v\u0259r"
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"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"unmask",
"unveil"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"covered"
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"an uncovered note"
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"the famed snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are receding, leaving behind much uncovered ground",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Paul takes his parents to the countryside to re-create a beloved memory, but uncovered secrets leave them all shocked. \u2014 Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
"Generically speaking, the cars running at Road America on and off since 1982 have been the same ones that run in the world\u2019s biggest race, the Indianapolis 500, with uncovered wheels, partially open cockpits and wings at the front and rear. \u2014 Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"Wu, by contrast, suggested a slightly lower on-time performance for buses of 93 percent and did not commit to having any uncovered bus routes. \u2014 James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The mansion, at 532 Neptune Ave., has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, two garage parking spots and four uncovered spaces. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Continue to cook uncovered until the stew begins to thicken, about 20 to 30 minutes. \u2014 Felicia Campbell, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"But three Hondas, a Nissan, and, naturally, a Cadillac were the uncovered gems in this m\u00e9lange of Zoom-misery. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 8 Apr. 2022",
"With the reactors no longer able to run their coolant pumps, much of the uncovered nuclear fuel then melted. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Water-resistant fabrics can be used on uncovered decks and patios, but cushions will need to be propped on their sides to dry after a good rain. \u2014 Kelly Roberson, Better Homes & Gardens , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259-v\u0259rd"
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"bald",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"open",
"peeled",
"stripped"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": not crazy":[
"\u2026 I sat across from a man on the subway\u2014by the looks of him, respectable, normative, uncrazy \u2026",
"\u2014 David Rakoff"
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kr\u0101-z\u0113"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": lacking originality of thought : not productive of new ideas : not creative":[
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"\u2026 thinks focus groups are uncreative , unproductive, and excruciatingly boring.",
"\u2014 Jeremy Main"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the first round of donations were largely maudlin and uncreative . \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 12 Feb. 2021",
"The visual effects branch, however, doesn\u2019t admit them, due to what many consider the outdated notion that VFX producers play an uncreative role on a film, and neither does the Academy\u2019s producers branch. \u2014 Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Don\u2019t, for a second, think Leo Mercury is uncreative because their Mercury is expressed so simply. \u2014 Alice Sparkly Kat, Allure , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The work was the same for everyone, but while some thought it was comprised of uncreative tasks, those who liked the work thought of themselves as playing a critical role in healing patients. \u2014 David G. Allan, CNN , 6 Sep. 2021",
"At too many organizations today, middle managers are often shockingly uncreative in motivating their teams to find new business opportunities, preferring instead to help run the business the way it\u2019s always been run. \u2014 Mike Esterday, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2021",
"Even though the 49ers won their season opener, these two men were placed on double-secret probation by fans and critics \u2014 Garoppolo for being ragged and unspectacular, and Shanahan for being conservative and uncreative . \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 15 Sep. 2019",
"Especially when compared to the day wear, most of Mr. Cardin\u2019s evening gowns are tacky and uncreative . \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 22 Aug. 2019",
"And costumes that make Star Wars outfits look conventional and uncreative . \u2014 Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country , 30 Mar. 2015"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-kr\u0113-\u02c8\u0101-tiv"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181128",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
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": showing lack or improper use of critical standards or procedures":[]
},
"examples":[
"The senator's uncritical support for the measure reflects his poor judgment.",
"had an uncritical trust in the nation's leaders",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Future presidents may enjoy periodic surges in popularity and respect, but few are likely to attain the aura of uncritical personal trust once accorded by most Americans. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 June 2022",
"China\u2019s uncritical amplification of Kremlin views on Moscow\u2019s invasion of the Ukraine demonstrates Beijing\u2019s support for Russia in the war, the U.S. State Department said in a statement today. \u2014 Russell Flannery, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"That\u2019s why uncritical media coverage of the WHCD is at fault. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 May 2022",
"But Villeneuve's film, as an uncritical adaptation, leaves the door open to exactly this understanding. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 14 Oct. 2021",
"Seven years after its publication, Parloff\u2019s story stands out for its lack of skepticism and uncritical acceptance of Holmes\u2019 confident claims. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or \u2014 that dread word! \u2014 good. \u2014 Sam Negus, National Review , 10 Oct. 2021",
"As punishment for her relentless and uncritical flogging of the collusion story? \u2014 WSJ , 8 Oct. 2021",
"That isn\u2019t to say that Marshall was uncritical , even of theoretical allies. \u2014 New York Times , 14 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kri-ti-k\u0259l"
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"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003819",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"uncrowded":{
"antonyms":[],
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": having or allowing sufficient room : not filled or overfilled with people or things : not crowded":[
"an uncrowded beach",
"an uncrowded view",
"The famous subways were quiet \u2026 and relatively uncrowded .",
"\u2014 John Hersey"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ticket prices are relatively low and slopes uncrowded because the resort limits day tickets and season passes. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Hiking from the main stage to the Mojave or the Do LaB in a timely manner required some serious planning, but there were moments where the chaos subsided and the grounds felt borderline empty (or at least uncrowded ) and peaceful. \u2014 Spin Staff, SPIN , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Outdoor pools that are uncrowded or that limit the number of swimmers are relatively safe spaces in the pandemic; the CDC says there\u2019s no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread through recreational waters. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 12 Sep. 2020",
"Imagine yourself on soft white sand on an uncrowded beach, enjoying the luxurious ambiance, and dining in sumptuous restaurants. \u2014 Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Some tour operators are known for familiarity with uncrowded travel spots. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Parks that might be especially wild or hard to reach but also uncrowded and largely undiscovered. \u2014 Marnie Hunter, CNN , 22 Feb. 2022",
"With 13 miles of uncrowded beaches, there\u2019s no need to stake out a spot at sunrise. \u2014 Megan Michelson, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2019",
"At uncrowded tables outside the hotel\u2019s bar on the second day, a few attendees worked at their laptops in silence. \u2014 Jacob Brogan, Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1700, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8krau\u0307-d\u0259d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063251",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
],
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": to take the crown from : dethrone":[]
},
"examples":[
"Edward VIII effectively uncrowned himself when he insisted upon marrying an American divorc\u00e9e.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On June 3, 1988, the Pistons uncrowned the Boston Celtics, 95-90, in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals to win the series, 4-2. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 3 June 2020",
"Many considered him Italy\u2019s uncrowned sovereign, the steward of the country\u2019s economic renaissance from the postwar period through the turbulent 1970s. \u2014 Brenda Cronin, WSJ , 16 Dec. 2017"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8krau\u0307n"
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"defrock",
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"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"unmake",
"unseat",
"unthrone"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075145",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to restore to an original smooth condition":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kr\u0259m-p\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111440",
"type":[
"verb"
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"unctuous":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
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": smooth and greasy in texture or appearance":[]
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"examples":[
"an unctuous effort to appear religious to the voters",
"an unctuous appraisal of the musical talent shown by the boss's daughter",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the anchovies were beguilingly unctuous , almost creamy, with a complex but subtle flavor that the excellent miche\u2014made with malted rye, dense and dark\u2014threatened to overpower. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 24 June 2022",
"But this is underselling the unctuous texture, and the brininess, and the strange and compelling savoriness of fish nearly transformed into something else entirely. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Then road riding seemed to lose some of its unctuous , depilated sheen. \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 2 June 2022",
"The soil seems to come through in the wine, which in the 2019 vintage balances a bitter, ferrous backbone with unctuous flavors of cocoa and fig. \u2014 Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Last but not least, the quesabirria\u2014 unctuous cuts of beef braised all night in an intensely fragrant chile broth, which comes full circle as the dipping jus for these crispy cheesy tacos. \u2014 Jackie Tran, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The restaurant\u2019s carne guisada is remarkably unctuous with an intensely savory beef flavor, and the enchilada plate will satisfy any nostalgic craving with its classic Tex-Mex gravy and boatload of gooey yellow cheese. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The meat is braised into unctuous tenderness with onion, garlic, chilies, green herbs, and coconut. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 21 Jan. 2022",
"After all, that\u2019s what frogs\u2019 legs demand \u2014 and not just any butter: the unctuous otherworldly thing of beauty that is French butter. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Nov. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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"Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French unctueus , from Medieval Latin unctuosus , from Latin unctus act of anointing, from unguere to anoint":""
},
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"\u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259-w\u0259s",
"-shw\u0259s",
"-ch\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)-ch\u0259(-w\u0259)s, \u02c8\u0259\u014b(k)sh-w\u0259s"
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"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
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"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"cultivated",
"tamed"
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": growing or developing without care":[
"an uncultivated plant"
],
": lacking in education or refinement : uncultured":[
"\u2026 a warmhearted, decent, uncultivated fellow \u2026",
"\u2014 Pauline Kael"
],
": not cultivated : such as":[],
": not developed by training or effort":[
"an uncultivated talent",
"While sources went uncultivated and leaks dried up, the capital's best reporters were caught by other stories \u2026",
"\u2014 Richard Behar"
],
": not put under cultivation : not tilled":[
"uncultivated land",
"uncultivated fields"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For centuries, when uncultivated Scottish land was appraised, only two numbers mattered: How many birds could be shot from the sky above it, and how many deer could be killed on the ground? \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Kaufer will point out the medicinal and edible plants along trails in the uncultivated parts of the Taft Gardens Nature Preserve. \u2014 Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259l-t\u0259-\u02ccv\u0101-t\u0259d"
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"natural",
"untamed",
"virgin",
"wild"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032928",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
],
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": lacking in education, taste, or refinement":[
"coarse, uncultured people"
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": not grown or produced under artificial conditions":[
"uncultured pathogens"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Together, in which an uncultured father toils to support his musical prodigy son, doesn\u2019t translate to this American tale, calculated to hang an honorific on a story of black masculine perseverance that many will find unexceptional. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Gothic art has always played with doubling, and in the movie Starling is the elusive, empathetic, uncultured antithesis to Hannibal Lecter\u2019s extravagant psychopath. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Cultured butter has a higher fat content (82%-86% vs. 80% for uncultured ) and a slightly tangy flavor that has hints of hazelnut. \u2014 Charlyne Mattox, Country Living , 6 Jan. 2020",
"But its predecessor in parts of Eurasia, the Neanderthal, a human ancestor that became extinct around 40,000 years ago, has traditionally been regarded as uncultured and behaviorally inferior. \u2014 Chris Standish, Newsweek , 27 Feb. 2018",
"The Irish were once thought to be lazy, dumb and prone to criminal behavior The Italians were considered dumb, dirty and uncultured Neanderthals who would rape white women. \u2014 Michael Harriot, The Root , 25 Jan. 2018",
"Putin is an uneducated, unintelligent, uncultured man who has no plan. \u2014 Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine , 27 Feb. 2017",
"The people without much money, or much opportunity, or those regarded by some as corny or uncultured . \u2014 John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press , 16 Sep. 2017"
],
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"1555, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u0259l-ch\u0259rd"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"coarse",
"common",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130220",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uncurious":{
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"definitions":{
": lacking a normal or usual curiosity : not curious : incurious":[
"Deaver's President is every bit the benignly self-assured, uncurious fellow portrayed by many less friendly observers.",
"\u2014 Barrett Seaman"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet the film seems uncurious about the fate that befalls working-class men who go from deplorables to chumps and are then dismissed. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 18 Nov. 2020",
"The press has been remarkably uncurious about this development. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 13 Feb. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1570, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
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"\u2014 Wilkie Collins"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After traveling all morning from Colorado Springs and not eating properly or drinking enough fluids, plus pitching in uncustomary heat, Houser said his stomach became upset. \u2014 Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 June 2018",
"On Wednesday, Israel\u2019s departing ambassador, Eitan Na\u2019eh, received an uncustomary search at Istanbul\u2019s airport in an apparent attempt at public humiliation, including being forced to take off his shoes. \u2014 Ruth Eglash, Washington Post , 16 May 2018",
"Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister, Elizabeth. \u2014 Jane Horwitz, idahostatesman , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Sandra makes an uncustomary scene and moves in with her estranged older sister. \u2014 Jane Horwitz, kansascity , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Things are in such a state, the mayor has singled out some most uncustomary targets in the city\u2019s latest drive against prostitution and pornography. \u2014 Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer , 8 Sep. 2017"
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"an uncut diamond"
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"His hair was uncut but neat.",
"the uncut version of the film",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loop Pile Carpets Commonly referred to as uncut pile or Berber pile, loop pile carpets leave the yarn loop intact. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"The drug trade, the show recognized, was capitalism in its most raw, potent, uncut form, with a killer product, a captive market and a disposable work force. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Working with Graduation cameraman Tudor Vladimir Panduru, the director relies on wide master shots to capture the daunting mountain landscapes and to depict events in a single frame, allowing the actors to play through their long scenes uncut . \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"In general, sturdier, larger, and more solid ingredients\u2014like whole or halved vegetables or fruits, burgers, whole fish, and uncut pieces of meat\u2014are preferred for grilling. \u2014 Audrey Bruno, SELF , 14 May 2022",
"All those initiated wear symbols with religious significance, known as the five K\u2019s: kesh ( uncut hair), kanga (wooden comb), kachera (cotton undershorts), kirpan (a steel blade), and kara (a steel bracelet). \u2014 Simranjit Khalsa, The Conversation , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Its raw and uncut lyrics share the realities and aspirations of people from a particular socioeconomic class within the country. \u2014 Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Adopted by municipalities beginning with Appleton in 2020, No Mow May suspends weed ordinances to allow yards to go uncut in May when bees emerge. \u2014 Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Trump's real ideology \u2014 aside from his uncut narcissism \u2014 is fame. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 11 Apr. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": not cute":[
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"It is a dusty place, blessedly uncute .",
"\u2014 New England Monthly"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Zengel is now twelve years old, and what\u2019s remarkable is that, though armed with blond hair, blue eyes, and, God help us, freckles, she is formidably uncute throughout the film. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Dec. 2020"
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"\u2014 Doris Kearns Goodwin",
"a refreshingly uncynical writer/film/attitude"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The crowd\u2019s roar betrayed its uncynical thirst for more hockey despite the impending loss. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Create the world where being nice, being uncynical , being egoless, being empathetic, and promoting forgiveness is not something that is weak and happens without consequences. \u2014 Derek Lawrence, EW.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
"But with a book-length paper released Sunday that feels like something from a bygone time, Francis makes the uncynical case for how people can reverse course. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2020"
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"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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"The firefighters were undaunted by the dangerous conditions they faced.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But despite the looming signs of a downturn, Tiger\u2019s backers appear undaunted , raising $12.7 billion in March for a new growth fund, and is reportedly in talks to raise yet another fund focused on private markets. \u2014 Iain Martin, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"As a nurse, Raechyl was an undaunted advocate for her patients, Jensen said. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 10 May 2022",
"She was frequently covered in bruises but remained undaunted . \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"For the Suns, the first round of the playoffs against the young, rugged and undaunted Pelicans was a series of gut checks, as well as body checks. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 2 May 2022",
"And yet, even in the face of this insidious and potentially dangerous hurdle, many Black people remain undaunted , believing the joys and rewards of travel to be worth the anguish caused by the intolerance of others. \u2014 Roobens Fils, CNN , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Regardless, volunteers planting Joshua tree seedlings in the Mojave Desert remain undaunted . \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"But many travelers, determined to venture somewhere more exciting than cousin Eddie\u2019s cabin in the Catskills, remain undaunted . \u2014 Barbara Peterson, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Even when my neighbor came out, clanging his metal baseball bat, the coyote seemed undaunted . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u022fn-t\u0259d",
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"adjective",
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": not subject to debate : indisputable":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"The depiction of Floyd's death was too timely, vivid and undebatable to ignore. \u2014 Christina Zdanowicz, CNN , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Every major amateur boxing tournament for decades has featured countless furious fighters utterly convinced they were robbed of a decision in a sport that rarely produces an undebatable winner in its brief competition time. \u2014 Greg Beacham, Star Tribune , 1 July 2021",
"In the latest study, the researchers found only one undebatable case of transmission among older children, from a 16-year old girl, who had returned from Britain, to her 14-year-old sister. \u2014 Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times , 14 Aug. 2020"
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"undec ennial",
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"\u2026 despite all the social-critic jeremiads , Americans have shown this remarkable tendency to remain undecadent .",
"\u2014 David Brooks"
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"noun"
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"\u2026 a huge popular audience, most of whom must have been baffled and exasperated by its elaborate and undecidable mystifications.",
"\u2014 David Lodge",
"\u2026 deconstruction , which teaches that literature is essentially \" undecidable ,\" beyond interpretation \u2026",
"\u2014 James Atlas",
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"undecided voters",
"\u2026 jurors announced they had reached verdicts on some counts, but remained undecided on some of the most serious charges.",
"\u2014 David A. Kaplan"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nearly a third of likely Democratic voters remain undecided , according to the poll. \u2014 Sam Janesch And Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
"Now just 13% of them remain undecided , and her lead with that group has swelled to 66%-8%. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"Nearly 24% of likely voters remain undecided , the poll found. \u2014 Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive , 1 June 2022",
"Franklin has since committed to Georgia Tech, while West and Andrew Anderson remain undecided and Thomas is set to try his hand at professional ball overseas. \u2014 Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al , 20 May 2022",
"Fifteen percent remain undecided , down from 25% in March. \u2014 Fox News , 10 May 2022",
"The big question mark is the 18% that remain undecided . \u2014 Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg.com , 28 Mar. 2022",
"According to Al Jazeera, polls show that approximately one-third of Costa Rica's 3.5 million voters remain undecided . \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Bensinger said the results from the Hamburg store remain undecided . \u2014 Dee-ann Durbin, ajc , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"pending",
"undetermined",
"unresolved",
"unsettled"
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"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin undecim eleven (from unus one + decem ten) + English -illion (as in million ) \u2014 more at one , ten":""
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"\u00a6\u0259nd\u0259\u0307\u02ccs\u012bf\u0259r\u0259\u00a6bil\u0259t\u0113"
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
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"undecipherable handwriting"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Four Tet is back under his undecipherable wingding alias with another surprise release. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 1 Nov. 2019",
"The military, ferrying troops to battle sites across the Pacific, was urgently seeking an undecipherable code to transmit classified information. \u2014 Betty Reid, azcentral , 29 Aug. 2019",
"Some parts of central Athens are so afflicted with graffiti \u2014 largely undecipherable squiggles in bold, broad strokes \u2014 that few facades remain untouched and property owners give up on repainting. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Aug. 2019",
"After in-painting the cracks, the resulting would-be text looked as undecipherable to us as before. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 Sep. 2016",
"For anyone who has retreated in frustration from their sewing machine, defeated by bobbins, uncontrollable thread tension and undecipherable dress patterns, stitchery as creative fun might be a foreign concept. \u2014 Kathy Routliffe, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2018",
"And so, during the most significant shift in the technology of politics since the television, the first draft of history is filled with undecipherable whorls and empty pages. \u2014 Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic , 12 Oct. 2017",
"But Charlie Gard shows that the barbarian no longer comes wielding a club and grunting in some undecipherable tongue. \u2014 William Mcgurn, WSJ , 17 July 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Several of these remain undeciphered , including a letter from the 1850s and a set of shorthand booklets collected by Dickens\u2019 shorthand pupil, Arthur Stone (the son of his friend and neighbor). \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The pop star was seen wearing an Iron Maiden T-shirt and pink Pucci hat while posing by an undeciphered Stele of King Tanyidamani and a shrine. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2019",
"She was also seen posing for a photo in front of the undeciphered Stele of King Tanyidamani and a shrine. \u2014 Megan Johnson, PEOPLE.com , 12 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Aeration is also used when there is a layer of thatch ( undecomposed organic matter) on top of the soil and beneath the runners. \u2014 Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Onions + Garlic Crop rotation plan Rotate with legumes, and avoid planting in soil with undecomposed organic matter. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 23 Feb. 2017",
"This is a layer of undecomposed stems (not leaves) of grass. \u2014 Jeff Lowenfels, Alaska Dispatch News , 7 July 2017",
"A dead monkey, still whole, still undecomposed , drifted back and forth with a certain precision upon those ripples and eddies without exit. \u2014 Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And fresh flowers make a simple dish like salad, or an otherwise undecorated cakes into a guest-worthy serving. \u2014 Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"Twelve grams of the moon arrived at Robert Ferl\u2019s laboratory in an undecorated UPS box. \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 2 June 2022",
"The thick walls would have been able to withstand the rising pressure before detonation; the vessel was gray and undecorated ; its size, shape, and weight are about the optimal size for a handheld grenade of the sort described in historical accounts. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"But mercifully, each year there\u2019s this monthlong break when the roof cow is naked and the potholders are undecorated . \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Sep. 2021",
"The photograph showed off a small and undecorated room. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 29 Aug. 2021",
"The photograph showed off a small and undecorated room that included a mattress and a wardrobe, where some clothes had been hung. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
"The room is small and undecorated , but includes a mattress and a wardrobe where some clothes have been hung. \u2014 Katie Campione, PEOPLE.com , 28 July 2021",
"After seeing undecorated markers, Sharp decided to place flags and carnations on veterans\u2019 graves across the country. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This includes attacks on hospitals, clinics, schools, and other key civilian sites, as well as attacking or bombarding towns, villages or dwellings that are undefended and which are not military objectives. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"That was the predicament the Miami Dolphins found themselves in when the team\u2019s social media accounts posted a video of Tua Tagovailoa throwing an undefended deep pass to Tyreek Hill from the back of the end zone on Tuesday. \u2014 Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"An undefended toilet next to a urinal is not an ideal place for a trans man to take a leak, but Ben was confident \u2014 and had to go. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, vast quantities of data remain undefended . \u2014 Cezary Podkul, ProPublica , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Eller drove to the net undefended , and scored his first goal of the season, at 12:53. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The victors then attacked the undefended town, torching it and slaughtering its inhabitants. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The arch was built a century ago, to commemorate the treaties ending the War of 1812, which established a peaceful, undefended border between the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Edgar Rice Burroughs",
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"\u2014 Frank Norris"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The sweeping view of undefiled wilderness on the border with Mexico long rewarded hikers who completed the Arizona Trail, an 800-mile route winding through deserts, canyons and forests. \u2014 Simon Romero And Zolan Kanno-youngs New York Times, Star Tribune , 16 Mar. 2021"
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"\u2014 George Eliot"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But something in him, that undefinable human spirit, keeps him going. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Those phrases defined the undefinable , which could be why goblin mode went mainstream, Syrett said. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2022",
"From the sleazy Seventies vibe of St. Vincent\u2019s latest to Low\u2019s most acerbic album yet to the almost undefinable beauty of Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders\u2019 link-up, this year saw artists stretching their artistic muscles more than ever. \u2014 Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Nonetheless, his life is an example of an enduring truth: American food, that undefinable thing, is best represented by the people who cook it and love it. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Nonetheless, his life is an example of an enduring truth: American food, that undefinable thing, is best represented by the people who cook it and love it. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 26 Nov. 2021",
"Nonetheless, his life is an example of an enduring truth: American food, that undefinable thing, is best represented by the people who cook it and love it. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The Marquesas have always had this sort of undefinable allure. \u2014 Rebecca Misner, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 1 Sep. 2021",
"What Cora spoke to was the acknowledgement of a championship vibe, that undefinable , somewhat indescribable mix of confidence and experience (and perhaps a little bit of arrogance) that tells the players their time is now. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 William Greider"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite other recent research using high-speed cameras to visualize the process of popping the cork, how carbon dioxide gas expands and flows out of the bottle propelling the cork outward, remained a relatively undefined process. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2022",
"Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Mark Gatiss, Cary Elwes, Charles Parnell, Pom Klementieff, Lampros Kalfuntzos, and Greg Tarzan Davis will also appear in as-yet undefined roles. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 23 May 2022",
"Komenda will stay on with Medical Transportation Management in an undefined leadership role, the company said. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Midpalate of morels, raspberries, cranberries, though the acidity is thin and the tannins remain undefined . \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"That's why as the plant blooms, the glass becomes blurry and fogged, and the leaves take on a more undefined and vivid form. \u2014 Melissah Yang, refinery29.com , 16 May 2022",
"With the parameters deliberately left undefined , outcomes were also uncertain. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"The frogs were marked as undefined species in the Craugastor genus. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 6 May 2022",
"Luciana is still essentially an undefined character. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"American Presidents have long shielded and supported Saudi Arabia, eager to foster Saudi military co\u00f6peration and maintain access to oil, but Donald Trump was unusually effusive and undemanding . \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The tomato was incorporated sometime in the 18th century, and eventually the blender turned salmorejo into an undemanding emulsion and summertime salvation. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 13 Aug. 2021",
"In contrast, the US Majors\u2019 present targets are undemanding . \u2014 Wood Mackenzie, Forbes , 3 June 2021",
"Sports has always provided an undemanding conduit to forgiveness, a get-out-jail-free card to anyone who displays a knack for bolstering the bottom line of whatever team or school comes calling. \u2014 Paul Newberry, ajc , 19 Mar. 2021",
"For me, the allure of the secret account was simple and undemanding . \u2014 Jason Parham, Wired , 28 Dec. 2020",
"This undemanding cake, to Goldstein, is a symbol of a Russian urge to be hospitable, particularly in times of relative hardship. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
"Even for undemanding souls, this is a pretty skeletal construct. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 6 Oct. 2020",
"Glowing reviews and word-of-mouth from undemanding critics and audiences will revolve around the sometimes gutsy but often labored performances of leads Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. \u2014 David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 Mar. 2020"
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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": not democratic : not agreeing with democratic practice or ideals":[]
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"examples":[
"The proposed law is fundamentally undemocratic .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Equally disturbing was the unprecedented and undemocratic attempts by Republican members of Congress -- without justification or legitimate reason -- to block the certification of the results of a free and fair election. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"That is undemocratic because, in a democracy, losses must be distributed across groups. \u2014 Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"State handouts to corporations, which cost at least $95 billion a year nationwide, are fundamentally undemocratic , in addition to being ineffective and expensive. \u2014 James Hohman, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Pushing these blatantly undemocratic voter suppression laws. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Orban\u2019s Putin-friendly stance has also alienated Poland, which previously stood with him in rebuffing EU criticism of undemocratic practices. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Paul Manafort was a longtime Republican consultant and lobbyist who\u2019d developed a speciality working with unsavory, undemocratic clients. \u2014 Ilya Marritz, ProPublica , 1 Mar. 2022",
"And when does preventing unconstitutional uses of government power cross the line into undemocratic manipulation? \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Yet courts can function in a similarly undemocratic fashion and practice a kind of gerrymandering of their own. \u2014 Josh Blackman, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"His father was distant and undemonstrative .",
"an undemonstrative person by nature, he nevertheless loved his wife very much",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Johnson is squarely undemonstrative , as well as something less than completely open. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
"But his mother was the warmer presence; her husband was a wry but undemonstrative World War II veteran devoted to his family but preoccupied with keeping the business afloat and prone, in Mr. Graham\u2019s early years, to drinking. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Aug. 2021",
"The Tufan Derince Trio The Tufan Derince Trio was decidedly undemonstrative onstage, but its set of Kurdish wedding music was a whirlwind. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2020",
"For his entire 14-year career, Manning's easy, undemonstrative demeanor has been mistaken for complacency. \u2014 The Washington Post, NOLA.com , 31 Dec. 2017",
"But the comedy is pierced with jagged flashbacks to her dead best friend, Boo\u2014and tragic loss is also at the core of Fleabag\u2019s difficult relationship with her family, especially her stiff, undemonstrative father. \u2014 Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com , 13 June 2017"
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"The band's popularity is undeniable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Due to advances in scientific technology, the humanity of unborn children is undeniable . \u2014 CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Buying something as a service has clear benefits over the traditional method of purchasing software that are undeniable : no setup, lower costs, faster ROI, scalability, fast upgrades and universal accessibility. \u2014 Lior Yaari, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Tropical Prints in Maui From the lush rainforests to the towering volcanoes, Maui\u2019s natural beauty is undeniable . \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Subtle changes in memory or mental processing may pass unnoticed at first, but the damage is undeniable . \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"The chemistry between Post and Doja is undeniable here and is the perfect soundtrack for a balmy day in August. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"But their mutual attraction is undeniable , especially given the setting, in this raunchy comedy. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"The continued relevance of the series is undeniable . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"The appeal of lavish period dramas that depict life in a bygone era is undeniable . \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022"
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"The band's popularity is undeniable .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Due to advances in scientific technology, the humanity of unborn children is undeniable . \u2014 CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Buying something as a service has clear benefits over the traditional method of purchasing software that are undeniable : no setup, lower costs, faster ROI, scalability, fast upgrades and universal accessibility. \u2014 Lior Yaari, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Tropical Prints in Maui From the lush rainforests to the towering volcanoes, Maui\u2019s natural beauty is undeniable . \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 16 June 2022",
"Subtle changes in memory or mental processing may pass unnoticed at first, but the damage is undeniable . \u2014 Michael J. Coren, Quartz , 16 June 2022",
"The chemistry between Post and Doja is undeniable here and is the perfect soundtrack for a balmy day in August. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"But their mutual attraction is undeniable , especially given the setting, in this raunchy comedy. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"The continued relevance of the series is undeniable . \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"The appeal of lavish period dramas that depict life in a bygone era is undeniable . \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 5 June 2022"
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"In some cities, buses are seen as slow, inconvenient, undependable and just not a very good experience, at least compared with light rail and trolleys. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"In addition to exacting a price from Moscow for its violation of international norms, the sanctions process potentially provides other benefits such as reducing U.S. reliance on undependable offshore sources of technology. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"With at-home tests hard to come by hard to come by, Volk said throat swabbing is too much of a gamble and Americans shouldn\u2019t waste tests by risking undependable results. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of vaccine arrived Dec. 14. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of precious vaccine arrived Dec. 14. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster, orlandosentinel.com , 21 Mar. 2021",
"Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of precious vaccine arrived Dec. 14. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster, chicagotribune.com , 21 Mar. 2021",
"Conspiracy theories, poor communication and undependable shipments slowed efforts after the first vials of precious vaccine arrived Dec. 14. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster, Chron , 21 Mar. 2021",
"As Texans finish up a week of struggling with undependable power supplies, frigid temperatures and uncertainty about clean water as frozen pipes burst, Jones isn't the only one who sees truck ownership as essential during uncertain times. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 20 Feb. 2021"
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"Pull the bed sheets tight then fold the ends under .",
"He turned under his shirt's collar.",
"The whale surfaced briefly then dove under again.",
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"A score of 60 is needed to pass; anything under is failing.",
"They had to put me under for surgery.",
"Preposition",
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"Draw a line under each word you don't know.",
"We sat under a tree and rested a while.",
"I'm wearing a sweater under my jacket.",
"The ball rolled under the car.",
"How long can you hold your breath under water?",
"The cafe is under new management.",
"The army captured three forts while under the general's command.",
"He has been under a lot of pressure at work lately.",
"You will be under anesthesia during the operation.",
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"Again, an act of Congress \u2014 or an aggressive change in guidance by the I.R.S. under , say, a different presidential administration \u2014 would be necessary. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"Chii Lewis said that long before COVID-19 vaccinations were available for children 5 and under , family members were urging her to have her son, Isaiah, get the shot. \u2014 Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Because drowning people will inevitably try to pull you under , Zaferes said. \u2014 Saleen Martin, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"Cost is $55 (club members, $45; kids 10 and under , $25). \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
"Drowning is the #1 accidental death of children age 4 and under . \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"Adam Layman Thomas, 34, jumped over a railing to try to save the women from the swollen, 41-degree river but quickly went under , along with the woman, who has not been identified and whose body hasn\u2019t been recovered. \u2014 Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal , 28 June 2022",
"Dentists who were previously under -utilizing telehealth\u2014or not using it at all\u2014became keenly aware of its benefits in the early months of 2020, when patients began perceiving a dentist appointment as a potentially lethal endeavor. \u2014 Cindy Roark, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"In his final gold pool match at Disney, Thompson got under -hooked and his shoulder popped. \u2014 Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"That individual was transported to a hospital and the incident remains under investigation. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 4 July 2022",
"At a news conference on Sunday, the police released body camera videos of the pursuit and shooting that showed officers\u2019 actions but deepened many questions around his death, which remains under investigation. \u2014 New York Times , 3 July 2022",
"The regulation, under a deal reached late Thursday, primarily targets companies from China and elsewhere with government backing. \u2014 Kim Mackrael, WSJ , 1 July 2022",
"The Argentine singer-songwriter is on a winning streak, releasing back-to-back singles under his new deal with Warner Music Latina. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 1 July 2022",
"Mitch Hill, who said the wreck remains under investigation. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 1 July 2022",
"The Wednesday incident remains under investigation, according to the Park Service. \u2014 Timothy Bella, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"No weapons were recovered at the scene and the case remains under investigation. \u2014 Fox News , 30 June 2022",
"Yellowstone officials confirmed that the incident remains under investigation and did not disclose any further information on the man\u2019s condition. \u2014 Byjon Haworth, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Theoretically, Nothing could attempt an under -display selfie camera design. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 June 2022",
"Then apply to your under -eye area for about 7 minutes before rinsing. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Restaurant chain First Watch and two medical offices will be the tenants of an under -construction building at the Shops on Naper development near East Ogden Avenue and North Naper Boulevard. \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 16 Dec. 2021",
"For an eye treatment, there is the Instant Depuff Eye Renewal Serum that instantly depuffs, firms, and removes dark circles from the under -eye area. \u2014 Tamim Alnuweiri, Travel + Leisure , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Dior\u2019s Firming & Wrinkle-Correcting Eye Cream includes green coffee oil and hemp seed oil to calm the under eye. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 9 Nov. 2021",
"However, a 2017 analysis of the MetroHealth\u2019s $1 billion Campus Transformation construction project \u2014 with the under -construction Glick Center as its cornerstone \u2014 would pump $873.3 million into Cuyahoga County\u2019s economy from 2015 through 2023. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Even his clumsiness loading the rifle pegs him as an under -prepared novice. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Already a favorite of Addison Rae and Olivia Rodrigo, Edikted has been enthusiastically embraced by Gen Z, but Stewart\u2019s cozy cardigan proves the label isn\u2019t just for the under 20 set. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 11 Jan. 2022"
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"Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar under, Latin inferus situated beneath, lower, infra below, Sanskrit adha":"Adverb"
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111055",
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]
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]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130748",
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"idiom"
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": at the same location":[
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],
": in one house, apartment, etc.":[
"There were 12 of us living under one roof ."
]
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
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": using one's own energy : without outside assistance":[
"The steamboat ran under its own power .",
"He could not walk under his own power ."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182147",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)":[
"He has them under his sway .",
"He has come/fallen under his sway ."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135316",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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"under par":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": worse than expected : not very good":[
"Our meal was under par .",
"I'm feeling a little under par ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210929",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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": being carefully examined especially in a critical way":[
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]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235757",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": surrounded with soldiers or police officers in a siege":[
"The city was under siege and food was getting scarce."
],
": very seriously attacked or criticized by many people":[
"The newspaper has been under siege lately by its readers for printing a false story."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174357",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": thought possibly guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong : suspected":[
"He is under suspicion of selling illegal drugs."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100908",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"under way":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
".":[
"Preparations for the celebration are already underway .",
"A search is underway .",
"The season got underway with a bang"
],
": in motion : not at anchor or aground":[
"The ship was underway at dawn."
],
": in progress : happening now":[
"Preparations for the celebration are already underway .",
"A search is underway .",
"The season got underway with a bang"
],
": into motion from a standstill":[
"The train should be underway again soon."
],
": occurring, performed, or used while traveling or in motion":[
"underway replenishment of fuel"
]
},
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"1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"1743, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"probably from Dutch onderweg , from Middle Dutch onderwegen , literally, under or among the ways":"Adverb"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8w\u0101"
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"afoot",
"under weigh"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103622",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"under weigh":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": underway":[]
},
"examples":[
"registration for the summer session is under weigh"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1749, in the meaning defined above":""
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"by folk etymology":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073735",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"under wraps":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": known to only a few people : secret":[
"The name of the movie is being kept under wraps ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195828",
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"idiom"
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": using as a false reason or explanation (something that is used to hide the real purpose of something)":[
"He called her under/on the pretense of asking about the homework assignment."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074740",
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"idiom"
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"underbelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the underside of a body or mass":[]
},
"examples":[
"They exposed the underbelly of the nation's economic policy.",
"the sordid underbelly of city life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And all the nasty stuff that was in the underbelly of American politics got a voice. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Adelstein, an American journalist who reports on the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in the late \u201890s, descending daily into the underbelly of the city. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 7 June 2022",
"Ingenuity flew to Mars tethered to the underbelly of the Perseverance Rover, the star of NASA\u2019s most recent Mars mission. \u2014 Christian Davenport, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The UpriteErgo Standing Desk Cable Manager provides a hammock for all these cables along the underbelly of your desk, cradling them securely off the ground. \u2014 Nina Molina, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Alexander \u2014 standing in the underbelly of Birmingham\u2019s Protective Life Stadium after winning Thompson\u2019s third-straight AHSAA championship \u2014 joked about his success in changing Fegans\u2019 mind before doing the same for the next crop of prospects. \u2014 Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The craft is designed to take off on a conventional runway while attached to the underbelly of a carrier ship. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Cashmere came from the undercoat of superfine fibres on the underbelly of other goats. \u2014 Terrance Hayes, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Incidentally, hidden away on the underbelly of the Zeppelin is a ghostly LED with adjustable light levels. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 14 Nov. 2021"
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"1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccbe-l\u0113"
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"half-world",
"netherworld",
"underworld"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211314",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": to bill (goods) at less than the real amount":[]
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"under entry 1 + bill":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105653",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an earmark for cattle corresponding to the overbit but on the lower side of the ear":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081138",
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": malocclusion in which the lower jaw and front teeth project beyond the upper front teeth : prognathism involving the lower jaw":[
"Three years ago, Jack, a small Chihuahua mix with an endearing underbite and a lust for attention, was dropped off at the Haven Animal Care Shelter.",
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"In a letter filed last October with the court, a Revere woman named Assunta M. Esposito pleaded for leniency for Gennaro Angiulo, the son of the former underboss , in the tax case involving GJ Towing. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
"But the memories of his days in the Mafia now continue with his latest endeavor: The underboss has started a podcast. \u2014 Eric Shawn, Fox News , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Gravano pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge and testified at length at trial against Gotti and Frank Locascio, the underboss of the Gambino crime family. \u2014 Danny Cevallos /, NBC News , 22 Apr. 2018",
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"Trump for years has alleged, without evidence, that the Postal Service is undercharging companies, particularly Amazon (whose founder and chief executive, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post). \u2014 Author: Jacob Bogage, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News , 14 May 2020",
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"The bailout, which council approved, became necessary after the city discovered earlier in 2018 that the county, for the previous 15 years, had been undercharging Four Seasons property owners for sanitary sewers built in 2001. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 6 Nov. 2019",
"The bailout became necessary after the city discovered earlier in 2018 that the county, for the previous 15 years, had been undercharging Four Seasons property owners for sanitary sewers built in 2001. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 8 Oct. 2019",
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"Councilman Julian Jones asked Rodgers whether officials believe a review will find that the county is being overcharged or undercharged \u2014 and whether a changed system would result in county residents paying more or less than before. \u2014 Libby Solomon, baltimoresun.com , 25 June 2019"
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"But these numbers undercount the extent of the woe. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"The United Nations said Friday that 816 civilians had been killed and 1,333 injured since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion, while noting those figures likely undercount the true scope of casualties. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"According to the indictment, beginning in 2016, Gillum allegedly solicited political contributions and gifts from an undercover FBI agent posing as a Florida developer who wanted approval for various projects in Tallahassee. \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 23 June 2022",
"Prosecutors say Nix sold a 9mm gun and drugs to an undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on June 3, then took off running when agents tried to arrest him. \u2014 Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel , 22 June 2022",
"Based on a true story, this film recounts the exceptionally weird real-life moment when Elvis showed up at the White House to ask the president to swear him in as an undercover narcotics agent. \u2014 James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
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"In 2019, Smith discussed attacking the headquarters of a major news network with an FBI informant and an undercover agent. \u2014 Ali Winston, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
"In late March 2020, an undercover agent responded to one of the emails and inquired about the treatment kit, investigators said. \u2014 Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Staley\u2019s sales pitch to an undercover agent was a different story. \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
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"In 2016, Kun Shan Chun, an FBI employee, pleaded guilty to operating undercover for China over the course of several years, accepting cash, using prostitutes, and living in exuberant accommodations overseas. \u2014 Fox News , 22 Apr. 2020",
"But unlike seismic shifts of the past \u2014 ingrained into the American consciousness through a single catastrophic event \u2014 the novel coronavirus crept in undercover , one mind-boggling announcement at a time. \u2014 Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal , 20 Mar. 2020",
"This story has been corrected to show that the affidavit by FBI agent Tripp Godbee describes the actions of another agent working undercover to monitor online groups and were not the actions of Godbee. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2019",
"Erica Meier, for one, leads a watchdog group called Animal Outlook, which gets the undercover , boots-on-the-ground activists into dairy farms, slaughterhouses, egg barns, and feedlots to collect images and video footage of how animals are treated. \u2014 Chase Purdy, Quartz , 13 Feb. 2020",
"The show supplied a group of volunteers willing to go in undercover , and Horton was able to play a role in the selection of the final seven. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 19 Nov. 2019",
"On Sunday, the actress officially joins the cast of the ABC drama as Nyla Harper, a former undercover detective turned John Nolan\u2019s (Nathan Fillion) new training officer. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 Oct. 2019"
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"Take a gown from the 1860s, for which O\u2019Neil had to sew an elliptical cage crinoline, a mid-19th century undergarment used to give volume to skirts, that requires hours of hand sewing. \u2014 Frances Sol\u00e1-santiago, refinery29.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
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"So, some of the things retrieved from the Albany Avenue garbage were used zip ties with human blood and DNA of Jennifer Dulos on them \u2026 female undergarment \u2026 a Vineyard Vine[s] shirt in the size that Jennifer wore. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 21 May 2022",
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"If your undergarment drawer could use a cozy refresh, thousands of Amazon shoppers recommend this set of sports bras that's on major markdown right now. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"The bralette has become the undergarment of choice for women who wouldn't dare wear underwire while working from home. \u2014 Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"As Thymia\u2019s technical co-founder, Goria leads the charge in developing the AI systems that undergird the company\u2019s end-to-end solution to empower clinicians. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"The modern Lettermans, by contrast\u2014the Web3 skeptics\u2014say the cryptocurrencies that undergird this new version of the internet are, at worst, a wasteful scam and an ecological nightmare. \u2014 Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Entanglement, then, may undergird the structure of space itself, forming the warp and weft that give rise to the geometry of the world. \u2014 Adam Becker, Scientific American , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Smita, who covers gender issues, wants to make clear such actions are enabled by the powerful forces and institutions that undergird them. \u2014 Anri Wheeler, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Dec. 2021",
"Despite his celebrity, Mr. Rasmussen spent his second stint as mayor, from 2009 to 2015, with his head down, focused on the sort of issues that undergird most of life in small-town America. \u2014 Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Dec. 2021"
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"But Mexico\u2019s Supreme Court ruled unanimously in the fall that penalizing women who undergo abortions was unconstitutional, and in the months since, five more states have moved to legalize abortions. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 July 2022",
"Among the nearby restaurants that had to shut down and undergo repairs were Noodle and Fresh to Order, prosecutors said. \u2014 Matt Bruce, ajc , 1 July 2022",
"Although guts undergo accelerated changes when a person reaches late adulthood, older people with more diverse guts tend to be healthier and live longer. \u2014 Sarah Sloat, NBC News , 30 June 2022",
"Prosecutors requested that Hightower undergo a competency evaluation, court records show. \u2014 Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
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"Today, increasingly, CDAOs are now coming from formal analytics backgrounds, having graduated from relatively new analytics programs ranging from undergraduate to PhD-level. \u2014 Joel Shapiro, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
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"Not until Icke became an undergraduate , at Cambridge, did his engagement with Shakespeare intensify. \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Madonna and FKA Twigs were spotted front row at the Central Saint Martins (CSM) undergraduate fashion show on Tuesday. \u2014 Leah Dolan, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"For borrowers taking out new federal undergraduate student loans starting in July for the 2022-2023 academic year, interest rates will be 4.99%, up from 3.73% for the 2021-2022 school year. \u2014 Sarah Ewall-wice, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
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"After leaving the Navy in 1985, Filbeck earned undergraduate and master\u2019s degrees from San Diego State in industrial arts. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022"
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"Many gang members have gone underground \u2014 fleeing to the mountains or hiding out in safe houses \u2014 so the police have met the demand for mass arrests by picking up anyone who looks suspicious, according to Mr. Reyes. \u2014 New York Times , 28 Apr. 2022",
"In the 1960s, county officials made the gamble to put Metro lines underground , a prescient move that would spur business activity along transit-rich corridors in Arlington. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The country\u2019s thriving, eclectic music scene hasn\u2019t been immune: Musicians have fled or gone underground , venues have closed, festivals are up in the air. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Utilities employ a variety of methods to put power or cable lines underground . \u2014 Khari Johnson, Wired , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Chicken wire with 1-inch openings can also be put over the bulbs underground and then covered with soil. \u2014 Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"John Barros, who served as Chief of Economic Development under former Mayor Martin J. Walsh, said the city should rebuild the existing garage, put it underground and let Chiofaro develop elsewhere. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2021",
"The company can come back and put parking underground and use the garage behind it for something else. \u2014 Maria Halkias, Dallas News , 15 May 2021",
"Millbrae is also lobbying to put a planned high speed rail station underground , which will allow for more housing development. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Many of those newcomers were Detroit artists, showing that the city\u2019s DJ talent pool continues to be deep and thriving, four decades after techno emerged from the underground . \u2014 Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press , 31 May 2022",
"The process of extracting it from underground hasn\u2019t improved much over the years, either. \u2014 Allison Deangelis, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"Some of the projects are mega-mines that will extract the black rock from deep underground , a process that produces more methane than surface mining. \u2014 Christian Shepherd, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"After a steady barrage of albums, mixtapes and EPs in the past three years, Yeat is making the leap from the underground to the mainstream. \u2014 Dewayne Gage, Rolling Stone , 15 Mar. 2022",
"While rule-breaking was part of the promise of the underground , the scene came with a taste code that carried its own set of boundaries. \u2014 Lina Abascal, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The blending of the criminal underground and cyber intelligence services comes as U.S. officials have stepped up efforts to derail hacking groups, thwart foreign espionage and help businesses build more resilience to ransomware. \u2014 David Uberti, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Pores on the surface of eggs allow the diffusion of water, oxygen and carbon dioxide, and the orientation, density and number of pores on the eggs of living animals can reveal whether they are laid in open nests or underground . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 17 Apr. 2022",
"In Texas, owners have property rights to the space above the surface of their land and underground . \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The building used to be a courthouse, and next to it once stood The Women's House of Detention, connected through an underground tunnel. \u2014 Emily Schutz, ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"The Ukrainian president\u2019s post was accompanied by photos of men in Ukraine, some in military fatigues, others dressed as civilians, caring for their families in hospitals and underground bunkers. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 19 June 2022",
"Hundreds of civilians are sheltering in the underground bunkers. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 21 May 2022",
"Often, that meant working from coat closets or underground bunkers on their phones or laptops with spotty WiFi, trying to keep safe as bombs fell nearby. \u2014 Pranshu Verma, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"More than 300 people were evacuated in recent days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after conditions in the underground bunkers increasingly worsened and Russia ramped up its shelling. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"The industrial complex covers an area of four square miles and features warehouses, tunnels and underground bunkers. \u2014 WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"Add the weight of other supplies and it\u2019s apparent that every marine, soldier and border guard in the sprawling Azovstol complex\u2014with its layers of underground bunkers and tunnels\u2014would require his own drone delivery, every day. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 4 May 2022",
"Finally, as if in an eerie game of hide-and-seek, townspeople inspected two underground bunkers the Russians had created by burying a car and truck. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The enormous pit, 630 feet deep, is home to a lush green haven of tall, ancient trees, dense undergrowth and probably, say researchers, animals that haven\u2019t yet been found elsewhere. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 13 May 2022",
"At the same time, an undergrowth of journals and websites has begun to mature, exposed to sunlight that once shone only on the media sequoias. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2021",
"The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The combination of a warming planet that has created hotter droughts and a century of fire suppression that choked forests with thick undergrowth have fueled blazes that have sounded the death knell for trees that date back to ancient civilizations. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Sequoias even rely on fire to help open their cones disperse seeds, and flames clear undergrowth so seedlings can take root and get sunlight. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Sequoias even rely on fire to help open their cones to disperse seeds, and flames clear undergrowth so seedlings can take root and get sunlight. \u2014 Brian Melley, ajc , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"Makita\u2019s practically underhand release is unlike any pitcher presently in the majors and few ever. \u2014 Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com , 27 May 2018",
"The reason this is important is that permission is being obtained in an underhand way\u2014in effect being tricked out of us. \u2014 Mark Dixon, Fortune , 24 May 2018",
"The game needs to help the bowlers more because the imbalance between bat and ball is one reason why bowlers and fielders have felt the need to alter the condition of the ball in an underhand way. \u2014 Nick Compton, CNN , 30 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Kelly fielded the ball and made an underhanded toss to first to end the threat. \u2014 Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune , 3 July 2022",
"Then with 5:33 remaining, Dobbie took a pass from Jimerson and whipped an underhanded , back-to-the-cage volley to the top right corner of the net. \u2014 Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
"But through deceit and underhanded actions, Hannah is accepted. \u2014 Sun Sentinel , 1 June 2022",
"As such, the evildoer hackers can try a slew of underhanded ML/DL adversarial tricks to get the AI to either go awry or do their bidding. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Kyler Murray threw an underhanded interception in that game. \u2014 Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic , 15 May 2022",
"In a hyper-competitive environment, Enron traders resort to all kinds of underhanded dealings in order to make money at any cost and keep their high-paying jobs. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"There could be more underhanded possibilities, too \u2014 say, the sister uses this information somehow against her parents. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Tied 3-all in the second set and serving at 40-love, Kyrgios served an underhanded ace to go up 4-3. \u2014 Beth Harris, ajc , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Numerous reasons underlie the absence of good statistics. \u2014 Sara Novak, Scientific American , 6 June 2022",
"The starkness of war has laid bare the many ethical tensions that exist in surrogacy arrangements, casting into bold relief the power dynamics that underlie a contract in which a woman signs over the whole of her physical self. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"But reproductive rights are a prerequisite for the changes in family life that underlie all progress toward gender equality. \u2014 Philip Cohen, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"The boundary and event cells seemed to fire in tandem with theta waves, which underlie important ways for the brain to change and make new connections. \u2014 Tino Delamerced, STAT , 10 Mar. 2022",
"There is much to be discovered about how the brain bootstraps itself into existence from its underlying genetic instructions and about how, once built, its circuitry supports the complex activity patterns which underlie brain functions. \u2014 Anil Seth, Wired , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Loose charcoal lines underlie the soft colors, as if the original drawings had only partially transmuted into paintings. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Our study helps clarify the biological processes that underlie ALS risk factors and disease progression, and could potentially be used to develop new treatments or preventive interventions. \u2014 Jan Veldink, The Conversation , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Constitutive laws underlie most physical processes in nature. \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 Mar. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4":""
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"verb"
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"noun"
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": life beneath the surface or concealed from common knowledge":[]
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"Verb",
"His name was underlined in the book.",
"The accident underlines our need for better safety procedures.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The new figures on manufacturing and services activity underline how dark the outlook has become in both Europe and the U.S. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"Biden is set to meet with mayors and police chiefs at the White House Friday and underline those investments during remarks from the Rose Garden at 3 p.m. E.T. \u2014 Byjustin Gomez, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
"There are an enormous number of classroom scenes, seemingly to underline what missing or flunking the exams would mean for Anne, whose former factory-worker parents run a small-town bar-cum-store. \u2014 Lidija Haas, The New Republic , 12 May 2022",
"Dimon's dire warnings underline the economic uncertainty facing the nation: While the job market is at its tightest level in decades, consumer prices are rising at the fastest clip since the 1980s. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 2 June 2022",
"Thomas\u2019s actions also underline concerns about potential conflicts of interest that her husband has already faced - and may face in the future - in deciding cases related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. \u2014 Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Thomas\u2019s actions also underline concerns about potential conflicts of interest that her husband has already faced \u2014 and may face in the future \u2014 in deciding cases related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. \u2014 Emma Brown, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Thomas's actions also underline concerns about potential conflicts of interest that her husband has already faced - and may face in the future - in deciding cases related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. \u2014 Emma Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Given the pressure to produce award-winning shows and compete with the multitude of other streaming services, Netflix's recent cancellations underline that virtually no series is safe. \u2014 Anne Marie Lee, CBS News , 4 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Still, the numbers show that Ekitike has enormous upside and underline why the Rekordmeister is seriously considering him as a potential signing this summer. \u2014 Manuel Veth, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"Citing a 2021 study conducted by Women In Film and Pepperdine University, Krinsky and Paling underline the obstacles women have commonly faced in bringing stories to the screen. \u2014 Devon Foster, Variety , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The first three entries in this list underline how important code has become to winning in today\u2019s\u2014and tomorrow\u2019s\u2014business world. \u2014 Martin Giles, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Experts and advocates say the question marks remaining in the Indianapolis case underline what may be limits to Indiana\u2019s gun policy. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Yet last month\u2019s abandonment of plans for a Time Out Market in its home city London and a subsequent cash call underline how hard the media group\u2019s culinary destination arm has been hit. \u2014 Mark Faithfull, Forbes , 6 Apr. 2021",
"That double- underlines and triple-circles, in red ink, the most pressing need for this group: someone who can score consistently beyond the Marchand-Bergeron-David Pastrnak trio. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Dec. 2019",
"As a brief scene-setting prologue showing Banks watching kids playing football underlines , skill on the football field has always signified freedom to him, the feeling that nothing could fence him in or keep him down. \u2014 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times , 8 Aug. 2019",
"As a brief scene-setting prologue showing Banks watching kids playing football underlines , skill on the football field has always signified freedom to him, the feeling that nothing could fence him in or keep him down. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccl\u012bn",
"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8l\u012bn"
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"noun",
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"under entry 3 + linen":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"senior",
"superior"
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"definitions":{
": one who is under the orders of another : subordinate , inferior":[]
},
"examples":[
"He takes all the credit, but most of the hard work is done by his underlings .",
"the real estate tycoon has a whole army of underlings to attend to the details",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In his absence, a young underling (Zachary Quinto) picks up his project and deduces the disaster that's about to happen, sounds the alarm, and a row of financial dominos begins to topple. \u2014 Gwen Ihnat, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"An underling reported to Mr. Mineta that pilots would be told to land at their discretion. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Sorry, Omarosa, but the most-notable Trump underling to celebrate nuptials at the boss\u2019 hotel was special assistant to the president Stephen Miller, who celebrated his wedding to Pence\u2019s press secretary Katie Rose Waldman there in February 2020. \u2014 Zach Everson, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The 49-year-old scion has a formidable partner in Shankar, a former underling at Fox. \u2014 Meg James, Los Angeles Times , 9 Feb. 2022",
"One month later, BlackRock top executive Mark Wiseman was terminated for failing to disclose a relationship with an underling . \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 3 Feb. 2022",
"On top of that, Francis added his Christmas greetings in the form of another public brow-beating of Vatican clerics, who normally are treated with the utmost deference by their underling and the faithful at large. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2021",
"The appearance is that Zucker leaned on a top network star to accommodate an underling with whom he was romantically linked. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Feb. 2022",
"On top of that, Francis added his Christmas greetings in the form of another public brow-beating of Vatican clerics, who normally are treated with the utmost deference by their underling and the faithful at large. \u2014 Fox News , 24 Dec. 2021"
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"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"advanced"
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": anterior and prior in claim":[
"underlying mortgage"
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"the underlying rock is shale"
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"underlying word order"
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"the ocean and the underlying rock",
"the underlying differences between democracy and dictatorship",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The underlying argument rests on the idea that imposing barriers on treatment for a disability is tantamount to doing so on the basis of the disability itself. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 22 June 2022",
"In 1998, outside of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a hydraulic excavator at Buesching\u2019s Peat Moss & Mulch stripped back a layer of peat and struck bone in the underlying marl. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
"His intentions for Finney and his previous victims are plainly nauseating, though the film wisely doesn\u2019t dwell on the clinical details or the underlying pathology. \u2014 Michael O'sullivan, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Those at risk include people who take other NSAIDs and/or anticoagulants, people with allergies to diclofenac, and those with certain underlying illnesses. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 21 June 2022",
"While Vicki has helped Megan understand and confront the underlying physical health problem, my own job has been to try to help with spirit and morale. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"But that was based on a judge's decision that her office did not go through the proper rule-making procedure before issuing that guidance, not due to the underlying guidance itself. \u2014 Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"For example, people with high EQs can identify underlying emotions in themselves and others and recognize the relationship between emotions and job performance. \u2014 Kara Dennison, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Balter believes crypto\u2019s underlying blockchain technology has the potential to transform how all financial transactions are conducted, and that\u2019s what keeps him optimistic despite the sobering market. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022"
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"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"-\u02ccl\u012b-i\u014b",
"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8l\u012b-i\u014b"
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"abecedarian",
"basal",
"basic",
"beginning",
"elemental",
"elementary",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"introductory",
"meat-and-potatoes",
"rudimental",
"rudimentary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015842",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"undermost":{
"antonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"definitions":{
": lowest in relative position":[]
},
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"the undermost layer of the mattress filling should provide firm back support"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1532, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccm\u014dst"
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"bottom",
"bottommost",
"low",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033115",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"underneath":{
"antonyms":[
"up"
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": close under especially so as to be hidden":[
"treachery lying underneath a mask of friendliness",
"wore a swimsuit underneath his slacks"
],
": directly beneath":[
"write the date underneath the address"
],
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": under or below an object or a surface : beneath":[],
": under subjection to":[]
},
"examples":[
"Preposition",
"He hid the envelope underneath his coat.",
"She slipped a note underneath the door.",
"The ball rolled underneath the car.",
"He lives in the apartment underneath mine.",
"There was gum stuck underneath the table.",
"Underneath her calm exterior was a nervous woman with a hot temper.",
"They actually had a lot in common underneath their obvious differences.",
"Adverb",
"He wore a white sweater with a red shirt underneath .",
"She lifted up the rock and found ants crawling underneath .",
"The car had rust underneath .",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Requests for applications went out Monday for painters or other visual artists to complete a mural in the tunnel of the trail underneath 116th Street. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 27 June 2022",
"The Lightning\u2019s 563 horsepower comes from a pair of electric motors mounted underneath the truck, between each set of wheels. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"There are also six self-inflating lifeboats located underneath the main deck. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 27 June 2022",
"Pleating details underneath the bust add visual interest to what is otherwise a simple (yet stunning) look. \u2014 Abby Dupes, Seventeen , 24 June 2022",
"Shorter options like those from Aisle and Knix work well underneath other pants, while Modibodi and Tomboyx have longer pairs that are suitable on their own. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 23 June 2022",
"Prior to this event, the rocks underneath Siberia were rich in coal, oil and gas. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Germany\u2019s largest storage chamber for natural gas stretches underneath a swath of farmland the size of nine soccer fields in the western part of the country. \u2014 New York Times , 23 June 2022",
"The project also includes 1,487 parking spaces, housed both underneath the new buildings and in a standalone parking garage. \u2014 Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"As for off-road chops, the Mantis Overland has 14 inches of ground clearance and Timbren\u2019s Axle-Less Suspension underneath , which gives you four inches of lift over the standard Mantis and helps soak up the bumps when the pavement ends. \u2014 Bryan Rogala, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"This particular style has built-in briefs underneath , similar to typical swim bottoms. \u2014 Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"But underneath , there\u2019s a thoughtful treatment of their comic philosophy and elliptical art. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"Baskets underneath and on a shelf above serve as catchalls. \u2014 Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens , 6 May 2022",
"In the bedroom, the bottom bunk had been removed to make a loft bed, but there was no desk or dresser underneath \u2014just empty space. \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Specifically, there are rumors that Apple is flirting with the idea of removing the notch entirely and replacing it with a design where important sensors are housed underneath or slightly above the display. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Never one to play it safe, Fox turned around to show that the back of the coat was completely cut out, revealing a black leather miniskirt and tie-back bralette underneath . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"But each song also has a thick spread of American rock and soul styles underneath , punched up by horns, piano and gospel background vocals. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 11 May 2022"
],
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adverb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Preposition"
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"Middle English undernethe , preposition & adverb, from Old English underneothan , from under + neothan below \u2014 more at beneath":"Preposition"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8n\u0113th"
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"below",
"beneath",
"under"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051747",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to apply preliminary layers of paint to":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"under entry 1 + paint":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180047",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The artist would first block the position of the flower with a monochrome underpainting and then flesh out the details by applying semi-transparent paints such as glazes for the shadows. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"There is also evidence of some white underpainting , possibly in cadmium, in the lower part of the figure. \u2014 Alison Cole, CNN , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Brummel\u2019s exhibition explores technical methods used to learn more about Picasso\u2019s underpainting , including advanced microscopy and spectroscopic imaging. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
"This technique, known as underpainting , has been a staple of makeup artists for decades. \u2014 Erica La Sala, Allure , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Pollock is praised for pouring and dripping, as though inviting randomness, but one senses the significant amount of figural underpainting that exists beneath the surface. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 5 Apr. 2021",
"Under these conditions, one notices what no photograph can capture: The paintings are not flat and lifeless panels of monochrome black, but hover over a deep burgundy underpainting , smoldering like banked fire. \u2014 Michael J. Lewis, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Various underpainting techniques will be introduced. \u2014 courant.com , 21 Nov. 2019",
"Various underpainting techniques will be introduced. \u2014 courant.com , 21 Nov. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210921",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
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": a protective metal covering fitting under the engine, clutch, and transmission case of an automobile":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175250",
"type":[
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},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a usually short undergarment for the lower torso : drawers":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This means don\u2019t put the puck in a drawer with clothes or your drawers, that is, your underpants . \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Leaflets with detailed instructions are given to migrants before their trip, advising them on everything from how many pairs of underpants to pack to the importance of avoiding bright colors so as not to call attention to themselves. \u2014 Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"Navalny himself has the courage to be amused, later on, by the news that the poison was applied to the seams of his blue underpants . \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The men look at their shirts, their trousers, their underpants and socks and shoes being mixed up, being separated, combined with another man\u2019s clothes, going into different bags. \u2014 Keith Ridgway, The Atlantic , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Thankfully, Harry Styles stans are dedicated, so the Instagram account Harry Styles Fashion Archive already has a full breakdown of the singer's looks, down to his red underpants . \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Alan Greenspan, former head of the Federal Reserve, is said to watch demand for men\u2019s underpants . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The second time was in Alexander Navalny\u2019s underpants . \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Hey, if the underpants bomb didn\u2019t work, why not switch to something less conspicuous? \u2014 Will Egensteiner, Outside Online , 8 July 2014"
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"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccpan(t)s",
"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccpants"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001302",
"type":[
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"plural noun"
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"face",
"top"
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": a subordinate or auxiliary part or role":[]
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"examples":[
"the bird's underparts were white",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Calliope hummers have glossy green on the back and crown with white underparts . \u2014 Joan Morris, The Mercury News , 26 July 2019",
"The adult brown pelican has gray underparts with brown hues, black-brown belly, yellow head and dark brown neck, silver-gray back and wings, with black feathers at the tips. \u2014 Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccp\u00e4rt"
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"bottom",
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"underbody",
"underside",
"undersurface"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172911",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"underpass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"We stood on the bridge and looked down at the underpass .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The leach field is situated just above U.S. 189 where a wildlife underpass has been installed. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"But of all the obstacles the 35-feet high flying horse encounters, the most challenging is the Interstate 65 underpass . \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Other memorable performances include that one time in a freeway underpass near the Arts District, or a house dubbed the Titanic house because of its address: 1912. \u2014 Julissa James, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"But peeing on the beach stinks and turns an otherwise pristine camp into a skeezy freeway underpass . \u2014 Outside Online , 4 May 2021",
"The bill also introduces a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a $50 fine \u2014 which could be waived \u2014 and community service, for camping along highways, including under bridges or overpasses, or within an underpass . \u2014 CBS News , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The vehicle struck a concrete pillar at the Arkansas 365 underpass , troopers said. \u2014 Brianna Kwasnik, Arkansas Online , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Montgomery County dedicated a new pedestrian underpass beneath Rockville Pike (Route 355) at the Medical Center Metro station Friday in honor of a former county official. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
"The heat of tires can melt snow and ice on them, leaving it to drip onto the apparently clear surface of the road beneath the underpass . \u2014 Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press , 26 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccpas"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063103",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"underpay":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to pay less than what is normal or required":[
"underpay taxes"
]
},
"examples":[
"She underpaid for her meal.",
"He realized that he had underpaid the cashier.",
"The company underpays its workers.",
"They are underpaid for the work they do.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Companies that underpay workers and mistreat customers won\u2019t survive long. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2021",
"As a result, investors will underpay for a quality company that will continue to grow its intrinsic worth over time. \u2014 Jonathan Dash, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Happel and others paid a total of $88 million to the Brazilian government for allegedly colluding to underpay local farmers. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Happel and others paid a total of $88 million to the Brazilian government for allegedly colluding to underpay local farmers. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Oct. 2021",
"The notion that American fashion has to underpay its garment workers to compete is disingenuous. \u2014 Elizabeth L. Cline, Forbes , 25 Sep. 2021",
"To bolster its case, the Treasury Department argued that Americans underpay their taxes by $600 billion per year, or approximately $7 trillion over the next decade. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Sep. 2021",
"To pay for their plan, Democrats are calling for tax hikes on corporations and the wealthiest earners, as well as beefing up the IRS in order to generate more revenue by cracking down on people who cheat or underpay on their taxes. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 24 Aug. 2021",
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"Cut down on courses like these, and kids may be hugely underprepared to navigate essential parts of the adult world. \u2014 Kat Mckim, Fortune , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Those in underprivileged communities, however, may turn to unsafe abortions instead, drastically increasing their odds of harm or death in a state who\u2019s ban indirectly and unfairly targets them more than their privileged peers. \u2014 Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant , 30 June 2022",
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"And then there\u2019s his most philanthropic latest venture, announced today: helping underprivileged kids avoid low-paying jobs. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2022",
"Some 35 years later, that six-word summary of all the school accomplished \u2014 turning underprivileged kids into high achievers \u2014 still holds an almost mystical allure. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"For a Bright Future helps underrepresented and underprivileged kids through health, education, youth leadership, and the power of storytelling. \u2014 Tony Bradley, Forbes , 2 June 2022"
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"The results of which underscore the fact that towing with an electric truck introduces a lot of guesswork, because trailers vary so much in terms of weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 1 July 2022",
"Attorneys also underscore that the health risks of pregnancy far exceed medical complications from abortions. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
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"To underscore Forrest\u2019s belief, FFI has hired almost 1,000 people in the past year and installed energy industry leaders, including Mark Hutchins, the former president and CEO of General Electric Europe, to join FFI as CEO. \u2014 David Jeans, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Through leveraging TikTok, underscore works\u2019 artists have thrived during Covid-19. \u2014 Annie Reuter, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Reviews that are already trickling into Rotten Tomatoes underscore just how much this series is really freaking some people out. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Clyburn's comments underscore frustrations and confusion expressed in Texas over the state's new restrictive election law as early voting in Texas' March 1 primary is underway. \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"The results of which underscore the fact that towing with an electric truck introduces a lot of guesswork, because trailers vary so much in terms of weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 1 July 2022",
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"To underscore Forrest\u2019s belief, FFI has hired almost 1,000 people in the past year and installed energy industry leaders, including Mark Hutchins, the former president and CEO of General Electric Europe, to join FFI as CEO. \u2014 David Jeans, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"At the beginning of his career, Pusha\u2019s rapping served as the flamboyant underscore to his brother Malice\u2019s reflective storytelling. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Through leveraging TikTok, underscore works\u2019 artists have thrived during Covid-19. \u2014 Annie Reuter, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Reviews that are already trickling into Rotten Tomatoes underscore just how much this series is really freaking some people out. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Clyburn's comments underscore frustrations and confusion expressed in Texas over the state's new restrictive election law as early voting in Texas' March 1 primary is underway. \u2014 Shawna Mizelle, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"That will be the world\u2019s longest undersea high voltage direct current cable. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Geopolitics aside, the United States needs to know just how the USS Connecticut\u2019s accident is likely to stress America\u2019s undersea industrial base. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Manufacturing a smartphone, tablet or computer as well as the network that supports them consumes considerable resources \u2014 everything from mining rare minerals to laying undersea cables for high-speed internet. \u2014 Irina Ivanova, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The job encompasses everything from submarines and undersea internet cables to secret space planes and reconnaissance satellites in geosynchronous orbit. \u2014 Garrett M. Graff, Wired , 26 May 2020",
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"They all are found amid the colorful corals and sponges and magnificent undersea formations. \u2014 Chuck Yarborough, cleveland , 12 Apr. 2020",
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"Two of the undersea cables that connect South Africa to the global network are again suffering outages, dragging down mobile and landline data speeds nationwide. \u2014 Brian Browdie, Quartz Africa , 30 Mar. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Racist stereotypes suggest men of some races have large penises and are hypersexual, while others are undersexed with small ones. \u2014 Peter Lehman, Chron , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the suit is from the Chanel Cruise 2023 collection, Stewart ditched the undershirt and matching hat that was seen on the model on the runway. \u2014 Alexis Gaskin, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"The two both dressed in chic black outfits for the event, the actress sporting a long black dress with a sheer turtleneck while her child opted for a black suit and blue undershirt . \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The pop star, who received eight nominations this year, rolled up to the red carpet wearing an oversized dark gray suit and white undershirt . \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Her husband held his own in custom Balenciaga, wearing an oversized dark gray suit with a white undershirt . \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 3 Apr. 2022",
"At the Dom Perignon & Lenny Kravitz 'Assemblage' Exhibition in 2019, the singer wore a full black leather suit with a plunging undershirt and a long fringe statement necklace. \u2014 Lindy Segal, PEOPLE.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Corral was carted to the locker room for X-rays, which Kiffin said were negative, before returning to the sideline wearing his red undershirt and using two black crutches. \u2014 Brett Martel, Chron , 2 Jan. 2022",
"That didn\u2019t help, as Brown took off his jersey, pads, and undershirt . \u2014 oregonlive , 3 Jan. 2022",
"In the incident at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Brown removed his jersey, shoulder pads, undershirt and glove and gave the crowd a peace sign before leaving mid-game. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps immunobridging actually led each company to slightly undershoot their dose size. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"When neurotypical children throw a Frisbee for the first time, for instance, the disc may over- or undershoot the target. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 July 2021",
"Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 AstraZeneca doses (made in the country) to Australia, on the basis that AZ is likely to undershoot its delivery commitments within the EU. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2021",
"The risk is that these sub-2% expectations become self-fulfilling and inflation over time will chronically undershoot . \u2014 Stephanie Flanders, Bloomberg.com , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Given its previous inability to hit its inflation target, we should be concerned the Fed will undershoot inflation, not overshoot it. \u2014 Alexander William Salter, National Review , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Their inflation expectations suggest the Fed, the ECB and the Bank of Japan will all undershoot their targets on average for the next decade. \u2014 The Economist , 4 June 2020",
"City Manager Jim Thompson stressed the importance of not undershooting revenue projections. \u2014 Lorraine Longhi, azcentral , 27 May 2020",
"Because the Fed targets an index that tends to undershoot the CPI by about a third of a percentage point, this implies missing the central bank\u2019s 2% target by a long way. \u2014 The Economist , 10 Oct. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"All those initiated wear symbols with religious significance, known as the five K\u2019s: kesh (uncut hair), kanga (wooden comb), kachera (cotton undershorts ), kirpan (a steel blade), and kara (a steel bracelet). \u2014 Simranjit Khalsa, The Conversation , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Honestly, who\u2019s a better endorser for a pair of tight undershorts than a media scion with a penchant for weird sits? \u2014 Luke Winkie, Vulture , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Fila's quick-drying skirts with stretchy undershorts are a staple. \u2014 Kristi Kellogg, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 July 2021",
"Nike checks all the boxes with this tennis skirt: a clean silhouette with subtle pleating, lightweight fabric, comfortable waistband, and stretchy undershorts to slip tennis balls into. \u2014 Kristi Kellogg, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The dogs\u2019 jaws should be massive, square and undershot , with the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper jaw. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 June 2022",
"Stadia is a failing service that dramatically undershot Google sales estimates, and many of Google's promises made three years ago at Stadia's unveiling have not come true. \u2014 Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The 266,000 net new jobs in April far undershot economists\u2019 forecasts, and the Labor Department\u2019s latest Jolts survey showed some 7.4 million unfilled positions. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2021",
"On May 16, Berenson pointed out that 300 people had died from the coronavirus in Colorado, a number that far undershot initial projections in the state. \u2014 Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner , 4 June 2020",
"Third-quarter net profits, down by 24% on the same period last year, to $3bn, undershot pundits\u2019 forecasts by 14%. \u2014 The Economist , 2 Nov. 2019",
"But wage growth has persistently undershot economist expectations. \u2014 Josh Mitchell, WSJ , 4 May 2018",
"Wage growth could put longer-term pressure on prices, but it undershot expectations in data released on Wednesday. \u2014 Reuters, Fortune , 13 Sep. 2017",
"The Fed targets an inflation rate of 2%, and over the last five years has consistently undershot that. \u2014 Josh Zumbrun, WSJ , 13 Aug. 2017"
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"the underside of the table",
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"The stomata, which are minute openings on the underside of rose leaves, cool the plant in a process called transpiration. \u2014 Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 July 2022",
"The The large heatsink on top makes direct contact with the first of two M.2 ports, which is cooled from the underside too, with the lower port actually facing downwards and the SSD cooled by a thermal pad and heatsink at the bottom. \u2014 Antony Leather, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"That this animal, nicknamed Fred, might have had his own biography is betrayed only by the ominous hole on the underside of his skull. \u2014 Peter Brannen, The Atlantic , 22 June 2022",
"Gillies rolled it so that the soft tissue on the underside was encased in skin to protect it. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 13 June 2022",
"As the rain droplets pelt the bare soil, particles are blasted into the air and often land on the underside of leaves, spreading bacterial and fungal diseases. \u2014 Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 June 2022",
"The material was first made in Sweden from the underside of animal hides. \u2014 Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Cover the grill and cook for 1 minute, or until the dough is slightly puffed and there are charred grill marks on the underside . \u2014 Claudia Catalano, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"There are no engravings except for a hidden serial number on the underside of the winding lever, and even the company\u2019s notable red-dot logo has been eschewed in favor of the black and gold color scheme. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 19 May 2022"
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"He is undersized for a basketball player.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some ends are a little undersized but can rush the passer. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Its business is long- undersized compared to the platform\u2019s presence in culture and politics. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"But the injuries are too much of a concern for a player who\u2019s already undersized and doesn\u2019t have great speed. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The problem is that the power forwards are decidedly undersized , when counting P.J. Tucker and Caleb Martin. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big nights from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big performances from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big performances from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big nights from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"He is undersized for a basketball player.",
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"Some ends are a little undersized but can rush the passer. \u2014 Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al , 21 June 2022",
"Its business is long- undersized compared to the platform\u2019s presence in culture and politics. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"But the injuries are too much of a concern for a player who\u2019s already undersized and doesn\u2019t have great speed. \u2014 Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The problem is that the power forwards are decidedly undersized , when counting P.J. Tucker and Caleb Martin. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 27 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big nights from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big performances from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, ajc , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big performances from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"And despite big nights from Collin Gillespie, Brandon Slater and Jermaine Samuels, the short-handed and undersized Wildcats never made it all the way back. \u2014 Dave Skretta, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Catching numbers hasn\u2019t been a problem with bass in the 2- to 2.5-pound range found at depths from 25 to 40 feet with Fatty Worm\u2019s underspins , Berserk\u2019s Purple Hornet jigs, or Pro Worms 124p on the drop-shot. \u2014 sacbee , 20 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teaching remains understaffed , with just 29,000 jobs added in January, still down 359,000 from February 2020. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"After the mass departure, Johnson\u2019s former Burger King restaurant remains understaffed . \u2014 Washington Post , 13 July 2021",
"Garland\u2019s Civil Rights Division also remains perilously understaffed , enormously hampering its ability to conduct oversight of municipal police departments. \u2014 Jeff Hauser, The New Republic , 8 June 2021",
"Three years later, Cincinnati's Emergency Communications Center remains understaffed , an Enquirer examination of city and court documents shows. \u2014 Keely Brown, The Enquirer , 20 May 2021",
"After being understaffed for two years, the company was suddenly overstaffed. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The museum was still understaffed last summer, with guards covering too much ground to protect all areas of the museum at once, Artnet\u2019s Zachary Small reported. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 June 2022",
"Mosby explained that 103 assistant state\u2019s attorney positions are currently filled, while 42 are vacant, meaning that the unit is understaffed by about 29%. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 6 June 2022",
"Some of the testing sites had not been put into operation, while others only opened for a short period of time in the day and were understaffed , officials said, vowing to improve the situation. \u2014 Nectar Gan And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN , 3 June 2022"
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"She's beginning to understand what's going on.",
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"At first we didn't get along, but I think we understand each other now.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By that November the judge determined Vannieuwenhoven was able to understand the court proceedings and assist in his own defense and the case moved to trial. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Launching via the Fitbit app on Wednesday, Sleep Profile is the latest subscription-only data Fitbit Premium members can use to better understand their unique sleep type and identify their strengths and weaknesses. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"Munday: Writing students are often told to read their work aloud as a way to better understand and improve the language. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"There is a team aspect to the format that few understand or will likely care about. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"However, events in recent years have demonstrated that individuals also use social platforms to share and understand newsworthy events. \u2014 Jacopo Paoletti, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Like many other teams, shooting and defense are at the top of the list, while the team\u2019s decision to draft 19-year-old Max Christie signals the Lakers understand that youth and building for the future are areas that need addressing. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"But at this particular moment, in the most consequential election in American history, probably, is something that is utterly unique and imperative for people to see and to understand and to watch and to learn from. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
"Are people coming to us to cut through the noise and the rhetoric and understand what is happening? \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 27 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English understandan , from under + standan to stand":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02c8stand"
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"conclude",
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"deduce",
"derive",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"make out",
"reason"
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": to accept as a fact or truth or regard as plausible without utter certainty":[
"we understand that he is returning from abroad"
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": to achieve a grasp of the nature, significance, or explanation of something":[],
": to be thoroughly familiar with the character and propensities of":[
"understands children"
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"I can't understand a word you're saying.",
"I don't understand these directions.",
"I want you to stay away from her. Do you understand ?",
"I don't understand how this is supposed to work.",
"He doesn't really understand the situation.",
"You should read the book in order to understand more about the subject.",
"I can't understand why she would do such a thing.",
"She's beginning to understand what's going on.",
"You have to understand that I had no other choice.",
"At first we didn't get along, but I think we understand each other now.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By that November the judge determined Vannieuwenhoven was able to understand the court proceedings and assist in his own defense and the case moved to trial. \u2014 Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"Launching via the Fitbit app on Wednesday, Sleep Profile is the latest subscription-only data Fitbit Premium members can use to better understand their unique sleep type and identify their strengths and weaknesses. \u2014 Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica , 22 June 2022",
"Munday: Writing students are often told to read their work aloud as a way to better understand and improve the language. \u2014 Oliver Munday, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
"There is a team aspect to the format that few understand or will likely care about. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 21 June 2022",
"However, events in recent years have demonstrated that individuals also use social platforms to share and understand newsworthy events. \u2014 Jacopo Paoletti, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Like many other teams, shooting and defense are at the top of the list, while the team\u2019s decision to draft 19-year-old Max Christie signals the Lakers understand that youth and building for the future are areas that need addressing. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"But at this particular moment, in the most consequential election in American history, probably, is something that is utterly unique and imperative for people to see and to understand and to watch and to learn from. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 June 2022",
"Are people coming to us to cut through the noise and the rhetoric and understand what is happening? \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 27 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English understandan , from under + standan to stand":""
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"infer",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So, both the airlines and the hotel industries were understandably ecstatic when the testing requirement was struck. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"The tech industry has never been known as a bastion of humility\u2014and understandably so, to a certain extent. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
"The announcement led to panic selling in markets and understandably so, as Celsius is a significant member of the crypto lending business, holding billions of dollars worth of customer assets. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"And understandably so, Washington, D.C. was very close to 9/11, especially with the Pentagon and especially with the kids who went to my school and where their parents worked and their family members and all of that. \u2014 Simone Oliver, refinery29.com , 8 June 2022",
"Mihailovic was visibly emotional coming off the field, and understandably so as his injury came just ahead of his trip to Berhalter's camp after a years-long absence from the senior national team setup. \u2014 Pat Brennan, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
"If so, you're likely overwhelmed by all of the options out there\u2014and understandably so. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 17 May 2022",
"There's always a lot of chatter about gowns and getups at the Met Gala, and understandably so \u2014 the night is all about fashion. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 2 May 2022",
"Because of this, gaining approval from the local university\u2019s ethics committee for our project has been difficult, and understandably so. \u2014 Brenna Henn, The Conversation , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1921, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"He has a thorough understanding of the subject.",
"She has a basic understanding of the process.",
"I hope to get a clearer understanding of the issues involved.",
"He seems to have little understanding of our situation.",
"We have an understanding that whoever cooks doesn't have to do the dishes.",
"She treats them with kindness and understanding .",
"a relationship based on mutual understanding",
"Adjective",
"a kind and understanding teacher who often helps troubled students",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With this in mind, developments in this field could unlock a greater understanding of customer experience and enable businesses to achieve a new level of enhanced customer sensitivity. \u2014 Heikki V\u00e4\u00e4n\u00e4nen, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Lavallee noted that, on his NextDoor post, some neighbors expressed an understanding that climate change is real, but a sense of powerlessness to stop it. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022",
"Both of us have grown up to see the ways the gun violence prevention movement could learn from other groups, could include a greater understanding of gun suicides and domestic violence and gang violence. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Carbajal said the program offered an important foundational understanding of climate change. \u2014 Ambreen Ali, Fortune , 27 June 2022",
"Since Prince William, 40, served as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force, the couple has an understanding of the struggles military families go through. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Throughout seasons one and two, the hosts \u2018wake up\u2019, developing true consciousness and an understanding of their reality. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 26 June 2022",
"His comment suggests that their separation was always contingent on an understanding between them. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 11 June 2022",
"This week, Nature is publishing a study that tries to move us closer to an understanding . \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 8 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"My professors are very understanding and know how much Mapis means to me. \u2014 Jill Griffin, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"External attorneys and clients have been very understanding . \u2014 Fortune , 30 May 2022",
"But one of the good surprising things is that customers can be very understanding and have empathy too. \u2014 Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour , 5 May 2022",
"Instead, my friends were super understanding , supportive and felt bad for me. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"One set is pretty understanding ; the other set is extremely right-wing and over-the-top conservative. \u2014 Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive , 16 Feb. 2022",
"So the pandemic taught me to love people more, to be more up close and personal, and to be more understanding . \u2014 Darlene Aderoju, Billboard , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Continue to reach out to your son in a loving and understanding way. \u2014 cleveland , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Continue to reach out to your son in a loving and understanding way. \u2014 Annie Lane, oregonlive , 6 Feb. 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"understate taxable income"
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": to state or present with restraint especially for effect":[]
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"examples":[
"He understated his taxable income.",
"She's trying to understate the issue.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Positive Impacts of Refugees Are Understated?: Nearly all studies on refugees may understate the positive impact of refugees due to limitations in the data. \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"There was no way to verify the toll, and Russian officials often understate casualty figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Reporting of Russian military casualties is practically nonexistent, limited to official Defense Ministry statistics that dramatically understate losses. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Street Earnings understate Core Earnings by >10% for ~9% of S&P 500 companies. \u2014 David Trainer, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Now, that's again not to understate the difficulties of the political timetable which have been set before us. \u2014 Tax Notes Staff, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Due to the way COVID deaths are reported, not all of those deaths happened during that time, but many of them did, and there\u2019s no way to understate the effect the virus has had on Alabama\u2019s population. \u2014 Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Unless the state can obtain more testing supplies and providers, future case counts \u2014 while record-breaking \u2014 could drastically understate the actual prevalence of the virus. \u2014 Erin Alberty, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Jan. 2022",
"And those tallies no doubt understate the pandemic's toll. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"examples":[
"the actor's understated interpretation of the lead role is surprisingly compelling",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlike most of the other actors on this list, his understated portrayal is an anomaly for a performer that many see as a one-dimensional caricature. \u2014 Tim Moffatt, EW.com , 1 July 2022",
"The Borrowed From the Boys Never underestimate the power of an understated basic\u2014like Kendall Jenner\u2019s go-to Hanes tank top from the boys\u2019 section. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"With understated tones of seriousness, Ms. Maxwell attempts to present herself as being horrified at what was done to these many dozens of girls and young women while being a key architect of that system. \u2014 Guy Martin, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"The understated redesign of the area surrounding Notre-Dame, which leaves the long, rectangular stone square in front of the cathedral mostly intact, will not radically alter the neighborhood. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Under Pitt's direction, however, the transformation of a faceless industrial vault has achieved a space of purpose, elegance and understated humor. \u2014 Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"Beatrice is known for her elegant and understated outfits. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"Throughout, golf has been a reliable, understated constant. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Aslan Freeman, from Lainey\u2019s road band, established a vacillating acoustic guitar current; Rob McNelley contributed George Harrison-like twin slide guitars; and Billy Justineau offered tremolo keyboard over Fred Eltringham\u2019s understated drum part. \u2014 Tom Roland, Billboard , 14 June 2022"
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"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":""
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": the avoidance of obvious emphasis or embellishment : an understated condition, appearance, etc.":[
"Sure, glamour is still the operative word regarding fashion, but where flamboyance once ruled, there is now understatement and classic elegance.",
"\u2014 Premiere",
"He capitalizes on his reputation for understatement by saving huge sonorities for significant occasions; as a result, his rare musical outbursts seem not so much theatrical as visceral, as if they were blows sustained in real time.",
"\u2014 Alex Ross"
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"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": an inadequate supply":[]
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"examples":[
"an undersupply of nutritious foods at the party",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The coronavirus omicron variant has quickly become the dominant variant in many parts of the world, accounting for 73.2% of cases in the U.S. and leading to an undersupply of a Covid treatment most successful against omicron. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"In late March, regional Russian officials were sounding alarm bells about a drastic undersupply of protective equipment and pervasive confusion about how they were supposed to tackle the virus. \u2014 Anton Troianovski, New York Times , 14 May 2020",
"Soaring rents and an undersupply of affordable housing are the key factors behind the evictions, according to Shachter. \u2014 John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com , 20 Feb. 2020",
"In Berlin, a nurse in an intensive care unit who prefers to be called Nico because he\u2019s not authorized to speak to the news media loves working with patients, and the undersupply of nurses means ironclad job stability. \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Water shortages are a two-part equation: undersupply and overuse. \u2014 Philip Kiefer, Outside Online , 11 Nov. 2019",
"By 2030, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a total undersupply of as many as 121,300 doctors, equivalent to 15% of the MD's active in the U.S. The AAMC forecasts that 55% of the shortfall will be for specialists. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 15 July 2019",
"When the league\u2019s average ticket price goes up in a year when 10 teams are at least 10 games out before the season is halfway done, supply and demand is tilted, with an oversupply of tanking teams and an undersupply of competitive ones. \u2014 Bill Shaikin, latimes.com , 16 June 2018",
"Where undersupply is greatest is in the entry level. \u2014 Hudson Sangree, sacbee , 6 Jan. 2018"
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"painted the undersurface of the plane blue",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Scientists observed a beetle walking upside-down on the undersurface of a pool of water. \u2014 New York Times , 26 July 2021",
"The spots enlarge and are mirrored on the undersurface of the leaf with a white downy growth. \u2014 The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping , 21 July 2015",
"When the undersurface of the first tablet was revealed, Dr. White got chills. \u2014 Joanna Klein, New York Times , 7 Mar. 2017"
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"1733, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"He's undertaking a thorough search.",
"The researchers undertook a series of studies.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Early speculation is that the Academy will undertake a full review of the incident in which Smith struck presenter Chris Rock in the face after Rock made a joke about Smith\u2019s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The state\u2019s grass-roots conservatives remain angry about Mr. Biden\u2019s victory and the failure of Republicans to undertake an Arizona-style review of ballots cast in Wisconsin last year. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Nov. 2021",
"The reason to undertake this internal reorganization and to elevate the role of presales is simple: This is the next big way that companies can differentiate and accelerate growth. \u2014 Matt Darrow, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"After the war, Tymofiy wants to finish his studies, undertake military service and attend the same college as his mother. \u2014 Isabel Coles, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"The commission is expected to undertake its own analysis of partisan fairness before the end of the month. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 16 Sep. 2021",
"But there are times, too, when the most important behavior to undertake when viewing art is listening. \u2014 Chadd Scott, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"By special order of his mother Queen Elizabeth, the Prince of Wales stepped in to undertake the important duty of giving the Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"Beijing exploited its access to Western markets and enterprises to undertake an unparalleled program of intellectual-property theft, technology transfer, and economic espionage. \u2014 Hal Brands, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022"
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"the undertaker wore black clothes and a solemn expression",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But my grandfather, C. Sylvester Whitaker, Sr., migrated north to Pittsburgh and became an undertaker . \u2014 Mark Whitaker, CBS News , 19 June 2022",
"The cemetery\u2019s chief undertaker , Ashraf Zaher, 48, paused to survey the funeral, another job done. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"So is Cedric Young, here playing the undertaker West, a fastidious figure who profits from the death of Black men. \u2014 Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Dowd stars as a secretive undertaker forced to take in two orphans. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 6 May 2022",
"The life of an undertaker might seem radically different from that of a writer, but there are some meaningful similarities: Both jobs require a sensitivity to emotional pain, a sense of duty to attend to grief, and a deft way with words. \u2014 Thomas Lynch, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Korean cast includes Yoo Hae-jin (the undertaker ), Kim Ok-vin (White Marten), and Park Jeong-min (the swordsman). \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 17 Feb. 2022",
"In 1902, her ancestor Robert Elliott was one of the early African Americans in Baltimore to officially receive an undertaker \u2019s license. \u2014 Susan Orlean, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The undertaker announced that this was the loudest his funeral home had ever been. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"The response to Ukrainian refugees has been one of the JDC's biggest undertaking since World War II when the group helped 81,000 Jews flee the Nazis. \u2014 Ryan Bergeron, CNN , 17 June 2022",
"Holder\u2019s attorney Aaron Jansen has a daunting undertaking in defending him. \u2014 Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence , 16 June 2022",
"Charleston, one of the nation's most notorious slave ports, was already a bold choice for such a significant undertaking , but its exact site doubles down on that. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"Achaar is personal for Agrawal, a familial undertaking that has been shaped by generations. \u2014 Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News , 8 June 2022",
"Digital transformation might feel like a risky undertaking , but the alternative is far more dangerous\u2014a gradual loss of market share to the innovators who chose to become the change. \u2014 Evgeny Grigul, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Perhaps the clearest comparison to New York\u2019s undertaking is the resort near Boston, the Encore Boston Harbor. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"The Classroom Library Project, however, was by far their most ambitious undertaking . \u2014 Laura Jedeed, The New Republic , 31 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Starvation is a big problem for hoiho, with around 80% of the penguins arriving at the center underweight , says van Zanten. \u2014 CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The findings showed evidence that children with a vegetarian diet had almost two-fold higher odds of having underweight , which is defined as below the third percentile for BMI. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"The share of survey respondents who were overweight eurozone stocks dropped 48 percentage points to the largest underweight reading for that region since July 2012. \u2014 Karen Langley, WSJ , 20 Mar. 2022",
"This underweight is the dry powder that can come back into the stocks. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Remember Hong Kong internet outperforming and India underperforming is the active manager pain trade due to their overweight to India and underweight to China. \u2014 Brendan Ahern, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Sectoral rotations should tilt toward real estate and health care, while shifting underweight on consumer discretionary. \u2014 Chris Taylor, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2022",
"By rating Jumia\u2019s stock as underweight , Holbrook invites investors to be skeptical of Jumia\u2019s pivot being successful. \u2014 Alexander Onukwue, Quartz , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Analysts at Wells Fargo cut their recommendation for Allstate from equal-weight to underweight . \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Prosecutors said the child is severely underweight and has post-traumatic stress disorder. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"The undersized, underweight freshman caught the eye of then-coach Jim Gosz. \u2014 Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Being underweight can be a sign of malnutrition and can indicate that one\u2019s diet isn\u2019t enough to support appropriate growth, according to the study news release. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"Saginaw County Animal Care & Control freed the malnourished and underweight dog and treated her injuries. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"The fragile colt was weak and underweight , deaf, couldn\u2019t walk on his deformed hooves and was about the size of a housecat. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The two surviving cows were found to each be about 100 pounds underweight , the report said. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Most of the children ranging in age at the time of their rescue from 2 to 29 were severely underweight and hadn't bathed for months. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 10 Nov. 2021",
"The remaining lemur, which the specialists named Luna, was underweight , severely malnourished and deeply depressed. \u2014 Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"light",
"lightweight",
"weightless"
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"\u2014 Shirley Standring"
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"The story helped cement Adelstein\u2019s reputation as an unflinching chronicler of organized crime in Japan, propelling him to minor celebrity status as one of the primary experts on a shadowy underworld few had access to. \u2014 Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"For example, the bondsmen McDonough Brothers \u2014 Peter and Tom \u2014 ruled the criminal underworld in San Francisco for three decades in the early 20th century. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"And gang members who try to leave the underworld are hunted down as traitors. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2021",
"Mortensen plays Saul Tenser, an underworld celebrity thanks to his advanced case of Accelerated Evolution Syndrome. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"Toward the end of the millennium, a southside narco named George Herbert became the undisputed king of Belize\u2019s underworld , hooking up cartels with corrupt politicians to ship coke north. \u2014 Sean Williams, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
"As with Roger Rabbit, the central mystery has links to the Hollywood underworld ; this time, however, that setting is updated to the industry as audiences now know it. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 21 May 2022",
"Miller tries to avoid slipping back the underworld with the help of an old friend (Rhames). \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 19 May 2022",
"But Galicot couldn\u2019t control the violent reality of the city\u2019s underworld . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022"
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"a university willing to underwrite an archaeological expedition",
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"Houlihan\u2019s story offers a rare look at the cloistered world of professional track, at the corporate sponsors that underwrite their own squads, and at a sport that continues to struggle to police the use of performance-enhancing drugs. \u2014 oregonlive , 3 July 2022",
"Syndication firms have relationships with brokers who hand-deliver deals and analysts who underwrite hundreds of them. \u2014 Patrick Grimes, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"An open society and competitive business climate promote the technological progress and economic growth that underwrite our foreign policy. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Foreign securities firms that underwrite Chinese firms\u2019 overseas share sales are required to register with the CSRC and submit an annual report on the businesses. \u2014 Fortune , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Your participation and fundraising donations will help underwrite recreation programs for children and adults with disabilities. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
"To stay afloat, McCarthy said Peloton is borrowing $750 million in five-year term debt from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, two banks that helped underwrite its IPO. \u2014 Jordan Valinsky, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Amy Chua, one of his Yale Law professors, urged him to write a memoir and connected him with an agent; Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire, helped underwrite Vance\u2019s investment fund, Narya Capital, and then his campaign for the U.S. Senate. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
"Apple will underwrite the loans and fund them, which also means absorbing losses when borrowers fail to repay. \u2014 Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ , 11 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Barry, as a broker, underwriter and developer, left his mark on landmarks across metro Atlanta. \u2014 Ben Smith, ajc , 7 June 2022",
"Premiums should be set by an actuary or independent third-party underwriter . \u2014 Van Carlson, Forbes , 14 Apr. 2022",
"This is several orders-of-magnitude more data on each decision than a traditional underwriter can absorb. \u2014 Steven Li, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Gentry, 46, grew up in Kenya and previously worked as a mortgage underwriter for USAA, a financial services firm for members and veterans of the U.S. military. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Apr. 2022",
"The main investor and underwriter in that deal, former New York investment firm Salomon Brothers, ended up paying more than $30 million in settlements. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The Kremlin is the primary underwriter of its nation\u2019s culture. \u2014 Suzanne Nossel, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Teresa Contreras, 22, a senior at North Park University in Chicago, recently accepted an underwriter position at Chubb Ltd. , a global insurance company. \u2014 Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022",
"On top of her cryptocurrency investments, Ms. Gentry, a former mortgage underwriter , has found work as a consultant advising DeFi and NFT projects. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Prior research has connected phthalates with reproductive problems, such as genital malformations and undescended testes in baby boys and lower sperm counts and testosterone levels in adult males. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Amie took doctors\u2019 advice and raised her first baby as a boy, agreeing to surgery to bring down undescended testicles. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 June 2019",
"Hernias are typical for kids with her intersex trait because their undescended testes push out. \u2014 Asher Fogle, Good Housekeeping , 21 Oct. 2016",
"She was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome, a condition that caused her to have external female anatomy and, internally, undescended testes instead of a uterus. \u2014 Diane Stopyra, Marie Claire , 5 July 2017",
"Not only were their numbers dismal, but almost all of the male panthers showed signs of inbreeding depression, including undescended testicles, kinked tails and low sperm counts. \u2014 Laura Poppick, Smithsonian , 27 Apr. 2017",
"Not only were their numbers dismal, but almost all of the male panthers showed signs of inbreeding depression, including undescended testicles, kinked tails and low sperm counts. \u2014 Laura Poppick, Smithsonian , 27 Apr. 2017",
"She was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome, a condition that caused her to have external female anatomy and, internally, undescended testes instead of a uterus. \u2014 Diane Stopyra, Marie Claire , 5 July 2017"
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"\u2014 Art McLean"
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"adjective"
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"undeserved criticism/praise",
"an undeserved reputation"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a result of the misinformation in initial news reports and online, the young player\u2019s family has endured much undeserved criticism and blame. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"That playoff berth was fool\u2019s gold, an undeserved reward that left the organization in denial about some of its greatest flaws. \u2014 Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The book shows how White conservative politicians sold their opposition to Obamacare, gun control and education funding as a way to keep government small \u2014 and prevent Blacks and immigrants from getting undeserved benefits. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Bravo to Marvel for breaking down barriers with its first LGBTQ+ hero and its first deaf superhero in the lovely but undeserved Makkari. \u2014 Sandra Gonzalez, CNN , 8 Nov. 2021",
"But here again, other investors have missed this dividend opportunity and are mostly ignoring this fund, handing it a totally undeserved 4.1% discount to NAV. \u2014 Michael Foster, Forbes , 30 Oct. 2021",
"Nikola Jokic gets some undeserved criticism, too \u2014 Luka Doncic is wildly respected. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The current stats suggest that undeserved communities don't become more involved in the jobs of the future which are: science, technology, engineering and math. \u2014 Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
"Weisselberg alone was accused of defrauding the federal, state and city governments out of more than $900,000 in unpaid taxes and undeserved tax refunds. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 4 Nov. 2021"
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"\u2014 Barbara Kingsolver"
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"\u2026 circumstances of brutal outrage, of which poor Jean was in many respects wholly undeserving .",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott",
"I do not mean to say that medicine is blameless \u2026 or undeserving of criticism.",
"\u2014 Margaret Talbot"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet, these efforts are repeatedly countered by claims that those who need relief are ultimately undeserving . \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Others insisted that many of their colleagues at the plant were undeserving or lazy. \u2014 Greg Jaffe, Washington Post , 12 June 2022",
"The main charge is not that Anne Hathaway is untalented or undeserving of celebrity. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Experts say one of the most harmful aspects of the public's scorn is the underlying assumption that character flaws make Heard undeserving of empathy. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 10 May 2022",
"The President seems eager to divide the nation's enormous student debt load -- $1.6 trillion owed to the federal government by 45 million Americans -- into the deserving and undeserving debtors. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Activists and human rights officials say Poland is treating the immigrants coming through Belarus as universally undeserving of protection in Europe, when that is not always the case. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The Justice Department charged 50 people with participating in a fraudulent scheme to get undeserving students into elite colleges. \u2014 Jennifer Levitz And Melissa Korn, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Not making it on the first ballot isn\u2019t a sign a player is undeserving but a testament to the backlog of tremendous players who, for one reason or another, have had to bide their time. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"undesignated funds",
"an undesignated area"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The money for the purchase would come from the undesignated portion of the city's budget, which currently holds $14.5 million, said Colby Fulfer, the city's chief of staff. \u2014 Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Wyman Morgan, the city's director of administration and finance, said the money for the design of the road will come from the city's undesignated funds. \u2014 Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Camping on undesignated sites down long, poorly maintained national-forest roads, ideally next to moving water but not neighbors. \u2014 Christopher Keyes, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
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"The additional $2 million for the program will be transferred from undesignated funds, then replenished once the county receives federal money under the American Rescue Plan Act. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Revenue in the proposal includes $2.5 million in undesignated reserve funds. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com , 9 Mar. 2021"
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"While such a faint signal would normally be undetectable , that should not be the case in voids. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 8 June 2022",
"In the open ocean, tsunami waves can be small and may even be undetectable by a boat at the surface. \u2014 Sally Warner, The Conversation , 19 Jan. 2022",
"At nearly three times the size of Hubble's mirror, the Webb telescope's mirror will be sensitive enough to see celestial objects that were undetectable by previous observatories. \u2014 NBC News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Complete remissions were reported in 54 patients, or 60%, meaning their disease was undetectable . \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The very best interaction design\u2014the process of anticipating and facilitating behaviors between users and technology\u2014 is undetectable to the user. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Newcomb Hollow beach now has a sensor, but a shark without a tag is undetectable to it. \u2014 Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker , 25 Aug. 2021",
"Like many other long-haulers, most of Woods\u2019 symptoms are mysterious, often undetectable on tests and difficult to treat. \u2014 Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer , 19 July 2021",
"These are shape-shifting computer viruses that are sneakily constructed to try and be undetectable , or that upon detection will rapidly reshape to avoid further detection. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"The bulk \u2014 $75 million \u2014 of the $96.9 million already allocated from the second tranche would be used to maintain service levels in 2023 with additional ARPA funding for services in 2024 left undetermined . \u2014 Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel , 17 June 2022",
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"There was also a second type of eggshell from an undetermined species that showed signs of cooking during a much narrower time frame. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 27 May 2022",
"In total, about 22 Afghans are still being vetted, of whom 16 were expected to receive notice by this week that their applications for U.S. entry were denied, officials and occupants said, leaving another six cases still undetermined . \u2014 Jessica Donati, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Haywire's cause was undetermined but suspected to be from lightning days earlier. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 14 June 2022",
"Authorities on Monday said two of the wounded were in good condition, two were in stable condition, and the status of the fifth patient was undetermined . \u2014 Stefanie Dazio, BostonGlobe.com , 17 May 2022",
"Orange County Fire Authority official Michael Contreras said two of the wounded were in good condition, two were in stable condition and the status of the fifth patient was undetermined . \u2014 Amy Taxin And Deepa Bharath, Chicago Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"Gilbert's cause of death is undetermined and was most likely an accident, police said. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 13 May 2022"
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"But the study said the bulk of the floodwaters would have come even had the watershed been undeveloped . \u2014 Steve Thompson, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"Three out of the five land parcels are largely undeveloped , and the future owner can build additional homes there\u2014or add even more rose gardens, if that\u2019s their thing. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 20 Aug. 2021",
"Buffalo National River's dispatch center was notified at 4:49 p.m. Saturday that a hiker had fallen in the undeveloped wilderness area. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 10 May 2022",
"Their next stop after Harborside Park was an undeveloped area near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Faivre Street. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The attractions takes about half the land, with the other half a bioreserve of undeveloped acres for coastal sagebrush and other indigenous plants and wildlife in the San Pasqual Valley near Escondido. \u2014 Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 May 2022",
"The 1967 law allowed the company to transform a sprawling area of undeveloped swampland into Florida\u2019s biggest private employer and a massive driver of tourism. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"Photos don\u2019t do justice to the epic sweep and majesty of Basin and Range National Monument, an undeveloped , natural space twice as large as the city of Los Angeles. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 9 May 2022",
"Welcome to the world\u2019s longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island. \u2014 Robin Soslow, Chron , 3 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Somerset Maugham"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Otherwise, the non-stop ka-ching-ing likely would create an undignified racket that would rise above the hushed crowds surrounding focused golfers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"Fisher's venomous rant instead took a decidedly undignified low road. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"My housing search pitched me headlong into a frenzied and undignified reality. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"In almost every case, a random drug screen is accomplished via urinalysis and is inherently invasive, embarrassing, and undignified . \u2014 Red Shannon, Outside Online , 26 May 2015",
"Sticky hands are thrown, leaves fly, and one frog tosses the other over his shoulder in an undignified manner. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 30 Apr. 2021",
"The patriarchy harms everyone and encourages undignified decision-making, but some women understand that and take advantage of it. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Ironically, many trusted advisers feel business development is too time consuming, expensive, or undignified . \u2014 Henry Devries, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"One group of workers recently delivered a petition with over 100 signatures to managers complaining of undignified treatment, low pay, and insufficient breaks and break room equipment. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2022"
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"The reassurance, which appeared undiluted by any pressure on Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow, was emphatic. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"McLaren reps told us suspension calibration was among the most focused and precise aspects of designing the car, ensuring undiluted performance in multiple environments. \u2014 Karl Brauer, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"But the story belongs to its young cast, and Lords' ramshackle comedy sweetly captures the rank anxiety, random humiliations, and undiluted hope of being young. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Genshu sake is undiluted and features the highest alcohol content through natural fermentation at over 18%. \u2014 Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Enlarge / Vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Rogan\u2019s self-defense was an example of gaslighting in its most undiluted form. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 31 Jan. 2022",
"In its undiluted form, the sari is a textile that assumes the form of a wearer, which means there are as many ways to drape it as there are communities in India. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The problem is that that feeling of raw, undiluted , maddening unfairness hasn\u2019t quite hit in a scene. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What that is is between him and his shrink, although maybe a desire to seem and feel undiminished is not as mysterious as all that. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 May 2022",
"Over a century later, the splendor remains undiminished . \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Mom\u2019s love and sacrifice remained undiminished by the horrors of our daily lives. \u2014 Nadja Halilbegovich, Time , 5 May 2022",
"While Russia's grand military ambitions may have failed, Vladimir Putin's ability to cause massive destruction and suffering remains undiminished and apparently unsatisfied. \u2014 NBC News , 24 Apr. 2022",
"The character in the bed was still Harriet, though, changed but undiminished . \u2014 Rachael Bedard, The New Yorker , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Pasolini, who was brutally murdered in 1975 at age 53, would surely be pleased to learn that his ability to provoke remains undiminished . \u2014 David Mermelstein, WSJ , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Yet the reality of it is still alive here, making the image feel like a potent gesture of protest, one that may be seen to have undiminished currency in the racial reckoning of the Black Lives Matter era. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Most speak longingly about their art and their undiminished passion. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban predicted the defeat and last weekend took an undiplomatic swipe at the EU\u2019s campaign to rein in his government. \u2014 Stephanie Bodoni, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Throughout the talks this week, Russian diplomats tweeted undiplomatic messages seeking to intimidate, or perhaps to rile up the folks at home. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"But There Are Reasons To Commiserate: While many defense export underdogs may cheer France\u2019s temporary setback, there good reason to indulge France\u2019s undiplomatic , board room-like response to this big business loss. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Quartz: In a nutshell, why are China\u2019s diplomats sometimes so undiplomatic ? \u2014 Tripti Lahiri, Quartz , 2 Sep. 2021",
"And soon, many in China\u2019s Foreign Ministry were aping Zhao\u2019s undiplomatic style of diplomacy. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2021",
"The hilarious \u2014 and realistic \u2014 scene in which Nella firmly but diplomatically confronts the white author\u2019s stereotypical depiction of a young Black woman is unforgettable, as is his undiplomatic reaction. \u2014 Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com , 15 June 2021",
"The Philippine government under the famously foul-mouthed Rodrigo Duterte has at times conducted its diplomacy with the most undiplomatic of language. \u2014 Jason Gutierrez, New York Times , 3 May 2021",
"But the undiplomatic exchanges that played out in front of cameras are a symbolic sign of the deep strain in U.S.-Chinese relations, even for the Biden administration and its calls to find areas of cooperation. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 18 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ricker\u2019s take is that trans issues should be addressed in the same manner as other concerns that, if left undiscussed , can lead to bullying, bigotry or misunderstanding. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant , 25 Apr. 2022",
"To your surprise, your friend has sent you an undiscussed Venmo request for $25. \u2014 Morgan Hines, USA TODAY , 1 Apr. 2022",
"In the film, which is being offered in theaters and on Showtime, a close but fragile family of four seems afflicted by undiscussed sorrows. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"These relationships are often complex, and Lucca and Luhrmann explore the idea that hearing voices isn\u2019t necessarily cause for alarm, but a part of our rich mental landscape that often goes undiscussed . \u2014 Harper\u2019s Magazine , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Covid, if nothing else, has been a great focuser of minds, and here parents organized to stop such significant, undiscussed revisions. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"In moving to dismiss the case, Kasowitz highlighted emails the firm sent to Walk in addition to letters that were sent to UMG raising the allegedly undiscussed legal theories. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Jan. 2022",
"One important yet undiscussed factor that may influence your response to caffeine is your genetics, which is a topic that will be covered in a follow-up article. \u2014 Patrick Wilson, Outside Online , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Left undiscussed was the network\u2019s heavy investment in the playoff and bowl season, not to mention the high-stakes industrial complex surrounding the NFL combine and draft. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 9 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But what about a tree that stands alone, totally undisturbed even by other trees, for thousands of years? \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 24 June 2022",
"Instead these strata reflect the peaceful deposition of sand and mud by rivers and lakes, seemingly undisturbed by life. \u2014 Chris Mays, Scientific American , 23 June 2022",
"Remove from the heat, add the unsweetened chocolate and let sit undisturbed until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2022",
"If undisturbed , this calcium carbonate mechanism is another route that the marine carbon cycle can end up feeding the geological carbon cycle. \u2014 Erik Kobayashi-solomon, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Deceased members of the Prairie Grass Band and other Lipan bands were buried in the cemetery, which remained there undisturbed through the 1960s. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Let the eggs sit undisturbed for a minute or two after pouring them into the pan. \u2014 Marygrace Taylor, SELF , 21 May 2022",
"For decades following the park's opening in 1929, the grove was relatively undisturbed , tucked off-trail in the park's remote interior. \u2014 Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022",
"In a dissenting opinion, Justices Lee Solomon and Anne Patterson wrote that the parole board's decision was supported by the evidence and should be left undisturbed . \u2014 David Porter, ajc , 10 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My dad refuses to start a program until everyone is able to give it their undivided attention, so that no one misses a thing. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 17 June 2022",
"Event of the day After Mayfield\u2019s Nick Biega sealed his spot in the final in the first heat of the 200, the next heat had the crowd\u2019s undivided attention. \u2014 cleveland , 3 June 2022",
"Buyers don\u2019t want to meet in person anymore and have robbed salespeople of one of their greatest advantages\u2014the ability to command buyers\u2019 undivided attention. \u2014 Mike Dickerson, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"It\u2019s a match made in heaven, and one that deserves your undivided attention. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 1 Apr. 2022",
"My grandma offered a kind of calm, undivided attention that my mom and dad \u2014 who both worked full time \u2014 often couldn\u2019t. \u2014 Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Implement a multitasking-free zone to make space for undivided attention and engagement. \u2014 Keahn Gary, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Mekas was not an artist who demanded the undivided attention of his audience. \u2014 Richard B. Woodward, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The album is a full universe of sound, and one that deserves your undivided attention. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022"
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"The library board in Smithtown, a Long Island town about 50 miles east of Manhattan, voted 4-2 Thursday at an emergency meeting to undo its Tuesday vote. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Making Clark attorney general would have empowered him to use the authority of the Justice Department to try to undo the election results. \u2014 Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, CBS News , 24 June 2022",
"The South African\u2019s 1-under 69 on Friday wasn\u2019t enough to undo a rocky first round, when a bogey on 10, a double bogey on 12, and two more bogeys on 13 and 15 just about sunk his tournament in the space of six holes. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"Some legal experts have surmised that Justice Alito was seeking to send a message that the court was not trying to completely undo the right to privacy grounded in both Roe and Griswold. \u2014 Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"But in recent years, the party of Reagan has been working double-time to undo the move. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Musk has tried to undo the settlement, saying he had been unfairly pressured into it, but a federal judge in Detroit ruled against him last month. \u2014 Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Bill Rosoman"
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"Under the new wage rules, guides on these trips would need to be paid overtime for their labor, which could make these longer trips undoable due to overhead costs. \u2014 Heather Hansman, Outside Online , 15 June 2022",
"To save those restaurants and give those homebound families some space, city planners did something that had been unthinkable, or at least undoable . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 30 Dec. 2021",
"To do justice to his achievements, to measure his contributions to fashion, to contain so many indelible memories of such a complex talent into a single narrative is an overwhelmingly undoable task. \u2014 Sarah Mower, Vogue , 25 Apr. 2021",
"Like most people his age, Blinken, as a pre-Internet kid, presumably has his fair share of non- undoable but hard-to-dig-up juvenilia. \u2014 Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker , 7 Dec. 2020",
"This finicky work\u2014sometimes transposing a hold by an inch, or rotating it by a few degrees, turning a move from undoable to easy\u2014lasted into the night and continued the next morning. \u2014 The Economist , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday argued that a Chernobyl-style cover-up is undoable now due to fast and multi-sourced information. \u2014 Fox News , 26 Aug. 2019",
"Peskov argued that a Chernobyl-style cover-up is undoable now due to fast and multi-sourced information. \u2014 Vladimir Isachenkov, chicagotribune.com , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Peskov argued that a Chernobyl-style cover-up is undoable now due to fast and multi-sourced information. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2019"
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"impossible",
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"1962, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Progressive socialist guerrillas, undogmatic and good-looking, too! \u2014 Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Anderson expresses a fan\u2019s zeal and a collector\u2019s greed for both canonical works and weird odds and ends, a love for old modernisms that is undogmatic and unsentimental. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Like a lot of artists, his spirituality is idiosyncratic and undogmatic . \u2014 Daniel Burke, CNN , 29 June 2019"
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"My quick temper was my undoing .",
"His quick temper helped lead to his undoing .",
"The incident resulted in her undoing .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But that ideological diversity was also its undoing . \u2014 Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"But that ideological diversity was also its undoing . \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"The Beavers\u2019 inability to drive in base runners, to record a hit in any key situation, ended up being their undoing . \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 13 June 2022",
"Refusing to look closely at uncomfortable aspects of history has hurt this nation and may be its undoing . \u2014 Richard H.c. Clay, The Courier-Journal , 27 Apr. 2022",
"And Boston has not experienced the spike in crime, either the violent crime that has surged in cities like New York and Philadelphia, or the quality-of-life and property crimes that appeared to be Boudin\u2019s undoing . \u2014 Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"But with the 1973 Roe v Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling likely heading for its undoing this summer, in dozens of states the re-criminalizing of that right may take us straight back to 1968 and before. \u2014 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Decades after Watergate, Mr. Sussman was sometimes called on to speak about Nixon\u2019s undoing and the ongoing role of a free press in a democracy. \u2014 Emily Langer, Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Let the motorcade travel up Pennsylvania Avenue, reversing the direction of the inaugural parade, to symbolically enact the undoing of our own power, the uselessness of political leadership in a culture bought and paid for by the gun lobby. \u2014 Philip Kennicott, Washington Post , 25 May 2022"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These undomesticated strains appear at harvest time, when farmers select their tamer, more pampered kin for replanting. \u2014 Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker , 19 Oct. 2021",
"In some locations this would have set up a scenario in which domestic escapees likely swapped genes with their undomesticated ancestors, potentially diluting or even, in a slightly Oedipal turn, eliminating truly wild cannabis. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 July 2021",
"Eisen, an avid birder, likens this database to a first draft of a field guide for Earth\u2019s undomesticated microbes. \u2014 Monique Brouillette, Wired , 18 Dec. 2020",
"The species was thought to be extinct in the wild until the early 20th century when a supposedly undomesticated population was found in western China. \u2014 Sarah Gibbens, Environment , 30 Nov. 2020",
"Wild like humans ate for 99% of their history: hunting and gathering undomesticated and uncultivated foods. \u2014 Rien Fertel, WSJ , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Scientists have since found undomesticated populations of the species across tropical Africa. \u2014 Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic , 20 Aug. 2020",
"As wild places across the world vanish, so, too, do undomesticated or uncultivated plant and animal species. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 8 June 2020",
"In a statement on Facebook, local government official said camels and other feral \u2013 which essentially means wild, undomesticated animals \u2013 are searching for water. \u2014 Jordan Culver, USA TODAY , 8 Jan. 2020"
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"There were still some tasks left undone .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her initiatives to make Baltimore a more peaceful place to live, specifically for mothers, had been left undone until last month. \u2014 Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
"The ties binding Russia\u2019s economy to the West, now coming undone , go back decades \u2014 sometimes more than a century. \u2014 Ivan Nechepurenko, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
"Measures to make Arizona school buildings safer often go undone . \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 11 June 2022",
"The ties binding Russia\u2019s economy to the West, now coming undone , go back decades \u2014 sometimes more than a century. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Michael McKenzie is Monsieur Bouc, who comes undone as the manager after his train becomes the scene of a crime. \u2014 Michelle F. Solomon, Sun Sentinel , 25 May 2022",
"One soldier stands straight, undone , an awful stillness staring helplessly out, directly at the viewer, to some unfocused middle distance. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Butler, for his part, wore a black suit with silk details that appeared a bit undone at the collar. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 2 May 2022",
"Police stuck a finger inside the open zipper, and the top button of the man\u2019s pants became undone . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Felo\u2019s influence on Latin Americans in the United States is undoubtable . \u2014 Freida Frisaro And Adrian Sainz, Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is undoubted power in hearing that Trump had finally gone too far even for his most loyal retainers. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Yet there is an undoubted mismatch between the aggression of the V12's design and the gentleness of its dynamic demeanor. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Doncic is an undoubted top-10 NBA player, and is the Mavericks\u2019 north star. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Its zeitgeist and culture disrupting themes and storylines have undoubted generational effects on our populous. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"These undoubted efficiencies echo the benefits of biopharma mergers that involve the acquisition of small R&D-specialist firms. \u2014 Alden Abbott, National Review , 21 Feb. 2022",
"While the liquid gas shipments have been an undoubted blessing for European homes, factories and power utilities, there are drawbacks. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In other words, coaches will have more opportunity to satisfy the undoubted demand for online learning across a whole range of disciplines. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"One of the undoubted highlights of the show will be the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc, the oldest existing depiction of the cosmos, which was discovered in present-day Germany and will be exhibited in the UK for the first time. \u2014 The Art Newspaper, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is undoubted power in hearing that Trump had finally gone too far even for his most loyal retainers. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"Yet there is an undoubted mismatch between the aggression of the V12's design and the gentleness of its dynamic demeanor. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 11 May 2022",
"Doncic is an undoubted top-10 NBA player, and is the Mavericks\u2019 north star. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Its zeitgeist and culture disrupting themes and storylines have undoubted generational effects on our populous. \u2014 Josh Wilson, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"These undoubted efficiencies echo the benefits of biopharma mergers that involve the acquisition of small R&D-specialist firms. \u2014 Alden Abbott, National Review , 21 Feb. 2022",
"While the liquid gas shipments have been an undoubted blessing for European homes, factories and power utilities, there are drawbacks. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"In other words, coaches will have more opportunity to satisfy the undoubted demand for online learning across a whole range of disciplines. \u2014 David Prosser, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022",
"One of the undoubted highlights of the show will be the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc, the oldest existing depiction of the cosmos, which was discovered in present-day Germany and will be exhibited in the UK for the first time. \u2014 The Art Newspaper, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Add the undrained , seasoned black beans and cumin and bring to a simmer. \u2014 Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Combine drained tomatoes and the undrained can in a bowl with salt and oil. \u2014 Carlo Mirarchi, Robb Report , 30 Nov. 2021",
"If the label said not to drain, the tuna was left undrained . \u2014 Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com , 19 Apr. 2018",
"The swamp remains undrained , the wall is unbuilt, there is no major infrastructure plan. \u2014 Megan Mcardle, Bloomberg.com , 3 Nov. 2017",
"Pour the undrained tomatoes, enchilada sauce, and tomato sauce into the pan with 1/4 cup of each cheese. \u2014 Gretchen Mckay, sacbee , 26 Sep. 2017",
"Depending on the wind, the air can be thick with the smell of undrained sewage. \u2014 Edward Wong, New York Times , 8 Nov. 2016"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bartlett is on shakier ground in the family scenes, with the Trump boys badly underwritten and the initial premise of Shakespearean internecine rivalry turning into an undramatic rout by Ivanka. \u2014 Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Old fashioned, undramatic , stable governance from a longtime liberal Democrat. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021",
"The political gains and limits of Black Power are encapsulated in the contrast between Rush\u2019s long, if undramatic , career, and the inspirational yet violent life of Huey Newton, leader of the party that flamed out less than a decade after its birth. \u2014 Michael Kazin, The New Republic , 30 July 2021",
"There is no patience for the undramatic , efficient, spiraling ascent of progress. \u2014 Thomas Chatterton Williams, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"Nentwig gives the impression of being a methodical and undramatic scholar, the type who never misses a deadline. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"Finn Little, who plays Connor, her young charge, is similarly intense but undramatic , his tears frequently making little rivulets down his muddy face. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 21 May 2021",
"The season ended in undramatic fashion on Sunday, and now all eyes turn to the NBA draft lottery. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 17 May 2021",
"Steveson's path to the finals was decidedly undramatic . \u2014 Rachel Blount, Star Tribune , 2 Apr. 2021"
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"robe"
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"Verb",
"She undressed and climbed into bed.",
"She undressed the children for bed.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The proposal harkens back to an era when female athletes occasionally had to undress for visual examination. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Farmer agreed to undress and lie under a sheet on a massage table. \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 10 Dec. 2021",
"But the combination of Adele\u2019s authenticity, her natural beauty, her unparalleled vocal talent and her willingness to undress her deepest emotions in song, coalesced for a special that felt exactly that \u2013 special. \u2014 Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY , 16 Nov. 2021",
"But the curtain that should be there to undress behind wasn\u2019t there. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2021",
"But just as she was set to leave, a new doctor walked in and told her to undress again. \u2014 New York Times , 5 July 2021",
"Authorities in Marlborough are asking for help identifying a man who attacked a 40-year-old woman and tried to undress her on the Assabet River Rail Trail in Monday morning, police said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2021",
"Saleem is accused of asking the woman to partly undress and assaulting her, the complaint said. \u2014 Chao Xiong, Star Tribune , 18 May 2021",
"Even as some providers worked to undress the victims to find hidden wounds, nurses looked for IV access and techs checked for vitals. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Temple\u2019s bedroom has been turned into an exhibition space, now occupied by works, from Olivia Erlanger and the late artists Nicola L. and Heidi Bucher, suggesting dress and undress and the home as a carapace for such activities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Feb. 2022",
"The nuns take lots of baths, masturbate to organ music, and thrust to harpsichords \u2014 this is a movie in a state of perpetual undress and fairly shallow for it. \u2014 Elle Carroll, Vulture , 6 Dec. 2021",
"But now, as the virgin goddess and her nymphs stop to bathe in the stream, Callisto is reluctant to undress . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021",
"But while people are jumping into the pool in various states of undress , the first strategy conversation is already happening on the side of the deck with Derrick and Jodi, who are absolutely on my short list of people who could make the final. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"The woman said Henley had her review hundreds of boudoir photographs showing young women in the nude and various states of undress in preparation for an upcoming boudoir photoshoot with a different model, according to court documents. \u2014 oregonlive , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Lensed by photographer Guy Aroch, the unretouched True Botanicals campaign finds Wilde proudly owning her sensuality in various states of undress . \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The leak of Gruden's emails also revealed that Allen had sent Gruden pictures of cheerleaders in various stages of undress . \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021",
"Baker, who also wrote the screenplay, appears in various stages of undress throughout the movie. \u2014 Marc Malkin, Variety , 22 Sep. 2021"
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"1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8dres",
"\u0259n-\u02c8dres"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014244",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"dressed",
"processed",
"refined",
"treated"
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"an undressed wound",
"undressed fields"
],
": not dressed: such as":[],
": not fully processed or finished":[
"undressed hides"
],
": partially, improperly, or informally clothed":[]
},
"examples":[
"I was undressed when the fire alarm went off.",
"an undressed patient waiting to be examined by the doctor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"After finding the car, detectives returned to Cole\u2019s house to do another search and found the body of an undressed White woman in the septic tank, the affidavit says. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"And Jon Ketzner sounded almost elegant with needlessly crude/ creedlessly nude, referring to a gratuitous comic and an undressed atheist. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In the entry to the loft-like main living area, an enormous fashion photo book on a tall stand is open to a shot by Annie Leibovitz of an undressed Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley with Tom Ford. \u2014 Nancy Keates, WSJ , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The belly is often out or the dresses feel undressed , in a reaction to the lockdown\u2019s comfy mood. \u2014 Vogue , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The documents state that both women were partially undressed when they were found. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Rachel\u2019s not fully undressed and there\u2019s no post-coital cuddle, but no judgment here, the breakfast buffet probably ends at 10. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 25 July 2021",
"Things can get so bad there that in 2018 the local authorities had to start a campaign begging them not to get undressed or defecate in public. \u2014 Julia Buckley, CNN , 17 July 2021",
"Police officers handcuffed Young and made her stand undressed for several minutes in her home. \u2014 Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com , 16 June 2021"
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"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8drest"
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"crude",
"native",
"natural",
"raw",
"rude",
"unprocessed",
"unrefined",
"untreated"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204404",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"undue":{
"antonyms":[
"middling",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable",
"temperate"
],
"definitions":{
": exceeding or violating propriety or fitness : excessive":[
"undue force"
],
": not due : not yet payable":[]
},
"examples":[
"These requirements shouldn't cause you any undue hardship.",
"His writing is elegant without calling undue attention to itself.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Also, because of their size and influence, corporate investors can have undue influence on a startup\u2019s board of directors, Ms. Johnson said. \u2014 Angus Loten, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"The map, for example, lists donations that cultural institutions have received from Jewish family foundations and collaborations between universities and Jewish nonprofits and suggests that the Jewish groups exert undue influence. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Add in the Electoral College and the system can sometimes seem chaotic or even susceptible to undue influence, as Americans learned in 2020. \u2014 Frances Vinall, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Lee said that could cause undue alarm among consumers. \u2014 Destiny Johnson | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 10 June 2022",
"Another is that their AI is probably going to end up violating laws involving societally sensitive areas such as exhibiting undue biases and acting in discriminatory ways. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"But the undue optimism from the White House about what is possible with a 50-50 Senate has made a difficult political terrain even more treacherous to navigate. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"During the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014, American experts had to quell waves of undue paranoia, which likely contributed to the initial downplaying of the coronavirus. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"Isolating their corporate research and development activities from undue scrutiny. \u2014 Barbara Hunt, Forbes , 19 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"-\u02c8dy\u00fc",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc, -\u02c8dy\u00fc"
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"baroque",
"devilish",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"fancy",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"insane",
"intolerable",
"lavish",
"overdue",
"overextravagant",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"plethoric",
"steep",
"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"unmerciful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164635",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": of or relating to undulation : moving in or resembling waves : undulating":[]
},
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"1728, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-dy\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u0259n-j\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": wave theory":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1828, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-j\u0259-l\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113-, \u02c8\u0259n-d(y)\u0259-l\u0259-, -\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101339",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not made less clear, bright, sharp, or severe : not dulled":[
"an undulled color",
"a memory undulled by the passage of time"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1775, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u0259ld"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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": undulating , undulatory":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"undul ate + -ous":""
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"\u02c8\u0259nj\u0259l\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u0259nd(y)\u0259l-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100657",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"unduly":{
"antonyms":[
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently"
],
"definitions":{
": in an undue manner : excessively":[
"an unduly harsh punishment",
"unduly sensitive"
]
},
"examples":[
"taxes that unduly burden homeowners",
"The punishment was unduly harsh.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hickey doesn\u2019t seem unduly disturbed by the lack of awards attention. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 30 June 2022",
"Summoning the possibility, as Subramanian does, of a tangible solution to the climate crisis\u2014one that springs forth from the same humans who created it\u2014is perhaps unduly optimistic. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Judge Kelly rejected several arguments made by the RNC, including that the subpoena violated its First Amendment rights by compelling the disclosure of confidential internal strategies, and that the panel\u2019s demands were unduly burdensome. \u2014 Alexa Corse, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"When Adi stopped texting shortly afterward, Janik wasn\u2019t unduly worried. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 1 June 2022",
"The notion that neither Charlie nor Will, who\u2019s biracial Asian, would be unduly troubled by the classist, racist meanness of their housemates becomes hard to swallow. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"There are many potential crimes that terrorists commit in the preparation and execution phases of their operations, so the standard does not unduly restrain competent investigators from opening cases and monitoring suspects. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 19 May 2022",
"Going that extra mile of pushing out the other homesteaders would seem unduly overbearing. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Soprano Rachel Nicholls\u2019 subsequent letter to the editor criticized Broad\u2019s cri de coeur for unduly burdening women, who, unlike men, lack the luxury of a default option. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 12 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc-l\u0113, -\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"devilishly",
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050933",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"undunged":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not dunged : not manured":[
"undunged and untilled land",
"\u2014 Fred Bradbury"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + dunged , past participle of dung":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080616",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"unduplicated":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not duplicated":[
"an often-imitated but unduplicated design",
"\u2026 these collections in major part are unduplicated anywhere else and totally irreplaceable.",
"\u2014 S. Dillion Ripley"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 20 Mar. 2022",
"To help more than 21,000 unduplicated households with supplemental food and clothing, community resource referrals, one-on-one assistance to access SNAP and AHCCCS. \u2014 Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Nielsen has lost industry accreditation for its national TV ratings service, and is working on a new measurement methodology that would tabulate unduplicated cross-stream viewership, but it will not be rolled out in full for several months. \u2014 Brian Steinberg, Variety , 14 Mar. 2022",
"All told, the eight Wolf shows combined to reach an unduplicated audience of 36.2 million viewers in week one of the fall 2021 TV season. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 5 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"also -\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc-pli-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074404",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not durable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182153",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"unduteous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115106",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"-\u02c8dy\u00fc-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u00fc-ti-f\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183723",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a will that does not make the minimum provision required by law for some heir of the testator who may then claim a legitimate share unless the testator had a lawful reason for disinheriting that person : an inofficious will subject to being declared entirely void":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133015",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"undyed":{
"antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"definitions":{
": not dyed":[
"undyed wool"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There were tea dresses and undyed denim trousers and wrap mini dresses. \u2014 Leanne Italie, ajc , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Its appropriately named Tennis Blazer is made from undyed and untreated Italian linen, and cut more like outerwear with an oversized fit, an unvented back and side adjusters. \u2014 Robb Report , 5 Aug. 2021",
"At its peak, Ms. Meadow\u2019s business, Infusion was daily selling hundreds of masks, which run from $15 to $25 and are made with at least three layers of fabric and lined with undyed , organic cotton. \u2014 Elizabeth Garone, WSJ , 2 June 2021",
"The undyed wool rug by Loloi is neutral, as are the alpaca pillows in the crib (which come out at bedtime), so as not to compete with the wallpaper. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2021",
"The yurts huddle together on the tip of Lilia\u2019s triangular lot, covered in undyed fabric and connected by wooden walkways. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Among the many fabrics Sunnei developed with its textile makers was an undyed canvas sprayed with an innovative denim-like finish. \u2014 Laura Rysman, New York Times , 29 Sep. 2020",
"Color choices range from undyed and Alpine white to pale gray heather with an Aegean stripe. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Sep. 2020",
"Here are the steps: \u2022 During the growing season, bury a pair of 100 percent, undyed cotton underwear under 4 to 6 inches of soil. \u2014 oregonlive.com , 5 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u012bd"
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"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195241",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not dying : immortal , perpetual":[]
},
"examples":[
"He swore his undying devotion to her.",
"his undying devotion to his terminally ill wife is truly inspiring",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Loyalty is no thicker than a dollar bill to DJ, who not long ago declared his undying allegiance to the PGA Tour. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
"Their work subsequently cemented the holiday in the minds of all Americans and solidified the flag as an undying symbol of liberty and freedom for African Americans. \u2014 Diego Wyatt, Good Housekeeping , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Jhene Aiko and her daughter Namiko Love do precisely as the song title suggests and sing to each other about their unbreakable bond and undying love. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Your mother will get a complete fix of emotional ballads about a child's undying love for their mother on this playlist and songs that empathize with the unseen battles mothers have to conquer to give their children a better life simply. \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 12 Apr. 2022",
"As someone who grew up backpacking and has an undying passion for plants, Claire Jarvis took to the Florida Trail like a duck takes to water. \u2014 Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas pays homage to the undying spark of Americans with catchy lyrics about our beloved fireworks traditions. \u2014 Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Samhan, who lit up the 2010 tourney media sessions by proclaiming his undying love to Taylor Swift, has been giving pep talks to the Gaels. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 16 Mar. 2022",
"This very optimism, unwavering discipline, and undying love for people in Kent is what fueled the birth of Texas Roadhouse and led to its expansion with over 600 locations spanning across the United States and 10 foreign countries. \u2014 Mahnoor Khan, Fortune , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8d\u012b-i\u014b"
],
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"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085130",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not active, energetic, or forceful : not dynamic":[
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"a relatively undynamic economy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-d\u012b-\u02c8na-mik"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"uneager":{
"antonyms":[
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"hearty",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"wholehearted"
],
"definitions":{
": feeling or showing a lack of eagerness : reluctant or unwilling : not eager":[
"an apprehensive, uneager expression",
"\u2026 contractors were rumored to be uneager to make large R&D efforts \u2026",
"\u2014 William Sweet"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The reports returned a definite conclusion: Parents weren\u2019t interested at all, uneager to let their kids loose in a digital arena as expansive as Facebook. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The Great Lakes delegation is uneager to put up with the drama of managing an aging and unreliable Great Lakes icebreaker fleet again. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 12 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8\u0113-g\u0259r"
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"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"unenthusiastic"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184442",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unearth":{
"antonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"inhume",
"inter",
"tomb"
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"unearth treasure",
"unearth an old photo album"
],
": to make known or public : bring to light":[
"unearth a scandal"
]
},
"examples":[
"An old document was unearthed from the files.",
"They unearthed evidence that he had accepted bribes.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gilbert loves his work, and using his undeniable charm and natural warmth to unearth the truth of a story by gaining people\u2019s trust \u2014 and then weaving their memories, recollections and theories into an engaging narrative. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Tom has to encroach on a family rival\u2019s estate to uncover clues to find his father before also venturing into a mine with Zenzi to unearth a capsule piece. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Spyscape, however, doesn\u2019t comb the internet to unearth your personal details or social-media posts. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"If your summer wardrobe is in need of staple pieces, leave it to Amazon shoppers to unearth a blouse that's versatile, comfortable, and flattering. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022",
"Teams shouldn\u2019t need a first- or second-round pick in the draft to unearth an NFL star. \u2014 Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Dipping into the archives to unearth a rainbow gown from Atelier Versace, Lively brought back the spring 2019 collection, one of Donatella's most festive in recent memory. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 1 Mar. 2022",
"They were undone by injuries and absences, by a mishmash roster that could not unearth a coherent brand of basketball, and, finally, by a superior opponent that put its suffocating clamps on two of the planet\u2019s best players. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"While there, the priests unearth shocking secrets of the town\u2019s history. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"Gilbert loves his work, and using his undeniable charm and natural warmth to unearth the truth of a story by gaining people\u2019s trust \u2014 and then weaving their memories, recollections and theories into an engaging narrative. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
"Tom has to encroach on a family rival\u2019s estate to uncover clues to find his father before also venturing into a mine with Zenzi to unearth a capsule piece. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"Spyscape, however, doesn\u2019t comb the internet to unearth your personal details or social-media posts. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"If your summer wardrobe is in need of staple pieces, leave it to Amazon shoppers to unearth a blouse that's versatile, comfortable, and flattering. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 8 May 2022",
"Teams shouldn\u2019t need a first- or second-round pick in the draft to unearth an NFL star. \u2014 Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Dipping into the archives to unearth a rainbow gown from Atelier Versace, Lively brought back the spring 2019 collection, one of Donatella's most festive in recent memory. \u2014 Janelle Okwodu, Vogue , 1 Mar. 2022",
"They were undone by injuries and absences, by a mishmash roster that could not unearth a coherent brand of basketball, and, finally, by a superior opponent that put its suffocating clamps on two of the planet\u2019s best players. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
"While there, the priests unearth shocking secrets of the town\u2019s history. \u2014 Manori Ravindran, Variety , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To see the blossoms amid the mist was to glimpse a rare, almost unearthly moment, beyond what might rightfully be expected of any morning, day or season. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Once deposited on either body, a vehicle would have to contend with unearthly extremes in temperature. \u2014 Maddie Bender, Scientific American , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Its unearthly qualities are represented in part by the spaceman of Miranda\u2019s comic. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 13 Jan. 2022",
"After dusk, the neon signs blazing above the live-music venues overpower the streetlights, painting an unearthly glow on the mostly white tourists and local revelers who line up in their leather boots to hear the city's next big thing. \u2014 Travis Levius, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to an unearthly figure with blood dripping down its fangs. \u2014 Baland Jalal, Scientific American , 15 July 2020",
"But instead of being terrorized by these flashing images of young women in iron restraints being brought to makeshift pyres, Veronica draws some unearthly strength from them. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 15 Aug. 2021",
"The Outpost Talon and Luna (Jessica Green, Maeve Courtier-Lilley) try to save Zed (Reece Ritchie) from unearthly powers in this new episode. \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"Fitted with an intricate basket-weave pattern in a sheenless flat black, the pieces set a Shaker dinner table in the Brick Dwelling with unearthly stillness. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 25 June 2021"
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"A feeling of unease came over her.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of the former employees say that contributing to a growing sense of unease among their colleagues has been the departure of a host of senior level Meta executives and a reshuffling of the inner circle that is closest to Zuckerberg. \u2014 Jonathan Vanian, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"While most critics obviously liked the movie, the politics of the film created a sense of unease for more than one. \u2014 Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"To assess candidates, Mitchell and her colleagues start by handling and hugging the animals, touching their feet and paws while looking for signs of unease . \u2014 Malia Wollan, New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"The shooting is the latest in a string of high profile attacks this year on the nation's largest transit system, sparking a sense of unease among its riders. \u2014 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"The shooting came after a growing sense of unease among city officials, residents and community leaders, who have watched such downtown gatherings grow from routine to dangerous. \u2014 Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Adding to the sense of unease in China has been a social-media crackdown on several outspoken members of the business community. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"And yet, there was a perplexing similarity in the current of unease that gripped the world as all three of these events unfolded this past week. \u2014 Frida Ghitis, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The White House later said the administration\u2019s stance had not changed, but the statements tapped into a sense of growing unease among Taiwanese and the international community. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022"
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"Rain made the crew uneasy .",
"He has an uneasy relationship with his father.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The unusually large rate increase came after data released Friday showed that inflation rose last month to a four-decade high of 8.6% -- a surprise jump that made financial markets uneasy about how the Fed would respond. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"Covid-19 has also made many people uneasy about bills and coins, even though science shows the risk of contracting the virus through cash is low. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Don Bolles' connection to the park Phoenix Greyhound Park and The Republic had an uneasy relationship. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The Biden administration canceled plans to auction drilling rights in three regions off the U.S. coastline later this year, adding more friction to an uneasy relationship with the oil industry. \u2014 WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Broussard made clear that he isn't invested in closely checking the latest leak's authenticity and pointed to an uneasy relationship with the game this many years later. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
"Lithuania \u2014 which, like the other Baltic states, has an uneasy relationship with Russia \u2014 has asked its prosecutors to investigate Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for the crime of aggression. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"While Transnistria seeks independence from Moldova, the two have established a functional if uneasy relationship. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Now, Americans will have the same uneasy relationship with regulators in Beijing. \u2014 Nicol\u00e1s Rivero, Quartz , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Master has a stew of storylines that don\u2019t always perfectly blend together, but I was impressed by how effective and uneasy -making its mood remained all the way to the end. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
"As prosecutors moved to drop charges against Mr. Watts, the man who had made Ms. Francisco uneasy returned to her shop on Jan. 4. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2021"
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"He has an uneasy relationship with his father.",
"We spent an uneasy night waiting for news.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Americans feel uneasy about public safety and inflation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Help kids understand that some behaviors might make the object of their affections feel uneasy , Bowker suggested. \u2014 Elissa Strauss, CNN , 26 Mar. 2022",
"You might be burnt out by online classes or feel uneasy about the return to in-person sessions. \u2014 Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The unusually large rate increase came after data released Friday showed that inflation rose last month to a four-decade high of 8.6% -- a surprise jump that made financial markets uneasy about how the Fed would respond. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 June 2022",
"Covid-19 has also made many people uneasy about bills and coins, even though science shows the risk of contracting the virus through cash is low. \u2014 Tiffany Ap, Quartz , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Don Bolles' connection to the park Phoenix Greyhound Park and The Republic had an uneasy relationship. \u2014 Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic , 1 June 2022",
"The Biden administration canceled plans to auction drilling rights in three regions off the U.S. coastline later this year, adding more friction to an uneasy relationship with the oil industry. \u2014 WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Broussard made clear that he isn't invested in closely checking the latest leak's authenticity and pointed to an uneasy relationship with the game this many years later. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 9 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Master has a stew of storylines that don\u2019t always perfectly blend together, but I was impressed by how effective and uneasy -making its mood remained all the way to the end. \u2014 Taylor Antrim, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2022",
"As prosecutors moved to drop charges against Mr. Watts, the man who had made Ms. Francisco uneasy returned to her shop on Jan. 4. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Feb. 2021"
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"\u2014 Graham Greene"
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cc\u0113-k\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-ji-k\u0259l",
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some critics, notably the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Bureau, see grey water recycling as environmentally risky, damaging to public wastewater recycling efforts and uneconomic . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 May 2022",
"The global depression, coupled with the expense of drawing dwindling copper from the mountains, rendered the operation uneconomic . \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Politicians peddle apocalypse and demand that Americans accept skyrocketing gasoline and home heating costs, rolling blackouts and brownouts, endless subsidies for uneconomic vehicles and power generation, and on and on. \u2014 Andrew I. Fillat And Henry I. Miller, WSJ , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Further, the possibility that oil prices would fall with falling demand will mean that the more expensive supply, such as U.S. shale oil, will become uneconomic . \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Investors should expect write-downs, both of capital invested in newly uneconomic petroleum projects and speculative clean-energy projects that don\u2019t pan out. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 27 May 2021",
"The advent of the shale revolution, which converted large resources from uneconomic to economic and moved them to the proved reserves category is clear in recent years; data, but even before that, revisions have nearly always been net positive. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
"There is even a risk that some gas reserves become uneconomic to produce, particularly in the U.S., Russia and the Middle East. \u2014 Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Vistra\u2019s Illinois and Ohio plants were uneconomic due to low gas prices, costly environmental rules and regional nuclear and coal subsidies that benefited the company\u2019s competitors, Cohn told Bloomberg. \u2014 Paul O'donnell, Dallas News , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cce-k\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-mik",
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"adjective"
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"the unedified heathen",
"\u2014 Charles Lamb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163302",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u2026 had imagined a possibility of framing an interesting, and perhaps not an unedifying , tale out of the incidents of the life of a doomed individual \u2026",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott",
"It is possible to write an edifying biography about an unedifying life.",
"\u2014 Barbara Grizzuti Harrison"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial was, from gavel to gavel, a singularly baffling, unedifying and sad spectacle. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"As the President\u2019s apologists and attorneys go about their unedifying task of defending the indefensible, Meese may serve as their role model. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 10 Oct. 2019"
],
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8e-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b-i\u014b"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003633",
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"adverb"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bradley and Martinez claimed in their filings that prosecutors should have obtained or at least been aware of the existence of a second clip in 2020, when their were notified that the videographers had two hours of unedited footage. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 3 June 2022",
"Don't just state facts; show visible, unedited results. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Their answers are in their own words and are unedited . \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"Trump depended on Twitter to communicate directly to the public in an informal and unedited way. \u2014 Julian Zelizer, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Police Chief Eric Winstrom said the footage is unedited but includes portions that are blurred to maintain the officer's privacy. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Calls to release unedited dashcam video of the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Michigan intensified over the weekend, with law enforcement officials promising to release the video by Friday. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Hall family attorney Devon Jacob subpoenaed unedited video of the encounter from the state police. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Jennifer Henderson, CNN , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Well then, what happens to the adjunct professor who keeps checking out the unedited version of Breakfast at Tiffany's but never publishes anything about it? \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 13 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1829, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8e-d\u0259-t\u0259d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065556",
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"adjective"
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"I am uneducable when it comes to champagne.",
"\u2014 Andrew A. Rooney"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A century ago, when the democratic United States adopted universal high school education, aristocratic Europeans mocked the move for wasting resources on uneducable masses. \u2014 Daniel Markovits, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
"As late as 1970, only a fifth of children with disabilities received public schooling; schools often simply excluded children with developmental disabilities as uneducable . \u2014 Alexia Fern\u00e1ndez Campbell, Vox , 3 May 2018",
"Twenty years on, one lesson of Sokal\u2019s hoax is that many educators are uneducable . \u2014 George F. Will, The Mercury News , 11 Jan. 2017"
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"1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"educated",
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"lettered",
"literate",
"schooled",
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"well-read"
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"\u2014 Abraham Lincoln",
"an uneducated attitude"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Just want to leave this here for the ignorant and arrogant people who have chosen to remain uneducated about what this means for we women who bare this burden. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 27 June 2022",
"These parents are not uneducated , Froehlke told me. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Based on real-life events and people, Tracy Chevalier's novel takes place in 19th century England and tells the story of uneducated Mary Anning who uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton, which rattles the scientific community. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 13 May 2022",
"The actual results, according to Metzl, were an increase in White deaths because of poor health care, suicide by gun and despair over being uneducated and unemployable. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"People uneducated in antiques often share the same misguided ideas about how much old things are worth. \u2014 Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Ukrainian was long scorned as the language of uneducated villagers while Russian was seen as the language of the urban elite. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"His unelectable Republican opponent is Curtis Sliwa, a street mercenary and former mob kidnap victim who lives with either 16 or 17 cats. \u2014 Choire Sicha, Curbed , 21 Sep. 2021",
"Whatever the new thinking \u2014 bold, strong, even unelectable \u2014 humility may be needed as well. \u2014 Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times , 11 July 2021",
"In a similar way, donors and consultants warned, Democrats were on the verge of nominating an unelectable socialist. \u2014 Christopher Caldwell, The New Republic , 23 Nov. 2020",
"Republicans in other states were either selecting or snuffing out unelectable candidates. \u2014 Brian Reisinger, National Review , 17 Aug. 2020",
"And Trump\u2019s election, after the most openly misogynistic campaign in modern history, convinced most Democratic Party regulars that American women were unelectable to the highest office in the land for at least another cycle. \u2014 Nina Burleigh, The New Republic , 13 Apr. 2020",
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"The program will help poor people get electricity connections at no cost, Modi said, adding that his government is making efforts to provide power to about 3,000 unelectrified villages. \u2014 Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg.com , 25 Sep. 2017",
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"There\u2019s a lush, buxom, unembarrassed history of men believing that the failures of their own lives are the fault of women \u2014 a fate handed down from on high, for many people, by the story of our creation. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"Western countries don\u2019t have this type of leadership anymore: unembarrassed , defiant belief in a cause. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Western countries don\u2019t have this type of leadership anymore: unembarrassed , defiant belief in a cause. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"Pearls as business casual might be a stretch, but unembellished statement collars could work for the average workplace. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"Legacy and mainstream automakers, desperate to steal sales from Tesla, are mimicking the giant tablet-like screens and unembellished interiors found in every Tesla vehicle. \u2014 Morgan Korn, ABC News , 11 Apr. 2021",
"Long lines and unembellished metals make these easy to pair together. \u2014 Daisy Shaw-ellis, Vogue , 31 Oct. 2020",
"CharlieBo313\u2019s videos are empty and unembellished , devoid of character and style. \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2020",
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"But in a quick about-face, cross-examination found Vasquez grilling an unemotional Heard about why Depp hadn\u2019t made eye contact with her at all during the trial. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
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"This kind of nocturnal problem solving, Cartwright\u2019s research showed, was a positive sign; people who remained depressed tended to be passive and unemotional in their dreams. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021",
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"Ruby's unemotional about her mother's death, telling the team that her brother Ben killed himself the day their mother was arrested for embezzling millions from her clients. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"The former is quietly involving: unhurried, unemphatic , observant. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The beat is steady and usually unemphatic ; the song circles through three chords again and again. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 6 July 2018",
"This 1991 feature, the second by Mexican filmmaker Maria Novaro, is leisurely paced and unemphatic but firmly conceived and executed, with a lot of feeling for female solidarity. \u2014 Patrick Friel, Chicago Reader , 17 Apr. 2018",
"This line, delivered in his usual uninflected, unemphatic tone, is chilling, something that the villain in a Hitchcock thriller, one of those immaculately amoral gentleman-monsters, might have said. \u2014 Lili Anolik, Vanities , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"Their mother, siblings and relatives were shunned and became unemployable . \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Depp has denied ever striking Heard and testified that the abuse allegations, named or unnamed, are fabrications that have destroyed his life and reputation, and left him unemployable . \u2014 Sean Piccoli, Rolling Stone , 18 May 2022",
"Their concern is that this will increase income inequality and create a mass of virtually unemployable people. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
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"The actual results, according to Metzl, were an increase in White deaths because of poor health care, suicide by gun and despair over being uneducated and unemployable . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Among the large swathes of college graduates, most are deemed unemployable (pdf). \u2014 Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"That may take some time to materialize\u2014a separate report Wednesday showed U.S. job openings fell in April from a record in the prior month, though remained elevated at roughly double the number of unemployed Americans. \u2014 Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"The bounce back comes as U.S. employers continue to complain of widespread labor shortages, with twice as many available positions as there are unemployed Americans, according to the Labor Department. \u2014 Abha Bhattarai, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
"The bounce back comes as U.S. employers continue to complain of widespread labor shortages, with twice as many available positions as there are unemployed Americans, according to the Labor Department. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Two dozen states cut off expanded unemployment benefits last summer, saying the extra money from the federal government was deterring unemployed Americans from seeking work. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The number of unemployed Americans looking for work has plummeted to pre-pandemic levels, according to the U.S. Bureau Of Labor Statistics. \u2014 CBS News , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The report showed that the number of unemployed Americans sank in November to 6.9 million, compared with the pre-pandemic number of 5.7 million. \u2014 Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 4 Dec. 2021",
"The labor market had its worst month this year in September when there were 7.7 million unemployed Americans. \u2014 Lisa Kim, Forbes , 28 Oct. 2021",
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"Alev\u2019s experience may seem at odds with headlines from the spring boasting a hot labor market, with plenty of job openings and a low unemployment rate. \u2014 Annie Probert, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
"The collapse of the dot com bubble was accompanied by one of the mildest recessions on record \u2013 with real GDP falling by less than 1% from March 2001 to November 2001 while the unemployment rate rose from 4% to 6%. \u2014 Nick Sargen, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
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"According to projections taken at the Fed's latest meeting earlier this month, members of the central bank are predicting that the unemployment rate will end this year at 3.7%, rise to 3.9% next year and hit 4.1% in 2024. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 3 July 2022",
"In 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found the unemployment rate for disabled people was 10.1% \u2013 which is about twice as high as the rate for those without a disability. \u2014 Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News , 1 July 2022",
"The national unemployment rate is 3.6 percent, with several states hitting all-time lows. \u2014 Elliot Haspel, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"What\u2019s curious about that idea is that economic statistics make clear that corporate profits have played a much larger role in fueling inflation than wage increases or the currently low unemployment rate. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
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"When unencumbered by menial administrative tasks, financial advisors can meet compliance requirements with less effort. \u2014 John Almeida, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Saylor and Microstrategy have previously detailed their holdings of 129,218 bitcoins, with roughly 95,000 of that amount unencumbered . \u2014 Shaurya Malwa, Fortune , 14 June 2022",
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"Musk's vision for the social media site appears to be one largely unencumbered by moderation. \u2014 Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The Nickel Plate tunnel at 116th Street in Fishers is now open, a vital link that will provide joggers, walkers and bicyclists a mostly unencumbered 4-mile trip along the trail. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 11 May 2022",
"Driving the Beartooth Highway, accessible from the park's northeast entrance, offers 68 miles of unencumbered wilderness views, including rugged peaks and dramatic valleys, plus wildlife from mountain goats to bald eagles. \u2014 Ali Wunderman, Star Tribune , 21 May 2021"
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"The attack was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the United States. \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News , 25 May 2022",
"The tragedy was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the U.S. \u2014 Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com , 25 May 2022",
"The bloodshed was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the U.S. \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"The attack was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the United States. \u2014 Jim Vertuno, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"The bloodshed was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the United States. \u2014 Acacia Coronado And Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"So thorough was Thursday\u2019s shellacking that the second half lent itself to an unending string of celebratory smiles as the lead stretched to 29 in the final minutes. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Johnson\u2019s political life once appeared to be a sweeping epic, an unending rise to power that would ultimately reshape Britain and secure his place as one of the country\u2019s most important postwar leaders. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 6 June 2022",
"There's a seemingly unending roll of Bird shooting, passing and defensive highlights. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Her characters might suffer from a great many maladies but none more soul-draining than aesthetic poverty, none more unendurable than grayscale lives. \u2014 Amy Brady, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The examples used are plucked out of sequence from a lifetime of pitting his body against the seemingly unendurable . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"And in keeping with the life-or-death importance given to most things in a 13-year-old\u2019s world, the thought of having to miss the 4*Town concert for these dreamy-eyed superfans is unendurable . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Somehow the unpredictable excitement, and sometimes almost unendurable boredom, of the Velvet Underground eludes Haynes\u2014but perhaps that should not surprise us. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Sometimes \u2014 as in Wafa\u2019s case \u2014 waiting feels unendurable , and migrants buck against the helpless hours, months, and years. \u2014 Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads , 29 May 2021",
"The book sounds, in summary, terrible: pretentious, self-serious, unendurable . \u2014 Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"Sometimes \u2014 as in Wafa\u2019s case \u2014 waiting feels unendurable , and migrants buck against the helpless hours, months, and years. \u2014 Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads , 29 May 2021",
"Sometimes \u2014 as in Wafa\u2019s case \u2014 waiting feels unendurable , and migrants buck against the helpless hours, months, and years. \u2014 Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads , 29 May 2021"
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"In the bleak moral universe of the show, the powerless are ground up into a paste by grifters sporting the patina of legitimacy that only bottomless cash, connections, and unenlightened self-interest can provide. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The opening chapter follows the aforementioned vicar through the damp, unenlightened village of Rohatyn, showing his progress through the Jewish ghetto and into the warrenlike house of a local rabbi. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Taboos against periods are likewise considered to be the exclusive purview of supposedly unenlightened countries such as Ethiopia or rural India \u2014 places with menstruation huts and backward superstitions about women. \u2014 Jeva Lange, The Week , 2 Sep. 2021",
"The movies of the American actor Adolphe Menjou, meanwhile, taught her to believe that French men largely existed to treat women terribly or to outsmart unenlightened Americans. \u2014 Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Instagram does not necessarily have people picking out posts and banning them, but their algorithms are trained on datasets many suspect to be biased and unenlightened . \u2014 Annie Brown, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"What is the unenlightened position that the Mayor Frank Jackson administration has taken on the county\u2019s new diversion center for the mentally ill or drug-addicted, and how would the two candidates seeking to replace Jackson deal with the position? \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Back in more unenlightened times, husbands returning from a long-haul flight would bring their wives the latest boutique item. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 28 Aug. 2021",
"Much of the American public viewed this hesitancy as a relic of a bygone, unenlightened age. \u2014 Jordan E. Taylor, Time , 5 Apr. 2021"
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"Democrats and Republicans snarled at one another, and at the witnesses, including John Dean, the Watergate figure, in a predictably sour and unenlightening spectacle. \u2014 Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker , 14 June 2019",
"On one level, the explanation for brain avalanches is fairly simple and very unenlightening . \u2014 Chris Lee, Ars Technica , 16 Jan. 2018"
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"Those who did vote were seemingly unenthusiastic about by Macron's new government and the fact that a leader long derided for an aloof and distant approach to politics was again accused of going missing at a key moment. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 20 June 2022",
"The pair of films in that incarnation of the Fantastic Four performed so-so at the box office, but critics and most fans were unenthusiastic . \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Of course, a vote cast by an enthusiastic voter is worth the same as a vote cast by an unenthusiastic voter. \u2014 Harry Enten, CNN , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Respondents gave similarly unenthusiastic marks to Vice President Kamala Harris. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"The series follows a group of Hollywood hopefuls waiting for their big break while working as very unenthusiastic caterers. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 6 Feb. 2022",
"But the senator looked rather unenthusiastic about his spot in the Capitol gallery, slouching in his spot with his legs crossed and his mask on while sporting colorful mittens. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 1 Jan. 2022",
"After that experience, Mr. Song is unenthusiastic about power plants in general. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Oct. 2021",
"The museum earned a reputation from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s for adopting an aloof, unenthusiastic stance toward modern and contemporary art. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 3 Oct. 2021"
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"This year\u2019s history lesson was about William Howard Taft, who had the unequaled distinction of serving as both president and as chief justice in the early 20th century. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Cloud migration had been rising over the years, but the pandemic proved to be an unequaled motivator for laggards. \u2014 Jyoti Bansal, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"Over the past year or so, we have been reminded of this fact, and of the simple magic of hand washing, with its unequaled germ-killing (and lifesaving) powers. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021",
"Tyler Johnson, Minnesota: On one hand, Johnson has almost unequaled knowhow as a route runner and a flair for hauling in difficult and contested catches. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2020",
"The advent of fire pits allows people to enjoy the unequaled ambiance of an open fire in their back yards, on their patios and decks, and just about anywhere else. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Moore\u2019s jokes, puns, wordplay, and gimlet eye do build to create a comedic surface tension that\u2019s unequaled in its range and sophistication. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New York Review of Books , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The Yankees were in the midst of their still unequaled streak of five consecutive World Series victories. \u2014 Bruce Weber, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
"Top choice of elite military snipers, the Model 700 is unequaled in tactical precision. \u2014 Trish Choate, USA TODAY , 24 Oct. 2019"
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"This year\u2019s history lesson was about William Howard Taft, who had the unequaled distinction of serving as both president and as chief justice in the early 20th century. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Cloud migration had been rising over the years, but the pandemic proved to be an unequaled motivator for laggards. \u2014 Jyoti Bansal, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"Over the past year or so, we have been reminded of this fact, and of the simple magic of hand washing, with its unequaled germ-killing (and lifesaving) powers. \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2021",
"Tyler Johnson, Minnesota: On one hand, Johnson has almost unequaled knowhow as a route runner and a flair for hauling in difficult and contested catches. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2020",
"The advent of fire pits allows people to enjoy the unequaled ambiance of an open fire in their back yards, on their patios and decks, and just about anywhere else. \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 8 Apr. 2020",
"Moore\u2019s jokes, puns, wordplay, and gimlet eye do build to create a comedic surface tension that\u2019s unequaled in its range and sophistication. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New York Review of Books , 18 Feb. 2020",
"The Yankees were in the midst of their still unequaled streak of five consecutive World Series victories. \u2014 Bruce Weber, BostonGlobe.com , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"Bushnell\u2019s Pro XE is the unequivocal leader in the category, since the device not only accounts for elevation change\u2014using an advanced slope algorithm\u2014but also factors in altitude and ambient temperature. \u2014 Shaun Tolson, Robb Report , 11 June 2022",
"The school issued an unequivocal statement, denying the story. \u2014 Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post , 5 June 2022",
"Once Ukraine began to take unequivocal responsibility and Western officials began to gather more concrete information, Meduza's coverage reflected their consensus that a missile had sunk the ship. \u2014 Sam Schechner, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
"Leinart, 39, gave an unequivocal endorsement to Rollinson. \u2014 Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"But on Thursday, Finland declared its unequivocal intention to join, not only upending Mr. Putin\u2019s plan, but also placing the alliance\u2019s newest prospective member on Russia\u2019s northern doorstep. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"But despite the bravery of the Ukrainian forces and the righteousness of their cause, the odds remain small that the most devastating European war in more than three-quarters of a century will end in such glorious and unequivocal fashion. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"What\u2019s unequivocal is that Dixon\u2019s personal net worth is mounting as his exits stack up. \u2014 Jessica Mathews, Fortune , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Throughout the ongoing crisis, the government in India has carefully avoided taking an unequivocal position. \u2014 Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Roberts places her figures off-center against blank white fields, her unerring design sense yielding the savvy effect of a fashion shoot. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"No one is going to suddenly develop the unerring aim of a 40-goal scorer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"Yet its running time turns out to be both unhurried and unerring . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Freud would have a field day with the intersection of the erotic and near-death that come together in these sequences, which Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput edit with an unerring sense of nature\u2019s own percussion. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Jan. 2022",
"None other than Nicki, whose claim -- based on the assuredly unerring account of a friend of a cousin of a... \u2014 Scottie Andrew And Leah Asmelash, CNN , 29 Dec. 2021",
"The results retain the charm and wearability of Mister Rogers\u2019s staple but with an unerring sense of cool. \u2014 Kareem Rashed, Robb Report , 11 Dec. 2021",
"This movement is characterized by unerring precision, chronometric performance and magnetic resistance. \u2014 Kyle Roderick, Forbes , 8 Oct. 2021"
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"Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable , unintended consequences. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Yet months into a pandemic that\u2019s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle. \u2014 Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping , 28 Oct. 2020",
"In Africa: The U.S. secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, where evidence of China\u2019s influence is unescapable . \u2014 Priya Arora, New York Times , 19 Feb. 2020",
"Large swarms of insects descended upon the riverside stadium in Volgograd and were entirely unescapable . \u2014 Dan Gartland, SI.com , 18 June 2018",
"In charming and free-spirited New Orleans, music has an unescapable way of penetrating the soul. \u2014 John L. Dorman, New York Times , 27 Oct. 2017",
"The Orlando Anarchy continue to be driven by purpose, desire, and an unescapable amount of tragedy. \u2014 George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com , 9 July 2017",
"Two topics unescapable topics in the lead-up to Willie Taggart's first road game as UO coach are sure to be Laramie\u2019s elevation, and its effect on the Ducks as a whole, and Josh Allen\u2019s right arm, and its effect on the defense. \u2014 OregonLive.com , 30 June 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Another potential reason for the pullback is that the United States has yet to lift travel restrictions for Europeans to visit the United States for unessential reasons. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
"While this innovation was usually dismissed as unessential in previous years, today, brands embrace this change driven by necessity. \u2014 Abhimanyu Singh, Forbes , 21 June 2021",
"The trips at first conflicted with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance against unessential travel amid the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 1 May 2021",
"People entering states for essential and unessential travel reasons will need to complete this form. \u2014 Geoff Whitmore, Forbes , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Griz like others in his trade was grounded last spring by Gov. Tim Walz, who decreed that these professionals were unessential to Minnesota life. \u2014 Star Tribune , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Top Iranian officials initially downplayed the risks posed by the virus outbreak, before recently urging the public to follow measures like wearing masks and avoiding unessential travel. \u2014 Nasser Karimi, Star Tribune , 21 Nov. 2020",
"Top Iranian officials initially downplayed the risks posed by the virus, before recently urging the public to wear masks and avoid unessential travel. \u2014 NBC News , 21 Nov. 2020",
"But there\u2019s just something about trying to shoehorn in a college football season that seems decidedly unessential . \u2014 Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com , 12 Nov. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Armstrong wrote that posting the petition publicly was unethical and not an effective way to instill changes in the company. \u2014 Marco Quiroz-gutierrez, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"By the mid 2010s, increasingly frequent data breaches that exposed consumers\u2019 sensitive data\u2014and the unethical data mining practices of corporations and social media platforms\u2014resulted in a robust digital consumer privacy advocacy movement. \u2014 Jodi Daniels, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Everyone in Alice Springs, home to dozens of art galleries, has a story about unethical practices in the world of Aboriginal art. \u2014 Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Very popular ideas can be wholly unethical \u2013and wholly ethical ideas can be deeply unpopular. \u2014 Eric Pliner, Fortune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Perhaps this comes as no surprise, but according to one study, 76% of consumers wouldn\u2019t do business with a company that opposes their views, and 25% of consumers have a zero-tolerance policy for unethical behavior. \u2014 Yec, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Our work uncovered that unethical behavior is common in collaboration, but there are limits to the amount of lying that occurs\u2014a finding that may help teams avoid falling into problematic behavior in the future. \u2014 Margarita Leib, Scientific American , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The site accused city officials of bad science and unethical behavior \u2014 in effect, of using citizens like rats in a giant laboratory experiment, without their consent. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"The disclosure was meant to deter unethical behavior by exposing the timing of trades. \u2014 Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Jan. 2022"
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"His breathing was shallow and uneven .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But that growth has been uneven , driven primarily by construction on previously undeveloped land and by new apartment buildings across central Portland neighborhoods. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 June 2022",
"The series has been uneven , with some great highs and some unfocused lows. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"Some artists don't perform them due to the difficulty of maintaining an even fade on the face, while others would argue that freckles are naturally uneven anyway. \u2014 Leah Prinzivalli, Allure , 25 May 2022",
"Despite this, takeup has been uneven across the U.S., something that shows in the number of people dying from Covid-19. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The starting pitching was uneven , as Brandon Woodruff and Adrian Houser sandwiched poor starts around one of Freddy Peralta's best. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 May 2022",
"The European banking and financing landscape beyond the longstanding and experienced entertainment team at Coutts, which has been busy working closely with all the streamers and in particular Netflix, is uneven . \u2014 Angus Finney, Variety , 10 May 2022",
"The process has been uneven : Some freedom-of-movement issues are resolved, then others spring up. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"The early political work, crowded with cacophonous forms, is uneven but can be sensationally good. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022"
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"her performance in the Olympics was an unexampled display of athletic prowess",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Progressives pushed for the Seventeenth Amendment, providing for the popular election of senators, at a moment of unexampled corruption in the chamber. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The episode is breathtaking in its audacity and poetry, an unexampled work of pure special-effects ballet. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2022",
"These were posts, by the way, in which Kelly showed no compunction about advancing immigration policies of unexampled cruelty. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 30 Oct. 2020",
"In the broadest terms, what\u2019s at issue are the strategy and tactics of organized labor at a time when unions are reckoning with a long slide in their membership and facing unexampled hostility from the federal government and many state governments. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 6 Sep. 2019",
"But a war in which most of the enemy is considered beyond any possible surrender or political solution, and must be killed to the last man, is an extraordinary thing, unexampled in American history since the Indian Wars. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 20 Oct. 2017"
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"1610, in the meaning defined above":""
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"As an actor he was unexceptional , but he had a beautiful singing voice.",
"the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Social scores for the Secrets of Dumbledore were solid, if unexceptional : 8.7 on Maoyan, 8.7 from Alibaba\u2019s Taopiaopiao and 6.7 on Douban. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Interspersed with the stories are photographs taken by the author of unexceptional scenes in city parks and residential neighborhoods. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
"His subject is the complexities of specific human beings\u2014appealingly unexceptional ones\u2014and the trials, large and small, that life throws their way. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Expecting to see unexceptional posts from your friends makes users more generous with one another, and with themselves. \u2014 New York Times , 10 May 2022",
"The wreck was just one in a steady and unexceptional stream of crises in Oakland that night: harrowing, but low on the priority list for the city\u2019s police officers. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 May 2022",
"The clips are paired with unexceptional small sculptures of the dancer engulfed in rippling bronze rather than gossamer robes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"But an inferior tee shot led to a bailout, an unexceptional chip and a two-putt par. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Much of it is fine, if unexceptional , and sees little more than a ride or two. \u2014 Outside Online , 15 Aug. 2014"
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"1806, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-sh\u0259-n\u1d4al",
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 Craig Raine"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Male rivals struggle to position themselves against Ms. Merkel, whose unexcitable and deliberative style has made the fist-banging swagger of her predecessors a parody of the past. \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, New York Times , 13 Sep. 2017"
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"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"an unexciting performance"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mercedes has won the race to a production implementation of Level 3 driving automation, but in a sensible and unexciting way. \u2014 Mike Duff, Car and Driver , 12 May 2022",
"So something as unexciting as a shade structure scores big in my book. \u2014 Mike Goldys, USA TODAY , 7 May 2022",
"Without emotion, the interaction with art can feel bland and unexciting . \u2014 David Lucatch, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022",
"The interior, which is also unexciting but functional, offers modern conveniences and even some luxuries. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
"What people can easily forget is that being single can be shockingly unexciting , but it\u2019s also not always a time that needs to be mined for opportunity. \u2014 Pema Bakshi, refinery29.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Quickly realized the London bridge is a very unexciting bridge. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Their jobs used to be mundane, unexciting , bureaucratic. \u2014 Jeremy Herb, CNN , 26 Oct. 2021",
"At times complacent, unexciting and downright cynical, Sporting has scored three-plus goals on only three occasions and has often won by the skin of its teeth, securing several late wins with strikes in stoppage time. \u2014 Vasco Cotovio, CNN , 12 May 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1833, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"an unexotic suburban neighborhood",
"The recipes, which include \u2026 a full range of cakes, Danish pastries, tarts, pies and cookies, are generally unexotic , but the commitment to use only the best ingredients, plus a superb sense of taste, makes this collection memorable.",
"\u2014 Richard Sax"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Benefit\u2019s popular cherry-red Benetint started life in 1976 as a nipple stain made for exotic dancers out of rose petals and carmine and later commercialized for the unexotic rest of us. \u2014 Linda Wells, Town & Country , 16 Apr. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-ig-\u02c8z\u00e4-tik"
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"adjective"
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],
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113900",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne",
"who could have been more unexpectable",
"\u2014 Christopher Morley"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + expect + -able":""
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"expected",
"foreseen"
],
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},
"examples":[
"an unexpected turn of events",
"I'm sad that she's leaving, but it was not unexpected .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Micato has throughout its history maintained a 24/7 concierge team exclusively for its guests for handling last-minute, unexpected , and unusual requests. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Janeway cites influences that might be unexpected for past listeners, with bands like Aphex Twin and Sounds influencing The Alien Coast. \u2014 Caitlin White, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
"Rapper Tone Loc also makes an unexpected (and utterly delightful) voice cameo. \u2014 Bethonie Butler, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"And then there\u2019s the unexpected \u2014 like a downtown housing boom that shows no sign of dying down. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 May 2022",
"Not to be unexpected given it\u2019s a barren, cold wasteland with barely any atmosphere. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 May 2022",
"The effect is unexpected enough to startle anyone out of a political stupor, and serves to make the protagonist in question immediately identifiable and memorable. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"None of that should be unexpected coming from the director of Spa Night and Driveways. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"The partnership may be surprising to some\u2014but it\u2019s not entirely unexpected , with the Spanish retail giant looking to bring more expansive size ranges into its lineup. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 May 2022"
],
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-ik-\u02c8spek-t\u0259d"
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"unanticipated",
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"an unexpected turn of events",
"I'm sad that she's leaving, but it was not unexpected .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Micato has throughout its history maintained a 24/7 concierge team exclusively for its guests for handling last-minute, unexpected , and unusual requests. \u2014 Allison Olmsted, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Janeway cites influences that might be unexpected for past listeners, with bands like Aphex Twin and Sounds influencing The Alien Coast. \u2014 Caitlin White, SPIN , 7 June 2022",
"Rapper Tone Loc also makes an unexpected (and utterly delightful) voice cameo. \u2014 Bethonie Butler, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"And then there\u2019s the unexpected \u2014 like a downtown housing boom that shows no sign of dying down. \u2014 John King, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 May 2022",
"Not to be unexpected given it\u2019s a barren, cold wasteland with barely any atmosphere. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 28 May 2022",
"The effect is unexpected enough to startle anyone out of a political stupor, and serves to make the protagonist in question immediately identifiable and memorable. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"None of that should be unexpected coming from the director of Spa Night and Driveways. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"The partnership may be surprising to some\u2014but it\u2019s not entirely unexpected , with the Spanish retail giant looking to bring more expansive size ranges into its lineup. \u2014 Andrea Navarro, Glamour , 5 May 2022"
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-ik-\u02c8spek-t\u0259d"
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"unanticipated",
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"Middle English, from un- entry 1 + expedient":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061539",
"type":[
"adjective"
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],
": not expended : such as":[],
": not spent":[
"unexpended funds"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the same time of the State of the City, our unexpended general fund balance was $7.8 million. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"At the close of fiscal 2023, any unexpended funds set aside for this purpose will be required to be transferred and made available for the same purpose in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, under the amendment. \u2014 Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Complaints about the Hornet's lack of range, acceleration, and ability to bring unexpended ordinance/fuel back to the carrier persisted. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 28 Sep. 2020",
"Complaints about the Hornet's lack of range, acceleration and ability to bring unexpended ordinance/fuel back to the carrier persisted. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 29 Dec. 2016",
"Any unexpended money at the end of fiscal 2019 would go back into the permanent endowment. \u2014 William L. Spence, idahostatesman , 7 Feb. 2018"
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"As music lovers are able to once again reunite and bask in the unexplainable feeling of being at a show where everyone is connected, the hits of 2021 soundtrack the way. \u2014 Lisa Kocay, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021"
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"Prices for film packs had ballooned on the resale market, leading Fuerst and her spouse Adam, both Polaroid enthusiasts, to scour thrift stores for cameras with a pack of film, or even a few shots, left unexposed inside. \u2014 PCMAG , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Chapman and his colleagues have estimated the number of unvaccinated and unexposed people who could still be hospitalized for COVID in Europe based on each country\u2019s age structure. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Seder recognizes that people who are repeatedly exposed to P. falciparum develop complicated immune responses to the parasite, which have compromised experimental malaria vaccines that worked well in clinical trials of unexposed people. \u2014 Charles Piller, Science | AAAS , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"Ashwin\u2019s hidden, unexpressed grief is a reminder of many such silenced and forgotten histories of grief that haunt the nation. \u2014 Chandrima Chakraborty, Quartz India , 24 June 2019",
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"The great tradition of modern fiction\u2014running from James Joyce and Virginia Woolf to Alice Munro and Karl Ove Knausg\u00e5rd\u2014is for the writer to mine their own experience for narrative, finding hitherto unexpressed truths by hewing close to actuality. \u2014 Jeet Heer, The New Republic , 23 May 2018",
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"Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Evelyn, by everyone around her, society at large, and even herself who sees unextraordinary ordinariness in her identity as a middle-aged woman. \u2014 Katherine Singh, refinery29.com , 13 Apr. 2022"
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"Steve Breyer is a scholar and gentleman, an independent judge and fierce patriot, a man of great wisdom and humor, a collegial consensus-builder and unfailing optimist. \u2014 Ellen Uchimiya, CBS News , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"Over time, Douglas Balsewicz became consumed by the belief that his wife was unfaithful with the supernatural, according to one of his attorneys Thomas Wilmouth. \u2014 Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
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"The Movie, tracks a hazy, bitter kiss-off to an unfaithful lover. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Bill Loud had been unfaithful for years, and his wife knew it. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Jan. 2021",
"To be faithful that way is to be profoundly unfaithful . \u2014 Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"At some point, that becomes an unfalsifiable hypothetical. \u2014 Dan Mclaughlin, National Review , 21 June 2021",
"Nick has just given Joey a lesson in the art of unfalsifiable -claim making. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 26 Feb. 2021",
"That\u2019s the kind of conspiratorial reasoning that the Wood-Powell duo, with their deep commitment to wild and unfalsifiable charges, might apply to themselves. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 4 Dec. 2020",
"On the Hebrew Scriptures, there is hardly any external evidence to support the various theories of their origins, and so the theories are mostly unfalsifiable . \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 9 July 2019",
"Claims about large-scale censorship are basically unfalsifiable , and none of the tech companies invited even showed up. \u2014 Adi Robertson, The Verge , 26 Apr. 2018",
"The claim itself is seemingly unfalsifiable , but also extremely unlikely to ever be confirmed. \u2014 Andrew Prokop, Vox , 15 Apr. 2018",
"These projections aren't just a fun experiment for economic forecasters and journalists who need unfalsifiable predictions to write about. \u2014 Derek Thompson, The Atlantic , 26 Oct. 2017"
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"And it was shown to Northern audiences who were both unfamiliar with the peculiar nature of this brutality and disgusted by their introduction to it. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 June 2022",
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"This California combo of the old and the new, the familiar and the unfamiliar , could make for a fascinating race Sunday at Auto Club Speedway when NASCAR's West Coast swing gets underway. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 26 Feb. 2022",
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"But with Stacey\u2019s Extraordinary Words, the avid writer is tapping into a childhood passion and entering into a familiar, yet unfamiliar , world of children\u2019s literature. \u2014 Tanya Christian, Glamour , 17 Dec. 2021"
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"But a little market research revealed that most Americans are still unfamiliar with the milk tea-tapioca ball combo. \u2014 Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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"But during this break in the action, a camera scanning courtside spotted Kobe, pleasantly inhabited by an almost unfamous happiness, teaching his daughter about the game. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Vulture , 29 June 2021",
"And then Wickie becomes Dawn's perpetual houseguest \u2014 which is practically a whole other TV show about a celebrity crashing with unfamous people, a concept so obvious Harry Styles already produced a failed TV series about it. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 3 May 2021",
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"But don't forget that your unfamous neighbor is struggling too. \u2014 Jessica A. Gold, SELF , 3 Aug. 2018",
"And Cosby\u2019s conviction fits all too well into the current #MeToo narrative of Hollywood giants being toppled mostly by unfamous women seeking to right past wrongs. \u2014 Claire Zillman, Fortune , 27 Apr. 2018"
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"But on the other hand, just like Andrew\u2019s uncanny knack for igniting the grimmest gathering with little more than irrepressible cheeriness and a discreet swig or 10 of vodka, perhaps its unfashionable good humor is just what\u2019s needed. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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"The stock has almost tripled this year despite some unfashionable traits. \u2014 Carol Ryan, WSJ , 9 Dec. 2021",
"The novel is imbued with an old-school feminism of a kind currently unfashionable . \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hawley's appeal to the ancient Romans, revolutionary patriots, and more recent tough guys such as Theodore Roosevelt is deeply unfashionable . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 3 Nov. 2021",
"In addition to these generational trends, though, the type of liberalism associated with the ascent of American Jews has grown radically unfashionable . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 28 Jan. 2022",
"That's partially because consumers' changing ideas of health have made fruit juice, which is relatively high in sugar and calories, unfashionable . \u2014 Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Fans of the film may feel a bit short-changed, but the success of this theatrical version is clear from the warmth of the response to the unfashionable yet welcome happy ending. \u2014 David Benedict, Variety , 7 Jan. 2022"
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"Passengers must also be able to fasten and unfasten their seat harness in less than 15 seconds, spend up to an hour and a half strapped into the capsule with the hatch closed, and withstand up to 5.5G in force during descent. \u2014 Jackie Wattles, CNN , 15 July 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Recommended for ages eight and up with the supervision of an unfastidious adult. \u2014 Popular Science , 10 Feb. 2020",
"At bottom, the riches of the party\u2019s patrons had been originally amassed in the chaos of the transition from communism\u2014and they had been preserved through shell companies and tax havens and the complicity of unfastidious regimes. \u2014 Franklin Foer, The Atlantic , 31 Oct. 2017"
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"With those words, Clinton would do something that would have seemed unfathomable to most, if not all, of his predecessors: make an explicit appeal to gay Americans for their support in a presidential election. \u2014 Jillian Eugenios, NBC News , 2 June 2022",
"My mom has an intuitive sensibility that\u2019s unfathomable . \u2014 Vogue , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Saving Black men in America would require a herculean effort by systems and institutions that seems unfathomable in these times. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Murray might not seem like a prime hot-season candidate, but the idea of the Browns dumping Mayfield seemed unfathomable this time last year. \u2014 Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
"An unfathomable family tragedy eventually led Clark to make the decision to retire. \u2014 Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star , 2 June 2022",
"The idea that these same people may be losing irreplaceable parts of their history only compounds this unfathomable tragedy. \u2014 Cristina Florea, CNN , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Chernov conveys the fear, shame, grief, anger, sadness, and \u2014 above all \u2014 sense of responsibility that comes with bearing witness to an unfathomable tragedy. \u2014 Longreads , 21 Mar. 2022",
"This moment would have been unfathomable for most of these UConn players a year or two ago. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022"
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"Denzel Curry is tripling down on his unfavorable feelings toward Drake and Kanye West\u2018s recent album drops. \u2014 Hannah Dailey, Billboard , 1 July 2022",
"In the case of databases, this means missing out on faster or more scalable processing and almost always having to put up with an unfavorable price-performance ratio. \u2014 Mike Waas, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
"Wayne Steger, a political scientist at DePaul University in Chicago, said that given the unfavorable climate for Democrats, the plan could backfire. \u2014 Mark Guarino, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"Microsoft earlier this month cut its earnings and revenue guidance for the quarter ending June 30, pointing to unfavorable foreign-exchange rate movements. \u2014 Nina Trentmann, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
"Authorities warned there was still danger that an unfavorable shift in weather could revive the blaze that caused the evacuation of 18 villages. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, Anchorage Daily News , 19 June 2022",
"Authorities warned there was still danger that an unfavorable shift in weather could revive the blaze that caused the evacuation of 18 villages. \u2014 Joseph Wilson, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"What is the chemistry and physics behind life that essentially is always able to keep it out of equilibrium and persist over time to maintain that state, that highly ordered, sort of thermodynamically unfavorable state, over time? \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"To be sure, even these increases had only a limited connection to U.S. policy (thus unfavorable weather conditions made a significant contribution to the run-up in the wheat price). \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 13 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That might have been possible 20 years ago, but now appears unfeasible even for a couple who both have high-paying jobs. \u2014 Stephen Wright, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The timeline is unfeasible for the primary to be held in May, in part because early voting is scheduled to begin on April 5. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 18 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the kind of long-term planning that seemed unfeasible only a few years ago when the organization was on the brink of closure. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"In a large body of water, pesticides and chemicals, a traditional control source, are unfeasible . \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Tao\u2019s wife, Hong Peng, had booked his return trip to the United States, and, in the interest of thrift, had arranged an itinerary of almost unfeasible complexity. \u2014 The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Any further sign of personal cooperation by Pence with a committee decried by Trump and House Republicans as a witch hunt would likely end what already looks like an unfeasible political balancing act. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Because pesticide usage data is either not reported, or privately owned, and costs an unfeasible amount of money to access for single stakeholders. \u2014 Brooke Roberts-islam, Forbes , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Notably, the coalition is seeking for the map to be rejected in time for the 2024 elections, determining doing so for the 2022 election cycle is unfeasible . \u2014 cleveland , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"an unfeeling corpse"
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"an unfeeling brute"
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"She says the most unfeeling things.",
"How can you be so cold and unfeeling ?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On the legislature\u2019s uninformed and unfeeling rejection of these fragile human beings, with the passage and override of HB11. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"In both iterations, the Other is a robot\u2014or at least robotic\u2014because Western speculations about an Asianized future still rely on stereotypes of Asians as passive, unfeeling , and good at math. \u2014 Jane Hu, The New Yorker , 4 Mar. 2022",
"For all the refreshing candor from Smart, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was just the opposite Monday \u2014 evasive, unfeeling , cold, and completely tone deaf in a Zoom call with reporters. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 2 Nov. 2021",
"Our phones, in their unfeeling way, have seen and recorded all of this\u2014our constant floundering toward and away from the world. \u2014 Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Knowing this, Rilke\u2019s advice can sound astonishingly unfeeling , even reckless, in its dogmatic insistence. \u2014 Kamran Javadizadeh, The New Yorker , 26 May 2021",
"Joe Alwyn also stars in the film as Jennifer's husband, the unfeeling , cold Laurence Stirling. \u2014 Natalie Morin, refinery29.com , 30 Apr. 2021",
"Once again a former lover morphs into a vengeful enemy, and Bloom\u2019s version of Roth as an unfeeling misogynist persists until this day. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Contrast that with Kai Leng, who on the other hand is stoic and unfeeling , which unfortunately are stereotypes of Asians. \u2014 George Yang, Wired , 8 Dec. 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0113-li\u014b"
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"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
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"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
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"noun"
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"false",
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"insincere"
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},
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"She looked at him with unfeigned admiration.",
"the young soprano retains an unfeigned humility that is surprising, given the critical acclaim she has received",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At one point, Blunt grabs hold of a rope and pauses to beam with unfeigned glee. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 July 2021",
"Throwback romantics can be ravished by the unparalleled vocal stylings of Lalah Hathaway (Nov. 15, Sony Hall), and millennial audiences will find a patron saint in the unfeigned lyricism of Summer Walker (Dec. 7-8, Terminal 5). \u2014 Briana Younger, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0101nd"
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"heartfelt",
"sincere"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"affected",
"artificial",
"false",
"feigned",
"insincere"
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},
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"She looked at him with unfeigned admiration.",
"the young soprano retains an unfeigned humility that is surprising, given the critical acclaim she has received",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At one point, Blunt grabs hold of a rope and pauses to beam with unfeigned glee. \u2014 Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 July 2021",
"Throwback romantics can be ravished by the unparalleled vocal stylings of Lalah Hathaway (Nov. 15, Sony Hall), and millennial audiences will find a patron saint in the unfeigned lyricism of Summer Walker (Dec. 7-8, Terminal 5). \u2014 Briana Younger, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 30 Aug. 2019",
"But some of the kids also befriend Hatidze, who, despite the noise and chaos, responds to her new neighbors with a warmth and an openness that feel entirely unfeigned . \u2014 Justin Chang, Twin Cities , 9 Aug. 2019"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0101nd"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unfeigned sincere , wholehearted , heartfelt , hearty , unfeigned mean genuine in feeling. sincere stresses absence of hypocrisy, feigning, or any falsifying embellishment or exaggeration. a sincere apology wholehearted suggests sincerity and earnest devotion without reservation or misgiving. promised our wholehearted support heartfelt suggests depth of genuine feeling outwardly expressed. expresses our heartfelt gratitude hearty suggests honesty, warmth, and exuberance in displaying feeling. received a hearty welcome unfeigned stresses spontaneity and absence of pretense. her unfeigned delight at receiving the award",
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111633",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"in sense 1, from un- entry 1 + fellowed , past participle of fellow , in sense 2, from un- entry 1 + fellow , noun + -ed":""
},
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u00a6fe(\u02cc)l\u014dd",
"-l\u0259d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091014",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unfelt":{
"antonyms":[],
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": not experienced or perceived : not felt":[
"A man should be master in his own house, but he should make his mastery palatable, equitable, smooth, soft to the touch, a thing almost unfelt .",
"\u2014 Anthony Trollope"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The safer, healthier riding experiences cyclists have enjoyed over the past six weeks can\u2019t be unfelt . \u2014 Joe Lindsey, Outside Online , 13 May 2020",
"Many smaller undamaging and unfelt events take place in northern and southern Cascadia every year. \u2014 The Conversation, oregonlive.com , 8 July 2019"
],
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8felt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-073208",
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"adjective"
]
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"unfelted material"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162132",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"female",
"feminine",
"ladylike",
"womanly"
],
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"an unfeminine voice/manner"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Physical activity for girls and women was cast as unfeminine , and while schools poured money and other resources into programs for male students, budding female athletes were left to fend for themselves. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Physical activity for girls and women was cast as unfeminine , and while schools poured money and other resources into programs for male students, budding female athletes were left to fend for themselves. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Physical activity for girls and women was cast as unfeminine , and while schools poured money and other resources into programs for male students, budding female athletes were left to fend for themselves. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Physical activity for girls and women was cast as unfeminine , and while schools poured money and other resources into programs for male students, budding female athletes were left to fend for themselves. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Physical activity for girls and women was cast as unfeminine , and while schools poured money and other resources into programs for male students, budding female athletes were left to fend for themselves. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 8 Mar. 2022",
"That the story seems to thrill her more is, narratively, something of a bold move, giving her another thing in common with her subject: a cool, and thus unfeminine , kind of steeliness, prizing achievement over likability. \u2014 Philippa Snow, The New Republic , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Greenhow, who had helped make Martineau\u2019s autopsy report public without her permission, claimed that her gynecological disease was the reason for her unfeminine behavior and opinions. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021",
"They are also taught that fierce self-compassion is unfeminine . \u2014 Rob Dube, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1766, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-n\u0259n"
],
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"hoydenish",
"manlike",
"mannish",
"tomboyish",
"unladylike",
"unwomanly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045051",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unfenced":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not enclosed or bordered by a fence : not fenced":[
"an unfenced pasture/garden/yard"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Miramar \u2014 which is connected to the rest of Wellington by a large, unfenced isthmus and is home to tens of thousands of people \u2014 the department has worked with local volunteers to eliminate possums, weasels and brown rats. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
"This unfenced desert reserve been recognized by the International Dark Sky Association for its conservation efforts, which have yielded some of the darkest skies in the world. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 28 May 2013",
"In keeping with the rustic nature of the home and surrounding landscape, the long, winding driveway is unpaved and unfenced , and leads into a dirt motor court. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The few unfenced stretches are the only thing that brings hope to wildlife experts for the conservation of some animal populations. \u2014 Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Two pit bulls were found attached to chains in the unfenced yard. \u2014 cleveland , 3 Dec. 2021",
"As the dogs learned not to chase their charge, conservationists placed this gregarious canine known for guarding sheep near the bandicoot in two unfenced farmland areas in the bandicoot\u2019s historical range, west of Melbourne. \u2014 Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Stretches of unfenced land lead down to the water; wizened tree roots and matted grasses create resting points along the shore. \u2014 Katherine Laidlaw, Wired , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Dog owners in New York City are required to keep their pet on a leash no longer than six feet while in any public place, including any open or unfenced field. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 19 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1608, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fen(t)st"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113924",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
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": not fertile : infertile":[
"unfertile land"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1596, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8f\u0259r-t\u1d4al",
"chiefly British -\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)l"
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"barren",
"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013342",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unfetter":{
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
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": emancipate , liberate":[
"unfetter the mind from prejudice"
],
": to free from fetters":[
"unfetter a prisoner"
]
},
"examples":[
"authorities eventually unfettered the menagerie of wild animals that had been kept illegally as pets",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Safdies are pointedly effective in capturing the way in which a chaotic city\u2019s overall rhythm goes on unfettered even as a character experiences a horrific disruption or glitch in one small part of it. \u2014 Jon Caramanica, New York Times , 15 Dec. 2019",
"By manufacturing satellite components in space, Made In Space hopes to unfetter some of those launch constraints. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 2 Aug. 2019",
"By manufacturing satellite components in space, the company hopes to unfetter some of those launch constraints. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 29 July 2019",
"Unfettered by worries about his relationship, Caldwell thrived. \u2014 Jason Blevins, The Denver Post , 18 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fe-t\u0259r"
],
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"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065613",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unfinished":{
"antonyms":[],
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": being in a rough state : unpolished":[],
": not brought to an end or to the desired final state":[],
": not finished:":[],
": subjected to no other processes (such as bleaching or dyeing) after coming from the loom":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The building was never intended for people to live in, and now there were more than 20 people staying there with just a single shower and toilet among them; the unfinished basement pulled double-duty as a kitchen and bomb shelter. \u2014 J. Lester Feder, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
"Even in an unfinished basement, a crack can be a sign of a compromised foundation. \u2014 Tribune News Service, al , 7 June 2022",
"Amenities include: The remodeled farmhouse has 5,373 square feet of living space that includes his and hers Zoom rooms, five bedrooms and an unfinished basement that could become a hobby room or gym. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 May 2022",
"The McMichaels were aware that a young Black man had been seen several times in the unfinished home in the months before the shooting. \u2014 Russ Bynum, ajc , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Prosecutors say there's no evidence Arbery took anything from the unfinished home. \u2014 Russ Bynum, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Larry English, who owns the unfinished home, has said there was no evidence Arbery stole anything from the site. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The prosecutor played multiple videos of Arbery inside the unfinished home dating back to Oct. 25, 2019, to show that Arbery had a routine of running through the Satilla Shores neighborhood where the defendants lived. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Beyond having some unfinished business, Bianco is fueled by the energy of downtown LA. \u2014 Andy Wang, Robb Report , 16 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1539, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fi-nisht"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194854",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unfit":{
"antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
],
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": not qualified : incapable , incompetent":[],
": physically or mentally unsound":[],
": to make unfit : disable , disqualify":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"just because I don't have actual work experience doesn't mean I'm unfit for the job",
"those flimsy shoes are unfit for the hike we're about to take",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The panel continues to make a compelling case that former president Donald Trump was and is unfit for the office. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 June 2022",
"And what happens in the case of a president who [may be] unfit ? \u2014 Kk Ottesen, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The suspect was mentally ill and homeless and has been deemed unfit to stand trial. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"Indiana's disability rights watchdog is suing the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration over allegations the agency violated federal law by failing to provide mental health services to incarcerated people deemed unfit for trial. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"The Gulf states are located in the most arid parts of the Arabian Peninsula, unfit for wide-ranging agriculture due to high temperatures and water scarcity, the effects of which are increasingly worsened by climate change. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"If leadership is unfit to govern, the rivalry will expose its weaknesses. \u2014 Sam Mizrahi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"As recently as Tuesday, prosecutors reaffirmed Martial\u2019s unfit status. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In the latest complaint, 19-year-old Trever Frodsham says case workers missed or overlooked numerous signs that David and Barbara Frodsham were unfit parents. \u2014 Michael Rezendes, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For comparison, here's the original: This fight scene has often been derided as boring, awkward, and unfitting a Star Wars franchise that would eventually have an evil cyborg who could wield four lightsabers simultaneously. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 8 May 2019",
"There are certainly women in this world who are simply unfitted , emotionally or physically, to have children. \u2014 Charles Mccabe, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2018",
"The design would be printed to hide the juice stains, thick enough to go commando, and unfitted , to keep comfortable and cool in the Florida heat. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1545, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1611, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fit"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"inapt",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unable",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070533",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
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"verb"
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},
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"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"fit",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"ultracompetent"
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},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"just because I don't have actual work experience doesn't mean I'm unfit for the job",
"those flimsy shoes are unfit for the hike we're about to take",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The panel continues to make a compelling case that former president Donald Trump was and is unfit for the office. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 23 June 2022",
"And what happens in the case of a president who [may be] unfit ? \u2014 Kk Ottesen, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The suspect was mentally ill and homeless and has been deemed unfit to stand trial. \u2014 New York Times , 22 May 2022",
"Indiana's disability rights watchdog is suing the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration over allegations the agency violated federal law by failing to provide mental health services to incarcerated people deemed unfit for trial. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 9 May 2022",
"The Gulf states are located in the most arid parts of the Arabian Peninsula, unfit for wide-ranging agriculture due to high temperatures and water scarcity, the effects of which are increasingly worsened by climate change. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 2 May 2022",
"If leadership is unfit to govern, the rivalry will expose its weaknesses. \u2014 Sam Mizrahi, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"As recently as Tuesday, prosecutors reaffirmed Martial\u2019s unfit status. \u2014 Fox News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"In the latest complaint, 19-year-old Trever Frodsham says case workers missed or overlooked numerous signs that David and Barbara Frodsham were unfit parents. \u2014 Michael Rezendes, Anchorage Daily News , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For comparison, here's the original: This fight scene has often been derided as boring, awkward, and unfitting a Star Wars franchise that would eventually have an evil cyborg who could wield four lightsabers simultaneously. \u2014 Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics , 8 May 2019",
"There are certainly women in this world who are simply unfitted , emotionally or physically, to have children. \u2014 Charles Mccabe, San Francisco Chronicle , 14 June 2018",
"The design would be printed to hide the juice stains, thick enough to go commando, and unfitted , to keep comfortable and cool in the Florida heat. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 10 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1545, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1611, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8fit"
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"inapt",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unable",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
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"Such a tone may at first sound wildly unfitting for a novel set against the coronavirus pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"That career came to an unfitting end last week when Foley, on duty at the Santa Rita Jail, was struck by a sheriff\u2019s department bus in the parking lot of the facility around 6 a.m. Wednesday. \u2014 Katrina Cameron, The Mercury News , 24 Feb. 2017"
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"Despite his reputation for using his network to advance the conservative point of view, Ailes was an unflagging supporter of Smith and his news-centric approach. \u2014 Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 12 Oct. 2019",
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"Directed by Scott and White Trash Tyler, the 85-minute film centers the madness amid Scott's unflagging love for Houston and his home life with Kylie Jenner and daughter Stormi Webster. \u2014 Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle , 28 Aug. 2019",
"Murray, in turn, admires Williams\u2019s competitive drive: unflagging , like his own. \u2014 Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker , 7 July 2019",
"Brex is an example of Silicon Valley\u2019s unflagging start-up exuberance, even amid the Big Tech backlash. \u2014 Erin Griffith, New York Times , 2 Aug. 2019",
"Jain thanked Rotarians and community partners for their unflagging support and commitment to service, and recognized her board of directors, officers and committee chairs with personalized awards for their service to the club and to the community. \u2014 Sam Boyer, cleveland.com , 28 June 2019",
"Yet that versatility somehow only serves to enhance the physician\u2019s unflagging and lifelong devotion to the field of pediatric pulmonology. \u2014 Sara Cardine, latimes.com , 12 June 2019",
"Absent either resolution or transcendence, their power is in the example of their unflagging love for the fallen world. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2018"
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"Avril Haines, Tony Blinken, these are some of the most understated and unflamboyant , deeply steeped in the culture of the agencies that they're being asked to run. \u2014 CBS News , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Gray-haired, unflamboyant , provincial, the very definition of keep-calm-and-carry-on, Mrs. May seemed to be exactly what England wanted. \u2014 Katrin Bennhold, New York Times , 7 June 2017"
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"Normally, Orange Lutheran High\u2019s Kai Minor is unflappable on the softball diamond. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"For someone who's pretty unflappable , Dr. Grace seemed a little breathless at the idea of Parker calling their session a date, no? \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"His logic is based on more than unflappable self-confidence. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"The fact that in the '80s setting of Hawkins, Steve is an unflappable gay ally and supports Maya in her pursuit of another girl undoubtedly contributes to his status as one of the most enduringly popular characters on the show. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 1 June 2022",
"If there are nerves, however, these ice-cool Swedes \u2014 and their similarly unflappable producers, Svana Gisla and Ludvig Andersson \u2014 don\u2019t show them. \u2014 Mark Sutherland, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"Chaco remained unflappable in the face of heavyweights, handing easy losses to Adidas, Keen, and Birkenstock. \u2014 Jeremy Rellosa, Outside Online , 26 May 2022",
"This season is filled with experience and confidence and an unflappable freshman pitcher, Daniel Avitia, who, on Tuesday was named the WAC Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"At first light, my unflappable safari guide, Lailatu Kivuyo, greeted me with the promise of big game encounters. \u2014 Christine Chitnis, ELLE , 24 May 2022"
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"Here, Everett\u2019s turn is unflashy , with the production\u2019s hushed naturalism \u2014 most conspicuous in the tone and casting \u2014 extending to her musical segments. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Classically, value performs best in the beginning of an economic cycle, as previously sidelined money pours into solid, unflashy stocks that investors can trust. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The vibe is unflashy \u2014 Oxfords, silk blouses with bows, dresses with labels from department stores that long predate eBay. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Charlie Watts, whose strong but unflashy drumming powered the Rolling Stones for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Aug. 2021",
"But the unflashy presentation also masked several key changes. \u2014 Mark Schilling, Variety , 30 Oct. 2021",
"The revelation here is Spencer, who easily makes the leap to country-soul diva with her lovely tone and impressive-but- unflashy runs that don\u2019t try to mimic the original. \u2014 Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone , 1 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Comments on China\u2019s internet can also cast an unflattering light. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
"At grave personal risk, several Indian journalists have shed unflattering light on Modi\u2019s majoritarian rule. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
"The case has shined an unflattering light on the N.F.L., which has been repeatedly accused of not doing enough to promote diversity in its coaching ranks, where just six of 32 head coaching positions are filled by nonwhite men. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"In her opening statement, Cheney made an unflattering reference to Rudy Giuliani, an advisor for former President Donald Trump. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 13 June 2022",
"But tensions mount between the duo after Ava has shared unflattering stories about her boss with TV producers, and Deborah sues her for violating her non-disclosure agreement. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 19 May 2022",
"Public attention has zeroed in on Gates' relationship with Musk in recent weeks after Musk tweeted an unflattering picture of Gates and accused him of shorting Tesla's stock. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"Women, too, get the stubby end of the stick in a film that paints an unflattering picture of possessive masculine entitlement, but doesn\u2019t afford Isadora \u2014 despite Lvovsky\u2019s game, ribald performance \u2014 much in the way of a point of view. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Meanwhile, Amazon\u2019s drone efforts got some unflattering press coverage last week. \u2014 Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"he was unflinching in his determination to see that justice was done",
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"Many were skeptical of her leadership \u2014 an untested white administrator, the product of parochial schools and mother of twin toddlers \u2014 but the Dorchester native earned unflinching loyalty. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The doc, which premiered at Sundance 2022 and has since become a film festival favorite, offers audiences an unflinching view of the world from a disabled person\u2019s perspective. \u2014 Addie Morfoot, Variety , 11 May 2022",
"The result of his last criminal case will be in mind for many observers, including his accusers and their families and his base of fans who maintain unflinching support. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Aug. 2021",
"John was athletics director at St. Agnes for years and said Siemianowski was open to new ideas and showed unflinching support for the church\u2019s school. \u2014 Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com , 28 June 2021",
"The story helped cement Adelstein\u2019s reputation as an unflinching chronicler of organized crime in Japan, propelling him to minor celebrity status as one of the primary experts on a shadowy underworld few had access to. \u2014 Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Interviews and behind-the-scene clips of their first shows to current iterations relay this unflinching legacy from Brazil\u2019s favelas. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 18 Apr. 2022",
"In the process, the project has become increasingly unflinching . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Her unflinching steadiness at the lectern on behalf of President Biden\u2019s administration has been praised by media critics. \u2014 Stephen Battagliostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"People who don\u2019t have social media, or whose feeds are just seven unfocused posts of national parks\u2014YOU\u2019RE NOT BETTER THAN US. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"The series has been uneven, with some great highs and some unfocused lows. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"One soldier stands straight, undone, an awful stillness staring helplessly out, directly at the viewer, to some unfocused middle distance. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Notice here the trees slumping under heavy snow; the steep, crystalline rocks; the sliding, unfocused perspective. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Without that prework, the results can be unfocused discussions that wander way off topic. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But the individual installments feel too baggy and unfocused , with too many jarring tonal shifts and too little sense of narrative rhythm, to amount to much insight in the end. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Bisschop was in charge of finalizing the film\u2019s look, and focused on making foreground elements detailed and background art hazier and unfocused , reflecting the ways memories function. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In the unfocused sketch, Carmichael played an initially starstruck seat filler at the Academy Awards witnessing an erratic Smith (Chris Redd) unraveling. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"an unfocused approach to studying",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People who don\u2019t have social media, or whose feeds are just seven unfocused posts of national parks\u2014YOU\u2019RE NOT BETTER THAN US. \u2014 Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"The series has been uneven, with some great highs and some unfocused lows. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"One soldier stands straight, undone, an awful stillness staring helplessly out, directly at the viewer, to some unfocused middle distance. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"Notice here the trees slumping under heavy snow; the steep, crystalline rocks; the sliding, unfocused perspective. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Without that prework, the results can be unfocused discussions that wander way off topic. \u2014 Womensmedia, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"But the individual installments feel too baggy and unfocused , with too many jarring tonal shifts and too little sense of narrative rhythm, to amount to much insight in the end. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Bisschop was in charge of finalizing the film\u2019s look, and focused on making foreground elements detailed and background art hazier and unfocused , reflecting the ways memories function. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In the unfocused sketch, Carmichael played an initially starstruck seat filler at the Academy Awards witnessing an erratic Smith (Chris Redd) unraveling. \u2014 Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic , 3 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the campaign to slander FDR\u2019s intraparty antagonist started to unfold , the president was trying to protect one of his closest advisers from the same charge. \u2014 James Kirchick, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Over the weekend, mass shootings continued to unfold , many of which drew little national attention. \u2014 Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Legal developments continue to unfold against the backdrop of Pennsylvania's Republican primary recount, which officials must complete in less than a week. \u2014 Alisa Wiersema, ABC News , 1 June 2022",
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"The Boston Celtics, in what might have been the most predictable turn of events in a thoroughly unpredictable postseason, fumbled away their chances at winning Banner 18 in a wave of unforced errors in three straight losses. \u2014 Hunter Felt, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"VeeKay\u2019s unforced errors continued Sunday as the third-year driver crashed only a few corners from the finish line and dropped from 10th to 16th. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 7 June 2022",
"While this is an industry-wide problem that eludes easy answers, companies can avoid unforced errors. \u2014 Aparna Dhinakaran, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Nadal also committed fewer unforced errors, making just 16 to Ruud\u2019s 26. \u2014 Howard Frendrich, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 June 2022",
"Nadal also committed fewer unforced errors, making just 16 to Ruud\u2019s 26. \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"In the second set, Gauff broke Swiatek in the first game, thanks to four unforced errors by Swiatek and held serve in the second. \u2014 Scooby Axson, USA TODAY , 4 June 2022",
"Once again, Watanabe attempted to refocus and battle back from her deficit, but a flurry of unforced errors gave Shallcross a 10-7 tiebreaker and a berth in the championship match. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"Nadal finished with 57 winners to 43 unforced errors and did a much better job than Djokovic of protecting his second serve: winning 60 percent of the points on it while Djokovic won just 42 percent on his. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022"
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"Students and faculty alike have looked toward in-person graduations with a mixture of hopefulness and anxiety that the next COVID surge or some other unforeseen event could upstage the ceremonies. \u2014 Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The Rebels improved to 8-1 during an unforeseen postseason run. \u2014 Matt Jones, Arkansas Online , 23 June 2022",
"Organic marketing is your insurance policy for weathering budget cuts, personnel changes or other unforeseen disruptions. \u2014 Lindsay Boyajian, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Twitter is aiming to schedule a shareholder vote on the deal later this summer and close it soon thereafter, barring unforeseen developments. \u2014 Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"That means candidate lineups are set, barring a successful candidacy challenge or unforeseen legal development. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 8 June 2022",
"Barring unforeseen developments, sources say, Warners is barreling ahead with intention to give the superhero film the full blockbuster treatment. \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"Now, Jonathan Cervas is suddenly New York\u2019s most unforeseen power broker. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022"
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"His tearful response to the Sandy Hook massacre of first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut, was one of the unforgettable moments of his Presidency. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 26 May 2022",
"That made the hand-raising after stopping Velasquez with a fourth-round TKO such an unforgettable moment. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 May 2022",
"The selection became an unforgettable moment in Wisconsin sports history, when then-general manager Ted Thompson took the Cal quarterback at a time when Brett Favre was still an elite quarterback. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Before Brown could even finish her sentence, guests started standing and cheering with excitement in anticipation of the unforgettable moment. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Just hitting the road in this part of the world is an unforgettable experience. \u2014 Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure , 31 May 2022",
"In search of animals and an unforgettable experience. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 23 May 2022",
"It\u2019s at Caesars Main Stage where the players will be welcomed to the Empire and an unforgettable experience to be part of the top prospects journey to the National Football League. \u2014 Jay Ginsbach, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Mark your calendars, purchase your tickets early (this event will sell out), and join us for an unforgettable experience. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Is Claire okay after her unforgivable experience with Lionel Brown? \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"This is one of the 20th century\u2019s unforgivable and unforgettable crimes. \u2014 David Pryce-jones, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Tazshy must spend the rest of the film atoning for his unforgivable inaction. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The jury was tasked with a simple but impossible question: What does justice look like in the aftermath of a horrific accident, a grave mistake, an unforgivable act by an officer who has sworn to serve and protect? \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
"How else to explain Sunday's unforgivable 26-11 loss to the Jaguars in Jacksonville, where the Colts amazingly haven't won since 2014? \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 10 Jan. 2022",
"With nothing but a notepad, a weathered Ocean City sweatshirt two sizes too big, and a mouth full of hoagie, Mare gets to the bottom of many Easttown crimes, occasionally committing her own unforgivable offenses in the process. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"To deliberately not bother would be unforgivable arrogance. \u2014 Lianne Kolirin, CNN , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"Angela\u2019s unformed sense of self is mirrored in the novel by Ruth\u2019s childlike state. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
"The music teacher, Bernardo Villalobos (Eugenio Derbez), a.k.a. Mr. V., quickly discerns Ruby\u2019s unformed talent and picks her for the group\u2019s featured duet\u2014with Miles. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"Though some high-profile critics have been rumored as potential opponents, the field of challengers remains largely unformed and there is no reliable public polling on the mayor\u2019s job approval. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Jan. 2022",
"Their otherwise unformed plan is to shelter together at the rustic country house of their mutual friend, the intermittently successful and now nearly broke Russian-Jewish immigrant writer Alexander (Sasha) Senderovsky. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Nov. 2021",
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"Barthelme\u2019s was a restless, hungry and, to a large extent, unformed intelligence, and almost every one of his stories encapsulates his odd narrative charm in all its loose and shaggy glory. \u2014 Scott Bradfield, The New Republic , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Our goal is to ally with scores of as-yet- unformed alumni groups around the country. \u2014 Stuart Taylor Jr. And Edward Yingling, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2021"
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"Ditlevsen stays remarkably faithful to the unformulated consciousness of the moment. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Stella could easily understand an unformulated resentment over the fact that the newcomers took two bathrooms and a warm house for granted. \u2014 Charlotte Jones Voiklis, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
"There\u2019s even the possibility that some other, as-yet- unformulated classification will come out of this. \u2014 Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network , 15 May 2017"
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"Ditlevsen stays remarkably faithful to the unformulated consciousness of the moment. \u2014 Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books , 9 Mar. 2021",
"Stella could easily understand an unformulated resentment over the fact that the newcomers took two bathrooms and a warm house for granted. \u2014 Charlotte Jones Voiklis, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2020",
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"The Metaverse Standards Forum, a collection of big tech companies working to establish guidelines for metaverse platforms, has been in the planning stages for some time, but the timing of its launch this week is unfortunate . \u2014 Adario Strange, Quartz , 22 June 2022",
"Hagins said Kansas markets 5.5 million cattle each year, so while the loss of these 2,000 was unfortunate , this event should not affect market prices or the supply chain for beef. \u2014 Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News , 16 June 2022",
"This is unfortunate , but Apple is likely axing the iPhone Mini line due to disappointing sales. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 25 May 2022",
"Where Mungiu\u2019s layered storytelling doesn\u2019t quite work is in a finale so suggestive as to remain more or less obtuse, which is unfortunate because until then, R.M.N. was building toward something powerful. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"That's unfortunate , considering the disappointingly small number of left-handed wireless mice available. \u2014 Scharon Harding, Ars Technica , 10 May 2022",
"The Evoque's interior mirrors the clean design of its exterior, which is unfortunate because that means most of the knobs and buttons were banished in favor of touchscreens and capacitive switches. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 10 June 2022",
"The introduction of the sack-people was unfortunate , and lots of the actors behind the sacks were quite bad, however. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"What's unfortunate is that the anxiety and the fear around those changes has been directed at me, and my office has been scapegoated. \u2014 Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle , 2 June 2022",
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"One unfortunate fled to China, only to be arrested and sent home, whereupon he was promptly dispatched to a camp. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Mar. 2021",
"The film's title is a shape representing the meeting point between the physical world and the one beyond; hairy, patient moths seem to hold the souls of some unfortunates , though why some people meet this fate is unclear. \u2014 John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 July 2019",
"Our family name, Ramirez, is the same name of these unfortunates who did not make it across the river. \u2014 Dp Opinion, The Denver Post , 30 June 2019",
"But that gentle slope has been known to cause strollers and wheelchairs to roll off as well, not to mention the intoxicated, the disoriented, wrestlers, and other unfortunates . \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 2 July 2018",
"These unfortunates spent hours each day chewing tough roots, choking down leaves and stems, munching on tiny berries and gorging on rare windfalls of meat, bone marrow and worms. \u2014 Nathan H. Lents, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2018",
"As the threads of society break down, the poor unfortunates who survived the initial barrage don't so much live as merely exist in the post-apocalyptic ruins. \u2014 Peter Bright, Ars Technica , 25 Jan. 2018",
"There are still unfortunates among us who have yet to lean forward and squint in disbelief at the grainy YouTube images capturing Tharpe, necklines high and hemlines low, coaxing the first, fiery licks from her Gibson SG. \u2014 Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com , 21 Jan. 2018"
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"As the name suggests, PHK focuses on high-yielding corporate bonds using PIMCO\u2019s deep knowledge of the corporate landscape to buy bonds that are oversold because of unfounded fears. \u2014 Michael Foster, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said the dissenting opinion irresponsibly stokes unfounded fears. \u2014 Daphne Chen, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022",
"Another meme gained even more traction, relying on a yearslong campaign in Russia to stoke unfounded fears that the United States was manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Here, the right is using the reality of child abuse to raise unfounded fears and panic about criminal and predatory behavior hiding in plain sight. \u2014 Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Initial safety fears from naysayers proved unfounded , and for several decades, carbon fiber has been the material of choice for prototype and single-seat race cars. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Smith\u2019s fictitious story about knife-wielding panhandlers stoked unfounded fears about people experiencing homelessness, leading to concerns the crime would provoke confrontations. \u2014 Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Both were shot down over unfounded fears and criticisms similar to those aired in Solon Thursday. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While the war between Ukraine and Russia is commonly depicted as a fight between the free and unfree world, prior to the war neither country was particularly free. \u2014 Adam A. Millsap, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a lesson about the relative blunders of free and unfree societies. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The human costs of pursuing the truth are horrific\u2014scores of journalists killed every year, worldwide\u2014but the costs of living in an unfree society are even higher. \u2014 Sebastian Junger, Time , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The tide is turning against illiberal regimes in the existential battle between free and unfree nations. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The fact that the nation began there, built its prosperity off Southern land and unfree labor, and also the genocidal relationship to Indigenous people that becomes a way of doing things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Those in unfree or otherwise wretched countries take great risks. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The leaders in these unfree nations are all taking President Biden\u2019s measure. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 July 2021",
"It\u2019s been said that, with respect to China, Americans will have to choose between free trade and free markets, since China\u2019s policy is to make markets unfree . \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 21 Feb. 2021"
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"While the war between Ukraine and Russia is commonly depicted as a fight between the free and unfree world, prior to the war neither country was particularly free. \u2014 Adam A. Millsap, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a lesson about the relative blunders of free and unfree societies. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 29 Mar. 2022",
"The human costs of pursuing the truth are horrific\u2014scores of journalists killed every year, worldwide\u2014but the costs of living in an unfree society are even higher. \u2014 Sebastian Junger, Time , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The tide is turning against illiberal regimes in the existential battle between free and unfree nations. \u2014 J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al , 1 Mar. 2022",
"The fact that the nation began there, built its prosperity off Southern land and unfree labor, and also the genocidal relationship to Indigenous people that becomes a way of doing things. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Those in unfree or otherwise wretched countries take great risks. \u2014 Jay Nordlinger, National Review , 26 Aug. 2021",
"The leaders in these unfree nations are all taking President Biden\u2019s measure. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 15 July 2021",
"It\u2019s been said that, with respect to China, Americans will have to choose between free trade and free markets, since China\u2019s policy is to make markets unfree . \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 21 Feb. 2021"
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"Bartholomew's flock is comparatively small, and his power constrained by an unfriendly , majority-Muslim government. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
"Oleksandr Kharchenko, 39, volunteered to help occupation troops in trying to restart essential services and gain acceptance by a mostly unfriendly population. \u2014 WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"Three of the early favorites to win the Wanamaker Trophy all found the course unfriendly in their opening rounds. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
"For believers like Pallant, there is a misconception around how environmentally unfriendly crypto and NFTs are. \u2014 Lucy Sherriff, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has had the taste of India\u2019s unfriendly environment for digital tokens. \u2014 Mimansa Verma, Quartz , 11 Apr. 2022",
"And now, with artificial pools reaching a wider and wider audience, a sport that\u2019s notoriously macho, unfriendly , and intimidating is accessible like never before. \u2014 Spenser Mestel, The Atlantic , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The women running the shop are spectacularly unfriendly \u2014no touching! \u2014 Lynn Yaeger, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In a tournament that had been unfriendly to top-seeded teams, Kansas kept winning, though not dominating, at least not until late in the Miami game. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022"
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"disappointed to discover that the mare was unfruitful",
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"The investigation has been unfruitful , and law clerks may now be forced to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits. \u2014 Fortune , 1 June 2022",
"Efforts to contact manufacturers and compounding pharmacies have proved unfruitful , Corrections Department officials have repeatedly said. \u2014 CBS News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Efforts to contact manufacturers and compounding pharmacies have proved unfruitful , Corrections Department officials have repeatedly said. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Without trust, the Cold War secretary of state believed, diplomatic relations would be unfruitful , doubts among allies would hinder forging a strong common front, and tension-reducing accord would remain hard to come by. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The down day for equities and crypto came after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Turkey to discuss a 24-hour ceasefire, but efforts proved unfruitful . \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Rookie first-round pick Alex Leatherwood's stint at right tackle was unfruitful and short-lived. \u2014 Michael Middlehurst-schwartz, USA TODAY , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Moons are common in our solar system, which has more than 200 natural satellites, but the long search for interstellar moons has largely been unfruitful . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"President Xi Jinping last week amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders\u2019 top advisers has been largely unfruitful . \u2014 Aamer Madhani And Jonathan Lemire, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When Spiderhead starts, a man seated in a white room is being goaded into laughing at bad jokes \u2014 and then, at despairingly unfunny , violent facts. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 20 June 2022",
"The segment with the daughter\u2019s unattractive and unsympathetic personality was especially hard to watch and decidedly unfunny . \u2014 Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times , 13 May 2022",
"Vellani\u2019s confident delivery can\u2019t salvage a joke that smug (and unfunny ). \u2014 Inkoo Kang, Washington Post , 8 June 2022",
"But really that line should refer to the content of the special itself, which is transphobic, sexist, nihilistic, unfunny schlock. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Catholic coverups made priests the butt of jokes and altar boys their unfunny punch lines. \u2014 John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"She has been labeled annoying, somehow both overeager and smug, try-hard but also weirdly honest, unfunny . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Welcome to Broadway\u2019s fleurs-du-mal moment, a rare blossoming of funny plays on deeply unfunny subjects. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"But the Foos are stuck with a crass, crude, dated and terribly unfunny script written by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes from a story by Grohl, and McDonnell\u2019s filmmaking is rather inert. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 23 Feb. 2022"
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"after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The possibilities unfurl on a large flat-screen television in the opener of the NBA\u2019s Eastern Conference finals. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"The mattress will take about a day to fully unfurl from its bed-in-a-box package, but once that time has passed, you\u2019ll be all set to enjoy it. \u2014 Kylee Mcguigan, Popular Mechanics , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Another flag hung above the stage; a few in the audience brought their own to unfurl from the balconies. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In the corner of the Estadio de la C\u00e9ramica, the one left totally at the mercy of the elements, the fans started to unfurl their scarves. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Through flashbacks the original sin begins to unfurl , the film's shifting timelines signaled by gradations in the glorious beaver pelt on Pine's head. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
"As Webb travels to its final destination, key parts of the observatory that were folded up to fit inside the rocket will need to unfurl in space. \u2014 NBC News , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The next question was how to hold the accordion fold in place until the sunshield was ready to unfurl . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The week before The Batman was set to unfurl , China was hit with its worst COVID-19 infection flare-up since the pandemic began in Wuhan in late 2019. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In her day job, Perillo designs menus and works on budgets for Dinnerly, a meal-kit company that bills itself as unfussy and affordable with a $4.95 cost per adult serving. \u2014 Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Know that the boats here are all more Princess Anne than WASP princess: high-end but no-nonsense, well equipped but unfussy , unconcerned with anything as mundane as thread counts\u2014just like the upper-class Brits, who form their core clientele. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Town & Country , 17 June 2022",
"Farm Rio's tropical-print dresses capture that summer wedding feeling to a tee and, when paired with unfussy yet thoughtful accessories like Heimat Atlantica's woven bag and Mejuri's dainty hoop earrings, look effortless for any ceremony. \u2014 Talia Abbas, Glamour , 7 June 2022",
"The singer\u2019s singer (Tony Bennett\u2019s a fan!) is admired for her deft touch with lyrics and unfussy way with melody. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 May 2022",
"Like the hyper-competent aces at the story\u2019s core, this is a movie that defines its lane early and sticks to it, with finesse, unfussy style and more than a few sneak attacks of emotion. \u2014 Ann Hornaday, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"This third act ends up being the strongest section of More Than Ever: Atef stages unfussy scenes that pack maximum emotion, and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne seems one step closer to knowing herself. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"From airy cotton skirts to matching two-piece swimsuits, the unfussy , effortless assortment conjures that getaway feeling best served with a frothy drink in hand. \u2014 Caroline Tell, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"The 40-seat bar first opened on March 10 intending to make fun and unfussy cocktails. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 14 Apr. 2022"
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"He was tall and ungainly .",
"getting the ungainly couch up the stairs was a real chore",
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"The magazine\u2019s declared charge was to bring ungainly life and youthful indiscretion to a culture bounded by cloying upstart institutions (McSweeney\u2019s) and stuffy, older ones (James Wood writing at The New Republic). \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
"Newell designed this ungainly Willy Wonka\u2013esque apparatus over decades in a costly process of trial and error that faced\u2014and ultimately overcame\u2014several challenges, including protecting the mussels from turbulent seas and voracious eider ducks. \u2014 Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American , 1 May 2022",
"Not unlike Frankenstein\u2019s monster, Brian\u2019s ungainly creation comes alive during a thunderstorm. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Horse relies on ungainly cliff-hangers to pull the reader from chapter to chapter. \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"But bending her deeply ingrained poise into a more ungainly , everyday shape \u2014 while continuing to kick ass \u2014 may be Yeoh\u2019s most complicated assignment yet. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"In its assembly hall, the desk microphones cut the air at ungainly angles. \u2014 James Verini, New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"The ungainly , 400,000 square-foot mass of interconnected structures seemed to have swallowed Pereira\u2019s original design whole. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"In a contest of humans against all other animals in the efficiency of locomotion, humans on foot are about as ungainly , or gainly, as sheep. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022"
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"The magazine\u2019s declared charge was to bring ungainly life and youthful indiscretion to a culture bounded by cloying upstart institutions (McSweeney\u2019s) and stuffy, older ones (James Wood writing at The New Republic). \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
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"He was tall and ungainly .",
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"The magazine\u2019s declared charge was to bring ungainly life and youthful indiscretion to a culture bounded by cloying upstart institutions (McSweeney\u2019s) and stuffy, older ones (James Wood writing at The New Republic). \u2014 Phillip Maciak, The New Republic , 27 June 2022",
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"Ungallant behavior toward a woman was not in his nature.",
"\u2014 Russell Baker"
]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Times made ungallant references to Taft\u2019s heft, and to the chief reason for his visit, to see his sister. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-g\u0259-\u02c8lant",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What Warren fails to recognize is that the formula of progress that dictates these measures also dictates that they will someday be regarded as the ungenerosity of a primitive people. \u2014 Greg Weiner, National Review , 26 Sep. 2019"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02ccje-n\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-s\u0259-t\u0113",
"-\u02c8r\u00e4-st\u0113"
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"ungenerous criticisms"
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"it is ungenerous for someone of his ample means not to provide more for the care of his aging parents",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In that context, judging Fire Island too harshly as a film feels a little ungenerous : Director Andrew Ahn (who helmed the microbudget coming-out story Spa Night and the lovely, low-key indie Driveways) aims mostly for function and fizz here. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 May 2022",
"And yet, Genshin Impact\u2019s social team keeps running out-of-game promotions that are simply ludicrous in terms of the scale of prizes, and the game keeps exhausting players by appearing decidedly ungenerous . \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"My mother was raised in an ungenerous home, and from her youngest years was looking for any safe space available to her. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Now, its reporting faults News Showcase as unfair and ungenerous . \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The breathtaking high point of The Green Knight is a montage in which decades fly by, and Gawain ages into a stern and ungenerous leader of men and an indifferent user of women. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 27 July 2021",
"This might sound obvious, but its logic lately has played out for me during quarantine, when anxious projections and ungenerous readings haunted too many interactions. \u2014 Jane Hu, The New Yorker , 11 June 2021",
"The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, through which the U.S. government supports arts and culture, have pitifully ungenerous budgets and had become dishearteningly large political footballs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2021",
"The sauce is a little too pasty, and the toppings situation is ungenerous . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2021"
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"chintzy",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggard",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penny-pinching",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"pinchpenny",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable"
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"\u2026 in the ungenial climate and soil of New England \u2026",
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne",
"\u2026 for having the strength to get up every morning in the '70s and sit opposite the surly and ungenial Harry Reasoner.",
"\u2014 Lynette Rice"
]
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"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0113n-y\u0259l",
"-\u02c8j\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259l"
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"The young ladies arrived: their appearance was by no means ungenteel or unfashionable.",
"\u2014 Jane Austen"
]
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"first_known_use":{
"1633, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-jen-\u02c8t\u0113l"
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"adverb"
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"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
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": not gentle : lacking in softness, delicacy, etc. : harsh , rough":[
"an ungentle touch",
"\u2026 with the two gentlemen pursuing their ungentle quarrel in magazines, television studios, and courtrooms \u2026",
"\u2014 Hendrik Hertzberg"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But going back to trying to be gentle in ungentle times. \u2014 Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Notes From an Apocalypse is a gentle argument for coming to terms with the precarity of life, published in a moment where people are facing its fragility in an immediate and ungentle context. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 16 Apr. 2020"
],
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"1509, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8jen-t\u1d4al"
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"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern"
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"adverb"
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": not endowed with a special talent or superior intellectual capacity : not gifted":[
"an ungifted performer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The glamorous women who pursued Lawrence were flummoxed by his loyalty to Frieda: stout, older than he was, decidedly ungifted with words. \u2014 Rebecca Panovka, The New Yorker , 2 June 2021",
"Portland, with a very ungifted mayor, should request help from the Federal Government. \u2014 Emma Colton, Washington Examiner , 30 Aug. 2020"
],
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"1637, in the meaning defined above":""
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": not overlaid with gilding":[
"frames gilded and ungilded",
"\u2014 London Gazette"
]
},
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"adjective"
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": not having gimmicks : not gimmicky":[
"The surfers \u2026 had smooth, ungimmicky styles.",
"\u2014 William Finnegan",
"ungimmicky hotels",
"an ungimmicky action movie"
]
},
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"1963, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8gi-mi-k\u0113"
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"adjective"
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]
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
]
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": to divest of a restraining band or girdle : unbind":[]
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8g\u0259rd"
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": not girdled":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + girdled , past participle of girdle":""
},
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212808",
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"adjective"
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"ungirthing his saddle",
"\u2014 Henry Brooke"
]
},
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"un- entry 2 + girth":""
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"\"+"
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": to lose rigidity : become pliable : melt":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + give":""
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"\"+"
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]
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"\u2014 John Mason Brown"
]
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"\u2014 Carl Binger"
],
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"stingy, ungiving people",
"\u2014 Vance Packard"
]
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114529",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": not excitingly attractive : not glamorous":[
"unglamorous work",
"\u2026 only 80 pay to enter this unglamorous , graffiti-scarred brick building with views of the Thames.",
"\u2014 Asher Price"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unglamorous realities of production have long been hidden from the public in order to preserve the magic of mass-market consumption. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Keeping your house squeaky clean is, well, a chore\u2014one that typically requires unglamorous trappings like elbow grease, chemicals, and motivation. \u2014 Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor , 3 June 2022",
"Consider its distinctly unglamorous nickname: Hump Day. \u2014 Peter Grant, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"It\u2019s unglamorous work, even if her resulting sculptural cakes are destined for chic clients like Marc Jacobs and, soon, the Noguchi Museum. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"With more businesses starting, more founders are encountering the pain of bookkeeping (these unglamorous tasks are not usually part of the founder\u2019s dream). \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Wildfire is instead an unglamorous and endemic type of disaster, one that risks being normalized by the sheer frequency of its occurrence; Those Who Wish Me Dead is the rare movie with a healthy respect for its villain. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 21 May 2021",
"The 6-foot-2, 330-pound nose tackle performs a lot of unglamorous work that doesn\u2019t end up in the box score, and plenty that does. \u2014 James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the unglamorous schools and universities that educate the vast majority of American students are cutting instruction and instructors in philosophy, arts, and other fields that Berggruen aims to cultivate. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8glam-r\u0259s",
"-\u02c8gla-m\u0259-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234523",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unglued":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": upset , disordered":[
"\u2014 usually used with come chief executives came unglued at the thought of a strike \u2014 H. E. Meyer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Homophobia bubbles up from the dark places of other men\u2019s souls; even Lemming\u2019s closest friend, Davey Battle, a religious man who plays for an opposing team in more ways than one, comes unglued by it. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Meredith also comes unglued , backing up Brooks\u2019 story. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
"In 1800, our country almost came unglued following the election that eventually elevated Jefferson to the presidency, which ended Federalist rule. \u2014 CBS News , 10 June 2022",
"There was a feeling of something coming unglued and a sense that all of it was hurtling toward a decisive break, but also a camaraderie among journalists who, despite other disagreements, were similarly disturbed by the ugly circus in Washington. \u2014 David Faris, The Week , 12 May 2022",
"Despite stranding a leadoff single in the second, the left-hander came unglued in the third. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 10 Apr. 2022",
"During a private flight to orbit in September funded by a technology entrepreneur, a tube became unglued on that vehicle and urine from passengers wasn\u2019t deposited in a storage tank as designed. \u2014 Micah Maidenberg, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Associated Press reported that the company discovered that a tube had come unglued , spilling urine onto the floor and sparking concerns of a possible leak in the spacecraft. \u2014 Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Just like Staples will be removed from the court, the Lakers\u2019 defensive progress have mostly come unglued with Davis stuck in sweats. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8gl\u00fcd"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231349",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"ungodly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": contrary to moral law : sinful , wicked":[
"\u2026 he was himself so wicked a creature, and his own conscience so reproached him with his horrid, ungodly life \u2026",
"\u2014 Daniel Defoe",
"Look at what's happened to our ozone layer \u2026 ! We have destroyed this planet with our ungodly ways!",
"\u2014 John Way"
],
": denying or disobeying God : impious , irreligious":[
"\u2026 the listener fancied that he could distinguish the accents of towns-people of his own, men and women, both pious and ungodly \u2026",
"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
],
": far exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected":[
"an ungodly feat",
"ungodly speeds",
"In the blackened interior of the smokehouse hang enormous hams, some an ungodly fifty-five pounds. \"People want a large ham,\" Guier comments modestly.",
"\u2014 Matt Kramer"
],
": outrageous":[
"gets up at an ungodly hour",
"\u2026 this sandwich has an impressive nuanced batter that for some ungodly reason is lost on the rest of the fast food community.",
"\u2014 The Catalyst: Colorado College"
],
": severely objectionable to the senses":[
"an ungodly smell",
"The bark of a fox, ungodly screech of a coon, \u2026 and the howls and yips of coyote all travel far on the still, damp night air.",
"\u2014 M. L. Wells"
]
},
"examples":[
"What an ungodly racket they're making!",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Our culture now places what many see as an ungodly amount of power in the hands of the most influential social platforms. \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 30 Apr. 2022",
"These guys spend ungodly amounts of time creating and tweaking (then re-creating and re-tweaking) new routine to get bigger and better pumps, with a list of exercises longer than a dictionary. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 29 Apr. 2022",
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie, though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"If not, then the slow creep of inflation will just eat away at America\u2019s nickel piggy banks while hoarders manage all the logistical headaches of storing coins in such ungodly quantities. \u2014 Saahil Desai, The Atlantic , 18 Mar. 2022",
"In that whirlwind, some 400 people were implicated in the ungodly practice of witchery. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Newsom\u2019s strategy is an unimaginative blunderbuss approach \u2014 raising ungodly amounts of cash from billionaires and special interests, and bludgeoning recall proponents as dangerous insurrectionist tools of former President Donald Trump. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 27 Aug. 2021",
"The Devil Wears Prada, a tale of a struggling journalist, Andy (Anne Hathaway), cutting her teeth (and shredding deep personal ties in the process) while working through ungodly pressure at Runway fashion magazine. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 14 June 2021",
"The notion of a single ungodly disaster that finally spurs us to action and compels the government to respond is a fantasy. \u2014 Greg Jackson, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021"
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"1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"also -\u02c8g\u022fd-",
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083150",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"definitions":{
": not capable of being governed, guided, or restrained":[]
},
"examples":[
"The people there seemed almost ungovernable .",
"a handful of ungovernable students are disrupting the learning environment for everyone else",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Women will become ungovernable as these unjust laws begin to be the law of the land in states across the country. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"The old nostrum that France is ungovernable may be tested again. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"During his tenure, militants linked to the Islamic State and al-Qaeda have upended life in the nation of 21 million, rendering much of the countryside ungovernable and driving at least 1.4 million people from their homes. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pledging to make the chamber all but ungovernable if the rules change gambit succeeds. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 12 Jan. 2022",
"So listen: Right now your space, your beautiful space, your ungovernable American ether, is going bloody haywire. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 17 Dec. 2021",
"At their most cynical, sanctions are a deliberate attempt to trigger an ungovernable humanitarian crisis, which will undermine Taliban authority. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 31 Aug. 2021",
"But America itself also looks increasingly ungovernable . \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Ioannis Capodistrias became the first governor of an independent Greece, only to be assassinated in 1831 by ungovernable Maniots outside a church in Nafplion. \u2014 David Mason, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1673, in the meaning defined above":""
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],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ungovernable unruly , ungovernable , intractable , refractory , recalcitrant , willful , headstrong mean not submissive to government or control. unruly implies lack of discipline or incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of behavior. unruly children ungovernable implies either an escape from control or guidance or a state of being unsubdued and incapable of controlling oneself or being controlled by others. ungovernable rage intractable suggests stubborn resistance to guidance or control. intractable opponents of the hazardous-waste dump refractory stresses resistance to attempts to manage or to mold. special schools for refractory children recalcitrant suggests determined resistance to or defiance of authority. acts of sabotage by a recalcitrant populace willful implies an obstinate determination to have one's own way. a willful disregard for the rights of others headstrong suggests self-will impatient of restraint, advice, or suggestion. a headstrong young cavalry officer",
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"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
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"At best, President Donald Trump's exit from the White House is ungraceful . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 29 Nov. 2020",
"Next spring will mark six years since Northland mall in Southfield closed for good after a long and ungraceful decline. \u2014 Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press , 19 Nov. 2020",
"Given that much time and his history of health, Cano could\u2019ve endured even a fairly ungraceful decline and reached 3,000 hits and 400 home runs and shoo-in Hall of Fame status by his age-40 season when his deal runs up. \u2014 Ted Berg, For The Win , 15 May 2018",
"Babcock launched himself in the crowd and immediately numerous audience members\u2014including yours truly\u2014took an ungraceful tumble. \u2014 Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago , 7 Aug. 2017",
"Still, the ungraceful exit was disconcerting to Woods. \u2014 Mike Tierney, New York Times , 17 Feb. 2018",
"Even the most adept Olympic swimmer is wholly ungraceful in the water. \u2014 Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal , 29 July 2017"
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"Schoenberg\u2019s Suite, Op. 25, an example of his early supposedly ungracious 12-tone style, is just the thing to keep traditional audiences away. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Asking for gas money for a party that your daughter was attending seems to Miss Manners a bit miserly and ungracious . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"To bring up other human needs, of emotional or intellectual fulfilment beyond a roof to sleep under, is to be ungracious in the eyes of the media and the privileged public. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 28 Aug. 2021",
"None of this erases the everyday problem of unheld doors, forgotten thank yous, and ungracious birthday party guests. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But there remains a somewhat ungracious tenor to this administration that could be excised, sloughed like something outgrown, with no loss of counter-fire. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will cause only annoyance is ungracious . \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will only cause annoyance is ungracious . \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 6 Sep. 2019"
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"Schoenberg\u2019s Suite, Op. 25, an example of his early supposedly ungracious 12-tone style, is just the thing to keep traditional audiences away. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Asking for gas money for a party that your daughter was attending seems to Miss Manners a bit miserly and ungracious . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"To bring up other human needs, of emotional or intellectual fulfilment beyond a roof to sleep under, is to be ungracious in the eyes of the media and the privileged public. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 28 Aug. 2021",
"None of this erases the everyday problem of unheld doors, forgotten thank yous, and ungracious birthday party guests. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"But there remains a somewhat ungracious tenor to this administration that could be excised, sloughed like something outgrown, with no loss of counter-fire. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 11 Sep. 2019",
"Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will cause only annoyance is ungracious . \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 6 Sep. 2019",
"Otherwise, Miss Manners agrees that alerting them to an event that will only cause annoyance is ungracious . \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 6 Sep. 2019"
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"The sixth day of the summer season will have two ungraded stakes today \u2014 the $150,000 California Dreamin\u2019 Stakes (11/16-miles on the turf for older Cal-breds) and the $80,000 Daisycutter Handicap (5 furlongs on the turf for older fillies and mares). \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 July 2021",
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"Graham was shocked by this state of affairs, and by the gulf in value between graded and ungraded cards. \u2014 Will Bedingfield, Wired , 13 June 2021",
"The 6-year-old mare has won six-of-26 lifetime, including an ungraded stakes three back. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 9 May 2021",
"Gregorian Chant is coming off a win in the Clocker Corner, an ungraded stakes. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 13 Mar. 2021"
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"But to many Americans, the pronouns are ungrammatical and confusing. \u2014 Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post , 16 Aug. 2019",
"The ungrammatical use of ellipses to convey a pause or . . . \u2014 Lynda Robinson, Washington Post , 15 May 2018",
"None of that here in the pretentious, inauthentic speech of an ungrammatical kid. \u2014 Toby Zinman, Philly.com , 11 June 2018",
"Yes, its ungrammatical slogan does not exactly roll off the tongue. \u2014 Mark Lisanti, Vanities , 11 May 2018",
"That's when Zaydel fired back in ungrammatical English. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 17 Oct. 2017",
"The Heart of Texas Facebook page is full of stilted, ungrammatical English. \u2014 Tim Lister And Clare Sebastian, CNN , 5 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The scope of something inexpressible, a mammoth, ungraspable intimation, had overtaken him. \u2014 Greg Jackson, The New Yorker , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The ecological relationships that Darwin brings to our attention tell us of a world of bonds much more complex and ungraspable than had ever previously been supposed. \u2014 Longreads , 23 Mar. 2021",
"The Internet of Things is an ungraspable future, particularly when the fact of a future for Earth at all sometimes sounds implausible. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 14 May 2020",
"The river itself was a standard-issue metaphor of time\u2019s ungraspable flux and constancy. \u2014 Wells Tower, Outside Online , 11 July 2018",
"The new volume, the first in English to bring together all seven of Machado\u2019s story collections, illustrates both the refined pleasures and the somewhat ungraspable nature of his art. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 28 June 2018",
"The cascade of flickering, sometimes unreadable images is so unremitting, despite long stretches of an utterly blank screen, as to be nearly ungraspable . \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2018",
"Calder was aiming to grasp the ungraspable , to describe the indescribable. \u2014 Jed Perl, Smithsonian , 30 Sep. 2017"
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"Wool, 67, mostly demurs on questions about the effect market machinations can have on an artist\u2019s life and work, saying that addressing it inevitably risks making one sound disingenuously ungrateful for success. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Is that possible without looking ungrateful for all of her help? \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After creative director Nigel\u2019s blistering lecture about her seemingly ungrateful attitude, Andy literally pulls herself up by her Chanel bootstraps and gets to work, testing her personal relationships in the process. \u2014 Sophie Goulopoulos, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Central to much of this is the notion that Gu is somehow ungrateful for what the United States has given her. \u2014 Lincoln Mitchell, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In the 45-second video, Paskell reenacts giving an ungrateful client a blowout and a pair of false eyelashes while recounting the client's deluge of complaints. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Jeanne Phillips, also known as Dear Abby, covered a lot of problems in 2021, from ungrateful kids to awkward propositions, to ongoing concerns over COVID-19. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Washington Park neighborhood was torched by some ungrateful wretch just hours after a crowd of about 200 kids and adults lit the tree and enjoyed a night of caroling in the grassy median at Martin Luther King Drive and Garfield Boulevard. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"If thankless children are sharper than a serpent\u2019s tooth, as King Lear thought, our skin can be punctured, too, by ungrateful parents. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"Wool, 67, mostly demurs on questions about the effect market machinations can have on an artist\u2019s life and work, saying that addressing it inevitably risks making one sound disingenuously ungrateful for success. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2022",
"Is that possible without looking ungrateful for all of her help? \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After creative director Nigel\u2019s blistering lecture about her seemingly ungrateful attitude, Andy literally pulls herself up by her Chanel bootstraps and gets to work, testing her personal relationships in the process. \u2014 Sophie Goulopoulos, Harper's BAZAAR , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Central to much of this is the notion that Gu is somehow ungrateful for what the United States has given her. \u2014 Lincoln Mitchell, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In the 45-second video, Paskell reenacts giving an ungrateful client a blowout and a pair of false eyelashes while recounting the client's deluge of complaints. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Jeanne Phillips, also known as Dear Abby, covered a lot of problems in 2021, from ungrateful kids to awkward propositions, to ongoing concerns over COVID-19. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Washington Park neighborhood was torched by some ungrateful wretch just hours after a crowd of about 200 kids and adults lit the tree and enjoyed a night of caroling in the grassy median at Martin Luther King Drive and Garfield Boulevard. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Dec. 2021",
"If thankless children are sharper than a serpent\u2019s tooth, as King Lear thought, our skin can be punctured, too, by ungrateful parents. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Nov. 2021"
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"I let the secret about the surprise party spill out in an unguarded moment .",
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"Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. \u2014 Eric Gay And Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. \u2014 Eric Gray And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
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"Lifeguards are frustratingly scarce this year, leaving tens of thousands of the nation\u2019s pools closed and beaches unguarded , and the public distanced from a stalwart of the American summer. \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"Each was a quotidian tale in four narrative beats \u2014 90-minute renderings in spare lines, in notebooks that heighten the sense of experiencing someone\u2019s unguarded honesty. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. \u2014 Eric Gay And Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. \u2014 Eric Gray And Elliot Spagat, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
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"Lifeguards are frustratingly scarce this year, leaving tens of thousands of the nation\u2019s pools closed and beaches unguarded , and the public distanced from a stalwart of the American summer. \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022",
"Lifeguards are frustratingly scarce this year, leaving tens of thousands of the nation\u2019s pools closed and beaches unguarded , and the public distanced from a stalwart of the American summer. \u2014 Julie Bosman, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The recital opened with strong, unhackneyed songs by women: Elinor Remick Warren, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, and Amy Beach. \u2014 James R. Oestreich, New York Times , 19 Dec. 2017"
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"Wentz seemed fearless and unhampered escaping the pocket early and still looks fluid and athletic. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"In Mendelsohn\u2019s earlier works, classics slip in and out unhampered and unquestioned, like a friend with a key to the house. \u2014 Giancarlo Buonomo, New Republic , 3 Oct. 2017",
"A midday picnic for the school\u2019s seniors across the street also continued unhampered . \u2014 Hannah Knowles, sacbee , 25 Aug. 2017",
"Washington, however, has declared it in its interest to ensure that the conflicts are resolved peacefully and that freedom of navigation and overflight remain unhampered . \u2014 Christopher Bodeen, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2017",
"Washington, however, has declared it in its interest to ensure that the conflicts are resolved peacefully and that freedom of navigation and overflight remain unhampered . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Aug. 2017"
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"Perhaps there is something about Hardy that brings out an especially unhandy company. \u2014 Dallas News , 20 Aug. 2019"
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"The century-spanning epic follows a poor Korean woman and her descendants as their lives intertwine, often unhappily , with those of their Japanese neighbors. \u2014 Jon Burlingame, Variety , 3 June 2022",
"And, unhappily , subsequent scandals have attested to this. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 25 May 2022",
"In Undelivered, Jeff Nussbaum, speechwriter for powerful politicians, including then\u2013Vice President Joe Biden, tells the stories of speeches that never made history because events prevented their delivery\u2014often happily, at times unhappily . \u2014 Priya Satia, The New Republic , 20 May 2022",
"Cl\u00e9ment is married, but unhappily , and the relationship between him and Sandra unfolds with a tender sensuality, and then an acute sense of vulnerability \u2014 of two people finding desperately needed relief and release in each other\u2019s bodies. \u2014 Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"As the train pulled out of the station, screeching wheels drowned out the sound of a cat meowing unhappily . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"The last one came in the mid-1990s under Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, an episode that ended unhappily for many developing countries. \u2014 Paul Wiseman, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 May 2022",
"According to legend, this dish was dreamed up by an unhappily married woman named Ezo who was trying to win over her mother-in-law via her stomach. \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Affleck and de Armas play the unhappily married Van Allens. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"This was used as proof that Freeman was unhappy here, despite there being no context for the photo and despite: 1. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Gallup's report, released Tuesday, comes about two weeks after software giant Oracle released a happiness report that concluded nearly half of people worldwide are still unhappy more than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"As a result, investors are unhappy : Activist shareholders are pushing hard for change, and hedge funds are beginning to circle like vultures. \u2014 Allison Bailey, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"No matter what a leader does, somewhere someone will be unhappy . \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"But these voters come from across the political spectrum and are unhappy for different reasons. \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"That poor girl is a tortured soul who seems destined to be unhappy forever. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"And those workers who are unhappy with their company culture are considering joining the Great Resignation. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"India\u2019s unemployed youth are unhappy with the Narendra Modi government\u2019s new military jobs scheme. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
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"I've never seen her looking so unhappy .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was used as proof that Freeman was unhappy here, despite there being no context for the photo and despite: 1. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Gallup's report, released Tuesday, comes about two weeks after software giant Oracle released a happiness report that concluded nearly half of people worldwide are still unhappy more than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 29 June 2022",
"As a result, investors are unhappy : Activist shareholders are pushing hard for change, and hedge funds are beginning to circle like vultures. \u2014 Allison Bailey, Fortune , 28 June 2022",
"No matter what a leader does, somewhere someone will be unhappy . \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"But these voters come from across the political spectrum and are unhappy for different reasons. \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"That poor girl is a tortured soul who seems destined to be unhappy forever. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"And those workers who are unhappy with their company culture are considering joining the Great Resignation. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"India\u2019s unemployed youth are unhappy with the Narendra Modi government\u2019s new military jobs scheme. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz , 16 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even when these hoods are used (and available and venting outdoors, rather than just recirculating unhealthful air) , many are insufficient to address exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels emitted by gas burners. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Each year, Fresno residents withstand about 51 days \u2014 more than seven weeks \u2014 of unhealthful levels of fine particulate in the air. \u2014 Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"The map is color coded to indicate whether the air is good, unhealthful or hazardous. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Over the last few years, similar periods of unhealthful air in SoCal were the result of massive heat waves and wildfires burning across the region. \u2014 Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Comfort foods are often associated with eating that's unhealthful , but that doesn't have to be the case. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 19 Dec. 2021",
"The Environmental Protection Agency, National Weather Service and local health agencies monitor air quality across the country and issue warnings when air quality reaches unhealthful levels. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 July 2021",
"Areas near Chester are expected to receive the worst of its unhealthful effects. \u2014 Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times , 1 Sep. 2021",
"During periods of unhealthful air quality, limit your time outdoors. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 July 2021"
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"Her skin looks blotchy and unhealthy .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But being constantly overwhelmed is unhealthy and detrimental. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Now, to reduce the fire risk, the agency is seeking approval to remove tens of thousands of trees across 13,000 acres that are deemed to be overgrown, unhealthy and vulnerable to drought and disease. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"This just shows that these children are put in a position that is so wildly unhealthy and harmful to them. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Federal law allowed this, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the state could continue using the equipment to track the Air Quality Index, a public information tool that communicates whether the air is good, unhealthy or hazardous. \u2014 Bianca Fortis, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
"My husband finds his mother and immediate family unhealthy and toxic. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Sep. 2021",
"State health officials said conditions in the warehouse were unhealthy and unsafe. \u2014 Jessi Mitchell, CBS News , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Also: \u2022 Lake Tahoe is choking with wildfire smoke, creating an unhealthy and sometimes hazardous environment for residents and tourists. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Aug. 2021",
"The current advisories say that the air quality could range from good to unhealthy , depending on wind conditions and how close people are to the fires. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022"
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"Her skin looks blotchy and unhealthy .",
"Tests revealed an unhealthy level of lead in the water.",
"Eating honey can be unhealthy for babies.",
"He was stuck in an unhealthy relationship.",
"She has an unhealthy interest in natural disasters.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But being constantly overwhelmed is unhealthy and detrimental. \u2014 Frederick Daso, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Now, to reduce the fire risk, the agency is seeking approval to remove tens of thousands of trees across 13,000 acres that are deemed to be overgrown, unhealthy and vulnerable to drought and disease. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"This just shows that these children are put in a position that is so wildly unhealthy and harmful to them. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Federal law allowed this, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the state could continue using the equipment to track the Air Quality Index, a public information tool that communicates whether the air is good, unhealthy or hazardous. \u2014 Bianca Fortis, ProPublica , 30 Dec. 2021",
"My husband finds his mother and immediate family unhealthy and toxic. \u2014 cleveland , 12 Sep. 2021",
"State health officials said conditions in the warehouse were unhealthy and unsafe. \u2014 Jessi Mitchell, CBS News , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Also: \u2022 Lake Tahoe is choking with wildfire smoke, creating an unhealthy and sometimes hazardous environment for residents and tourists. \u2014 Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Aug. 2021",
"The current advisories say that the air quality could range from good to unhealthy , depending on wind conditions and how close people are to the fires. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The climate crisis has become an inescapable fact of daily life, with each new heretofore- unheard -of weather phenomenon offering a solemn reminder that the time to act is now \u2013 if there is still time to spare. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 19 June 2022",
"The conflict was fueled partly by Mr. Ford\u2019s decision nearly two years earlier to roughly double the pay of his workers to a then- unheard -of $5 per day. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Despite that unheard -of salary for what amounted to 20 minutes of screen time, Guinness was reluctant to come back for a sequel. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"To be the change agent leading in service of my constituents, the voices unheard , shuttered, or disregarded. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 3 May 2022",
"That includes the last few years, during the pandemic, when rates fell to unheard -of levels and home prices exploded across Southern California and the nation, writes Andrew Khouri. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Not so strange for a New Yorker, perhaps, but unheard of in his neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, far off the tourist path. \u2014 Theresa Waldrop, CNN , 13 Apr. 2022",
"More recently, a USAA Bank employee\u2019s internal complaints regarding its numerous banking law violations apparently went unheard for nearly six years before finally reaching the doors of federal regulators in March 2020. \u2014 The Insider, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The seven-story Bushnell apartment tower rose into San Antonio\u2019s skyline almost 100 years ago during a time when apartment buildings that tall were unheard of in the city. \u2014 Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News , 7 May 2022"
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"-\u02cc\u00e4v"
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"unheated leftovers"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His children often went to bed hungry, shivering in their unheated home. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Apr. 2022",
"At the highest risk of freezing are pipes that run against exterior walls and those in unheated or uninsulated places, such as the attic, basement, or garage. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The employers\u2019 offices now are dark and unheated (huge savings). \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"So even limited amounts of time in an unheated vehicle could be dangerous. \u2014 Robert Allen, The Courier-Journal , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Pull them into an unheated garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or similar site. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Consider insulating any pipes located in unheated areas, such as in the attic, basement, crawl spaces, or garage. \u2014 Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Meanwhile, Larson is still toiling in obscurity, living in an unheated loft in early-\u201990s New York and trying to break through in the world of theater. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Nov. 2021",
"To prevent pipes from freezing \u2014 and possibly bursting \u2014 use insulation to cover pipes that run through exterior walls, an attic, crawl space or unheated basement. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Oct. 2021"
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"But not all the Texas providers do so, and McCullough said that in past freezes and price spikes, a significant number of unhedged retailers were forced under. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Feb. 2021",
"The firm is keeping open long recommendations for the yuan through unhedged Chinese government bonds. \u2014 Ruth Carson, Fortune , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Of its around 5 trillion yen in outstanding foreign-bond holdings as of December, the proportion of hedged and unhedged securities was about equal. \u2014 Chikako Mogi, Bloomberg.com , 21 Feb. 2018",
"Moreover, higher transport costs probably outweigh any gains from unhedged food purchases. \u2014 Spencer Jakab, WSJ , 31 Aug. 2018",
"Three hedged ETFs that could be worth a look, compared with the ' unhedged ' LQD fund. \u2014 Ari I. Weinberg, WSJ , 4 Nov. 2018",
"The cost exceeds the original plans by hundreds of millions of dollars due to unhedged currency swings. \u2014 James T. Areddy, WSJ , 5 Nov. 2018",
"The unhedged version of this fund performed well during this two-year period of falling rates, producing a gain of 6.1% annualized. \u2014 Mark Hulbert, WSJ , 3 June 2018",
"The weak dollar has whittled down returns for unhedged money managers, raising the prospect of capital flight if the greenback\u2019s losing streak gathers pace, warn Wells Fargo & Co. strategists. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 18 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But basic training protocols -- including those involving communication channels and chain of command -- went unheeded , law enforcement officials later said. \u2014 Olivia Rubin, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Yet all the choices in rhyme-making take place against the largely unheeded current of rhyme, pure and impure, that flows unimpeded from popular song and greeting-card sentiments and countless other forms. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"The gesture, which preceded Francis' unheeded Easter appeal for a truce, was an attempt to show the possibility of future Russian-Ukrainian reconciliation. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 4 May 2022",
"Like other mass shootings in the United States, the attack in Buffalo has rekindled a debate over mental health, white supremacy and access to guns, while prompting calls, often unheeded , for changes to federal law. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training. \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training. \u2014 Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training. \u2014 Morgan Lee, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since the user won\u2019t get prompts like that in real life, your results will be unhelpful . \u2014 Kevin Philpott, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Cost burden is another formulaic answer to housing problems that is not only unhelpful , but leads local governments to set unrealistic targets for spending on new subsidized housing construction. \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Still, the executive acknowledged that there could be better standards to ensure consistency across the industry, and that the current classification of ESG products is often unhelpful . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"The list of potential causes are wide-ranging, and therefore comically unhelpful : Chewing gum! \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 13 May 2022",
"And some of the studies that have been done offer conflicting or unhelpful results. \u2014 Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, CNN , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The tests have simply become unreliable and unhelpful , and contact tracing has become nearly impossible. \u2014 Linda Dahl, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Even those who think his personal decision not to get a coronavirus vaccine is ill-informed and unhelpful do not lump him in with anti-vaccination crusaders. \u2014 Marc Santora, New York Times , 13 Jan. 2022",
"The Bel Air resident spends about four to five hours a day searching for information to share and approving posts on the page to avoid duplicate or unhelpful posts. \u2014 Jason Fontelieu, baltimoresun.com , 5 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 Philip Howard"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its stars still burn brightly\u2014perhaps especially so in our own gruesomely unheroic times\u2014with Ernest Shackleton considered by many to be the brightest star of them all. \u2014 Sara Wheeler, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"But it\u2019s the Englishman\u2019s perspective \u2014 not just that of Hugh, but Jeremy Irons\u2019 dry, decent but fatally unheroic Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain \u2014 that this predominantly English-language affair ultimately favors. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 30 Dec. 2021",
"And yet when one reads through the FDOH documents that chronicle the affair, one is struck by how dull and unheroic the whole thing really was. \u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review , 13 May 2021",
"Iron Man drinks heavily, beds plenty of women and generally acts fairly unheroic . \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 16 Jan. 2021",
"Alvaro, younger than Serafina and penniless, is passionate but unheroic , and Serafina, used to a blunter kind of masculinity, can\u2019t make up her mind about him. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 21 Oct. 2019",
"Through six games as the starter in Denver, his rather unheroic role in the Broncos\u2019 boring offense has been painfully well-defined: Don\u2019t mess it up. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 16 Oct. 2019",
"The government Sunstein has always wanted and still wants is balanced, dispassionate, evidence-based, and ferociously unheroic . \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 20 June 2019",
"Despite these unheroic conflicts of interest, the film portrays this period as a golden era for journalism. \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, New Republic , 14 Dec. 2017"
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"also -her-\u02c8\u014d-",
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"\u2014 Wilkie Collins",
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"\u2014 William Finnegan"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While masks in public spaces are still required in Dubai, life in the city-state can otherwise feel unhindered by the pandemic. \u2014 Aya Batrawy, USA TODAY , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Its former receptionist, Andrea Ferrigno, a brisk woman of forty, vividly remembers a time when its operations went quietly unhindered , in the nineteen-nineties. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Truckloads rumble unhindered across its border every day, much of it bound for a single market in downtown Johannesburg. \u2014 Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Through Kalinin\u2019s intervention, the kosher flour and matzoh production took place unhindered that year. \u2014 George Castle, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Now with the pandemic potentially fading, school administrators are anticipating returning to the pre-COVID-19 days of unhindered volunteerism. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, The Christian Science Monitor , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Our capacity for growth is unhindered because of our whiskey bonding model. \u2014 John Mariani, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The sweeping nature of blockchain technology, unhindered by geographical boundaries, means creators and consumers alike who did not have access in the past will be able to interact with the industry. \u2014 Tony M Fountain, Rolling Stone , 14 Feb. 2022",
"And of the sites the agency detects, about a quarter are able to keep operating unhindered because the agency doesn\u2019t have the resources to bust them before the traffickers harvest. \u2014 NBC News , 1 Dec. 2021"
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"the endless harassment by the guards completely unhinged the prisoners of war",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indiana made 10 of its final 13 shots from the field to unhinge a Michigan team that might have penciled itself into the quarterfinals after coasting through 30 minutes largely unchallenged. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The Cowboys hoped their healthy squad was peaking at the right time to unhinge a Cardinals team led by Murray, a North Texas native who had never lost at AT&T Stadium throughout his high school, college and pro careers. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Midnight Mass cleverly subverts the pagan horror genre, because the religion that threatens to unhinge its followers is mainstream Catholicism. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 31 Dec. 2021",
"To clean roller brushes, unhinge the covering (called the brush guard) and pull out the brush. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 24 Sep. 2021",
"Mosasaurs were the apex predator of the seas that covered much of Alabama, with the largest species reaching 50 feet in length, and jaws that could unhinge like a snake\u2019s to take a bite out of pretty much any creature that crossed its path. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 5 Aug. 2021",
"But Trump's Twitter rampage is just getting started: This was only the first night of speakers, and Trump has already began to unhinge by speaking out against powerhouse Democrats. \u2014 Elly Belle, refinery29.com , 18 Aug. 2020",
"The jacket, a \u201960s-style number with ostentatious fringe on the front, sides and sleeves, transfixes Georges and then unhinges him. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2020",
"Owners would unhinge leashes so their dogs would run free (both ironic, considering the few signs on the outer edges of the park remind people golf is not allowed and dogs must remain leashed. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 30 Apr. 2020"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 Cosmopolitan",
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"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
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"\u2014 Cosmopolitan",
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"\u2014 Agatha Christie"
]
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"destined to become one of the nation's most notorious serial killers, he apparently became unhinged as a result of being abandoned as a young teen",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Much of the press and the public have become desensitized to the former president\u2019s unhinged conduct. \u2014 Oliver Darcy, CNN , 29 June 2022",
"Naylor\u2019s home run ignited a wild celebration along the first-base line that saw the mild-mannered infielder unleash his unhinged alter ego, one that\u2019s typically reserved for late-inning heroics. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 29 June 2022",
"The notion that anyone still believes Trump, a person so clearly dangerous and so obviously unhinged , should come anywhere remotely near the White House ever again. \u2014 Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Had it been sent before Fisher's press conference, Bjork's email would be entirely defensible, because nobody \u2013 Bjork included \u2013 could've predicted the A&M coach's utterly unhinged string of attacks. \u2014 Chase Goodbread, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Phoenix also earned the statue for Best Actor for his unhinged performance. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 14 June 2022",
"And we've been promised a Fresca cocktail sometime this year \u2014 watch this space for what will likely be an unhinged review from this longtime Fresca stan. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Butcher's probably pushed Ryan one step closer to becoming a sociopath like Homelander, who's growing more and more unhinged by the second. \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"Set in the near future in which nobody has the ability to feel pain, Crimes of the Future is a bonkers film that thoughtfully explores human evolution and captures Stewart at her most unhinged . \u2014 Jihane Bousfiha, ELLE , 2 June 2022"
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]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Marie Callender\u2019s are proudly unhip , with a lot of wood, dark carpeting, antiques and old lamps. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Dec. 2021",
"For many of today\u2019s active grandparents \u2014 who feel anything but old and stodgy \u2014 the terms Grandma and Grandpa have the decidedly unhip whiff of talcum powder, blue hair rinse and dentures. \u2014 Laurie Yarnell, Good Housekeeping , 27 Oct. 2020",
"Aloha Fridays were a fixture of a certain kind of workplace, and everyone\u2014from Elvis to the decidedly unhip Richard Nixon\u2014seemed to have an aloha shirt. \u2014 Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Apr. 2020",
"The company utterly failed at nearly every aspect of this endeavor, proudly unveiling a slow and a tragically unhip device with an unfinished operating system at an iPhone-worthy price. \u2014 Christopher Null, Wired , 24 Dec. 2019",
"Lately, a wave of stylishly sullen young artists, many in rap, has excavated the painfully unhip , angsty subcultures of the 1990s and 2000s. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 25 June 2018",
"In a bleak, distinctly unhip neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kyra, a middle-aged woman, is struggling to survive. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, New York Times , 5 Apr. 2018",
"Even still, Transitions lenses\u2013the photoreactive technology that darkens your eyeglass lenses in sunlight\u2013still carry the stigma of being strictly for the elderly and deeply unhip . \u2014 Miles Raymer, Esquire , 25 July 2017",
"Even the dowdy styles worn by their unhip classmates are fun to look at, in their own hideous way. \u2014 Dusty Somers, The Seattle Times , 19 June 2017"
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 Charles Barber"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Interpreting the Qur\u2019an exclusively by reference to its text without invoking outside or later sources is injudicious and unhistorical . . \u2014 Christopher Carroll, WSJ , 4 Oct. 2017"
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"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8st\u00e4r-",
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"We unhitched the trailer from the car.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And then in time, try to unhitch decision-making from getting upset or overinvested altogether \u2026 but, one step at a time. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 June 2021",
"At the field, the ATV comes off the trailer, which gets unhitched from the truck and hitched to the ATV. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 16 Mar. 2020",
"But unfortunately, no matter how much love and promise a couple starts out with, relationships can sour, and couples end up getting unhitched for a number of reasons. \u2014 Samantha Lauriello, Health.com , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Kickstand: This feature will provide more stability for your pup entering and exiting if the trailer is unhitched from the bike. \u2014 Nicole Forsyth, The Mercury News , 6 June 2019",
"While shopping at the popular remodeling store, ReFab, a thief unhitched the 12-ft tall home from Meagan Panu's car, and drove away with her property. \u2014 Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful , 19 Dec. 2018",
"Travel trailers are good for campers who want to unhitch and store the camper more easily when not in use, and a plethora of options means that there is something for everyone. \u2014 Megan Barber, Curbed , 16 Aug. 2018",
"Though Jason was able to unhitch his truck from the blazing trailer, the vehicle itself sustained damage as well, the Journal reports. \u2014 Janine Puhak, Fox News , 19 July 2018",
"Hawken, who formerly lived in New Zealand, is proposing unhitching the trailer to leave it in place for three seasons and renting four spaces instead of two. \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 Apr. 2018"
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"1706, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8hich"
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"verb"
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": in an unholy manner":[]
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from un- entry 1 + holpen":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202134",
"type":[
"adjective"
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": deserving of censure":[
"an unholy alliance"
],
": showing disregard for what is holy : wicked":[],
": very unpleasant : god-awful":[
"an unholy mess"
]
},
"examples":[
"Our finances were an unholy mess.",
"They have spent an unholy amount of money on the project.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That unholy trinity of economic forces has made recession forecasting something of a national sport. \u2014 Allison Morrow, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"Seated in the lobby of the VaynerMedia headquarters lobby at 10 Hudson Yards, Ryan Clark attempted to explain the dynamic of this unholy trinity, but things drifted off track. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 10 June 2022",
"But thanks to the 2022\u2019s unholy trinity of interest rate hikes, inflation and war, both asset classes now are in the red, which trashes the old 60-40 guideline. \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"This series takes place in a world where some people are told the exact time of their death and are dispatched to their final unholy destination by giant demons in broad daylight. \u2014 Jennifer Mcclellan, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"From there, things devolve into an unholy symphony of human bickering, sending the cast and crew of this film-within-a-film into a hellish collective meltdown. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"At the nexus of Influencer and Extreme Fitness Bro lies Brian Johnson, a man who drags unholy amounts of weight through the Texas woods. \u2014 Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"Has your dog somehow gotten into the bathroom and jumped into the shower, knocking over shampoo bottles and causing an unholy ruckus? \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"And here in little Rhode Island, this unholy alliance conspired to advance the ultimate Big Government act of control. \u2014 Mike Stenhouse, National Review , 30 Apr. 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8h\u014d-l\u0113"
],
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
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": to make homeless":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + home":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
],
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"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
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": not homelike":[]
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"\"+"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": lack of intimacy or warmth : aloofness , formality":[]
},
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172208",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": uninviting":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105302",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unhook":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to free from a habit or dependency":[],
": to remove from a hook":[],
": to unfasten by disengaging a hook":[]
},
"examples":[
"He unhooked the fish from the line.",
"She reached behind her and unhooked her bra.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If Russia declined to participate in the ISS and went so far as to unhook its modules, could the rest of the nations involved keep the station in orbit? \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In late February, as Russian troops massed at the border and the world held its breath, engineers at Ukrenergo, Ukraine\u2019s electrical grid operator, were preparing to unhook the nation\u2019s power supply from its neighbors. \u2014 Gregory Barber, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In nine hours, Katie or Matt will return to unhook their son. \u2014 John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Don\u2019t drag the fish to the silty, muddy, sandy river bank to unhook or photograph it before release. \u2014 D'arcy Egan, cleveland , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Numerous 9-inch fish came to hand and McKenna had no issues with using her long nails to her advantage to unhook fish and put on bait and grab the fish. \u2014 Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 5 Dec. 2021",
"Amazon might be able to lean on its own services unit to unhook itself from the supply chain constraints holding back revenue growth now. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Amal's dress seemed to have snagged against her stiletto, leaving George to hold onto his wife as nearby handlers helped unhook the hem of her dress from her shoe. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Oct. 2021",
"The man tried to unhook the shark, but was bitten on both hands, Malphurs said. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com , 30 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8hu\u0307k"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101654",
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not amusing or humorous":[
"an unhumorous subject",
"The other joke is that Joseph Miller, though a competent comic actor, was in person taciturn and utterly unhumorous .",
"\u2014 D. J. Enright"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlike Dickens, to whom he was sometimes compared, Balzac didn\u2019t care for or about children, and was essentially unhumorous . \u2014 Elif Batuman, The New Yorker , 23 Jan. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8hy\u00fcm-r\u0259s",
"-\u02c8y\u00fc-",
"-\u02c8y\u00fcm-",
"-\u02c8hy\u00fc-m\u0259-"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084853",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"definitions":{
": not hurried : leisurely":[
"an unhurried pace"
]
},
"examples":[
"we cycled at an unhurried pace and saved our strength for the hills up ahead",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Fourth which followed was characteristically unhurried , as is Muti\u2019s wont in Beethoven\u2019s symphonies. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 6 May 2022",
"South Florida \u2014 On a peaceful June morning at the beach in Deerfield, a swimmer glided past, a woman napped in the sun, and the lifeguards set up at their stations, unhurried . \u2014 Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel , 16 June 2022",
"Pulsating rhythm is balanced by the simmering, unhurried harmonies of Jacqueline and Charlie Worsham. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"What results is a wonderfully surprising song that shifts shapes and evolves at an unhurried pace. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Both quiet and unhurried , the tiny community is known as the gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands, a maze of islands and mangrove islets ideal for primitive camping and with waters ripe for canoeing and kayaking. \u2014 Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 June 2022",
"His approach to constructing scenes is languid, slow, unhurried . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"Adaptation from an evolutionary perspective is by nature a glacially unhurried process. \u2014 Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes , 7 May 2022",
"In this sequence of unhurried scenes, a quiet car ride feels like a major event. \u2014 Pat Padua, Washington Post , 16 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8h\u0259r-\u0113d",
"-\u02c8h\u0259-r\u0113d"
],
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"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233229",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unhurt":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not hurt : intact , uninjured":[
"was unhurt after the fall"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Upon examination, it was discovered that Modern Games was unhurt and racing fit. \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"The buffalo then nearly trample Royal, and do trample Autumn, before swarming Rhett and Maria\u2014both of whom are unhurt . \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 5 May 2022",
"Even as the fire still raged, Yem arrived and explained to the more than 20 suddenly homeless Cambodians \u2014 all refugees like himself, all fortunately unhurt \u2014 what resources were available for their recovery. \u2014 Kevin G. Andrade, BostonGlobe.com , 28 Jan. 2022",
"But within about a minute, the tornado passed by, and while the family was unhurt , their home was in ruins amid debris all around, even in the trees. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
"But within about a minute, the tornado passed by, and while the family was unhurt , their home was in ruins amid debris all around, even in the trees. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Twenty children had to be evacuated but were unhurt , Ukraine\u2019s armed forces said. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Rosasco, 21 weeks pregnant with her first child at the time, suffered some bruising but was otherwise unhurt . \u2014 Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"Porter-Greene, who was unhurt , denied yelling at McClam or seeking a confrontation or possessing a gun. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8h\u0259rt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122430",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having undergone chemical hydrolysis : not hydrolyzed":[
"unhydrolyzed sugars"
]
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"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8h\u012b-dr\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bzd"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135522",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unhygienic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having or showing good hygiene : not hygienic : unsanitary":[
"squalid, unhygienic conditions"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"First, they were seen as zones where the government could contain and protect the Muslim population, then as unhygienic and culturally backward slums, and later as terrorist hideouts. \u2014 Tarushi Aswani, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 June 2022",
"The 44-year-old is sleeping on the concrete floor of a crowded shelter with no mattresses in increasingly unhygienic conditions while her children stay at a friend\u2019s home. \u2014 Evens Sanon And D\u00e1nica Coto, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"The United Nations says more than 16,000 people in Haiti have lost their homes since mid-2021 as a result of gang violence, with many of them staying in temporary government shelters in extremely unhygienic conditions. \u2014 Danica Cotto And Freida Frisara, orlandosentinel.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The United Nations says more than 16,000 people in Haiti have lost their homes since mid-2021 as a result of gang violence, with many of them staying in temporary government shelters in extremely unhygienic conditions. \u2014 Danica Coto, sun-sentinel.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Center for COVID Control has been riddled with allegations, including falsely billing the federal government for tests for people who had health insurance, falsifying test results and being unhygienic . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 26 Jan. 2022",
"An Oklahoma pastor is getting some flak online for what many deemed was an unhygienic sermon on Sunday. \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Thousands have been displaced this year, forced to live in overcrowded and unhygienic temporary shelters. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Nepal recalls walking into an unhygienic kitchen tucked away in the corner of a crammed labor camp, shared by dozens of workers. \u2014 Zeena Saifi And Becky Anderson, CNN , 9 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"also -j\u0113-\u02c8e-nik",
"-\u02c8je-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cch\u012b-j\u0113-\u02c8en-ik, -\u02c8jen-, -\u02c8j\u0113n-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02cch\u012b-\u02c8j\u0113-nik"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023416",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": not hymned : unsung":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + hymned , past participle of hymn":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000530",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not containing or separated by a hyphen : not hyphenated":[
"an unhyphenated word"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Collegiate editions, as well as by Webster\u2019s online, which has dropped the earlier unhyphenated definition entirely. \u2014 Mary Norris, The New Yorker , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The common denominator in all my cultures, including my unhyphenated Americanness is respect. \u2014 Natashia De\u00f3n, Harper's BAZAAR , 4 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8h\u012b-f\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174445",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unhysterical":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not given to or marked by hysteria : not hysterical":[
"\u2026 Welsh's writing about intoxicants is refreshingly unhysterical .",
"\u2014 Jonathan Lethem"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-hi-\u02c8ster-i-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211259",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"uni-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one : single":[
"uni cellular"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from unus \u2014 more at one":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8y\u00fc-ni"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132738",
"type":[
"prefix"
]
},
"unidentified":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having a known or established identity : not identified":[
"unidentified flying objects",
"an unidentified suspect"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unidentified woman told investigators Guillod lured her back to his nearby Sherman Oaks home, saying his daughter would be present. \u2014 Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"An unidentified off-duty Cleveland police officer who was shopping in the store approached Martinez-Morales and identified herself as an officer, police said. \u2014 Kaylee Remington, cleveland , 10 June 2022",
"The unidentified male officer and a male offender were both wounded in the area of 69th and Sangamon streets, authorities said. \u2014 William Lee, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Finlay asked after she was directed to an unidentified officer still at the first crash scene down the road. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 6 May 2022",
"The footage shows the unidentified white police officer struggling with Lyoya after chasing him on foot following a traffic stop. \u2014 Byadisa Hargett-robinson, ABC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Lyoya\u2019s fatal encounter with an unidentified Grand Rapids police officer was captured in multiple videos released by the agency last week. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Moises Correa, 30, is accused in last July\u2019s incident, which occurred after the unidentified officer stopped a black Chrysler that Correa was allegedly driving at Black Mountain Road and Westview Parkway. \u2014 City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The unidentified officer was sitting in his patrol vehicle near north John Young Parkway and west Harwood Street around 4:20 p.m. when James Mossetty, 33, allegedly began banging on the vehicle, said OPD spokesperson Officer Michelle Rogers. \u2014 Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com , 10 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259-\u02c8den-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u012b-\u02c8den-t\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
],
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"anonymous",
"certain",
"given",
"one",
"some",
"unnamed",
"unspecified"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035737",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[
"breakup",
"disconnection",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"parting",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"split"
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},
"examples":[
"the political unification of several Central European states into a German empire dominated by Prussia",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cross-strait tensions have intensified as Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s calls for unification have become more assertive in the face of increasing opposition from Taiwan. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Thousands of Israelis marched through east Jerusalem on Sunday in an annual Jerusalem Day flag-waving procession commemorating Israel's unification of east and west Jerusalem after the 1967 Six-Day War. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 30 May 2022",
"The true story of the first and only African Samurai in feudal Japan who rose from being a slave for the Jesuits to fighting as a Samurai in the unification of Japan. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Cross-strait relations have grown strained in recent years, as Beijing has ramped up calls for unification , while more Taiwanese oppose the mainland\u2019s aggression and influence. \u2014 Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"Yet a key component of national rejuvenation is unification , which in Beijing\u2019s view requires the destruction of minority cultures. \u2014 Dhondup T. Rekjong, WSJ , 18 Nov. 2021",
"Zoho\u2019s long-term goal has been unification at every level, from the experience to the applications right down to the infrastructure and networks that run in the back end. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 25 Oct. 2021",
"O\u2019Neill has said there would be no constitutional change on Irish unification until voters decide on it. \u2014 Sylvia Hui And Peter Morrison, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"O\u2019Neill has said, on Irish unification , there would be no constitutional change until voters decide on it. \u2014 Sylvia Hui And Peter Morrison, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02ccy\u00fc-n\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"union"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183322",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"decentralize",
"deconcentrate",
"spread (out)"
],
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": to make into a unit or a coherent whole : unite":[]
},
"examples":[
"The creation of the national railroad system unified the country.",
"two very different people unified by a common belief",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The new Outlook client for Windows will unify the web and offline clients\u2014when it's done, anyway. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 18 May 2022",
"Digital experience systems unify their digital technology stacks. \u2014 Zack Hamilton, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Chappell\u2019s goal was to unify the interior space, create more of a flow between the rooms by punching through one of the walls, remodel the bathrooms, and start with a clean canvas of Simply White paint by Benjamin Moore. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Whether with process or people (or both), companies that unify S+P can help CXOs and boards make better decisions, both for risk reduction and opportunity potential. \u2014 Michael Gurau, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"And the coach already has taken steps to unify former Cardinal players who have felt ostracized by the program, including the hire of Louisville legend Milt Wagner as the director of player development and alumni relations. \u2014 Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal , 26 May 2022",
"And that will be part of Biden's mission over the next week -- to unify the region around Taiwan as a deterrent to any Chinese belligerence. \u2014 Brad Lendon, CNN , 19 May 2022",
"In an effort to unify the junior middleweight belts, the two champions fought to a draw July 17 at the AT&T Center. \u2014 Matt Young, Chron , 13 May 2022",
"Eurovision launched in 1956, in part as a postwar effort to unify Europe. \u2014 Nick Vivarelli, Variety , 13 May 2022"
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"Still, that success has been accompanied by an unignorable asterisk. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 11 Oct. 2021",
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"Finally, here was unignorable proof that movies with Asian leads could sell tickets \u2014 and that the Marvel Universe was indeed big enough to include more diverse voices and faces and names besides Chris. \u2014 Phil Yu, EW.com , 6 July 2021",
"Justice Democrats is betting that the most efficient way to reshape the Democratic Party is to disrupt this pattern, giving moderates an unignorable reason to guard their left flank. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 24 May 2021",
"The precision of the cicada\u2019s song might make these species an important\u2014and unignorable \u2014doomsday clock. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 11 May 2021"
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"On the law, Mr. Pence is right: The Constitution does not give the Vice President unilateral power to reject electoral votes. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"If universities refuse to respect that right, then courts will have to step up and reaffirm that universities do not have unilateral power to dictate how student organizations select their leaders. \u2014 Caleb Dalton, National Review , 11 Mar. 2022",
"That gives unilateral veto power to all 50 Senate Democrats. \u2014 John Harwood, CNN , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Warren and Schumer, who like Biden also hold law degrees, say that the Higher Education Act of 1965 already grants the president an existing unilateral power to enact an unlimited amount of student loan cancellation for all student loan borrowers. \u2014 Zack Friedman, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs maintain that the legislature should have passed a law withdrawing Ohio from the program instead of DeWine making a unilateral executive decision. \u2014 cleveland , 25 May 2022",
"The Ethiopian government on Monday declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 28 June 2021",
"Like the French over the submarine deal, America\u2019s NATO allies had felt blindsided and disregarded by the unilateral withdrawal. \u2014 Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Protectionism and unilateralism can protect no one. \u2014 Jamey Keaten, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Only new legislation can cure presidential unilateralism and that is not in the offing. \u2014 WSJ , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Voters repeatedly cite terrorism, China, and nuclear proliferation as the most significant threats to the United States and are quite comfortable with American unilateralism and a strong American military. \u2014 Gabriel Scheinmann, National Review , 5 Sep. 2021",
"Trump\u2019s tendency toward America First unilateralism was bracing to a man schooled in multilateral Cold War alliance-making. \u2014 Jeremy Carl, Washington Examiner , 11 Feb. 2021",
"Nyabola thinks that the long-term impact of Trump's unilateralism carries two significant risks. \u2014 Luke Mcgee, CNN , 30 Oct. 2020",
"Trump\u2019s instinctive unilateralism , his belief that international institutions cage the U.S. rather than project its power, forced other nations to change their calculations about dealing with Washington. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 29 Oct. 2020",
"Meaningful action to protect human rights is rare, and the collectivist approach, which disdains unilateralism , keeps forceful sovereign responses at bay. \u2014 Aaron Rhodes, WSJ , 18 Oct. 2020",
"The coalition has seen a revival in the post-Covid-19 world, despite the perception of Trump\u2019s unilateralism , particularly because of the rising concern in the West with regards to Beijing, Kugelman said. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 13 Oct. 2020"
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"Unlike in Van Sant\u2019s film, though, we are treated merely to Ray\u2019s unexceptional and unilluminating thoughts. \u2014 B\u00e9cquer Segu\u00edn, Slate Magazine , 21 July 2017"
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"In the dark ages of Oz Wizard leadership - the days of \u2018pay no attention to the man behind the curtain\u2019 - influence was unimaginable as technology was delivered with the collaboration of a toilet drain. \u2014 Paige Francis, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Such developments were unimaginable during the heyday of techno utopianism\u2014when Thomas Friedman and others were proclaiming that the world was flat, rendered indivisible by the internet. \u2014 Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune , 11 June 2022",
"If then unregulated nuclear warheads were combined with other unregulated technologies, such as hypersonic or autonomous weapons, the consequences would be unimaginable . \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 1 June 2022",
"To labor for more than 50 hours \u2014 my body leaking fluids, my nerves electric with unimaginable pain. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"With millions of cases of a new and relentless virus, hundreds of thousands of deaths and the wait for a vaccine, for many, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States brought unimaginable pain, fear and frustration. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Mar. 2022",
"What was supposed to be a fun concert will now inevitably leave thousands of young people traumatized after experiencing and witnessing unimaginable pain and anguish. \u2014 Carolyn Evans-shabazz, CNN , 14 Nov. 2021",
"This is one that will test the contestants for well over an hour as they are forced to push through grueling unimaginable pain in a battle of wills that shows the power of grit, determination, and above all\u2026. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"River's mother Tasha opened up about her unimaginable pain with her own heartbreaking post on Facebook two weeks ago. \u2014 Janine Puhak, PEOPLE.com , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There\u2019s a kid named Podcast who has a podcast, and the little dude\u2019s not even close to being the most unimaginative aspect of this frustrating retread. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 17 Nov. 2021",
"Is Hollywood really that unimaginative or shortsighted? \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Cho is a star pianist who was tasked with finding the music in Pfitzner\u2019s and Wagner\u2019s unimaginative accompaniments. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Experience it up close at places like Sand Beach (a name that may seem unimaginative to you, but it\u2019s a testament to how rare sand beaches are around here) or Thunder Hole, which booms with rushing waves. \u2014 Virginia M. Wright, Outside Online , 8 Feb. 2021",
"Such familiar, somewhat unimaginative trappings have an advantage. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Amid cries to reimagine policing, most filmmakers are unimaginative . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 24 Nov. 2021",
"On the other hand, voice prompts perceived as low-effort or boring aren\u2019t as well received \u2014 on TikTok, they\u2019re often criticized for being unimaginative . \u2014 NBC News , 17 Nov. 2021",
"And Thompson remained on the sideline, a spectator to an oddly unimaginative offense that\u2019s lost its punch over the past few weeks. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 7 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Temperature tolerance appears to be good as well with Loke reporting unimpaired function at temperatures up 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit). \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"Pedestrians should be visible and undistracted, use crosswalks, look for vehicles coming from all directions, walk unimpaired by drugs or alcohol, and not assume that vehicles see the pedestrians, according to the NHTSA website. \u2014 Elizabeth Owens-schiele, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2021",
"Financially, notwithstanding the revenue collapse last year, Heinemann claims to be in a sound position with its independence unimpaired . \u2014 Kevin Rozario, Forbes , 11 June 2021",
"The plan would let stockholders keep their shares, leave trade creditors unimpaired and hand new debt claims to holders of some unsecured PREIT debt, among other things. \u2014 Jeremy Hill, Bloomberg.com , 2 Nov. 2020",
"The roof calls for a zero-proof cocktail in one hand (for unimpaired stairs negotiation) and binoculars in the other, to scope out the view of Filucy Bay and beyond. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 31 Aug. 2020",
"Marcoux was unimpaired and driving 40 mph over the speed limit at the time of the crash. \u2014 Ryan Vlahovich, azcentral , 15 Feb. 2020",
"The tariffs on Mexico \u2013 which start at 5% on June 10 and then escalate in increments from there \u2013 will have direct implications for the automotive industry, which has relied on the unimpaired flow of goods across the border to keep costs low. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2019",
"That means people with Alzheimer\u2019s may live many years, possibly even until death, with their thinking unimpaired . \u2014 Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com , 22 Sep. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But that doesn\u2019t mean that this traditional measure of the public mood is unimportant . \u2014 Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Pinot was so unimportant in the Valley 50 years ago that the very first planting\u2014in 1971, at Husch Vineyards\u2014was allotted a tiny 2-acre plot. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"To those not involved with the party, the county party chair race may seem byzantine and relatively unimportant . \u2014 cleveland , 18 May 2022",
"Although seemingly unimportant , the risk that these events could pose to the entire financial system opens the door for discussions on the implementation of new regulations (or the improvement of older ones). \u2014 Esade Business & Law School, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"Anchorage was no longer an unimportant railroad hub where everyone knew each other but a real city. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"There's no such thing as an unimportant offseason, but this one feels especially consequential for the Detroit Pistons. \u2014 Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press , 7 May 2022",
"For unimportant pages that are being deleted, in many cases, the best solution is to allow them to 404 instead of redirecting them to the homepage. \u2014 Rashad Nasir, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Razi Hosseini, director of the Public Works Department, said there\u2019s no unimportant drainage project, but staff members have a lot to consider when selecting projects for the bond. \u2014 Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While outwardly unimposing , his writings were dark. \u2014 Anthony Venditti, CBS News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For a powerful politician in Latin America, Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez is an unimposing figure. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 8 Nov. 2021",
"The agreement with Rodgers all but ensured the Packers a fourth consecutive first-place finish in the unimposing NFC North. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Her presence has been described as gentle, quiet and unimposing . \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"The house where Rauch and Loy have lived for the past twenty years is large but unimposing , situated on the southern outskirts of Leipzig. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"Flower and pre-roll sales make up more than 50% of their sales, but Yapp said the company saw edibles \u2014 food products that contain cannabis \u2014 flying off the shelves during the pandemic, as newbies sought an unimposing way to get high. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Apr. 2021",
"Until the Ever Given showed up, the minarets of the unimposing mosques were the tallest structures around. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Mar. 2021",
"Until the Ever Given showed up, the minarets of the unimposing mosques were the tallest structures around. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Behind Derek Carr, the Raiders' quarterback depth chart is unimpressive . \u2014 Jim Reineking, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"A week ago, after an unimpressive season-opening victory over Fresno State, fans murmured about the Ducks\u2019 coach. \u2014 John Canzano, oregonlive , 11 Sep. 2021",
"Since moving to Paris in the summer of 2017 Mbappe has won four French titles, but each one was a rather mundane, and unimpressive achievement. \u2014 Sam Pilger, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"With Angela Merkel gone and the unimpressive Scholz in her place, Macron is emerging as a clear leader within Europe, not unchallenged, but a vigorous and empowered champion of the EU. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 24 Apr. 2022",
"For many in the region, the plaza three blocks from the White House is an unimpressive slab that plays host to occasional festivals and protests. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"To maintain his popular base, Orb\u00e1n\u2019s party organized conspiracy theory campaigns to mobilize more frustrated and uninformed voters. \u2014 Zsuzsanna Szel\u00e9nyi, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"While performing at the July festival, the artist, who lives in North Carolina, made crude remarks about gay men and shared offensive and uninformed comments about those living with HIV/AIDS. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"Funny Women of a Certain Age, April 22-23, Featuring the unfettered mouths and uninhibited minds of the funniest, most daring, most experienced people in comedy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"Funny Women of a Certain Age, April 22-23, Featuring the unfettered mouths and uninhibited minds of the funniest, most daring, most experienced people in comedy. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"Many who immigrate to the United States have to start their careers in lower-wage jobs, and they are looked down upon and dismissed as unskilled and unintelligent . \u2014 NBC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Just a suggestion that people who tweet or speak profoundly unintelligent and potentially dangerous things should no longer be given a pass. \u2014 Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com , 9 Sep. 2021",
"Some people use fat to mean unlovable, undesirable, slovenly, unintelligent , lazy. \u2014 Your Fat Friend, SELF , 28 May 2021",
"The viewer feels an automatic sense of superiority because the cast appears so unintelligent . \u2014 Ian Goldstein, Vulture , 16 Mar. 2021",
"It\u2019s about weaning ourselves off the entire approach of criticizing opposing political views by calling those who hold them unintelligent or irrational. \u2014 Andrew Pulrang, Forbes , 24 Feb. 2021"
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"The responses are both shocking and unintelligible . \u2014 Abigail Anthony, National Review , 14 June 2022",
"Kelsey McCowan Heilman, staff attorney for the Oregon Law Center, said the notices are cluttered with legal jargon and are frequently unintelligible . \u2014 oregonlive , 9 June 2022",
"The group talked quietly, but the audio was unintelligible . \u2014 Robert Legare, CBS News , 7 June 2022",
"With Anne\u2019s rising despair, her surroundings grow blurry, the ambient sound increasingly unintelligible . \u2014 Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Who would have ever guessed that the biggest talking point of the Mariners\u2019 season so far would be a novelty song with largely unintelligible lyrics that was written in 1955? \u2014 Larry Stone, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"At his audition, Mr. Poitier\u2019s unintelligible , singsong island accent dismayed theater founder Frederick O\u2019Neal. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
"In some cases, headers also include a series of letters and numbers that appear unintelligible but, in fact, are cryptographic signatures that can be used to verify an email\u2019s sender and contents. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Some types of aphasia can result in the person speaking in complete sentences with unintelligible meaning, while other types can affect the person\u2019s ability to name objects or repeat words and sentences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"The law of unintended consequences doesn\u2019t always produce negative results. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"ABC News asked experts about whether the financial penalties levied against Russia are having unintended consequences and what other tools the Biden administration could use to counter Putin's aggression that don't hurt American consumers. \u2014 Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News , 30 June 2022",
"The conflict in Ukraine is driving a modernization of NATO weaponry, honing the alliance\u2019s ability to face off against Russia and adding to the list of unintended consequences from Moscow\u2019s invasion of its smaller neighbor. \u2014 Daniel Michaels, WSJ , 29 June 2022",
"Although there haven\u2019t been any issues with CRISPR\u2019s safety in humans yet, scientists will need to watch patients who get the therapies to make sure unintended consequences don\u2019t arise in the future. \u2014 Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Tjada D\u2019Oyen McKenna, the chief executive of the humanitarian group Mercy Corps, said that sanctions are having unintended consequences for the most vulnerable communities and that higher shipping costs and export controls are making matters worse. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"The vastly different experiences illustrate the unintended consequences of a $178 billion bailout that Congress dumped into the national health-care system at the start of the pandemic in an urgent attempt to keep hospitals and doctors afloat. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Adding lanes to a swimming race, for example, might have unintended consequences. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"Policy makers also need to take note of the unintended consequences of having too much information on the internet. \u2014 Michael Luca, WSJ , 17 June 2022"
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"There were at least 392 unintentional shootings by children younger than 18 last year, with 163 deaths, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which tracks reports. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Last year, 163 people were killed by children in 392 unintentional shootings across the country, according to the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"The number of unintentional shootings involving children rose during the Covid-19 pandemic as gun sales skyrocketed and more children stayed at home, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that tracks shootings in the U.S. \u2014 Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ , 7 June 2022",
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"Officers are required to report unintentional shootings to the department. \u2014 Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Last year, there were at least 379 unintentional shootings by children nationwide, resulting in 154 deaths and 244 injuries, the group said. \u2014 CBS News , 6 Apr. 2022"
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"There were at least 392 unintentional shootings by children younger than 18 last year, with 163 deaths, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, which tracks reports. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 28 June 2022",
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"noun"
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"the teacher decided to make a career change after having to teach yet another class of uninterested teens",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are people who identify as trans and who are uninterested in GCS. \u2014 Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads , 10 June 2022",
"And yet the show is refreshingly uninterested in a conventional heroine\u2019s journey toward romantic or professional fulfillment. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Among those completely uninterested in the new Terra 2.0 is billionaire investor Mark Cuban. \u2014 Taylor Locke, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"Tess is killing it, leaving boys crying in her dust, and Annie is braiding hair, uninterested in the game unfolding around her. \u2014 Kathleen Newman-bremang, refinery29.com , 25 May 2022",
"Like his full-bodied namesake, the bust was detached, uninterested . \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"At a time in which most F1 team bosses are clearly uninterested in making room for additional teams, there\u2019s some thought that either brand might be interested in buying a team. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 13 May 2022",
"People who are this uninterested in the safety of their and other children are not generally the type to take kindly to a stranger telling them how to drive. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2022",
"While 33% were curious about the metaverse, some 27% were uninterested and 23% were suspicious. \u2014 Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes , 1 May 2022"
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"1661, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8in-t\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8in-tr\u0259-st\u0259d",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8in-t(\u0259-)r\u0259-st\u0259d",
"-\u02c8in-\u02cctre-",
"-\u02c8in-t\u0259r-",
"-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccre-"
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"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"perfunctory",
"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious"
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"adjective"
]
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"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
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"involving",
"riveting"
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"a very uninteresting topic/subject"
]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Investing in other cryptocurrencies is [select one: wrong, stupid, immoral, uninteresting ] and should be discouraged and ignored socially for the benefit of others as a form of consumer protection. \u2014 Pete Rizzo, Forbes , 4 July 2022",
"Those reasons are mostly unknowable and uninteresting . \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 June 2022",
"Given how uninteresting and uncompetitive these conference finals have been so far, that seems like the wrong direction. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"Most of us have had the experience of being at a social gathering where another person droned on and on about an uninteresting topic. \u2014 Jack Zenger, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"In the realm of uninteresting extended digressions, Mr. Dyer recalls stealing shampoo from hotels and his ambition never to have to buy shampoo again. \u2014 Joseph Epstein, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Thousands of people tweeted to criticize the commercials as being boring or uninteresting . \u2014 Ashley Lutz, Fortune , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Environments lack depth and dimension, coming across flat and uninteresting . \u2014 Courtney Howard, Variety , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Ben Power\u2019s screenplay proves unfocused, spending too much time on the relatively uninteresting personal lives of the younger protagonists and not enough on the complex geopolitical machinations propelling the region to war. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8in-\u02cctre-",
"-\u02c8in-t\u0259r-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8in-t(\u0259-)r\u0259-sti\u014b",
"-\u02c8in-t\u0259-r\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8in-tr\u0259-sti\u014b",
"-\u02c8in-t\u0259-\u02ccre-"
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"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"\"+"
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090036",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"uninterpretable":{
"antonyms":[],
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": incapable of being interpreted or explained : not interpretable":[
"an uninterpretable silence/gesture",
"uninterpretable data"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The performance of galantamine over decades is far superior to the uninterpretable data package upon which the FDA relied in approving Aduhelm. \u2014 Sam Gandy, STAT , 17 June 2021",
"The raw data itself has misaligned rows and columns, and uninterpretable entries in incorrect fields. \u2014 Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Aug. 2020",
"If Chicago\u2019s experience holds true at the other hospitals participating in Gilead\u2019s study, there will be little or no difference in patient improvement between the two remdesivir arms, making the comparison uninterpretable . \u2014 Matthew Herper, STAT , 27 Apr. 2020",
"During his infamously contentious confirmation hearings as a Supreme Court nominee in 1987, then-judge Robert Bork said the meaning of the Ninth Amendment was too uncertain for judges to enforce, famously comparing it to an uninterpretable inkblot. \u2014 James T. Knight Ii, National Review , 20 Nov. 2019",
"Specifically, Figure 1 of the study is uninterpretable . \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 10 Oct. 2018",
"The series\u2019 infamous dream sequences are at once uninterpretable and sufficiently, if incompletely, interpreted by the characters on the show so that the mystery can unfold coherently. \u2014 Willa Paskin, Slate Magazine , 3 May 2017"
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"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-in-\u02c8t\u0259r-pr\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003709",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous"
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"eight hours of uninterrupted sleep",
"an uninterrupted area of wilderness",
"an uninterrupted view",
"a day of work uninterrupted by distractions"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The priests continued their chanting, uninterrupted , as mourners turned their eyes upward, searching the sky. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"Indeed, Altria\u2019s annual revenues have grown uninterrupted for a full decade. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Doug Mills submitted to hundreds of Covid tests in order to give our readers uninterrupted access to a White House in transition between two vastly different administrations. \u2014 The New York Times, New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"Now, all forms of entertainment float into my life uninterrupted via invisible Wi-Fi signals to every available screen. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, Allure , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Tournaments at La Costa Resort & Spa later operated under multiple names, uninterrupted from 1991-2007. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"The heater features an extremely durable corrosion-resistant galvanized metal cabinet with a wind-resistant design, providing uninterrupted performance in nearly all weather. \u2014 Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics , 19 May 2022",
"That means more time back in my day and increased productivity due to an uninterrupted , frictionless experience. \u2014 Yoni Avital, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Lawyers for Watson and the plaintiffs have agreed not to go to trial from Aug. 1 to March 1 to enable Watson to play the season uninterrupted . \u2014 cleveland , 16 May 2022"
],
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"1602, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02ccin-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u0259p-t\u0259d"
],
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"continual",
"continued",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"nonstop",
"perpetual",
"running",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"unremitting"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223842",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140425",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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": lacking creativity or imagination : not inventive":[
"an uninventive plot",
"uninventive thinking"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But for years, eight or nine of the roughly 10 sketches each week have been expected, uninventive , rote duds. \u2014 Zak Jason, Wired , 21 May 2021",
"The earnest but uninventive special suffers from a lack of electrifying performances that have defined past ceremonies, with rousing crowd favorites and inspired team-ups between inductees and newer artists. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 7 Nov. 2020",
"Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be. \u2014 Author: Maura Judkis, Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Celebrity cameos are generally a safe bet, but Chrissy Teigen and John Legend\u2019s commercial for the luxury car brand Genesis reminded us of how uninventive the tactic can be. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Nonetheless, once again, the passing was slow, sloppy and uninventive . \u2014 SI.com , 3 Oct. 2019"
],
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"1776, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-in-\u02c8ven-tiv"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
"requested",
"solicited"
],
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"an uninvited guest",
"a guest who showed up uninvited"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Your fianc\u00e9's response to this unwanted and uninvited touching is extremely common. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 29 June 2022",
"Your fianc\u00e9's response to this unwanted and uninvited touching is extremely common. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"At the feather-light conclusion of the second movement, the uninvited melody of a ringtone cried out, and the whole hall cringed as Goodyear cast a look of fatherly disappointment over the rows. \u2014 Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were among the uninvited nations, even though other countries with questionable credentials, like Brazil and Haiti, were included. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"The uninvited visitor surveyed the room and left in a huff. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Though this was certainly a special day made even more so for Gwaltney, Hanks' love of weddings, especially showing up to them uninvited , is well-documented. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Trespassing, Princeton Court: On Feb. 24, a Princeton Court resident called police after discovering a man entered her apartment uninvited and was following her. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Big Tech has unlocked our doors and walked into our homes uninvited . \u2014 Maritza Johnson, Fortune , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
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"1632, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-in-\u02c8v\u012b-t\u0259d",
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],
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"unbid",
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"unsought"
],
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"adjective"
]
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"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
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"partition",
"schism",
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],
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": the upper inner corner of a flag":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"She joined the teachers' union .",
"An embryo is created through the union of sperm and egg.",
"a perfect union of Eastern and Western music",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"From 1910 to 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt attacked the court for invalidating state and federal minimum wage laws, child labor laws and laws protecting the right to belong to a union . \u2014 Brad Snyder, CNN , 21 June 2022",
"The rival camps formed competing factions in the union elections last September. \u2014 Gene Maddaus, Variety , 9 June 2022",
"The coordinators, part of the organizing group calling itself the Post Production Guild, won all eight National Labor Relations Board union representation elections, according to the CWA. \u2014 Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 June 2022",
"Employees of tech giants including Apple and Amazon have recently held union elections with the National Labor Relations Board, a formal process that can be both tense and lengthy. \u2014 Caroline O'donovan, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Days after baristas at two Chicago Starbucks voted to unionize, workers at two more city stores have filed for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board. \u2014 Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Since December, workers at more than 175 Starbucks locations in 25 states have filed for union elections, according to The New York Times. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 24 May 2022",
"Workers at the Jantzen Beach location and two other Portland stores expecting to hold union elections in the coming weeks. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 May 2022",
"The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, which handles labor-management issues for legislative branch employees, would have jurisdiction over supervising union elections and recognizing bargaining units and investigating unfair labor practices. \u2014 Natalie Andrews, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"While Apple hasn't publicly opposed unionization, Vice noted, its talking points strongly suggest a non- union stance. \u2014 Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG , 13 May 2022",
"Yes voters resented how they\u2019d been treated by Amazon, and felt annoyed by Amazon\u2019s anti- union propaganda. \u2014 The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2022",
"And can employers structure different return-to-office policies for workers who are unionized versus non- union workers? \u2014 Danielle Abril, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"That means 15 or 20 pro- union workers can ensure victory in a typical Starbucks store \u2014 a level of support that can be summoned in hours or days. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Amazon, for its part, has conveyed its anti- union stance to warehouse workers through signage inside its warehouses, text messages, and meetings that workers were required to attend before the election periods kicked off. \u2014 Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The vote is notable considering the company\u2019s anti- union stance. \u2014 Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2021",
"Twitter cracks down on A.I. bots supporting Amazon in its anti- union stance. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2021",
"The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, whose chance of winning in Alabama depended on limiting turnout to those who were pro- union , objected. \u2014 Sean Higgins, WSJ , 25 Apr. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1634, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin union-, unio oneness, union, from Latin unus one \u2014 more at one":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8y\u00fc-ny\u0259n",
"\u02c8y\u00fcn-y\u0259n"
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"combination",
"combining",
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"connection",
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"merger",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074553",
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"noun"
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"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal"
],
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": able to be distinguished from all others of its class or type : distinct sense 1":[
"You will see an assortment of digital tags that let the Web site identify your computer as a unique visitor.",
"\u2014 Peter H. Lewis"
],
": being the only one : sole":[
"his unique concern was his own comfort",
"I can't walk away with a unique copy. Suppose I lost it?",
"\u2014 Kingsley Amis",
"the unique factorization of a number into prime factors"
],
": being without a like or equal : unequaled":[
"could stare at the flames, each one new, violent, unique",
"\u2014 Robert Coover"
],
": distinctively characteristic : peculiar sense 1":[
"this is not a condition unique to California",
"\u2014 Ronald Reagan"
],
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"a very unique ball-point pen",
"we were fairly unique , the sixty of us, in that there wasn't one good mixer in the bunch",
"\u2014 J. D. Salinger"
]
},
"examples":[
"There are no clear blueprints to be discovered in history that can help us shape the future as we wish. Each historical event is a unique congeries of factors, people, or chronology. \u2014 Margaret McMillan , Dangerous Games , 2008",
"[Tiger] Wood's unique skill set was on display again at last week's U.S. Open, but this victory was more visceral. It was all heart. \u2014 Alan Shipnuck , Sports Illustrated , 23 June 2008",
"Space is a strange and unique item\u2014you can't take it to a lab and analyze it like beef jerky. \u2014 Bob Berman , Astronomy , November 2007",
"A century ago a doctor was considered to be part of a social elite. He\u2014and medicine was then very much a masculine endeavor\u2014had a unique mastery of a special body of knowledge. He professed a commitment to levels of competence and integrity that he expected society to respect and trust. \u2014 Richard Horton , New York Review of Books , 31 May 2007",
"Most stars are not born in isolation but instead in groups of several thousand to tens of thousands, all of which emerge from the same parent cloud of gas. Each cloud has a unique and homogeneous mix of chemical elements and isotopes, which its stellar progeny inherits. Even when the stars disperse, they retain their unique chemical tag \u2026 \u2014 Rodrigo Ibata et al. , Scientific American , April 2007",
"As a dozen new books will testify, our nation is in the midst of a great barbecue renaissance, with each region proudly claiming its own unique style. \u2014 Ruth Reichl , Gourmet , July 2005",
"She's in the unique position of running for office against her husband.",
"Humans are unique among mammals in several respects.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s the combination of culture and nature that makes Windsor\u2019s expeditions unique . \u2014 James Reginato, Town & Country , 23 June 2022",
"Ruiz says the commingling and cross-pollinating of these cultures is one of the many things that made the SoCal scene unique . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 June 2022",
"Vascocu oversees a program focused on independent, small-batch and unique Italian and American amari as well as house cocktails, Negroni variants, spritzes, a rotation of frozen cocktails and no-ABV drinks. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"The future of mental health care is personalized and unique to each individual, and data makes that possible. \u2014 Gary Drenik, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"What makes the trail even more unique , considering its history, is that it is hosted by Black farmers with longstanding ties to the area. \u2014 Ligaya Figueras, ajc , 19 June 2022",
"The bold, always stylish owner of the Pynk is a powerful mover in Chucalissa and one of the most dynamic and unique characters currently on television. \u2014 Alamin Yohannes, EW.com , 19 June 2022",
"Each brain is unique , resilient, and compensates in different ways in response to damage or dysfunction \u2014 a phenomenon known as plasticity, and the reference charts are based on measures of brain structure, not function. \u2014 Kasra Zarei, STAT , 18 June 2022",
"While outside advisors and other VCs can help shape the market view, founders hold the keys to conveying how their companies are unique , different, or simply better than any others. \u2014 Mike Ghaffary, Fortune , 15 June 2022"
],
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"1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"French, from Latin unicus , from unus one \u2014 more at one":""
},
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"yu\u0307-\u02c8n\u0113k"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unique strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's First Lady eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected. an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness. a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. outlandish fashions of the time",
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"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"peculiar",
"personal",
"personalized",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"singular",
"subjective"
],
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"conflict",
"disagreement",
"dissensus"
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": at the same time : simultaneously":[],
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"unison singing",
"a unison passage",
"accompanied by unison strings"
],
": in perfect agreement : so as to harmonize exactly":[
"a class reciting in unison"
],
": producing pitches ordinarily associated with the keys played":[
"one of the organ's unison stops"
],
": the state of being so tuned or sounded":[],
": the writing, playing, or singing of parts in a musical passage at the same pitch or in octaves":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the members of the committee are in unison on this point",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Yet, even as wins have failed to come, players have been in virtual unison that life has become better in the days since several left their final meeting with Andersen in tears. \u2014 Danny Moran, OregonLive.com , 3 Nov. 2017",
"As the first quarter comes to a close, Hawkeye fans turn in unison to wave and smile at the patients at the university's children's hospital, reports CBS News correspondent Dana Jacobson. \u2014 CBS News , 2 Nov. 2017",
"The translation was, literally, faithful: God himself had moved their hands in unison , only one possible translation for his Word. \u2014 Wyatt Mason, New York Times , 2 Nov. 2017",
"Time Detroit Lions owner Martha Ford and her three daughters stood with Lions players for the singing of the national anthem as part of a broad show of unison before Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons. \u2014 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press , 24 Sep. 2017",
"Fox attacks on his own, crouching, extending his arms and that 6-6 wingspan, moving his feet in unison with his opponent\u2019s. \u2014 Ailene Voisin, sacbee , 22 Sep. 2017",
"For five minutes and 55 seconds, 50 independent stewards watched the dancers, making sure everyone moved in unison and kept dancing the entire time. \u2014 Priscella Vega, Burbank Leader , 22 Sep. 2017",
"Today, America\u2019s major physician organizations are recommending something, strongly and in unison : The latest health-care bill, known as Graham-Cassidy, would do harm to the country and should be defeated. \u2014 James Hamblin, The Atlantic , 21 Sep. 2017",
"Smartphone alerts beeped in unison and television stations suddenly cut to an ominous black screen with bold, white script warning of a possible missile attack. \u2014 Charlie Campbell / Tokyo, Time , 20 Sep. 2017"
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"The 2nd Mass are a group of survivors, civilians, and soldiers who unite to fight back against the alien occupation. \u2014 Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
"That recognition is also the root of her growth as an artist, one who is well-rounded enough to play and unite different genres effectively. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"If countries whose very existence seems at stake will not unite for self-protection, how can the United States hope to effect a union among them? \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"The film, which stars Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand, centers on a group of Mennonite women who unite against their rapists. \u2014 Zack Sharf, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"The next few months will be critical, as the public and opposition parties assess whether Mr. Macron can unite instead of divide. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 June 2022",
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"Warren himself spoke briefly late in the day, alluding indirectly to the controversy by saying Baptists should unite on ambitious missionary goals. \u2014 Deepa Bharath And Peter Smith, Chron , 15 June 2022",
"The weekend\u2019s finale is the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, in which artistic performers, dancers, musicians, military personnel, key workers and volunteers will unite to bring iconic moments from the Queen\u2019s reign to life in a festival of creativity. \u2014 Rob Picheta, CNN , 1 June 2022",
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"Hence Washington\u2019s desire to see Japan and South Korea unite . \u2014 Paula Hancocks, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"Alison Sweeney, Lacey Chabert and Autumn Reeser unite in a new film series starting Jan. 8. \u2014 Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Can Democrats and business unite against a common enemy? \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 25 Nov. 2021",
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"For a while, at least, the spirit of September 12th helped a country divided over the 2000 election unite against a common enemy. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Sep. 2021",
"The knives are full size pocket knives and smaller keychain knives, above, in various themes of hope, dream, love, laugh, happy, resilient, wish, peace, brave, believe, faith and unite . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Kabul could fall to the Taliban within a few weeks unless all political forces opposed to the insurgency unite behind a common war plan, a senior government member warned. \u2014 Alan Cullison, WSJ , 9 Aug. 2021",
"On the nose, pear and candied lemon unite with soft gardenia. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 21 Nov. 2020"
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"But all are united in their belief that the only way to foster real change around gun violence in America is by keeping the momentum going, even when mass shootings aren\u2019t making headline news. \u2014 Vogue , 18 June 2022",
"Never in the television age has an entire congressional committee been so united in going for the jugular of a former president. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 9 June 2022",
"Republicans have remained united in their opposition to the bill. \u2014 Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"Macron beat out far-right and anti-European Union candidate Marine Le Pen, whose candidacy had worried E.U. backers, especially as the continent seeks to remain united against Russia\u2019s assault on Ukraine. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Americans need to stand united against the Ukraine invasion, even when its economic consequences might further raise prices at the gas pump, wrote Garry Kasparov and Uriel Epshtein. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Europe has thus far maintained a united front against Russia over the war in Ukraine, imposing round after round of economic sanctions, which included an embargo of its coal imports. \u2014 Anna Cooban And James Frater, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"There should be a united front across the industry that condemns these actions, because not much seems to have changed in the last two years since the spike in these hate crimes started. \u2014 Shirley Ju, Variety , 29 May 2022",
"Even before President Biden traveled to Tokyo this week to strengthen a partnership with Australia, India and Japan, the alliance was struggling to present a united front, as India refrained from condemning Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022"
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"But more powerful, said activists who have organized the community for the past decade, is a budding sense of national unity that is inclusive and tolerant \u2014 and unlike Russia in every way. \u2014 Max Bearak, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"The last time Americans had anything close to national unity was after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. \u2014 Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
"Adorned with ornate sculptures of cherubs and tritons, as a show of national unity and strength, and featuring panel paintings, the eye-catching coach is moving work of art. \u2014 CNN , 3 June 2022",
"The need to find a compromise with Hungary underlined the fragility of European unity when the 27-member E.U. is faced with even a single obstructionist member. \u2014 New York Times , 31 May 2022",
"Infrastructure was a rare source of bipartisan unity as Biden struck a deal that attracted several Republican senators. \u2014 CBS News , 16 May 2022",
"Gavin Williams, 32, a lawyer from the British city of Bristol, who was with a group of friends all wearing Union Jack sunglasses, sees a potential Ukrainian win as a sign of European unity . \u2014 Andrew Jones, NBC News , 13 May 2022",
"But some experts say that despite the elevated anti-virus steps, North Korea will likely continue its weapons tests to try to strengthen national unity . \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"While the seventh-annual Latin American Music Awards offered a sizzling celebration of Latin music, there was also an unmistakable message of global unity . \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"Like play, and unlike glyphs, eating is universal , a common experience of all people. \u2014 Jonathon Keats, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"While the characters graduated from high school and are now in college, the themes in the show are universal no matter the age. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 21 June 2022",
"That perspective was not universal Wednesday afternoon at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which experienced a deadly E. coli bacterial outbreak among nearly a dozen who visited animal exhibits in 2019, the last time the fair ran full bore. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 June 2022",
"Even ransomware mills can\u2019t strongarm as much money from victims when protection is universal . \u2014 Neil J. Rubenking, PCMAG , 17 June 2022",
"Although the video and the song can be considered love letters to Los Angeles, the themes are universal . \u2014 Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone , 16 June 2022",
"The range of products may be small, but Bieber says they were developed to be universal . \u2014 Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 June 2022",
"Part of that meant that while the rom of the rom-com could be universal , sometimes the com wouldn\u2019t be. \u2014 Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"Losso cautions that the feature might not be universal . \u2014 Joanna Thompson, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"With a soaring stock market and historically low unemployment levels, there was no universal , pressing economic anxiety or crisis that Biden could soothe. \u2014 Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner , 17 Apr. 2020",
"The descriptions of leaving the body and blissful unity with the universal seem almost scripted from religious beliefs about souls leaving the body at death and ascending toward heavenly bliss. \u2014 Robert Martone, Scientific American , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Many of the universals that hold up best are negative. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019",
"If there are universals among their tactics, they are probably linked to shared evolutionary history or shared strategies for hijacking a host. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 30 May 2019",
"May 2019) Antonello\u2019s real subjects are universals rather than particulars: love, despair, sorrow, amusement, and, above all, light. \u2014 The New York Review of Books , 9 May 2019",
"Her platform includes abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making healthcare universal for all Americans, paid family leave, and more. \u2014 Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire , 27 June 2018",
"Patriarchal capitalism has arguably had a vested interest in promoting the latter idea as a human universal : as the Marxist psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich pointed out, with women providing free housework and caregiving, capitalists could pay men less. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2018",
"Like any good storyteller, Sean Dorsey has a knack for distilling the universal from the specific. \u2014 Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet, as with almost everything Shostakovich wrote, the score defeats a univocal interpretation, its classical four-movement structure interlaced with political, personal, and purely musical messages. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Who Lived Her Songs\u2014Cash greatly complicates the popcult caricature of country music as a univocal genre of jingoist belligerence and boosterism, as exemplified by Toby Keith, Daryl Worley, Hank Williams Jr., and the late-career Charlie Daniels. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 7 Dec. 2021",
"To be sure, a great deal of Irish verse during the 1910s and 1920s, univocal \u2018in the intensity and wrath of [its] invective,\u2019 lacked the rhetorical nuance of Yeats\u2019 Modernism. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"According to the Morgans, the House of Commons allowed no American petition to be read into the record and debated, on the grounds of a univocal recoil, by the Commons, from the Americans\u2019 assertion of the right of representation. \u2014 William Hogeland, The New Republic , 25 Jan. 2021",
"The book contends that the Commons was univocal in shutting down any consideration of the petitions. \u2014 William Hogeland, The New Republic , 25 Jan. 2021",
"The univocal gasp of my students still haunts my nightmares. \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 23 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No matter how unjust the allegations may be, keep your calm. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Women will become ungovernable as these unjust laws begin to be the law of the land in states across the country. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"In response, Deputy District Attorney Kurt Mechals argued the questions raised by the defense are best sorted out by a jury, and dismissing it now would be unjust to Robert Dorotik. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Supporters of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos say the sentence is deeply unjust and truck drivers around the country have taken up his cause, using hashtags like #NoTrucksToColorado and #NoTrucksColorado. \u2014 Colleen Slevin, ajc , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This is an unjust and unstable structure, which will fall over. \u2014 Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The startling rise in the number of billionaires makes their Gilded Age privilege seem unjust . \u2014 Peter Georgescu, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just\u2019s umbrella. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The violent police response at protests across the country, particularly the deployment of tear gas and rubber bullets, is prompting more people to see incarceration as an unjust , or at least flawed, system. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The problem was only made worse when Russia\u2019s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine cut off food and fuel exports. \u2014 Ben Ritz, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the remainder of the developed world seeks to wage financial war on the Russian state in order to punish it for its unjustifiable hostility and, above all, stop the fighting. \u2014 Tim Maurer, Forbes , 15 May 2022",
"Russia attacked and invaded Ukraine a month ago, in what the U.S. and other Western nations have condemned as an unprovoked and unjustifiable assault. \u2014 NBC News , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Russia\u2019s unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine has suddenly forced the new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the ruling coalition to rethink these ties and our policy positions in a number of related areas. \u2014 Matthias Kromayer, Fortune , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Putin\u2019s choice to make a totally unjustifiable war on Ukraine will have left Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger. \u2014 Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin said on Twitter that the use of force was unjustifiable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Westminster exemplifies a national workplace drinks culture that long predates the pandemic, and has always put unjustifiable pressure on those who fear their career depends on participating. \u2014 Holly Thomas, CNN , 31 Jan. 2022",
"If an experiment has no chance of working, that all becomes unjustifiable . \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 7 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"President Putin sought to justify the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine through the blatantly false pretext of de-Nazification. \u2014 Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Bush oversaw the 2003 preemptive invasion of Iraq, which critics have called both brutal and unjustified . \u2014 al , 19 May 2022",
"That generates frustration, which is not entirely unjustified , that the court isn't living up to its promise of institutional independence. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 4 May 2022",
"Prosecutors argued that Rittenhouse was unjustified in using deadly force. \u2014 NBC News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"In the public sphere, where PR practitioners earn our keep, the atmosphere and attention around these issues are charged to the point where any misstep, however small or seemingly unjustified , is never one a company can afford. \u2014 Robert Simpson, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Whenever police find contraband during an unjustified frisk, any criminal prosecution that might follow could be jeopardized. \u2014 Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"Critics argued that Pankoke\u2019s team had made unjustified assumptions and relied too heavily on circumstantial evidence. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
"Here, Putin has so clearly engaged in an unjustified assault on innocent people that the forces of resistance deserve more latitude in rallying support. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8j\u0259-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd",
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"The convict received an unjust sentence.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"No matter how unjust the allegations may be, keep your calm. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Women will become ungovernable as these unjust laws begin to be the law of the land in states across the country. \u2014 Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"In response, Deputy District Attorney Kurt Mechals argued the questions raised by the defense are best sorted out by a jury, and dismissing it now would be unjust to Robert Dorotik. \u2014 Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Supporters of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos say the sentence is deeply unjust and truck drivers around the country have taken up his cause, using hashtags like #NoTrucksToColorado and #NoTrucksColorado. \u2014 Colleen Slevin, ajc , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This is an unjust and unstable structure, which will fall over. \u2014 Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books , 20 Nov. 2021",
"The startling rise in the number of billionaires makes their Gilded Age privilege seem unjust . \u2014 Peter Georgescu, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"But chiefly on the just, because The unjust steals the just\u2019s umbrella. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The violent police response at protests across the country, particularly the deployment of tear gas and rubber bullets, is prompting more people to see incarceration as an unjust , or at least flawed, system. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 6 June 2020"
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"She wore rumpled clothing and her hair was unkempt .",
"an unkempt and cluttered room",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ground is covered with leaf litter and a tangle of seemingly unkempt shrubs; in late spring, deciduous plants are in various stages of wilting and dying as other plants are preparing to bloom. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"Diary pages are properly wrinkled to look aged or unkempt . \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Sporting a beard and longer hair, Peck\u2019s Spock was more disheveled and unkempt (due to his ordeal with the Red Angel), which required more detailed prosthetic work from department head Chris Bridges, who won an Emmy for his efforts. \u2014 Scott Mantz, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Relying on others to clean, dress and feed her sometimes wasn\u2019t enough and Kahiye often remained unwashed and unkempt . \u2014 Magdalena Del Valle, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Far less cherished, however, is an unkempt trailhead facility tucked amid multimillion-dollar homes in the Palisades Highlands neighborhood. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022",
"The gardens are well groomed but not manicured, left alone in their unkempt beauty. \u2014 James Mcauley, ELLE Decor , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Hallberg prefers to do the look on naturally full and unkempt brows but says those with sparse brows shouldn't feel turned away from the trend due to its focus on the hair. \u2014 Elizabeth Denton, Allure , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The term has also been widely interpreted as a way to describe someone who is slovenly, unkempt and lazy. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Apr. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English unkemd, unkempt , from un- + kembed, kempt , past participle of kemben to comb, from Old English cemban ; akin to Old High German chempen to comb, Old English camb comb \u2014 more at comb":""
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]
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"It was unkind of you not to invite her.",
"How could you be so unkind ?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Luther can't help himself but check on his dad, who gives Luther this whole speech about how this is his own fault for being so unkind to his children in various timelines. \u2014 Maggie Fremont, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"Midterm elections are historically unkind to the party that controls the White House. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"Then there's the 2020 trade for Jamal Adams, one that cost two first-round picks (including this year's) and his massive extension \u2013 a decision that perspective has been unkind to. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 1 May 2022",
"The ill person sometimes resents family members, sometimes is angry or unkind . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Modern America has often been unkind to people of mixed descent. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Viewers, meanwhile, have been even more unkind to the movie, which also stars Wang Leehom, Tang Wei, and Viola Davis. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Their interest can then be misconstrued as unkind or cruel because my answers serve only as entertainment instead of valuable knowledge. \u2014 Aldis Hodge, Robb Report , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Shooting in tight Academy ratio, Pereda and Noriega use boxy closeups and sweaty, intimate lighting to suggest Sara\u2019s sense of confinement in her small, provincial, unkind life. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"\u2014 A. H. Johnston"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"At the readings, held in bars, there were internecine squabbles and dramas, and some of the poets treated Wong unkindly . \u2014 Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022",
"Don\u2019t waste your practice (or time, or life) on someone unkind, though \u2014 and please see how unkindly your partner treats you. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 May 2021",
"The ops people get upset that the engineers are treating them unkindly and things spiral downward from there. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 17 Oct. 2021",
"This is not the first time Hailey Bieber shut down the notion that her husband of two years treats her unkindly . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 18 Sep. 2021",
"China imports significant amounts of oil from Iran, and might look unkindly on efforts to destabilize its government. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 2 Sep. 2021",
"As a film historian, he was known for championing movies, directors and screenwriters who had been treated unkindly by others. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Mar. 2021",
"There amid the waxworks, Herman plays the court jester, as a few intimates unkindly note. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Jan. 2021",
"European diplomats are braced for President Donald Trump to take unkindly to Americans being kept away, while the Chinese are allowed in. \u2014 Nikos Chrysoloras, Fortune , 27 June 2020"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8k\u012bn(d)-l\u0113"
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"you should unkink the garden hose before you turn on the water",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like many manufacturers, Gilmour claims the hose is kink resistant and able to unkink itself. \u2014 Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics , 26 June 2020",
"The Swiss physician Roger Vittoz cradles Eliot\u2019s head in his hands in order to read the sad poet\u2019s brain waves and unkink them. \u2014 Eric Bennett, New York Times , 9 Aug. 2017"
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"Adjective",
"those unknowing people who think that the world is a kindly place are in for a rude awakening",
"the poor woman has been the unknowing target of some pretty vicious gossip",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Pity the unknowing curiste who confuses a resident of the city, a Vichyssois, with a supporter of P\u00e9tain\u2019s government, a vichyste. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Cheung in 1997 watched the handover unfolding on television as an unknowing 4-year-old kindergartner enjoying steamed fish. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Was this teacher an unknowing servant of the patriarchy, as Kara Cooney would argue, or a na\u00efve propagandist of the oil industry, as Riggs herself comes to believe? \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Obviously, Beth\u2019s unknowing sterilization was a tragic event, a violation of bodily autonomy that nobody should go through. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Their names and emails can then be used by bad actors to target them in various email schemes that can harm unknowing customers. \u2014 Daniel Barber, Fortune , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Cybercriminals sent phishing emails to millions of users hoping an unknowing individual would open the malicious document. \u2014 Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Perhaps no moment better exemplifies the depths of the show\u2019s grace than when, in Season 1, a rather cruel scheme by club owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), of which Ted is the unknowing patsy, reaches its apex. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
"But killer Gabriel is the unknowing Madison-slash-Emily\u2019s tumor-slash-twin. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Viewers are thrust into a space of unknowing , making their own associations. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"LeVox does just that, leaving the questions and the unknowing all in His hands. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Then, without preamble, the story cuts off, leaving us in a cloud of unknowing . \u2014 Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Many were going to perhaps use this departure as a regrouping of their own priorities, and there was just an ugly feeling of unknowing and trepidation that is still with me. \u2014 Amy Shoenthal, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
"The film follows one group of mothers on their annual brigade to scour the migrant trail in Mexico, and immerses us in the emotional reality of their search: a fog of unknowing . \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 May 2021",
"And it\u2019s about being stuck and being alone and floating in mystery, confusion, or unknowing . \u2014 Wolfgang Ruth, Vulture , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Even with all the shock, disappointment and living with the constant unknowing of when his hospitality spaces would open, or be closed down again, Jesse feels pretty lucky considering what so many others have gone through. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Lee dates the dawning of the play to 1993, when Stoppard, in conversation with a visiting cousin, was informed\u2014to his amazement, and to the cousin\u2019s disbelief at his unknowing \u2014that his roots were entirely Jewish. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021"
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"those unknowing people who think that the world is a kindly place are in for a rude awakening",
"the poor woman has been the unknowing target of some pretty vicious gossip",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Pity the unknowing curiste who confuses a resident of the city, a Vichyssois, with a supporter of P\u00e9tain\u2019s government, a vichyste. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Cheung in 1997 watched the handover unfolding on television as an unknowing 4-year-old kindergartner enjoying steamed fish. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Was this teacher an unknowing servant of the patriarchy, as Kara Cooney would argue, or a na\u00efve propagandist of the oil industry, as Riggs herself comes to believe? \u2014 Casey Cep, The New Yorker , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Obviously, Beth\u2019s unknowing sterilization was a tragic event, a violation of bodily autonomy that nobody should go through. \u2014 Ben Rosenstock, Vulture , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Their names and emails can then be used by bad actors to target them in various email schemes that can harm unknowing customers. \u2014 Daniel Barber, Fortune , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Cybercriminals sent phishing emails to millions of users hoping an unknowing individual would open the malicious document. \u2014 Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Perhaps no moment better exemplifies the depths of the show\u2019s grace than when, in Season 1, a rather cruel scheme by club owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham), of which Ted is the unknowing patsy, reaches its apex. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Sep. 2021",
"But killer Gabriel is the unknowing Madison-slash-Emily\u2019s tumor-slash-twin. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Viewers are thrust into a space of unknowing , making their own associations. \u2014 Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com , 11 May 2022",
"LeVox does just that, leaving the questions and the unknowing all in His hands. \u2014 Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com , 8 Oct. 2021",
"Then, without preamble, the story cuts off, leaving us in a cloud of unknowing . \u2014 Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic , 12 Sep. 2021",
"Many were going to perhaps use this departure as a regrouping of their own priorities, and there was just an ugly feeling of unknowing and trepidation that is still with me. \u2014 Amy Shoenthal, Forbes , 29 June 2021",
"The film follows one group of mothers on their annual brigade to scour the migrant trail in Mexico, and immerses us in the emotional reality of their search: a fog of unknowing . \u2014 The New Yorker , 26 May 2021",
"And it\u2019s about being stuck and being alone and floating in mystery, confusion, or unknowing . \u2014 Wolfgang Ruth, Vulture , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Even with all the shock, disappointment and living with the constant unknowing of when his hospitality spaces would open, or be closed down again, Jesse feels pretty lucky considering what so many others have gone through. \u2014 Cathrine Todd, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
"Lee dates the dawning of the play to 1993, when Stoppard, in conversation with a visiting cousin, was informed\u2014to his amazement, and to the cousin\u2019s disbelief at his unknowing \u2014that his roots were entirely Jewish. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 22 Feb. 2021"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many call center staff were unknowledgeable and some were rude. \u2014 Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer , 6 Aug. 2021",
"One unknowledgeable employee can cost Target $1,000 in a single, unrealized sale (that would be one iPhone 12 Pro). \u2014 Bryan Pearson, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Yeah, for anyone who\u2019s unknowledgeable enough to have that preconception, this was a great opportunity to show Malcolm as a father and as a husband and reflect on-screen a human being people could connect with. \u2014 Chris Murphy, Vulture , 1 Feb. 2021"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222039",
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"Adjective",
"a disease of unknown cause",
"Much remains unknown about his early life.",
"Her music was previously unknown outside of Asia.",
"An unknown number of cases go unreported.",
"The victim's attacker was unknown to her.",
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"explorers venturing off into the unknown",
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"The director cast an unknown in the lead role.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The exact cause of LBD, which affects about 1.4 million Americans, is unknown . \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 1 July 2022",
"According to the Government Accountability Office, the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S. is unknown because of reporting problems, distrust of law enforcement and jurisdictional conflicts. \u2014 Amanda Zhou, Anchorage Daily News , 1 July 2022",
"The whereabouts of his wife and daughter are unknown . \u2014 Stephanie Gosk, NBC News , 1 July 2022",
"The officer, whose condition is unknown , was transported to Stroger Hospital, according to Chicago Police spokesperson Tom Ahern. \u2014 Greg Norman, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"The officer was transported to Stroger Hospital and their condition is unknown , Chicago Police department spokesman Tom Ahern said on Twitter. \u2014 Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Every day, regular folks volunteer for early clinical trials of experimental drugs, where the correct dose is unknown and its safety is still very much in question. \u2014 Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
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"Race/ethnicity of positive cases since the onset of the pandemic is unknown in 14% of cases and listed as other race in 6% of cases. \u2014 Alison Steinbach, The Arizona Republic , 29 June 2022",
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"Starring in the lead role is 19-year-old Iman Vellani, who was a complete unknown before being cast. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 6 June 2022",
"At the time, Joseph-Day was a relative unknown having not played during his first season in the NFL before starting 15 games in 2019. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The big unknown is what those carbon credits will be worth. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"The outlook also hinges on a big unknown : whether household demand for goods\u2014elevated throughout the pandemic\u2014will be sustained when the virus fades and spending in services returns to normal. \u2014 Anna Edwards, Fortune , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Johnson, a millionaire CEO of a successful plastics company in the state, was a political unknown . \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Because any future worth of NFTs are a big unknown , Richardson advises investors interested in non-fungible tokens to tread sensibly, limiting those digital assets to, at most, 5% of their overall savings and investment portfolio. \u2014 Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News , 12 Nov. 2021",
"The national atmosphere for Democrats, depending on the economy, the pandemic, and their ability to unify on major pieces of legislation, is also a big unknown for now. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the zipper eliminates having to fully unlace the Kamiak Ridge with each use. \u2014 Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online , 6 June 2021",
"Their joy turns to horror as a train approaches and Buddy struggles to unlace his shoe. \u2014 Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Keep your shoes laced normally, then unlace the top two eyelets (this includes that extra eyelet on the top). \u2014 Alexa Tucker, SELF , 8 May 2019",
"At the French Open on Monday, the 36-year-old was abruptly forced to unlace her sneakers because of a chest muscle injury that prevented her from stepping on court. \u2014 Sandra Harwitt, USA TODAY , 4 June 2018",
"Kumar chewed on the aircraft cables that are used as wire to secure his habitat until one broke, allowing him to unlace the wires. \u2014 Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living , 24 Jan. 2018"
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"There was also some grumbling about the team\u2019s enthusiastic celebration of its 13-0 victory over Thailand last month, which some folks thought was unseemly (code for unladylike ?) given the lopsided score. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 July 2019",
"Their schedule was an unladylike grind of 115 games from May to September. \u2014 Andrea Modica, Smithsonian , 23 May 2018",
"Peeling off layers in front of others is viewed as unladylike (yes, really), which is why The Duchess of Cambridge (and now, Markle) can often be seen wearing a coat or a coat-dress that\u2019s too chic to check. \u2014 Alice Bell, Vogue , 19 May 2018",
"In the sequel, FBI Agent Gracie Hart, who so famously infiltrated a beauty pageant as part of an FBI sting, is back at her unladylike , tough-talking, snort-laughing ways. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Southern Living , 2 Apr. 2018",
"Goodness, gracious: the horrible, unnatural, unladylike sounds of mastication - a man should never have to endure those noises coming from a female human. \u2014 The Washington Post, AL.com , 5 Feb. 2018",
"Midge takes the stage in a black cocktail dress, two strings of pearls, and opera-length gloves, then dives into a string of raunchy jokes about Joel with a few unladylike f-bombs thrown in for good measure. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 9 Jan. 2018"
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"\u2014 Stephen Baxter"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Because at this point, we are safely removed from the threat of Japan's late and unlamented Imperial Army. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 9 Aug. 2020",
"Defenders point to the Supreme Court\u2019s 1988 Morrison v. Olson ruling that upheld the late and unlamented independent counsel statute. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 29 Nov. 2018",
"Abdullah seems to be a fairly popular leader, unlike Hosni Mubarak of Egypt or the late, unlamented Muammar Qaddafi of Libya. \u2014 Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country , 17 Dec. 2012",
"In the short and unlamented Pardew era, the club's reputation took serious knocks both on and off the pitch. \u2014 SI.com , 14 May 2018",
"The Mother Boxes of the unlamented DC Universe movie Justice League. \u2014 Gary Thompson, Philly.com , 25 Apr. 2018"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-l\u0259-\u02c8men-t\u0259d"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"\u2014 J. R. Lowell"
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"adjective"
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": to uncover by or as if by the removal of an outer wrapper":[]
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"lash",
"tie"
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"unlashed the ropes which secured the crate in the bed of the truck"
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"verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Plus the lightweight device is easy to take with you: Just unlatch the clip and attach it to a belt, buckle, or backpack strap. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"If the Russian and US segments were to unlatch and the power and communications cables linking them were severed, the most immediate need for the space station would be maintaining the station's proper altitude. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 7 Mar. 2022",
"The hot steam works against these surfaces to unlatch any dirt stuck to the ground, resulting in floors that are immaculate and free of anything sticky. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Each one features purple handles that are supposed to secure the lid while leaving it easy to unlatch . \u2014 Ambar Pardilla, NBC News , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Set the tart pan on a bowl so the sides fall away or unlatch the springform side and lift it off. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 30 Mar. 2021",
"Her movements must have roused the dog again because now there is a scratching at the door at the bottom of the left staircase and Dot reaches out to unlatch it. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The convertible top is operated with a single switch that automatically latches and unlatches the roof. \u2014 John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows that two officers parked a car a block away, unlatched a fence door and entered the backyard. \u2014 Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com , 15 Oct. 2019"
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"verb"
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"adjective"
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"a pile of unlaundered clothes"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"O'Donnell informed her Wiley indicated that the unlaundered garment could possibly still contain evidence. \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2019"
],
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8l\u00e4n-",
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"adjective"
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"legal",
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"The sale of alcohol to minors is unlawful .",
"it is unlawful to set off fireworks within the city limits",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Unlawful Use of a Weapon Tara Moore, 37, of the 2700 block of Hampton Parkway, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon in the 2700 block of Hampton Parkway on June 29. \u2014 Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Court records show Clark was convicted in 2015 of second-degree robbery with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon in Multnomah County. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Gregory Coll does not agree with unlawful activity and believes in law and order for everyone. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Healy previously pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of pattern of unlawful activity and a third-degree felony charge of misuse of public funds, according to a release from the Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s office. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"O\u2019Steen has been charged with conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity, conspiracy to commit extortion, aiding and abetting extortion and failure to file a form in connection with the receipt of currency. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Crypto funds frozen For protesters, the first bad omen for their movement hit on Feb. 5 when GoFundMe suspended Lich\u2019s fundraising account after receiving police reports of protest violence and other unlawful activity. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 Feb. 2022",
"If the intent was, for example, to obstruct justice, to hide wrongdoing, and or other unlawful activity, that would be a crime. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"German, who was hired May 15, was charged with violation of oath by public officer and unlawful street gang activity, according to WJBF. \u2014 Rich Barak, ajc , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u022f-f\u0259l"
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"noun"
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"legal",
"legitimate"
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"The sale of alcohol to minors is unlawful .",
"it is unlawful to set off fireworks within the city limits",
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"Unlawful Use of a Weapon Tara Moore, 37, of the 2700 block of Hampton Parkway, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon in the 2700 block of Hampton Parkway on June 29. \u2014 Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Court records show Clark was convicted in 2015 of second-degree robbery with a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon in Multnomah County. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2022",
"Gregory Coll does not agree with unlawful activity and believes in law and order for everyone. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 18 May 2022",
"Healy previously pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge of pattern of unlawful activity and a third-degree felony charge of misuse of public funds, according to a release from the Salt Lake County District Attorney\u2019s office. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"O\u2019Steen has been charged with conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity, conspiracy to commit extortion, aiding and abetting extortion and failure to file a form in connection with the receipt of currency. \u2014 orlandosentinel.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Crypto funds frozen For protesters, the first bad omen for their movement hit on Feb. 5 when GoFundMe suspended Lich\u2019s fundraising account after receiving police reports of protest violence and other unlawful activity. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 21 Feb. 2022",
"If the intent was, for example, to obstruct justice, to hide wrongdoing, and or other unlawful activity, that would be a crime. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"German, who was hired May 15, was charged with violation of oath by public officer and unlawful street gang activity, according to WJBF. \u2014 Rich Barak, ajc , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"\u2014 Bennett Cerf"
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"\u2014 Kay Halle"
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u00a6laks"
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"verb"
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"snarl",
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"our tour guide at the maritime museum showed us how sailors used to unlay rope"
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"verb"
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"harken back (to)",
"hearken back (to)",
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"It is hard to unlearn bad habits.",
"let's hope that over the summer I don't unlearn everything I learned over the course of this past year",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The pandemic gave people time to step back, reassess their lives, and unlearn the old ways of working. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 8 May 2022",
"Once acquired, the park said, such conditioning is not easy to unlearn . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"Wii Sports tennis fans will need to unlearn how that old game worked to not constantly fail in NSS tennis. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"Adaptability is often regarded as the key skill for success in the modern world, with Alvin Toffler famously remarking that success is largely based on our ability to learn, unlearn , and relearn. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Or, Miss Manners suggests, help your dog unlearn this particular trick. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In the thoughtful documentary Mama Bears, Daresha Kyi follows three conservative Christian families at different parts of their journeys to unlearn their homophobia and transphobia. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Give yourself permission to unlearn what doesn't serve you. \u2014 Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com , 6 Mar. 2022",
"On the Inclusive Leadership journey, there is much to unlearn personally and professionally. \u2014 Simone E. Morris, Forbes , 23 Oct. 2021"
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"verb"
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"knowledgeable",
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"schooled",
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": not gained by study or training":[]
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"although the people of the farming community were largely an unlearned lot, they wanted an advanced education for their children",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Cannes, Loznitsa explained why the unlearned lessons of the past always come back to haunt us. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
"And, today, the Biden Administration is learning that lessons from the 2014 Red Hill fuel leak went unlearned . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The hegemony that the Mexican identity has over how a Latino should look and be in Phoenix \u2014 and in the U.S. \u2014 forces this kind of unlearned environment for Salvadorans and other Latinos. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"George Floyd, a blank piece of paper, unlearned characters in the Bible. \u2014 Dallas News , 4 May 2021",
"And yet, the lessons inherent in those works remain unlearned . \u2014 Michael Bennett, Washington Post , 17 Oct. 2020",
"Wary skeptics warned of a trap, born from lessons that went unlearned in 2016\u2019s earned media giveaway to the then-Republican nominee. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
"The scion of a respected family of Shiite scholars, he was once derided as unlearned and brutish by fellow Shiite public figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2018",
"The scion of a respected family of Shiite scholars, he was once derided as unlearned and brutish by fellow Shiite public figures. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 May 2018"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u0259r-n\u0259d for senses 1 & 2",
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"unlettered",
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"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untutored"
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"adjective"
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"bridle",
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"hold",
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"regulate",
"rein (in)",
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"smother",
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"\u2014 The New York Times"
]
},
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"The storm unleashed its fury.",
"The editorial unleashed a torrent of angry responses.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This was always Johnson\u2019s plan \u2014 stay within the top three throughout the race and unleash her last gear. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"There\u2019s an outside chance that the system could strengthen to become a high-end tropical storm or low-end hurricane and unleash strong to damaging winds, torrential rain and an ocean surge. \u2014 Jason Samenow, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"This continuity will ultimately help developers unleash their creative energy and propel us into a new era of digital transformation. \u2014 Ravi Mayuram, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Under her mild exterior is a core of sharp, bright steel, which Lynskey can unleash with a tilt of the head or the slightest narrowing of an eye. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"New York's Lee Zeldin recently told Binghamton media safe extraction from the same Marcellus Shale shared with his southern neighbor will unleash an economic boom in struggling communities along the Route 17 corridor. \u2014 Fox News , 17 June 2022",
"In making his allegations, Louis Angelos recounts anecdotes \u2014 for example, about stormy encounters and a years-long rift between John and his father \u2014 that unleash a cloudburst of family drama. \u2014 Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun , 10 June 2022",
"That leak started to impact the structural integrity of the entire stack, prompting officials to evacuate residents over concern that the stack would totally collapse and unleash a massive wave of water. \u2014 Li Cohen, CBS News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"As a junior banker in the 1980s, Kishida could not have foreseen the magnitude of the changes the Plaza Accord would unleash upon the bank's giant manufacturing clients\u2014and the bank itself. \u2014 Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u0113sh"
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"unlock",
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"unlettered moviegoers could scarcely imagine how little resemblance the film bore to the novel on which it was supposedly based",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The characters include a temperamental goat, a sweet-natured monk, an unlettered orphan boy and an intelligent young girl whose destiny is to dethrone a king. \u2014 Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
"Their first point of concern is that unlettered and uninformed residents were herded into vehicles and enrolled as trial participants. \u2014 Manavi Kapur, Quartz India , 12 Jan. 2021",
"The British Admiralty sent ships in search of pathways through the ice that would lead to this mythic sea, an objective scoffed at by unlettered whalers who spent their lives in waters along the edge of the sea ice and knew better. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Aug. 2019",
"Her husband constantly referred to her dismissively as a simple, unlettered woman. \u2014 Ferdinand Mount, WSJ , 1 Nov. 2018",
"The consequences of Kanye West\u2019s unlettered view of America and its history are, if anything, more direct. \u2014 Ta-nehisi Coates, The Atlantic , 7 May 2018",
"In the tradition of both black and white southern folk preaching, ministers usually spoke extemporaneously to unlettered congregants, who expected the Spirit of God to impart messages of encouragement and hope. \u2014 The Economist , 28 Mar. 2018",
"His description of Stephen Miller, a White House policy adviser, as an unlettered lightweight is inaccurate and mean. \u2014 The Economist , 11 Jan. 2018",
"In celebrating the unlettered Huncke, Ginsberg was suggesting that professionals may have more to learn from amateurs than the other way around. \u2014 Ann Douglas, New York Times , 1 Aug. 2017"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8le-t\u0259rd"
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"rude",
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"adjective"
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"alike",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
"like",
"parallel",
"same",
"similar"
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"a landscape unlike any other"
],
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": marked by inequality : unequal":[
"contributed unlike amounts"
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"the two books are quite unlike"
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"it was unlike him to be late"
],
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"you're trying to compare very unlike things\u2014like those proverbial apples and oranges",
"Preposition",
"The plants that grow here are unlike the plants that grow where I live.",
"She's unlike anyone I've ever met.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The move is not unlike when JP Morgan stepped in to save the traditional financial system during the bank panic of 1907, analysts have noted on Twitter. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
"Another key advantage of Roth IRAs is that\u2014 unlike with traditional IRAs\u2014contributions can be withdrawn penalty-free. \u2014 Laura Saunders, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Why is the city\u2019s skyline far from the beach \u2014 unlike in Miami, Seattle and elsewhere? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Still, the important word was counterpart \u2014 Pompeo is not deluding himself that our enemy is our friend \u2014 unlike , say, the Biden State Department negotiators currently cajoling Iran\u2019s mullahs in hopes of reprising Obama\u2019s disastrous nuclear deal. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
"But this is a debate worth having \u2014 unlike with most bills in Sacramento. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"While the introduction of the new program will be attractive to loyal GM buyers, there are plenty of offers on the market now \u2014 unlike at the start of the pandemic two years ago. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Even the Times Square Ball Drop is back, and\u2014 unlike in years past, when locals would stay as far away from that logistical mess as possible\u2014this year people are seeing it as a sign of hope. \u2014 Cnt Editors, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But Bay Area drivers will likely not encounter much fog \u2014 unlike earlier this month, when a thick cloud of fog covered parts of the region. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"Coconut oil and panthenol (a B vitamin) also nourish the scalp, and unlike most other ingredients, can penetrate inside the hair shaft, hydrating from within to enhance pliability, and keeping the cuticle tight and intact. \u2014 Jolene Edgar, Allure , 24 June 2022",
"Part of the reason for this was that in Cook Inlet, unlike elsewhere, the closure only applied to the commercial salmon fishery, not to the recreational one. \u2014 Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News , 24 June 2022",
"And even though most take a few sessions to work, there will unlikely be any downtime, unlike traditional lipo, which can be a beast to recover from. \u2014 April Long, Town & Country , 24 June 2022",
"As a private nonprofit organization, Welcome Home requires no proof of need from clients, unlike many governmental agencies. \u2014 Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"As the guardian recovers from Luther\u2019s attack, the others go to stand on each star, and a current of energy (not entirely unlike Viktor\u2019s white-violin power) immediately courses between them. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 23 June 2022",
"Garvey said it\u2019s also important to recognize that the district\u2019s schools are within a mile of local police departments, unlike many rural school districts in Ohio that don\u2019t have that benefit. \u2014 cleveland , 23 June 2022",
"The show is unlike most other reality competition series in that \u2014 spoiler alert \u2014 none of the contestants are dismissively degraded or dispatched. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
"Sunrooms are rooms with many windows, though unlike solariums, they are not made entirely of glass. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1600, in the meaning defined above":"Preposition",
"1873, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u012bk"
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"disparate",
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"distinguishable",
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"other",
"unalike"
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"likely",
"probable"
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"an unlikely outcome"
]
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"He was an unlikely candidate for the position.",
"A big city seems like an unlikely place to find wildlife.",
"I received support from an unlikely ally.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That song also played over the credits of a more unlikely inspiration: Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Kill Bill movies, a gonzo sendup of 1970s kung-fu. \u2014 Thomas Floyd, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"This scenario, while not impossible, became increasingly unlikely as the deadline for Irving to opt in or out of his contract approached. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Pederson hopes, however, that the bleacher crowd handles itself appropriately when the Reds arrive in town Friday, even though Cincinnati outfielder Tommy Pham \u2014 he of last month\u2019s Slap Flap \u2014 is unlikely to be a popular figure among Giants fans. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 23 June 2022",
"The bad news is that judges are unlikely to be able to sustain the heavy burden required to extinguish the disinformation wildfires that have now spread to the election certification process. \u2014 Laurence H. Tribe And Dennis Aftergut, CNN , 20 June 2022",
"That made Ryanair\u2019s questionnaire policy effectively discriminatory, as Black South African passengers were unlikely to be able to prove their nationality and therefore travel with the Irish carrier within Europe. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
"The company had been planning to go public this year, but that looks increasingly unlikely as the stock prices of tech companies continue to plunge. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 13 June 2022",
"That start date was eventually pushed to June 21, which appears increasingly unlikely . \u2014 al , 7 June 2022",
"As the Ukrainian army holds on in Severodonetsk, a quick and easy win for Russia is looking increasingly unlikely . \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 6 June 2022"
],
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u012b-kl\u0113",
"\u0259n-\u02c8l\u012b-kl\u0113"
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"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"questionable",
"unapt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174447",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"kin",
"kindred",
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"same",
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"Preposition",
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"She's unlike anyone I've ever met.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The move is not unlike when JP Morgan stepped in to save the traditional financial system during the bank panic of 1907, analysts have noted on Twitter. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 21 June 2022",
"Another key advantage of Roth IRAs is that\u2014 unlike with traditional IRAs\u2014contributions can be withdrawn penalty-free. \u2014 Laura Saunders, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"Why is the city\u2019s skyline far from the beach \u2014 unlike in Miami, Seattle and elsewhere? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Still, the important word was counterpart \u2014 Pompeo is not deluding himself that our enemy is our friend \u2014 unlike , say, the Biden State Department negotiators currently cajoling Iran\u2019s mullahs in hopes of reprising Obama\u2019s disastrous nuclear deal. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 27 Feb. 2022",
"But this is a debate worth having \u2014 unlike with most bills in Sacramento. \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 10 Jan. 2022",
"While the introduction of the new program will be attractive to loyal GM buyers, there are plenty of offers on the market now \u2014 unlike at the start of the pandemic two years ago. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Even the Times Square Ball Drop is back, and\u2014 unlike in years past, when locals would stay as far away from that logistical mess as possible\u2014this year people are seeing it as a sign of hope. \u2014 Cnt Editors, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 17 Dec. 2021",
"But Bay Area drivers will likely not encounter much fog \u2014 unlike earlier this month, when a thick cloud of fog covered parts of the region. \u2014 Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition",
"About 75 miles south, in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, a gunman had fired on a parade not unlike their own. \u2014 Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel , 5 July 2022",
"Fujita acknowledged that music schools and educators, unlike sports coaches, spend little time teaching specific ways to prevent injury. \u2014 Susan Wagner, NBC News , 5 July 2022",
"Many dinosaurs grew astonishingly quickly, and some of which\u2014like Tyrannosaurus rex\u2014went through teenage growth spurts not unlike our own. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 July 2022",
"Its supremacy, unlike other imperial powers, is good for everyone. \u2014 Tom Mctague, The Atlantic , 4 July 2022",
"Leaders also noted that, unlike programs that nurture small businesses in exchange for partial ownership, the city isn\u2019t interested in equity. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2022",
"But unlike in the April incident, this bulldozer retreated after hundreds of residents and opposition party members surrounded the vehicle and blocked it from its target. \u2014 Tarushi Aswani, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 June 2022",
"Like his counterparts in Hermans\u2019s other books, the nerdy young geologist, Alfred Issendorf, is determined to survive under highly challenging circumstances; but unlike them, he is not required to commit or cover up a murder. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"Because each grade level at Smith has four classrooms, each one is represented as a Hogwarts house, and points are only given, never taken away ( unlike in the books). \u2014 Hartford Courant , 17 June 2022"
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"bounded",
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"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
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"restricted"
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"\u2014 Sir Winston Churchill"
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},
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"Membership gives you unlimited access to the facilities.",
"This ticket is good for unlimited travel on all trains.",
"This plan allows you to make an unlimited number of phone calls to anywhere in the U.S.",
"Her funds seem to be unlimited .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Venture X, Capital One's highest-tier travel card, will now come with unlimited access to more than 100 Plaza Premium Lounges worldwide. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"Ronson\u2019s course launch coincides with the introduction of BBC Maestro\u2019s new all-access subscription service, where users can pay an annual fee for unlimited access to all BBC Maestro courses. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Tickets include a three-hour pass to the event, with a timed session on The World\u2019s Largest Bounce House, as well as unlimited access to Sport Slam, The Giant, and airSPACE! \u2014 Layla Mcmurtrie, Detroit Free Press , 6 June 2022",
"The pandemic may have seemed like the perfect opportunity to nurture a relationship with unlimited access to your partner, nonstop togetherness and plenty of time for intimacy. \u2014 Rob Picheta And Hafsa Khalil, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"But Moonage Daydream, told entirely in Bowie\u2019s own words, often seems like unlimited archival access in search of a perspective. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"At its peak, AOL was responsible for up to half of all CD-ROMs produced, giving users unlimited internet access for $20 a month. \u2014 Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Our digital subscription \u2014 free to home delivery subscribers and available to new digital subscribers \u2014 provides full, unlimited access to jsonline.com, the Journal Sentinel apps for smartphones and tablets and the Journal Sentinel e-edition. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"From the adult-only pool to the zero-entry pool, guests have seemingly unlimited options of where to spend their day. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022"
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"boundless",
"endless",
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"limitless",
"measureless",
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],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020446",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"join",
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"unify",
"unite"
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": to unfasten the links of : separate , disconnect":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, November 8th, Amazon will unlink all email accounts from Alexa. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Moderates are attempting to unlink the two pieces of legislation in hopes of gathering more GOP support. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 30 Sep. 2021",
"School funding is typically tied to student enrollment or attendance counts across the country, but Ohio has unlinked funding from those counts, a policy that education experts expect most states to adopt in the coming weeks. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
"Whatever is in the ZIL will be read in, aggregated into TXGs, committed to main storage, and then unlinked from the ZIL during the import process. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 8 May 2020",
"School funding is typically tied to student enrollment or attendance counts across the country, but Ohio has unlinked funding from those counts, a policy that education experts expect most states to adopt in the coming weeks. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Apr. 2020",
"The emails also should have advised password resets not only for current accounts but also for NNIDs, as well as directions for unlinking the two. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2020",
"School funding is typically tied to student enrollment or attendance counts across the country, but Ohio has unlinked funding from those counts, a policy that education experts expect most states to adopt in the coming weeks. \u2014 Adam Popescu, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"One memorable shot from the penultimate S2 episode depicted a Kaylon module unlinking from its harness to purse the Orville. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 26 Mar. 2020"
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"verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Otherwise, officials have reported that the cases are sporadic and unlinked , with no known common exposures to medicines, foods, drinks, toxic substances, or travel. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 11 May 2022",
"Officials have openly promoted using virus control measures in ways unlinked to the pandemic. \u2014 Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
"Officials have openly promoted using virus control measures in ways unlinked to the pandemic. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Jan. 2022",
"The decision came as Singapore battled to stem the increasing number of unlinked or untraceable Covid-19 infections in the city-state. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"Under the old rule, schools were closed if testing found two positive results, regardless of the school\u2019s size and even if the cases were apparently unlinked , such as those involving kids grades apart who never crossed paths. \u2014 Eric Umansky, ProPublica , 8 Apr. 2021",
"After the losses incurred due to Covid-19, that hard salary cap was unlinked for the 2020-21 season. \u2014 Carol Schram, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021",
"Singapore reported 21 community cases today, of which 11 were unlinked , placing the seven-day moving average at 6, according to estimates by the Business Times. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Both sides have been reviewing the ATB arrangements since early May when the number of unlinked infections in Singapore started to increase. \u2014 Jonathan Burgos, Forbes , 17 May 2021"
],
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"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
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"There's an unlisted bonus track on the CD.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"If successful, the site will share the unlisted YouTube link to the creepy 5-minute scene. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"Jeff Bezos understood the scale of opportunity early on and Amazon invested about $200 million in an unlisted gift voucher unit of Future Group, the number two retail player behind Reliance, in 2019. \u2014 Megha Mandavia, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022",
"After all, Toomes found Morbius, whose number is probably unlisted . \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"If successful, the site will share the unlisted YouTube link to the creepy 5-minute scene. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The end of that video will lead you into the unlisted playlist videos for the full ten hour scope of the review. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Bytedance, calculated to be the world\u2019s largest unlisted startup company thanks to its control of TikTok and its Chinese equivalent Douyin, is reported to have dissolved its strategic investment division and redeployed staff. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Olivetti, Magill, Larson and Carr have submitted their resignations, Ken de Jong, Immanuel's provisional moderator, announced during Sunday morning's service (a live stream of which is available, but unlisted , on the church's YouTube page). \u2014 Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star , 17 Jan. 2022",
"The discussion comes as submissions are open for the inaugural Forbes China Enterprise Technology 50 list of China\u2019s top unlisted enterprise technology companies. \u2014 Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes , 20 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 David Gates"
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"Meanwhile, the almost- unlistenable Donda received a nod. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The result is a sometimes amusing, sometimes frustrating, sparsely thrilling, and largely unlistenable collection of rants and riffs. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2021",
"The good news is that the vice presidential debate was nothing like last week\u2019s unlistenable cacophony between President Trump and Joe Biden. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com , 7 Oct. 2020",
"This all-consuming ugliness is why some people find The Fall unlistenable . \u2014 Nathaniel Friedman, Billboard , 26 Jan. 2018",
"But here\u2014where Brendan and Avery's story and possible wrongful imprisonment have become a fanatical national obsession\u2014this boy's unlistenable hip-hop song (sorry!) has been listened to more than 7,000 times in one day. \u2014 Matt Miller, Esquire , 12 Jan. 2016"
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8li-sn\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For some, the former BP headquarters\u2019 many unlit floors and partly barricaded parking lot highlight the decline in the state\u2019s oil industry and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on commercial property. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The impacts on visibility are exacerbated on unlit rural highways, the state police officers association president Joshua Wetzel added. \u2014 Virginia Barreda, USA TODAY , 8 Feb. 2022",
"The impacts on visibility are exacerbated on unlit rural highways, Oregon State Police Officers Association president Joshua Wetzel added. \u2014 oregonlive , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Select from a variety of trees that range in height from 6 feet to 15 feet with pre-lit or unlit units along with color schemes of flocked trees or green trees. \u2014 Chelsea Davis, Forbes , 10 Dec. 2021",
"An unlit explosive device was held in place by one of his windshield wipers. \u2014 Brian Klaas, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021",
"More:Kentucky deputy chases car at 130 mph over an unlit license plate. \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The company designs and manufactures its own brand of pre-lit and unlit trees that cost $100 to over $1,000 depending on the height and design. \u2014 Parija Kavilanz, CNN , 20 Sep. 2021",
"That honor belonged to rock-hard short-rib tacos served on an unlit tabletop grill for show. \u2014 Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Sep. 2021"
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"sombre",
"stygian",
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"tenebrous"
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"\u2014 Anthony Burgess",
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"\u2014 Eric Pace"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The bond between Alice and the spiky, decidedly unliterary Felix might flummox. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Both were born as writers in public libraries\u2014hyper-bright American Jewish urban boys from unliterary backgrounds, encountering the classics on their own, without too much pre-sorting, responding with delight, imitation, amusement, and familiarity. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 24 Aug. 2021"
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Jack London"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those accidents took a number of lives and left the surrounding areas unlivable for humans. \u2014 Joel Mathis, The Week , 30 May 2022",
"Relocating migratory individuals away from damaged habitats is rarely successful because the birds tend to instinctively return to those unlivable locales. \u2014 Henrik Mouritsen, Scientific American , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Determined to take action, the rapper, who is managed by Roc Nation, reached out to label founders Jay-Z and Desiree Perez, and the three got to work suing the state of Mississippi over Parchman\u2019s unlivable conditions. \u2014 Neena Rouhani, Billboard , 19 May 2022",
"Instead of staying put and facing potential extinction, a few solitary pioneers can scout new habitats as their former homes become unlivable . \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"This money, which could be used to alleviate so much suffering around the world, is instead fueling natural disasters, unlivable conditions, and the destruction of our planet. \u2014 Randell Leach, Fortune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Finally, after 14 inspections of her home, it was deemed unlivable by the local government. \u2014 Michele Lerner, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"With the Russian offensive suffering major losses, Putin has no clear military option but to resort to bombarding Ukraine's cities, terrorizing its people and turning the country into an unlivable hell. \u2014 Nick Dowling, CNN , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Strikes on houses or apartment buildings often render the structure unlivable , leaving many displaced. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"1834, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Five children were dead, their entire lives yet unlived . \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 10 Apr. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1621, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8liv"
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"verb"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"Could you help me unload the car?",
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"I have to unload the groceries.",
"Most ships unload at another dock now.",
"The train made several stops to unload passengers.",
"Rumor has it that the manager wants to unload him. Maybe he'll be traded to another team.",
"She unloaded a huge amount of stock when prices fell.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Transportation and logistics companies say containers are stacking up there because manufacturers and retailers are too slow to pick up and unload cargo. \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"Kate has previously visited baby banks to help unload deliveries, sort donations and speak with families about their experiences of using their local baby bank services. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 8 June 2022",
"Hundreds of container ships are waiting outside of Shanghai\u2019s port, waiting to load and unload cargo. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 4 May 2022",
"Non-Forest Preserve District machinery to load or unload wood chips is not permitted. \u2014 Beacon-news Staff, chicagotribune.com , 8 Apr. 2022",
"In his Christiansburg store, workers who were at first hostile to the strike later used the same tactic to force the company to ban a customer who was harassing women working to unload trucks. \u2014 Bryce Covert, The New Republic , 10 May 2022",
"The grandmother, who was watching the baby, Brandon Cuellar, while his mother was at work, took the child inside her apartment and went back outside for a short time to unload groceries, the San Jose Police Department said. \u2014 Amanda Jackson, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Record consumer spending in 2021 meant a major increase in maritime traffic beyond the ability of ports on the West Coast to handle, leading to congestion as ships waited to unload their cargo. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
"Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo. \u2014 Steve Banker, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
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"Could you unlock the door for me?",
"geneticists unlocking the secrets of DNA",
"The material's potential was unlocked only through extensive testing.",
"How can I unlock my computer if I've forgotten the password?",
"This class will unlock your creativity.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And once someone has downloaded and is playing, watching an in-game ad to earn an asset or unlock a new level is significantly more appealing than paying for that same asset. \u2014 Andrew Faridani, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Keep your length, maximize volume, and unlock new styling possibilities? \u2014 Liv Holland, Allure , 27 June 2022",
"And this week's sabotage is pretty heavy: The players chosen will have to scratch off an additional four-digit code and unlock two locks to get their paddle. \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 8 June 2022",
"Create a free account to get the newsletter in your inbox and unlock exclusive access to much more. \u2014 Jessica Sooknanan, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"Their aftershave is a bastion of style, offering the ability to enhance your post-shaved skin and unlock the gentleman within you. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"As Kessler appears to start waking, the officers repeatedly tell him to put the car in park and unlock the door. \u2014 Kala Kachmar, The Courier-Journal , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The van is easy to step into and out of, with integrated hand holds and ruggedized buttons to lock or unlock the rear door. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Once the officers on scene were able to unlock the doors, the BORTAC agents led a small team into the classroom. \u2014 Nick Miroff, Jamie Thompson And Silvia Foster-frau, Anchorage Daily News , 11 June 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8l\u00e4k"
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"He unloosed the bonds that held her.",
"the familiar scent unloosed a flood of pleasant memories from her childhood",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But in 2010, Bernanke proposed something much more far-reaching: an initiative to disburse interest-free loans to major banks to unloose new tranches of cash throughout the economy. \u2014 Chris Lehmann, The New Republic , 19 Jan. 2022",
"In a long, cozy sequence in the season\u2019s first episode, Sam cooks breakfast for her sleeping household, sizzling sausage and frying eggs in a private ritual that\u2019s best appreciated before her daughters rise and unloose chaos. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 13 Apr. 2020",
"On his final attempt, Kovacs unloosed a throw of 73-4 to assume the lead. \u2014 Ken Goe, OregonLive.com , 25 June 2017",
"As the story opens, the good people of Aldwinter are wondering whether an earthquake has unloosed their old monster from the estuary depths. \u2014 Ron Charles, The Denver Post , 8 June 2017"
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"adjective"
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"After a relationship ends, we tend to be very hard on ourselves and think that we are unattractive, unlovable , undesirable or an overall failure.",
"\u2014 Michelle Callahan"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Is there something wrong or inherently unlovable about me? \u2014 Sana Panjwani, refinery29.com , 14 Sep. 2021",
"These basic fears include feeling defective, unlovable , worthless, insignificant, stupid, insecure, trapped, deprived, harmed or controlled. \u2014 Joel M. Rothaizer, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"The last time Cubs fans were this visibly upset was when lovable infielder Mark DeRosa was dealt to the Cleveland Indians on New Years Eve 2008 to clear salary for the signing of unlovable outfielder Milton Bradley. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 5 Aug. 2021",
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"Every conversation threatens to turn to food, or even the possibility of being around food, and the very slender Sheila can\u2019t stop thinking of herself as fat and unlovable . \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 15 June 2021",
"To them, being fat means being ugly, rejected, unloved, and unlovable . \u2014 Your Fat Friend, SELF , 24 Feb. 2021",
"And fat or thin, nearly all of us have been exposed to pervasive cultural messages that fat people are unlovable , undesirable, and should be neither seen nor heard. \u2014 Your Fat Friend, SELF , 12 Oct. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the researchers are getting a new perspective on the unlovable beasts. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2020"
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"Investors are moving their money out of stocks and into ultrasafe assets that had largely been unloved for the past decade\u2014such as cash, Treasury bills, certificates of deposit and money-market funds. \u2014 Akane Otani, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"The ubiquitous, unloved contraptions are a key feature of US economy. \u2014 Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN , 14 May 2022",
"Many were unloved : they were beached in industrial zones, left for dead at mom-and-pop junkyards, or forgotten behind a barn. \u2014 Ronan Glon, Car and Driver , 10 May 2022",
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"These were unloved spaces, often created by theater companies dicing up vast single-screen properties into tinier houses, to add screenings and maximize profit. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Unlike the many orphans, infants, and laborers who in his novels perish unloved and unwanted, Dickens lived on into middle age. \u2014 Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The little girl is handed over to servants who are instructed to keep her quiet and out of the way \u2014 an arrangement that leaves her spoiled, selfish, and unloved . \u2014 Sarah Schutte, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"Stuart writes beautifully, with marvelous attunement to the poetry in the unlovely and the mundane. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Fueled by alcohol and believing her seductive charms are still alive and well, Leslie works it hard, and Riseborough is fearless in the unlovely desperation that emerges. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Baker portrays Texas City as an unlovely cluster of neighborhoods pinned to the Gulf Coast by a collection of oil refineries, a place where even the potential prettiness of the waterfront is colored by grim history. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
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"The dentist himself is an unlovely specimen \u2014 racist, ungenerous and vain, a man whose two ruling goals are to become a Freemason and to continue his blood line. \u2014 Katherine A. Powers, Star Tribune , 6 Nov. 2020",
"The American university today has, bizarrely, become a place dominated by anger, fear, and self-loathing, all wrapped in an unlovely cloak of self-righteousness. \u2014 Frederick M. Hess, National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
"The elevator shafts were starting to emerge when the lockdown hit, two unlovely stubs of concrete growing out of the foundation. \u2014 James Lileks, Star Tribune , 28 Aug. 2020"
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"Stuart writes beautifully, with marvelous attunement to the poetry in the unlovely and the mundane. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Fueled by alcohol and believing her seductive charms are still alive and well, Leslie works it hard, and Riseborough is fearless in the unlovely desperation that emerges. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Baker portrays Texas City as an unlovely cluster of neighborhoods pinned to the Gulf Coast by a collection of oil refineries, a place where even the potential prettiness of the waterfront is colored by grim history. \u2014 Alison Willmore, Vulture , 11 Dec. 2021",
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"The American university today has, bizarrely, become a place dominated by anger, fear, and self-loathing, all wrapped in an unlovely cloak of self-righteousness. \u2014 Frederick M. Hess, National Review , 17 Sep. 2020",
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"All this is just dirty talk to me, exotic entertainments for the unloved and unloving . \u2014 Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker , 4 May 2020",
"Identifying these behaviours as fundamentally unloving is our first step to acknowledging their harmfulness. \u2014 Janey Starling, refinery29.com , 10 Apr. 2020",
"As his unloving wife, Irene, Gina McKee is perfection. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2018",
"More darkly\u2014and typically, in these sorts of cases\u2014another psychologist blamed Jen and Danny, implying that Samantha was reacting to harsh and unloving parenting. \u2014 Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic , 16 May 2017"
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"Former college friends Margaret Bellefuil, Jean Albrecht, and Jodi Campbell reunited for a two-day trip to St. Helena that unluckily coincided with the shut-off. \u2014 Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com , 10 Oct. 2019",
"In Melbourne Nishikori contested three five-setters, then unluckily drew tournament king Djokovic. \u2014 Ravi Ubha, CNN , 9 July 2019",
"And unluckily for Thiem, Nadal is playing his best tennis of the current clay swing. \u2014 Ravi Ubha, CNN , 8 June 2019",
"But unluckily for Michiganders, they're known to travel to states outside of their normal regions. \u2014 Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press , 25 June 2018",
"Hakan Calhanoglu also came close to stealing the lead for Milan, blasting one from several yards out following a breakaway, but his shot unluckily cannoned off the crossbar. \u2014 SI.com , 31 Mar. 2018",
"MILAN \u2014 A certain amount of anticipation had built up among the spectators invited to experience Alessandro Sartori\u2019s debut as the artistic director at Ermenegildo Zegna on a cold Friday, which happened to fall \u2014 luckily or unluckily \u2014 on the 13th. \u2014 Guy Trebay, New York Times , 15 Jan. 2017"
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"His princely behavior results in a tragic twist of fate and leaves him with the reputation of being unlucky . \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Both the 10-year bond and the S&P 500 were down an unlucky 13% for the year up to the middle of this week, although stocks were then hit much harder by Friday\u2019s bad inflation figures than bonds were. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
"On a night where the Reds\u2019 offense couldn\u2019t get anything going, Reds starting pitcher Luis Castillo had another unlucky start. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not so much a movie as an extinction-level event for the franchise, one in which the last remaining bits of good will and investment in this particular intellectual property are snuffed out like so many unlucky Stegosaurses. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"But at least one other rioter has been unlucky in love. \u2014 Holmes Lybrand And Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
"For those unlucky enough to test positive, the conditions in isolation seemed highly unpleasant. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Hence the markets may see steep rate hikes or a recession, but would be unlucky to see both in parallel. \u2014 Simon Moore, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The incremental police reforms enacted by cities across the country in the wake of his death didn\u2019t protect Wright or Toledo or Lord knows how many other unlucky souls. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"His princely behavior results in a tragic twist of fate and leaves him with the reputation of being unlucky . \u2014 Joan Macdonald, Forbes , 20 June 2022",
"Both the 10-year bond and the S&P 500 were down an unlucky 13% for the year up to the middle of this week, although stocks were then hit much harder by Friday\u2019s bad inflation figures than bonds were. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 11 June 2022",
"On a night where the Reds\u2019 offense couldn\u2019t get anything going, Reds starting pitcher Luis Castillo had another unlucky start. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 11 June 2022",
"It\u2019s not so much a movie as an extinction-level event for the franchise, one in which the last remaining bits of good will and investment in this particular intellectual property are snuffed out like so many unlucky Stegosaurses. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 June 2022",
"But at least one other rioter has been unlucky in love. \u2014 Holmes Lybrand And Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
"For those unlucky enough to test positive, the conditions in isolation seemed highly unpleasant. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Hence the markets may see steep rate hikes or a recession, but would be unlucky to see both in parallel. \u2014 Simon Moore, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"The incremental police reforms enacted by cities across the country in the wake of his death didn\u2019t protect Wright or Toledo or Lord knows how many other unlucky souls. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2021"
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"The devices, many of them suspect, also serve to sap the hardiness of a self that could resist and unmake all these other indignities. \u2014 Choire Sicha, The New York Review of Books , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"The Senate has the power to make and unmake such procedures; the Democratic Party could have done away with the filibuster in 2009 and simply chose not to. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"The Senate has the power to make and unmake such procedures; the Democratic Party could have done away with the filibuster in 2009 and simply chose not to. \u2014 Win Mccormack, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
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"\"+"
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"an unmanageable temper",
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"an unmanageable amount of debt"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In workplaces, unfair treatment, unmanageable workloads, unclear communication, lack of manager support, and unreasonable time pressures can contribute to burnout. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 2 Nov. 2021",
"By adolescence, or sometimes earlier, a small percentage of children with autism become unmanageable for their parents, and no amount of parental patience or devotion will change that. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"But as the evening wore on, the crowd became unmanageable . \u2014 Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com , 29 May 2022",
"On the drive home, Reed became unmanageable , according to his girlfriend, Alina Tsybulnik, and jumped out of the car. \u2014 Patrick Reevell, ABC News , 23 May 2022",
"On its own, this process would quickly grow to a point where there is a completely unmanageable number of chemicals to track. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"The distinction became increasingly fuzzy, as feature films were absorbed into the great wash of visual storytelling that has been flowing onto our home screens with dizzying speed and increasingly unmanageable volume. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Regardless of number and timeframe, the takeaway is always the same - an unmanageable amount of data sometime in the future. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021",
"For thick and unmanageable hair look no further than Hanz De Fuko Claymation. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to a Snow Software study, 72% of IT leaders say security is their most glaring business problem, fueled by technology that's unaccounted for and unmanaged . \u2014 Mike Fuhrman, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"New Zealand designates all of its grasslands and forests as managed, for instance, but deems wetlands unmanaged . \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"One batter later, Jorge Alfaro and his majestic, unmanaged mane homered to cap a stretch of five runs in seven pitches. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Earth, told me, pointing to the many people who would suffer under an unmanaged transition. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The world has never dealt with an unmanaged meltdown at a large nuclear power plant. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Left unmanaged , the population will reach 200,000 in the next two decades at a 30 percent annual increase. \u2014 Danielle Bernabe, Bon App\u00e9tit , 17 Dec. 2021",
"This is because countries such as India and Indonesia have specific waste collection methods and end of life scenarios such as open dumping, unmanaged landfills, dumping in water bodies, open burning, cement kilns and incineration. \u2014 Rob Kaplan, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Left unmanaged , high blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart attack, stroke and a variety of other outcomes, including kidney disease. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Nov. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1729, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075907",
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"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\"+"
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"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
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": effeminate":[],
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"examples":[
"He felt unmanly because he wasn't interested in sports.",
"I disagree that dancing is an unmanly pursuit.",
"My father told me that it's unmanly to cry.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard\u2019s unmanly interest in poetry and music? \u2014 Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books , 22 Nov. 2018",
"But the bunt-against-the-shift is the baseball equivalent of the unmanly underhand free throw. \u2014 Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com , 17 June 2018",
"Refusing her advances would be awkward, unmanly , gay. \u2014 Peggy Orenstein, The Cut , 8 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1534, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8man-l\u0113"
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"sissy",
"womanish"
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"antonyms":[
"civil",
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"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
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"examples":[
"we will never again invite such unmannered guests",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The entire cast, including and especially the younger members are warm and likable, with Williams delivering a refreshingly unmannered turn and Cheadle doing his best to anchor us in the story. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Those practitioners, too, welcomed the untrained, unmannered body, even though they were extremely trained. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Oct. 2020",
"In the fifties and early sixties, Mobley\u2019s sound was velvety and enveloping but frank and unmannered ; his warm energy, lyrical phrasing, wry wit, and melodic heartiness drew richly on the blues. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2020",
"Her performance is unforced, unmannered , tart but without edges \u2014 as clean and smoothly elegant as a minimal-fragrance bar of soap. \u2014 Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com , 27 Sep. 2019",
"All this energy is channelled into a thoughtful, unmannered projection of the score. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 9 Sep. 2019",
"Whelan\u2019s refreshingly unmannered dancing \u2014 a clean, disciplined, service-to-the-steps beauty \u2014 is as present as ever. \u2014 Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com , 2 Aug. 2019",
"But Pollini remains a clear-eyed musical aristocrat, an unmannered visionary of the keys, as the Debussy portion of his concert made apparent. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 24 Apr. 2018",
"While many were heroic, Chalvar Monteiro stood out for his unmannered daring. \u2014 Gia Kourlas, New York Times , 10 Dec. 2017"
],
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"circa 1518, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-n\u0259rd"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-n\u0259r-l\u0113"
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"type":[
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"antonyms":[],
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": to remove a mantle or cover from : uncover":[]
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\"+"
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"1644, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 J. W. Watson"
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"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
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"\u2026 wild and unmapped areas of the physical world.",
"\u2014 H. G. Rickover"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Science fiction is inherently speculative, an imagination's attempt to make sense of the vast, unmapped territories of outer space, technology, and human consciousness. \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"Exploring unmapped territory on the moon could soon be as easy as slipping on a backpack. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The cluster is probably a previously unknown giant molecular cloud, an unmapped stellar nursery filled with protostars, Wright says. \u2014 Lee Billings, Scientific American , 17 Apr. 2015",
"Three of the six men, including Worsley, hiked across unmapped mountains and glaciers to reach a small settlement. \u2014 Daniella Mccahey, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"But there was still data scattered in the wind, untagged, unmapped , untracked. \u2014 Will Evans, Wired , 18 Nov. 2021",
"But the process is expensive and time consuming, leaving as much as 80% of Earth's seafloor unmapped . \u2014 Brad Lendon, CNN , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But organizations today have turned into sprawling cities with expanding neighborhoods, unmapped alleyways and ever-changing borders. \u2014 Adam Hunt, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, despite Earth being roughly 70% water, more than 80% of our planet's oceans are unmapped , unobserved, and unexplored. \u2014 Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure , 17 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1805, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8mapt"
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"wrote political articles unmarked by a regard for truth",
"The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing.",
"\u2014 Elizabeth George Speare"
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"\u2026 an unmarked , graveled road running parallel with the levee.",
"\u2014 American Guide Series: Louisiana"
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"\"I want five thousand dollars in unmarked singles.\"",
"\u2014 Ed McBain",
"\u2026 an unmarked storefront on Melrose Avenue.",
"\u2014 Gerri Hirshey",
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"an unmarked police car"
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"To let the death of such a man go unmarked would be, for one offense, to slight ourselves.",
"\u2014 Stanley Kauffman"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jack Lynn opened the scoring for Orlando with a simple tap-in that came after he was left unmarked following a skillful Kann save on an initial one-versus-one opportunity. \u2014 Pat Brennan, The Enquirer , 25 June 2022",
"Taylor Porter capped the scoring in stoppage time after she was left unmarked on a free kick. \u2014 Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"The restoration project began after the foundation completed a ground-penetrating radar survey of the area, which contained more than 800 unmarked graves. \u2014 Wilborn Nobles, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"Staking out a Rockville hotel for possible mid-afternoon prostitution, several vice detectives spotted what looked to be an unmarked police car parked near the portico. \u2014 Dan Morse, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"The black Dodge Charger, its red-and-blue emergency lights flashing while chasing another car on Portland\u2019s North Marine Drive, looked like an unmarked police car, but the driver had no license and wasn\u2019t an officer, police said. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 May 2022",
"Meanwhile, the two accomplices got into the unmarked police car, one in the driver\u2019s seat and the other in the back, the documents say. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 5 May 2022",
"Mendoza was fired from the Philadelphia Police Department following the March 1 incident, in which the boy, Thomas Siderio, fired at Mendoza's unmarked police car and was killed seconds later after attempting to flee. \u2014 Fox News , 2 May 2022",
"Krasner said Siderio was initially armed with a handgun and likely fired a shot through a rear window of the unmarked police car, setting off the fatal foot chase. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 2 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u00e4rkt"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140204",
"type":[
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]
},
"unmarketable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There are two methods for valuing unmarketable assets. \u2014 Matthew Erskine, Forbes , 24 June 2022",
"NewGem Foods developed edible films made from purees of unmarketable fruits and vegetables, serving as low-carb alternatives to bread and tortilla wraps; one film equals a full serving of fruits or vegetables. \u2014 Deborah Wince-smith, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Unlike works translated from the language by such male writers as Sholem Aleichem, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Chaim Grade, Yiddish fiction by women was long dismissed by publishers as insignificant or unmarketable to a wider audience. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Just a few years before, Puff Daddy had said DMX was unmarketable . \u2014 Ben Dandridge-lemco, Rolling Stone , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Stinkbugs damage fruits so much that they\u2019re often deemed unmarketable . \u2014 Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Newington took the property in a tax foreclosure in 2008, but appeared to be stuck with an unmarketable eyesore. \u2014 Don Stacom, courant.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Limited federal funding and relentless legal opposition has exacerbated the painstaking and expensive process of selectively logging and processing often unmarketable trees, all while trying to replant forests obliterated by wildfire. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Aug. 2021",
"In an age saturated by commercially safe franchises, Rosemary\u2019s Baby represents the pinnacle of studio filmmaking \u2014 a shrewd, peculiar, and seemingly unmarketable excursion into the ghoulish human psyche that became a sensation. \u2014 Matthew Jacobs, Vulture , 22 June 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1654, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u00e4r-k\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"\u2026 a moonlit panorama of passing desert and mountains unmarred by highway billboards.",
"\u2014 James Willwerth",
"Each [oyster] nestled in its shell smoothly intact, unmarred by the shucking knife \u2026",
"\u2014 Jay Jacobs"
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"\u2026 a moonlit panorama of passing desert and mountains unmarred by highway billboards.",
"\u2014 James Willwerth",
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"\u2014 Jay Jacobs"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On one local Facebook page, someone suggested using the street view feature on Google Maps as a form of escape: Cruise through a version of Mayfield unmarred by disaster. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"That is to say, words Are how we are moored & unmarred . \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Investors also flocked to grading companies, which by authenticating autographs and rating cards as pristine \u2014 sharp corners, smooth edges, perfect centering and an unmarred surface \u2014 can spin cardboard into gold. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Gas stations are infrequent and the roads pocked with potholes, but the unmarred beaches are worth a little havoc on your car's suspension. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 July 2021",
"But that development is mercifully over by the finale, leaving the ending unmarred by the show\u2019s few real missteps. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Irvin fired fastballs toward Tigers hitters with precision over six unmarred innings. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
"The lenses arrived clean and unmarred , and the delivery came with a complimentary lens. \u2014 Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Eyes educated by the anything-goes aftermath of Modernism might appreciate the skull in strictly sculptural terms: the play of curve and void, the unmarred materiality of surface, the purity of whiteness. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Sep. 2019"
],
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u00e4rd"
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"\u2014 James Willwerth",
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"\u2014 Jay Jacobs"
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"\u2026 a moonlit panorama of passing desert and mountains unmarred by highway billboards.",
"\u2014 James Willwerth",
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"\u2014 Jay Jacobs"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On one local Facebook page, someone suggested using the street view feature on Google Maps as a form of escape: Cruise through a version of Mayfield unmarred by disaster. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
"That is to say, words Are how we are moored & unmarred . \u2014 Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Investors also flocked to grading companies, which by authenticating autographs and rating cards as pristine \u2014 sharp corners, smooth edges, perfect centering and an unmarred surface \u2014 can spin cardboard into gold. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Gas stations are infrequent and the roads pocked with potholes, but the unmarred beaches are worth a little havoc on your car's suspension. \u2014 Sarah Khan, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 July 2021",
"But that development is mercifully over by the finale, leaving the ending unmarred by the show\u2019s few real missteps. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Irvin fired fastballs toward Tigers hitters with precision over six unmarred innings. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
"The lenses arrived clean and unmarred , and the delivery came with a complimentary lens. \u2014 Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Eyes educated by the anything-goes aftermath of Modernism might appreciate the skull in strictly sculptural terms: the play of curve and void, the unmarred materiality of surface, the purity of whiteness. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 Sep. 2019"
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"Austen was the daughter of a clergyman who didn\u2019t own property of his own and left only a small legacy to his wife and unmarried daughters. \u2014 Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Along with Buckingham Palace, the Queen also purchased the Frogmore House in Windsor Park as a vacation home for her and her unmarried daughters. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In the 1950s and '60s, unmarried women were heavily pressured into giving up their newborns, but taboos around single motherhood have weakened, and nearly a quarter of children now live in one-parent households. \u2014 The Week Staff, The Week , 29 May 2022",
"Along with accepting eligible members of the armed forces, the cemetery will admit the spouses, unmarried children and verifiable life-long dependents of veterans, according to the state's website. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2022",
"Griswold, by contrast, simply created a categorical right to contraceptives for married couples, extended to the unmarried in Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972). \u2014 Adam J. White, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Wearing a white scarf on the Sabbath, while unmarried , was enough for Shyne to elicit the ire of lighter-skinned worshippers. \u2014 Sean Williams, Rolling Stone , 22 May 2022",
"Ultimately, her decision to live unmarried and childless, on her own terms and timeline, seems to win out. \u2014 ELLE , 12 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Colleen McCullough"
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"The obvious split between masculine, feminine, and implicitly unmasculine is key to Campion\u2019s pompous storytelling. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 31 Dec. 2021",
"On the other side of the divide, college is viewed as meandering, luxurious, usurious, and somehow unmasculine , which explains the increasing college gender gap (not only in enrollment, but increasingly completion). \u2014 Ryan Craig, Forbes , 15 Oct. 2021",
"There are some people who worry the vaccine was authorized too quickly, and even some men who think protection from a deadly virus is unmasculine . \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 20 May 2021"
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"Spider-Man ended up fighting El Muerto, in a match organized by J. Jonah Jameson as a ploy to unmask the web-slinger, though the two eventually joined forces to fight El Dorado. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 26 Apr. 2022",
"But Tansley, traveling with two children under 5 who can't be vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit a colleague with a rare autoimmune disorder, didn't share the pilot's eagerness to unmask . \u2014 Ella Lee, USA TODAY , 20 Apr. 2022",
"But even determined efforts to unmask the true owners of offshore accounts could lead down blind alleys. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Apr. 2022",
"The decision to unmask Master Chief was not taken lightly. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In season 2, the superstar trio\u2019s characters race to unmask the killer of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 17 May 2022",
"Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., and Brian Cox are just some of the stars in this investigative film following two journalists who seek to unmask the Zodiac killer. \u2014 Men's Health , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Her secret identity as Lady Whistledown puts her on a crash course with best friend Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie), who is as determined as ever to unmask the town gossip. \u2014 cleveland , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Now, visitors who take the bus from the Toy Story Parking Area or the monorail from the Downtown Disney District can opt to unmask during the ride. \u2014 Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"His knowledge of how to navigate the complexities of the legislative process is unmatched . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 June 2022",
"Euphoria is a questionably focused mess, but Zendaya\u2019s ability to be astonishingly raw and wonderfully silly is unmatched . \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 June 2022",
"However, our wellness credentials are unmatched ; COMO and COMO Shambhala are pioneering. \u2014 Bridget Arsenault, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"With a total of 2,300 rooms, a multitude of restaurants, bars, and lounges, as well as pools and beachfront, there's certainly no shortage of activity on land, but the at-sea experiences on offer are unmatched . \u2014 Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure , 14 June 2022",
"Why the Spot Is Awesome: Zion\u2019s hiking scene is unmatched . \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Not only is this waterfront home designed for extravagant parties, but the privacy is unmatched . \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"At two years old, the adorable Labrador Retriever mix has been through quite a bit in her short time on earth but continues to have a love for life that is unmatched ! \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 3 June 2022",
"Ebel said Turner\u2019s intuitiveness, derived from wreaking havoc on the bases at every level, is unmatched , allowing for the smooth landings. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne"
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"\u2014 Henry Adams"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Verran suggests doing repeats on something like a grassy hill of an unmeasured distance. \u2014 Duncan Larkin, Outside Online , 5 May 2015",
"However, if a care provider doesn\u2019t know a client well enough to surface their problems in the VI-SPDAT, the client\u2019s vulnerabilities go unmeasured \u2014 resulting in a lower score that recommends less serious intervention. \u2014 Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
"Spread is now definitively increasing, yet going unmeasured and unchecked. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. \u2014 Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Thank you for your unmeasured talent, your unwavering love for performing, your strength, resilience and your grace. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
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"photoshopped images have made people aware that a digital photograph is not necessarily an unmediated depiction of reality",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is no equivalence, and no story is unmediated . \u2014 Kira Josefsson, Vulture , 7 Dec. 2021",
"Its music seems somehow to bypass my ears and enter my heart and psyche unmediated . \u2014 Matthew Aucoin, The Atlantic , 23 Nov. 2021",
"It\u2019s driven by an impulse to pare down and seek direct, unmediated experiences. \u2014 Kyle Chayka, Town & Country , 20 Sep. 2021",
"The result is an unmediated honest expression, lightly fruity, earthy and delicious. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Aug. 2021",
"There\u2019s something really powerful about hearing the person\u2019s real voice, unmediated . \u2014 Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads , 5 June 2021",
"Inside that man's head is the memory of another world: A lawn, a river, long parentless afternoons, colors, unmediated life. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 27 May 2021",
"The pandemic was, among other things, a huge uncontrolled experiment in replacing unmediated human encounters with online meetings or transactions. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2021",
"This unmediated feeling was almost too intense to bear. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2021"
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"\u2014 Dany Margolies"
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"\u2014 William Grimes"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each group of hub levels culminates in an uninspired boss encounter, most of which are pretty enjoyable, if unmemorable . \u2014 Mitch Wallace, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The remaining tracks play serviceable albeit generally unmemorable second fiddles. \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"Deep fried karaage chicken thighs were expertly prepared, but unmemorable , and the same can be said about the salmon roll, which did the job, but not much more. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 24 May 2022",
"But advertisements to raise awareness and funding for the study of plants, such as the wild tulip, were either nonexistent or unmemorable . \u2014 Camille Fine, USA TODAY , 18 May 2022",
"The speculation was posted Tuesday morning and Harden wound up addressing it shortly after another frustrating experience for the Nets in an unmemorable 10-point loss to the Lakers. \u2014 Larry Fleisher, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"The characters were unmemorable compare to counterparts in The Walking Dead or even Fear the Walking Dead, but what the show did do was move the overall universe forward in a number of ways. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The film works best in its gauzy opening act, as Wright leads the viewer on a stylish trip down memory lane; when the plot turns grim, and the viewer is repeatedly bashed by the director\u2019s thesis, Last Night in Soho turns into an unmemorable slog. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 30 Oct. 2021",
"An unmemorable man named Blake from Clare and Tayshia\u2019s Bachelorette season shows up with a date card and invites Tia. \u2014 Lia Beck, refinery29.com , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"she went into an unmerciful level of detail about her latest health problems",
"the critics were unmerciful in their assessments of the young actress's performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How have Willis and Kastor excelled for 20 years and more in that unmerciful context? \u2014 Roger Robinson, Outside Online , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Trying to end an unmerciful beating, Astudillo haplessly threw three pitches to Mercedes that were all called balls (and that averaged about 45 mph). \u2014 Scott Jennings, CNN , 20 May 2021",
"Reaction to the couple's decision was swift and unmerciful . \u2014 Danielle Campoamor, refinery29.com , 7 May 2021",
"In his portrayals of inmates, victims, and legal advocates, a cautious theme emerges: the prospect of a democratic solution\u2014born of popular will\u2014to an unmerciful system of justice. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Far more challenging: wine, women and all that jazz that can tempt Broncos into the unmerciful grip of a COVID-19 outbreak capable of bringing down the team\u2019s playoff aspirations. \u2014 Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post , 28 July 2020",
"The sun can be unmerciful , and the best way to protect yourself is to simply keep it off your skin. \u2014 Outdoor Life , 26 May 2020",
"For many riders, nothing but some leather, hard plastic and a bit of foam protects them from the unmerciful pavement. \u2014 Jonathan Welsh, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2017"
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"unmerited criticism/praise"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beyond that, President Biden\u2019s attacks on the court are unmerited and dangerous. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"My personal trials have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering. \u2014 Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review , 26 Apr. 2021",
"The good nap alights upon you like the grace of God: weightless, unmerited , spirit-altering. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 19 Dec. 2020",
"JoJo is reminiscent of the donkey-saint in Robert Bresson\u2019s Au Hasard Balthazar, a symbol of innocence, of unmerited suffering. \u2014 Casey Gerald, The New York Review of Books , 7 Mar. 2020",
"The billboard ban legislation would slap yet another unfair \u2014 and unmerited \u2014 burden upon this new industry. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
"The hackneyed script has the effect of lending an unmerited nobility to the politicians and bureaucrats onscreen. \u2014 David Klion, The New Republic , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Ignored for decades in New York and Tokyo, driven to madness, even plagiarized by less talented men, Ms. Kusama is enjoying a late and not unmerited surge in public visibility. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 8 Nov. 2019",
"Mindless, unmerited loyalty to an openly corrupt being always struck me as a little too far-fetched. \u2014 Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Oct. 2019"
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"unmindful of the consequences of such a rash decision",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Dead Sea scrolls were mostly saved by bribe and threat: unmindful finders re-interred the rest in hopes of gain. \u2014 Michael H. Levin, Scientific American , 9 Sep. 2021",
"And while that's solid advice for a platform where an unmindful tweet can cause strangers to angrily appear in your mentions, sometimes being the main character has its perks. \u2014 Kovie Biakolo, Glamour , 30 June 2021",
"Slingerland is not unmindful of alcohol\u2019s dark side, and his exploration of when and why its harms outweigh its benefits will unsettle some American drinkers. \u2014 Kate Julian, The Atlantic , 1 June 2021",
"Its distribution has been at best unmindful to the sensitive epidemiological threat ignoring incarcerated people\u2019s care poses; in many cases, government officials have been purposely punitive. \u2014 Gabrielle A. Perry, refinery29.com , 18 Feb. 2021",
"Yet Trump is not unmindful of the power and impact of the Black vote. \u2014 Stephen Kendrick, Fortune , 31 Oct. 2020",
"No one in the Broward County community, including me, is unmindful of the tragedy that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. \u2014 Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com , 2 Nov. 2019",
"Like Michelangelo\u2019s sculpture, David is casually confident of the godly perfection of his body and apparently unmindful of its effect on others. \u2014 Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker , 10 Oct. 2011"
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"a glint in his eye that was an unmistakable expression of greed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The intro is unmistakable for anyone who\u2019s been on a dance floor in the last three decades. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable : President Trump\u2019s lawyer John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the panel\u2019s investigation, but a main character. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"The adults have been in England for years, most of them, and speak with a variety of London-area accents, but a cadence of elsewhere is unmistakable . \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"The authenticity of Teller's performance is unmistakable . \u2014 Keith Nelson, Men's Health , 9 June 2022",
"The guitar tone and opening notes are unmistakable . \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Still, this year\u2019s ESG proposal momentum is unmistakable . \u2014 Rachel Layne, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
"The identity of the object was unmistakable : The Gold State Coach. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 5 June 2022",
"The latest release is the unmistakable Sirmont, a 1950s browline model favored by both Lyndon B. Johnson and Malcolm X. \u2014 Alexander Freeling, Robb Report , 15 June 2022"
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-m\u0259-\u02c8st\u0101-k\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
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"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214852",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unmistrusting":{
"antonyms":[],
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": not mistrusting : ingenuous":[]
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"1595, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"un- entry 1 + mistrusting , present participle of mistrust":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191122",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmiter":{
"antonyms":[],
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": to deprive of a miter":[]
},
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"circa 1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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"un- entry 2 + miter":""
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"\"+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000941",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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": not mitigable":[
"stern and unmitigable accusations",
"\u2014 Sir Walter Scott"
]
},
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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"un- entry 1 + mitig ate + -able":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210721",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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": being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief":[
"an unmitigated disaster"
],
": not lessened : unrelieved":[
"sufferings unmitigated by any hope of early relief"
]
},
"examples":[
"it looks like another one of your get-rich-quick schemes has ended in unmitigated failure",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a call with Iowa reporters, the senator was reluctant to take credit for the apparent decision, The Des Moines Register reported\u2014perhaps an indication that the political ramifications of overturning Roe might not be an unmitigated good. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 2 June 2022",
"What Pap sees as an evil, Juicy understands as an unmitigated good. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The Switch has been an unmitigated success story for Nintendo, receiving critical acclaim for its design and a robust library of games. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 16 May 2022",
"As a rule, especially in 1999, movies that earn more money domestically and worldwide than Jurassic Park ($357 million/$912 million) and Independence Day ($306 million/$817 million) would be looked at as unmitigated smash hits. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Continued and unmitigated fossil fuel emissions will eventually recreate conditions of some of Earth\u2019s worst biological crises. \u2014 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Some estimates suggest that the country could lose $6 trillion in economic potential by 2050 due to unmitigated climate change. \u2014 Shreyans Jain, Quartz , 7 Mar. 2022",
"So probably that era of unlimited, unmitigated , uncontrolled content spend is going to become more disciplined. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 5 May 2022",
"Yes, partisan Republican voters will agree to treat the GDP drop as the latest demonstration that Biden's presidency has been an unmitigated , full-spectrum disaster. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 29 Apr. 2022"
],
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8mi-t\u0259-\u02ccg\u0101-t\u0259d"
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"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unmix":{
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": to undo the action of mixing (something)":[
"You can't get your privacy back once it's been stolen any more than you can unmix a gin and tonic.",
"\u2014 Mark Gibbs"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1558, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8miks"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041544",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unmixed":{
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
],
"definitions":{
": not mixed":[
"the separate, unmixed components",
"a day of unmixed pleasure"
],
": unadulterated , pure":[
"the separate, unmixed components",
"a day of unmixed pleasure"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His most searing jokes leave a satisfyingly sour aftertaste, like the bitters at the bottom of an unmixed drink. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The unmixed batter can accumulate around the bottom of the bowl, so be sure to thoroughly scrape the sides and bottom with the whisk attachment or a silicone spatula. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl from time to time to prevent any patches of unmixed butter. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 10 Dec. 2021",
"The Richmond painter sometimes mixes artificial sand into acrylic pigments to achieve rough textures, although the paintings\u2019 hard edges, regular shapes and bright, unmixed colors evoke pools more than beaches. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 July 2021",
"Her large paintings use bold, unmixed colors and make no attempt to simulate depth. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2021",
"Drips, ballpoint-pen scribbles, bars of unmixed color and even a simulated wood-grain background appear to merge with Hopkins\u2019s form, as if to indicate an unsure sense of self. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Using a spatula, scrape down the bowl and give the dough a fold or two by hand to make sure there are no unmixed parts. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Dec. 2020",
"But turn it up \u2014 or listen through headphones \u2014 and Nine Inch Nails isn\u2019t offering unmixed comfort. \u2014 Jon Pareles, New York Times , 31 Mar. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1526, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8mikst"
],
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"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025241",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmodish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not fashionable or stylish : not modish":[
"an unmodish dress",
"\u2026 a sign of my unmodish attitude toward clothes \u2026",
"\u2014 Judith Shapiro"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1665, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u014d-dish"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100015",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmovable":{
"antonyms":[
"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving"
],
"definitions":{
": not able to be moved : not movable":[
"an unmovable barrier/obstacle",
"unmovable opposition"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there's evidence in public polling that in the states Biden won, dissatisfaction with him may not be as intense, and thus as unmovable . \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"But the first few weeks of the 2020-21 school year had left her 7-year-old, Graydn Betz, not just turning off his camera every day, but sobbing in a ball on the floor, unmovable . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Yet for a White House intent on following the guidance of federal health officials, the rules appear unmovable until the CDC changes its recommendations. \u2014 Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins And Mj Lee, CNN , 9 Feb. 2022",
"In February, Tessica Brown, instead of using her regular hairstyling spray, applied Gorilla Glue to her scalp, resulting in unmovable , impenetrable locks for a month straight. \u2014 Kate Lindsay, Vulture , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Police said the van, which was stolen from a nearby neighborhood, had heavy damage and was unmovable due to flat tires. \u2014 Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com , 28 Nov. 2021",
"In front of Vandersloot was her teammate, the center Stefanie Dolson, who, even playing with five fouls, was unmovable in the paint. \u2014 Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker , 18 Oct. 2021",
"High schoolers don\u2019t take everything that\u2019s told to them by an adult as an unmovable truth. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Oct. 2021",
"The Sharks, refusing to label it a rebuild, embark on a third-year reset while patiently waiting for new stars to emerge and burdened by unmovable contracts for a number of key vets. \u2014 Ross Mckeon, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u00fc-v\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"immobile",
"immotile",
"immovable",
"irremovable",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203208",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmuffle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to free from something that muffles":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In one regional office of the outsourcing company Tech Mahindra, an employee said agents removed face masks and shields \u2014 a requirement in the Philippines \u2014 to breathe or unmuffle themselves on long calls. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u0259-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181503",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unmusical":{
"antonyms":[
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"definitions":{
": not gifted in or appreciative of music":[
"Both Dick and Carolyn were married, to unmusical spouses \u2026",
"\u2014 John Updike"
],
": not musical : such as":[],
": not musical in nature : harsh , discordant":[
"an unmusical voice",
"the unmusical call of the bluejay"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His parents were unmusical Russian-Jewish immigrants who ran various businesses with mixed success. \u2014 The Economist , 3 Oct. 2019",
"Paradoxically, then, the man most involved in the development of the electric guitar was the unmusical Leo Fender. \u2014 David Kirby, WSJ , 17 Jan. 2019",
"The controversy of Schoenberg\u2019s serialist works\u2014the overwhelming reaction to them as ugly, nightmarish, simply unmusical \u2014shows how firmly tonality had come to condition habits of listening. \u2014 Paul Grimstad, The New Republic , 21 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8my\u00fc-zi-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unvocal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205844",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unnamed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having a name or identified by name : not named":[
"a newly discovered and unnamed species",
"received their information from an unnamed informant"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An unnamed Turkish official, quoted by Reuters, said the two countries had also agreed to end mutual negative media coverage. \u2014 Zeynep Karatas, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"Until an unnamed \u2018senior Administration official\u2019 announced its end, the COVID testing requirement for travelers planning to enter the United States had been in place since January 2021. \u2014 Michael Goldstein, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"Israeli military investigators confiscated the guns of some IDF troops as part of their inquiry, reported the Washington Post on Thursday, citing an unnamed IDF official. \u2014 Atika Shubert And Abeer Salman, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"USNI News, quoting an unnamed U.S. defense official, said that Moskva suffered major damage and was headed to the port of Sebastopol, part of the territory that Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The report, citing an unnamed U.S. official speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the move was requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who held an hourlong phone call with President Joe Biden his week. \u2014 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY , 3 Apr. 2022",
"One, claiming to be a Dutch music producer tweeted an offer to record the unnamed girl and to send the financial proceeds to support Ukraine\u2019s resistance effort. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Both the unnamed girl and Ashanti remain in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon. \u2014 Audrey Conklin, Fox News , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The report claims that an unnamed Samsung Electronics official said the company has confirmed the event will take place on February 8th. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 11 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8n\u0101md"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"certain",
"given",
"one",
"some",
"unidentified",
"unspecified"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180311",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unnational":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not belonging to or characteristic of an individual nation":[
"unnational , as well as deliberately un-English in style",
"\u2014 Osbert Sitwell"
],
"\u2014 compare supranational":[
"unnational , as well as deliberately un-English in style",
"\u2014 Osbert Sitwell"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1612, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105317",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unnatural":{
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
],
"definitions":{
": inconsistent with what is reasonable or expected":[
"an unnatural alliance"
],
": lacking ease and naturalness : contrived":[
"her manner was forced and unnatural"
],
": not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events":[],
": not being in accordance with normal human feelings or behavior : perverse":[]
},
"examples":[
"It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.",
"She has an unnatural obsession with money.",
"Her smile looked forced and unnatural .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The application process needed to be quick, and the traditional method of braiding the hair close to the head to fit underneath the wig would have added bulk that would have given Brown's head an unnatural appearance. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 4 June 2022",
"And when the Vecna\u2019s definitely got them, their bones begin to crack and their body contorts into unnatural ways. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"Avoid fake fragrances, essential oils, parabens, sulfates and pretty much any unnatural chemical substance. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The unnatural phenomenon sparked debate about whether the financial system is close to collapsing and strengthened the case for exploring alternatives like crypto. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The scares are slower-burning, such as a faraway shot of someone\u2019s face scrunching into an unnatural rictus grin. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"This model teaches us that cisgender identity and heterosexuality are the default, and any deviation from this is an unnatural aberration. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The unnatural posture was pinching his nerves and causing stabbing pain and numbness. \u2014 WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The new report cites industrialization and urbanization as key factors that impact people's exposure to light\u2014specifically less natural light during the day, more ( unnatural ) light at night, and an overall increase in electric light. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unnatural irregular , anomalous , unnatural mean not conforming to rule, law, or custom. irregular implies not conforming to a law or regulation imposed for the sake of uniformity in method, practice, or conduct. concerned about his irregular behavior anomalous implies not conforming to what might be expected because of the class or type to which it belongs or the laws that govern its existence. her drive made her an anomalous figure in a sleepy organization unnatural suggests what is contrary to nature or to principles or standards felt to be essential to the well-being of civilized society. prisoners treated with unnatural cruelty",
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"untypical"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201143",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unnatural causes":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causes other than old age or disease":[
"deaths from unnatural causes"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104807",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to deprive of natural characteristics : make unnatural":[],
": to deprive of the rights of citizenship":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + naturalize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113755",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unnaturally":{
"antonyms":[
"natural",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"typical"
],
"definitions":{
": inconsistent with what is reasonable or expected":[
"an unnatural alliance"
],
": lacking ease and naturalness : contrived":[
"her manner was forced and unnatural"
],
": not being in accordance with nature or consistent with a normal course of events":[],
": not being in accordance with normal human feelings or behavior : perverse":[]
},
"examples":[
"It seems unnatural to keep the bird in a cage.",
"She has an unnatural obsession with money.",
"Her smile looked forced and unnatural .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The application process needed to be quick, and the traditional method of braiding the hair close to the head to fit underneath the wig would have added bulk that would have given Brown's head an unnatural appearance. \u2014 Kirbie Johnson, Allure , 4 June 2022",
"And when the Vecna\u2019s definitely got them, their bones begin to crack and their body contorts into unnatural ways. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
"Avoid fake fragrances, essential oils, parabens, sulfates and pretty much any unnatural chemical substance. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"The unnatural phenomenon sparked debate about whether the financial system is close to collapsing and strengthened the case for exploring alternatives like crypto. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The scares are slower-burning, such as a faraway shot of someone\u2019s face scrunching into an unnatural rictus grin. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 1 May 2022",
"This model teaches us that cisgender identity and heterosexuality are the default, and any deviation from this is an unnatural aberration. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2022",
"The unnatural posture was pinching his nerves and causing stabbing pain and numbness. \u2014 WSJ , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The new report cites industrialization and urbanization as key factors that impact people's exposure to light\u2014specifically less natural light during the day, more ( unnatural ) light at night, and an overall increase in electric light. \u2014 Ashley Abramson, Health.com , 19 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8nach-r\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8na-ch\u0259-r\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unnatural irregular , anomalous , unnatural mean not conforming to rule, law, or custom. irregular implies not conforming to a law or regulation imposed for the sake of uniformity in method, practice, or conduct. concerned about his irregular behavior anomalous implies not conforming to what might be expected because of the class or type to which it belongs or the laws that govern its existence. her drive made her an anomalous figure in a sleepy organization unnatural suggests what is contrary to nature or to principles or standards felt to be essential to the well-being of civilized society. prisoners treated with unnatural cruelty",
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrational",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"deviate",
"devious",
"irregular",
"untypical"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175602",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unnecessary":{
"antonyms":[
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required"
],
"definitions":{
": not necessary":[]
},
"examples":[
"In this city, owning a car is unnecessary .",
"Let's not take any unnecessary risks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My wife\u2019s family would like to help us out financially, which is kind but unnecessary . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"My wife\u2019s family would like to help us out financially, which is kind but unnecessary . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 14 June 2022",
"My wife\u2019s family would like to help us out financially, which is kind but unnecessary . \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
"Therefore, the focus on creating and delivering an exceptional customer experience remains a crucial component of the business strategy (even if technology is optimized enough that human interaction is practically unnecessary ). \u2014 Jose Antonio Martinez Aguilar, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Some of the enhancements came off as unnecessary , if not absurd. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 2 June 2022",
"Pharmaceutical companies refused to allow countries in the global south to manufacture generic versions of lifesaving drugs, which resulted in millions of unnecessary deaths. \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 19 Apr. 2022",
"While experimental aircraft are expected to crash during test flights, current and former employees say pressure to get the program back on track has prompted some managers to take unnecessary risks that have put personnel in harm\u2019s way. \u2014 Spencer Soper, Matt Day, Fortune , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Barletta, White, McSwain and others in the nine-person GOP primary field for governor talk about stripping down unnecessary regulations or speeding up permitting times. \u2014 Marc Levy, ajc , 10 Apr. 2022"
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"unneeded assistance",
"an unneeded extra cable"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of manufacturing\u2019s biggest problems are machine downtime or making extra, unneeded product. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 22 June 2022",
"This cuts down on the potential need for additional resources, like packing unneeded supplies or, on the extreme end, search and rescue. \u2014 Erin Strout, SELF , 8 June 2022",
"Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. \u2014 Carla K. Johnson, USA TODAY , 7 June 2022",
"Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. \u2014 CBS News , 7 June 2022",
"State and local lockdowns given license by the Centers for Disease Control and enabled by federal funding topped everything off, along with a steadfast refusal to permanently root out unneeded federal regulations. \u2014 Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Something about taking the unneeded complication out of our lives recharges us and resets our outlook. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"The answer is not to ramp up unneeded and unwanted government services. \u2014 Andrew Wilson, National Review , 14 Apr. 2022"
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},
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"Seeing the police in there unnerved me.",
"She was unnerved by his strange manner.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This moment could unnerve even the most seasoned coach \u2014 Final Four berth at stake, the winningest coach in college basketball history on the opposing bench, that same adversary only one loss from retirement. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Mar. 2022",
"The prospect of more protesters this weekend threatens to further unnerve residents who find themselves in the middle of a fight over measures to contain Covid-19 and encourage vaccination. \u2014 Paul Vieira, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Hirshhorn\u2019s 2017 show brought teeming crowds and hours-long, winding lines that would unnerve almost anyone in a pandemic-cautious world. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Border patrol agents have taken dramatic steps to try and unnerve the migrants from entering the country, including setting up a makeshift barrier with DPS vehicles to seal off the border. \u2014 Ariana Garcia, Chron , 23 Sep. 2021",
"This pressure on wages is beginning to unnerve both employers and some central bankers. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Bankers cited Beijing\u2019s crackdown on tech companies, including the ride-hailing giant Didi, the internet powerhouse Tencent and the e-commerce giant Alibaba, as examples of other policy changes that could unnerve foreign businesses and investors. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Facebook probably wants its veiled threats to unnerve other employees or former employees who might be tempted to speak out. \u2014 Tali Arbel, USA TODAY , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Ukrainian officials have expressed concern that the Russian buildup is intended to sap Ukraine\u2019s economy and unnerve its people. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2022"
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"an unnoticeable change"
]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For passengers, the shift to SAF might be entirely unnoticeable , because no visible aspect of a flight is affected by the change in fuel. \u2014 Jacopo Prisco, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"More than a week removed from surgery on his broken right hand, Johnson said the screw near the pad of his hand was unnoticeable after several days in the sim since his series of crashes at Long Beach earlier in the month. \u2014 Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This is often easier said than done because disciplinary action may be unnoticeable to fellow employees. \u2014 Carrie Penman, Fortune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, the diplomatic boycotts will be virtually unnoticeable against the backdrop of China\u2019s strict covid rules that have enveloped the games in a bubble from which some judges don\u2019t expect to emerge until April. \u2014 Tripti Lahiri, Quartz , 1 Feb. 2022",
"In fact, the improvements in the placebo and collagen groups differed by a practically unnoticeable amount \u2014 again just over five points on a scale that ran from 0 to 100. \u2014 Paul T. Von Hippel, STAT , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Hoeks thinks that change may help the body process more glucose, either because of mild or unnoticeable shivering contractions, or some other muscle process altogether. \u2014 Max G. Levy, Wired , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The simple, roomy upper was, as is the goal in great running shoes, mostly unnoticeable . \u2014 Adam Chase, Outside Online , 29 Dec. 2020",
"Machine learning and artificial intelligence are both ubiquitous and unnoticeable . \u2014 Marc Emmer, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021"
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"1760, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8n\u014d-t\u0259-s\u0259-b\u0259l"
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],
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, some voices in the reader mail have taken me to task for emphasizing maximum range, when\u2014like 0-60 mph acceleration and top speed\u2014the standard is nearly unobservable on a daily basis and therefore irrelevant for the vast majority of users. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That\u2019s because the helium-3 nucleus moves so little that its motion is essentially unobservable , and the neutrino can\u2019t be detected. \u2014 Don Lincoln, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
"For a long time, this was thought to be unobservable , but nature gives us an opportunity where electric and magnetic fields are stronger than anyplace else known: in the immediate vicinity of a neutron star. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 7 May 2021",
"Is this about observable or unobservable diversity? \u2014 Kimberly A. Whitler, Forbes , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Powell wanted to make monetary policy less reliant on unobservable characteristics of the economy such as r-star and u-star, and to finally deliver on the promise of durable 2% inflation. \u2014 Peter Coy, Bloomberg.com , 8 Oct. 2020",
"There is a profound difficulty at the heart of the science of consciousness: consciousness is unobservable . \u2014 Gareth Cook, Scientific American , 14 Jan. 2020",
"Eventually, Peebles\u2019s theories led to the discovery of dark energy, the invisible force that drives the expansion of the universe, and dark matter, the unobservable material that holds galaxies together. \u2014 Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Here\u2019s a quantum analogy: The Sleeping Beauty problem is like an unobservable particle in a quantum superposition of 50 percent H and 50 percent T among the ensemble of puzzle enthusiasts. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 29 Jan. 2016"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084058",
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"noun"
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": not careful to follow religious teachings or practices":[
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"\u2014 Publishers Weekly"
],
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": not watchful or attentive":[
"unobservant of other people",
"unobservant passersby"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Love can be unobservant , so if your friends aren\u2019t wild about your new partner, that can be a great reality check, Adekunle says. \u2014 Natanya Biskar, SELF , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Even the most unobservant can\u2019t fail to have noticed that mindfulness is everywhere, from gym classes to apps and corporate wellness programs. \u2014 Popular Science , 2 Jan. 2020",
"Kia does an excellent job of making both hybrids feel like normal cars, so the unobservant passenger might never notice a difference between an Optima with an electric motor and one without. \u2014 Car and Driver , 22 Feb. 2018",
"With a compliant or unobservant casino, that money can be reported as gambling winnings to the I.R.S. and deposited into a U.S. bank with minimal questioning. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 12 May 2017"
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"\u2014 Samuel Eliot Morison",
"A welcoming place is almost by definition someplace out of sight, someplace private and unobserved .",
"\u2014 Jane Kramer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alaska\u2019s vast size means many fatalities are probably going unobserved . \u2014 Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News , 27 May 2022",
"However, the practice of unobserved artillery fires at night created controversy due to the risks of civilian casualties. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Regardless of its company, the star lasted barely a few million years before exploding as a supernova that went unobserved as most do, Mr. Welch said. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Regardless of its company, the star lasted barely a few million years before exploding as a supernova that went unobserved as most do, Welch said. \u2014 Marcia Dunn, Baltimore Sun , 30 Mar. 2022",
"What animals were recently recorded applying insects to one another's injuries, suggesting a previously unobserved form of empathy? \u2014 CNN , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The rigorous planning gave way to a more spontaneous approach when capturing the unobserved , private Phil, a world away from his public persona. \u2014 CNN , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Gray said the rocket\u2019s collision with the moon will likely go unobserved from Earth. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Believing herself to be alone and unobserved , the woman faced the elevator\u2019s mirror, leaned close, and began working intently on her makeup. \u2014 Peter Hessler, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259b-\u02c8z\u0259rvd"
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"adjective"
]
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111936",
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"blocked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"shut",
"stopped",
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"uncleared"
],
"definitions":{
": clear or free from obstructions or obstacles : not obstructed":[
"an unobstructed view of the river"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Among the cute features is a glass-bottom-boat camera view, which compiles several feeds from low-mounted cameras to create an unobstructed view of the terrain beneath. \u2014 Dan Neil, WSJ , 23 June 2022",
"The novel orbit gives an unobstructed view of Earth and good coverage of the lunar South Pole, which is where Artemis III is scheduled to land two astronauts in 2024/2025 and, eventually, construct a lunar base. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 23 June 2022",
"The back of the car also lacks a grille, giving you an unobstructed view of its new ceramic-coated exhaust system, which weighs 9.7 pounds. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 June 2022",
"The whole roof was redesigned so that the city's iconic flat-top mountain could remain unobstructed . \u2014 CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Sizable but stylish cat-eye lenses make for ample coverage and unobstructed vision. \u2014 Mike Steere, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
"Crucially, control over Mariupol is key to creating an unobstructed land bridge between Russia and Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, and a huge propaganda win for Russian President Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Robert Hart, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
"The 6,887-square-foot house was carefully oriented on its 0.85-acre lot to present unobstructed mountain, city and river views. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 May 2022",
"True public squares may be places where words can flow unobstructed to a vast audience, but speaking in these open-air venues means navigating unavoidable considerations and complexities. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259b-\u02c8str\u0259k-t\u0259d",
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"open",
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"unclosed",
"unstopped"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091007",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"accessible",
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"approachable",
"attainable",
"convenient",
"getatable",
"handy",
"obtainable",
"procurable",
"reachable"
],
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": not capable of being obtained : not available : not obtainable":[
"an unobtainable objective",
"a gem so rare as to be virtually unobtainable"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thai trans people speak of discrimination in medical settings and unobtainable price points for surgery which often discourages them from seeking care altogether. \u2014 Mailee Osten-tan, Longreads , 8 June 2022",
"For many buyers, an extra $400 a month can make homeownership unobtainable . \u2014 Michael Joseph, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
"The good news is that there\u2019s evidence this goal might not be as unobtainable as many fear. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"But a lack of Western support doesn\u2019t necessarily mean parts and spares will be unobtainable . \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Few would deny the model serves as a poster child for the current era of skyrocketing demand for unobtainable steel sport models. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Discover the unexpected and unobtainable at The Pink Closet online. \u2014 Livia Hengel, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021",
"Well, many future seasons later, and the catalysts for Fourth Horseman, Outbreak Perfected and Whisper of the Worm are still unobtainable in Destiny 2. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 3 Oct. 2021",
"The younger son has been madly in love with the local mob boss's daughter, who seems unobtainable . \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 16 Sep. 2021"
],
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"1653, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259b-\u02c8t\u0101-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"noticeable",
"visible"
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},
"examples":[
"the notice that an 18% tip would be automatically added was so unobtrusive we almost didn't see it at the bottom of the menu",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Covered by a black pergola with a lantern pendant light hanging from it, the kitchen is unobtrusive and surrounded by greenery. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 27 June 2022",
"It\u2019s time for a breathtaking body wash that will provide a long-lasting but unobtrusive fragrance. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"The spare and unobtrusive production design conjures a painterly atmosphere of high tension and intrigue. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"From start to finish, his scope is close to the ground, his language sparingly emotive and unobtrusive . \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The low ankle collar is padded and lined; so too is the high but unobtrusive , breathable tongue. \u2014 Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online , 11 June 2021",
"Both are small, unobtrusive , and clip to your dog\u2019s existing collar. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 17 July 2021",
"My colleague Lisa Boone looks at how the architect, who has restored homes by Neutra in the past, has added an unobtrusive backyard studio to the property that serves as getaway and workspace. \u2014 Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 7 May 2022",
"It\u2019s been reported Sony is looking into selling and placing unobtrusive in-game ads in their free-to-play PlayStation such as billboards in auto racing games. \u2014 Brad Adgate, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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"1743, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u0259b-\u02c8tr\u00fc-siv",
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},
"examples":[
"About half of the seats were unoccupied when the concert started.",
"A third of the beds at the hospital were unoccupied .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At the same time, humans have moved ever farther into previously unoccupied land that is more primed than ever to ignite. \u2014 Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Phillip Shane Bradford, 45, overpowered the sheriff\u2019s deputy who took him to the hospital around 4 p.m. Wednesday and fled the scene in an unoccupied ambulance, the sheriff\u2019s office said. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
"The car was later located unoccupied and recovered in the 11500 block of Villa Court in Alsip. \u2014 Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune , 15 June 2022",
"But that still leaves about 15,000 officially unoccupied . \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"An arriving officer located an unoccupied and unattended Chevrolet Impala in the middle of Queens Way, as well as a woman attempting to grab a man in the intersection. \u2014 John Benson, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
"The Wisconsin wild turkey population showed strong growth as the birds filled unoccupied habitat. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel , 11 June 2022",
"The house appeared unoccupied and because of concern there could be a body there, entry was made, and the body was found, Murgo said. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 9 June 2022",
"Even Nelson Mandela, as head of the militant wing of the African National Congress, took part in a campaign of bombing unoccupied government buildings. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"1655, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114408",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
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"unofficial results",
"an unofficial policy"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to unofficial results as of Wednesday afternoon, Irvin received about 15% of the vote statewide. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"Walter secured 62% of the early vote, according to unofficial results Tuesday night. \u2014 Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"White, who came in third place in the mayoral primary, according to unofficial results, said Friday that his lawyer had sent a letter to the elections board with similar questions. \u2014 Julie Zauzmer Weil, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
"According to unofficial results, Collins landed nearly triple the votes won by Jones, a former state lawmaker and Democrat turned Republican who was a top Black surrogate for the then-president in the Peach State during the 2020 election. \u2014 Fox News , 22 June 2022",
"The first unofficial results in the election Saturday showed Palin with nearly 30 percent of the vote, followed by businessman and investor Nick Begich III with 19 percent. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 13 June 2022",
"Zinke outpolled Olszewski in Lincoln County by 428 votes in unofficial results. \u2014 CBS News , 9 June 2022",
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"With the case closed, Torres apologies to Parker for accidentally complaining about him in a public post on the new app, and Parker proves himself to be a chill boss, critiquing Torres for unoriginal language. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 9 Nov. 2021",
"At the time, Chinese phone brands still had a reputation as makers of unoriginal handsets that borrowed design elements from Apple. \u2014 Ben Sin, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
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"It\u2019s also awkward, overly precious, pretentious and unoriginal . \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 18 May 2021"
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"That moment of clarity came to Pearl during a three-game stretch played in an unorthodox venue on a tiny island in the Bahamas. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 23 June 2022",
"While far from idyllic, this unorthodox arrangement was ideal for a budding fiction writer. \u2014 Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The struggle in Prince George\u2019s is playing out about 20 miles away from the Virginia site where Amazon is building its second corporate headquarters, and that push has at times followed an unorthodox playbook. \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Julia Fox stepped out in another unorthodox look last week. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 June 2022",
"His book is rich in unorthodox wisdom that could be put to good use today to build the new things of tomorrow. \u2014 Steven Sinofsky, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
"Trump seized on the unorthodox proposal from conservative law professor John Eastman to have Pence turn back the electors when the vice president presided over Congress to certify the election results on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 Lisa Mascaro, Chron , 16 June 2022",
"Kendall pointed to her cucumber scene as her standout moment, after her unorthodox cutting technique exploded online. \u2014 Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Yet, layering the tank under a dress with ready-to-snap flossy straps is an unorthodox trick and in Jenner\u2019s case, a stellar addition to the otherwise barely-there ensemble. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 10 June 2022"
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"And as a man of the theater who directed plays by the likes of Pirandello and Beckett, Camilleri was no stranger to unorthodoxy . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Oct. 2021",
"There was no point in questioning the unorthodoxy of starting the waterfowl season this late in the day. \u2014 Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News , 11 Sep. 2021",
"His occasional instincts to unorthodoxy seem not to be accompanied by the spine to force them on the city\u2019s encrusted forces of inertia. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 21 June 2021",
"For all her social unorthodoxy , Isabella was also an intellectual, fluent in both French and Italian, who ran in scholarly social circles who read Dante for their book club. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful , 16 Apr. 2021",
"But as the unorthodoxy of the Trump presidency has collided with the crisis of a global pandemic, handshakes have tended to suggest something else: defiance. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 11 May 2020",
"Yet the unorthodoxy of his open collar was on message. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 28 June 2019",
"Yet the unorthodoxy of his open collar was on message. \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 28 June 2019",
"Trump has built his presidency on his unpredictability and unorthodoxy . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 14 May 2017"
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"Both its unostentatious style, and the fact that the Duchess has worn it previously, suggest simplicity and practicality. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 7 Mar. 2021",
"There is something so very [peculiar, something so very striking, about even the exterior of the building that the passerby cannot but stop and admire its extreme, unostentatious eccentricity. \u2014 Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Sep. 2019",
"The rally took place in a central square near an unostentatious memorial marking the spot where thousands of corpses were burned after the 1945 Allied bombing that destroyed the city. \u2014 James Angelos, New York Times , 10 Oct. 2017",
"In perhaps the most ostentatious unostentatious move, the Golden State Warriors\u2019 Stephen Curry simply runs back on defense after releasing a 3-point attempt, assuming \u2014 usually correctly \u2014 that the shot will go in. \u2014 Marc Tracy, New York Times , 20 Mar. 2016"
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"There was unanimity on several motivating factors, including not needing to unpack more than once and having enough unscheduled time to be independent. \u2014 Nancy Nathan, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
"More than this, the scan represents the goal of the symposium to go deeper than face value and unpack our relationship with our surroundings. \u2014 Kevin Leblanc, ELLE , 8 June 2022",
"Symbotic uses artificial intelligence software to efficiently unpack and store incoming items, then repack them for dispatch to the retail stores. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"Ultimately, that's what Follow the Thread seeks to dissect and unpack for viewers, while providing visual evidence in the form of over 70 featured films. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
"But even today, price records can be hard to find and unpack on hospital websites, and compliance with the rules has been spotty, according to Turquoise Health. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"From its royal trappings to its Edinburgh setting to its commentary on neurodivergence, acceptance, and class, there's so much to unpack and enjoy here. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s actually so much to unpack in that statement. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Despite finding Clotilda and the attention brought to Africatown, there is still so much to unpack , and many truths remain buried. \u2014 Essence , 8 Feb. 2022"
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"Miami Township Trustee Mike Robison said Anthony Dangel was initially placed on unpaid administrative leave once the board of trustees learned of his arrest and the charges. \u2014 Brook Endale, The Enquirer , 1 June 2022",
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"During the past three months, more of those balances are going unpaid , Leer said. \u2014 Alicia Wallace, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Bauer was paid during his nearly 10 months on administrative leave, but his MLB suspension is unpaid . \u2014 Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Jean-Louis Barrault, actor, director, and mime, who was reportedly brought in at the last minute, was responsible for the proceedings, which featured many famous performers, all of whom were unpaid . \u2014 Vogue , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Court documents state Dulai joined Sarlo\u2019s charitable foundation as a board member and began to receive a monthly $2,000 salary, though other board members were unpaid . \u2014 Olivia Goldhill, STAT , 21 Apr. 2022"
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"Taking their cue from these seemingly unpainted marbles, artists like Michelangelo left their Renaissance sculptures similarly unadorned. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 June 2022",
"The cleaning methods discussed below are for unpainted , clay brick pavers only. \u2014 Kristina Mcguirk, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"Most companies provide furniture \u2014 though that ranges from low-lying unpainted wooden tables to sleek Modernist outdoor tables and chairs \u2014 and most picnics generally run about two hours. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"In this kitchen designed by Shawn Henderson, the white brick backsplash allows for a more modern, fresh mood as opposed to the industrial and darker presence of unpainted bricks. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 14 June 2022",
"Weathered walls and beams, intentionally left unpainted , reveal the building\u2019s industrial history. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The tiles won\u2019t stick to porous wood, ceramic tiles that have a surface texture or unpainted drywall. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The unpainted , eyelash-shaped silhouettes are defined by areas of flat color as if they were cut with scissors out of a sheet of paper. \u2014 cleveland , 13 Mar. 2022",
"To use it, first attach the strap to your wrist, then attach the clip to an unpainted metal part of any object that's properly grounded. \u2014 Saira Mueller, Wired , 17 Nov. 2021"
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"Under normal circumstances, having an additional, unpaired electron exacts a cost on the system's total energy. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The amino acids also scavenge free radicals\u2014molecules with unpaired electrons that can damage proteins and DNA. \u2014 Jea Morris, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Kelsey, Deandra Kanu, Serena Chew, Victoria Larson and Victoria Paul were the unpaired women. \u2014 Haley Kluge, Variety , 23 Aug. 2021",
"Shortly after the eggs hatched, an unpaired male decided to claim this as his territory. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2021",
"Hens and drakes pair up and spread out, looking to feed, roost, and loaf in places where they won\u2019t be disturbed by unpaired males. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Charged molecules, systems with unpaired electrons and strange arrangements of atoms in otherwise common molecules have also been observed. \u2014 Ryan C. Fortenberry, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2020",
"Hillis\u2019s slim handbook aimed to convince her reader that, with a stiff upper lip and a healthy dose of economic self-indulgence, being an unpaired woman could be not just tolerable but liberating. \u2014 Ashley Fetters, Curbed , 20 June 2018",
"The final cells were large eggs with 23 unpaired chromosomes, ready to fuse with a sperm cell containing a complementary set. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 10 Feb. 2018"
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"\u2014 Mary Rowland"
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"The bank warned that making emissions more expensive could be unpalatable for policy makers concerned about inflation and a potential economic downturn. \u2014 Ed Ballard, WSJ , 24 May 2022",
"Oh, and meanwhile, Hopper (David Harbour) is stuck in a Soviet gulag, because why not add that plot to this unpalatable stew? \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
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"More than two years later, however, buffets are no longer considered so unpalatable . \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 16 May 2022",
"Difficult, sometimes unpalatable choices have had to be made. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
"The fast-moving events in Ukraine have prompted the president and his advisers to make unpalatable choices that contradict stances taken during the campaign. \u2014 Andrew Restuccia And Tarini Parti, WSJ , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Modern advertising typically involves a great deal of data collection and tracking, which has become increasingly unpalatable for internet users. \u2014 Darren Shou, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"For many who voted for left-wing candidates in the first round April 10, this runoff vote presents an unpalatable choice between a nationalist in Le Pen, and a president who some feel has veered to the right during his first term. \u2014 Thomas Adamson And Patrick Hermansen, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"War crimes of this type are unparalleled in history.",
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"Her knowledge of the subject is unparalleled .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the sudden collapse in the economy was unparalleled as businesses across the country closed and consumers sheltered in place for weeks. \u2014 Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"That's because, aside from brand recognition and aggressive competitiveness, the quality and inventiveness of its product is unparalleled . \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 18 June 2022",
"The roughly 400 members of the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) collaboration have continued to analyze W bosons produced by the collider, called the Tevatron, chasing down myriad sources of error to reach an unparalleled level of precision. \u2014 Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The newest Marvel Cinematic Universe series on Disney+, Moon Knight, boasts unparalleled talent. \u2014 Joe George, Men's Health , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Logitech G X56 also supports up to 13 different axes, which means an unparalleled level of immersion when flying in games. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Monte and Avery empower everyone around them to excel at an unparalleled level. \u2014 Jem Aswad, Variety , 24 Nov. 2021",
"When the Tokyo Olympics finally kick off on July 23, this relentless drive to be better, combined with a different training regimen, unparalleled talent and an unwavering resolve should conspire to make the greatest of all time somehow even greater. \u2014 Alice Park, Time , 24 June 2021",
"The Pride\u2019s starting forward line includes an unparalleled level of star power \u2014 Marta, Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux. \u2014 Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com , 19 Apr. 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8per-\u0259-\u02ccleld",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s when he officially was nailed by MLB cops for betting on Major League games (including on his Reds) while managing, which violated what always has been the game\u2019s unpardonable sin. \u2014 Terence Moore, Forbes , 23 Apr. 2022",
"What is condemnable, despicable & unpardonable is his being subjected to [two] complaints. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The hot team appears to be Tennessee, which has won three straight since its unpardonable sin of losing to the New York Jets, 27-24, in overtime Oct. 3. \u2014 Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The Dodgers have scored two or fewer runs in five of their 10 postseason games, but their latest display of futility was especially unpardonable . \u2014 Dylan Hern\u00e1ndez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Development of farmland by Japanese settlers led to statewide discrimination against the Japanese and ultimately to their wartime incarceration, one of the most unpardonable episodes in California, and American, history. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 23 July 2021",
"The opportunity to make millions has made gambling acceptable to sports leagues, which used to treat wagering on sports as an unpardonable sin. \u2014 Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic , 20 Apr. 2021",
"Conveniently, this rescues Sittenfeld\u2019s Hillary from casting an unpardonable vote for an indefensible war. \u2014 Nora Caplan-bricker, The New Yorker , 17 May 2020",
"To many critics of the Trump administration, separating families is an unpardonable atrocity. \u2014 Dara Lind, Vox , 21 June 2018"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8p\u00e4rd-n\u0259-b\u0259l",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The iconic landmarks of Yellowstone National Park were shuttered to the public and its roads left unpassable after a torrential downpour and rapid snowmelt contributed to unprecedented flooding. \u2014 Aditi Sangal, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"Cabins were lost in the fire, trails eroded and unpassable . \u2014 Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"But the roads leading up to their house are still flooded and unpassable . \u2014 Duy Linh Tu, Scientific American , 31 Aug. 2021",
"There were some cracks and gaps down the stairwell, but nothing unpassable . \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2021",
"Atlantic Avenue was flooded and unpassable at 10:30 a.m., Police Chief Shawn Lacey said. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 22 Aug. 2021",
"There were some cracks and gaps down the stairwell, but nothing unpassable . \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2021",
"Torrential rains that pounded the Black Sea provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu and Sinop on Wednesday caused flooding that demolished homes, severed at least five bridges, swept away cars and rendered numerous roads unpassable . \u2014 NBC News , 14 Aug. 2021",
"There were some cracks and gaps down the stairwell, but nothing unpassable . \u2014 Fox News , 4 July 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"About a half-hour later, his employees started noticing Facebook users swarming the restaurant's page to tar workers as disrespectful and unpatriotic . \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The demonstrations were assailed by some such as former President Donald Trump as unpatriotic , while supporters hailed him using his platform to call attention to these social issues. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Zhao faced fierce backlash in China when old quotations of hers emerged and were deemed unpatriotic by some Chinese. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Such a request by a Democrat about a Republican president would bring cascades of condemnations, with some within the GOP likely suggesting that the request was unpatriotic , right? \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 30 Mar. 2022",
"And if the Chinese team performs well, these complaints may be seen as unpatriotic . \u2014 David Bachman, Quartz , 8 Feb. 2022",
"And if the Chinese team performs well, these complaints may be seen as unpatriotic . \u2014 David Bachman, Quartz , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Although Gu is one of many American athletes who choose to compete for other countries, her decision is being singled out as unpatriotic . \u2014 Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Ideas began to flow between the team and the band: Because people were screaming that the Chicks were unpatriotic , the initial idea was to wrap Maines, Maguire and Strayer in an American flag. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Feb. 2022"
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"chiefly British -\u02ccpa-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Competitors camp out in the unpeopled cold to rest and feed their packs of semi-domesticated canines. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander. \u2014 Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Sweeping, unpeopled vistas and close-up shots of animals render the world in an enhanced, almost unnatural, high-definition style. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 16 Apr. 2021",
"Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 1 June 2020",
"But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo. \u2014 Michael Hardy, Wired , 15 Apr. 2020",
"One of the last unpeopled places on Earth became a destination point for military interests and tourists alike. \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Aug. 2019",
"Alaska's many million acres of unpeopled river valleys and tundra plains would continue to attract birds if we were gone, but some species would miss us, Guers said. \u2014 Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Over time, the angle of these lines changed, suggesting to audience members that the direction of the pendulum\u2019s travel was shifting under the influence of an unperceived rotational motion\u2014that of Earth. \u2014 Alicia Ault, Smithsonian , 3 Feb. 2018"
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"\u2014 Jackie Kaufman"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive , mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 Nov. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy. \u2014 Louise Gl\u00fcck, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even the greatest skeptics, who see nothing suspicious in the FBI\u2019s apparent intransigence, and who find the treasure hunters\u2019 other arguments unpersuasive , must be puzzled by lingering questions. \u2014 Chris Heath, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and anti-democratic, and no state legislature complied. \u2014 Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and anti-democratic, and no state legislature complied. \u2014 Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Led by unpersuasive performances from chemistry-deficient leads Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn, this is a film almost perversely lacking in dramatic texture or momentum. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and anti-democratic, and no state legislature complied. \u2014 Emma Brown, Anchorage Daily News , 22 May 2022",
"Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and anti-democratic, and no state legislature complied. \u2014 Emma Brown, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
"Many legal experts have called those arguments unpersuasive and anti-democratic, and no state legislature complied. \u2014 Emma Brown, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"Its argument for why Bosse should be prosecuted by the state is unpersuasive at best. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021"
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"continued unperturbed by the interruption"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dog walkers and parents pushing strollers ambled unperturbed nearby even before the flames had been extinguished. \u2014 John Leicester, ajc , 11 June 2022",
"Will the law continue forth as written and be unperturbed by waffling politicians? \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Donkeys meander through narrow streets past doorways and through low arches, suddenly braying around corners at startled tourists while residents continue on their way, unperturbed . \u2014 Lisa Morrow, CNN , 10 May 2022",
"Sung with confident agility and womanly fullness rather than vulnerability, Sierra\u2019s Lucia, though, spends much of the performance oddly unperturbed and sane, even happy. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Apr. 2022",
"His unapologetically challenging work sometimes tried the patience of listeners, but the composer was unperturbed . \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Having survived the two 1974 recounts, Hammond was unperturbed about the need for another. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But still, even with the consequences, Putin may just continue unperturbed . \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Tour buses belched and hooted west on Florence and Manchester, shimmying their way to SoFi Stadium, but Etta James, Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald remained unperturbed . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-p\u0259r-\u02c8t\u0259rbd"
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"an unplanned detour",
"an unplanned pregnancy"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While Stepien\u2019s absence was unplanned , there was a rushed pace to the questioning of the witnesses who were there in person. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Since a winter storm in February 2021 that led to blackouts statewide, ERCOT has undergone a number of reforms, including new requirements for power generators to report unplanned outages. \u2014 Diego Mendoza-moyers, San Antonio Express-News , 16 May 2022",
"Rihanna's iconic pregnancy with boyfriend ASAP Rocky was apparently unplanned , according to a profile of the Anti singer on the cover of the May 2022 edition of Vogue. \u2014 Ana Escalante, Glamour , 12 Apr. 2022",
"In the case of unplanned pregnancies, Utahans\u2019 options may soon be restricted as well. \u2014 Jesse Ryan, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
"There is no available data on unplanned pregnancies among college athletes. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"The United Nations Population Fund initially predicted as many as 7 million additional, unplanned pregnancies in developing countries, if lengthy lockdowns impeded access to birth control. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Because of this act of violence, the needs of women facing unplanned pregnancy will go unmet and babies will die. \u2014 Fox News , 7 June 2022",
"Juno \u2013 Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 1 June 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8pland"
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"flukey",
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"unplastered walls"
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"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Others, though, found the entire concept totally unplausible and wished the show stayed true to its psychological thriller premise rather than introducing fantasy elements in its final moments. \u2014 Neha Prakash, Marie Claire , 19 Feb. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1637, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033448",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"Service is my strong point at tennis. I am inaccurate, but vigorous, and occasionally send in a quite unplayable shot.",
"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse",
"found the ball in an unplayable lie [=a position that does not allow a shot to be made]"
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},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Beyond unbeatable, the Spectrum port of this cute Commodore 64 game was totally unplayable due to a programming glitch that made the game fail to respond to any keyboard inputs. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 21 June 2022",
"Many view him as an unplayable defender at first base. \u2014 Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Medvedev seemed unplayable , taking the first two sets comfortably. \u2014 Aarron Spinley, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Beyond that, the headsets and screen resolution can lead to numerous barriers for low-vision users, so much so that games without appropriate features or accessible design are completely unplayable . \u2014 Grant Stoner, Wired , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In stretches, Indiana has looked borderline unplayable this season, going back to dominant first halves against St. John\u2019s and Wisconsin, and a spirited second half at Syracuse. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Cyberpunk sold millions of copies, but was also buggy and downright unplayable for many PlayStation 4 users. \u2014 Sean Collins, Dallas News , 22 Sep. 2021",
"Against the Golden State Warriors in the second round, House was completely unplayable , averaging just 1.5 points on 17% shooting from the field. \u2014 Rahat Huq, Chron , 3 Sep. 2021",
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"Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
"Desperate to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, the administration wants to avoid any unpleasantness with Tehran\u2019s clerical regime. \u2014 Jonathan Schanzer And Matthew Zweig, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
"If Thomas' Firestarter never really exploits the body-horror potential of a power that allows its wielder to literally boil the blood of their victims, the film does also have moments of genuine unpleasantness absent from the original. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 14 May 2022",
"In the overwhelming majority of cases, the shots turn a positive diagnosis (breakthrough infection) into a few days of unpleasantness rather than a life-threatening event. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 13 Apr. 2022",
"You may also be assured that her family\u2019s generous past behavior has nothing to do with this current unpleasantness . \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Jan. 2022",
"In addition to cannibalism, the film features rape, the real-life killing of animals, and assorted other unpleasantness . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Presumably, the Biden team figured that a hint of anything else might provoke some unpleasantness . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"On January 28, Cramer recommended a few stocks that have fallen sharply in this year\u2019s stock-market unpleasantness . \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"And a few top hedge fund managers are also undoubtedly unpleased . \u2014 Will Daniel, Fortune , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Colorado voters are overwhelmingly unpleased with Trump. \u2014 Nic Garcia, The Denver Post , 2 Aug. 2019"
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"Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics , 1 Oct. 2019",
"His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing . \u2014 SI.com , 1 Feb. 2018"
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"Ukrenergo has tried for years to unplug from the Belarusian and Russian power systems and hook up to the EU\u2019s. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"Use the handle to transport it and use it on the go, or unplug it and leave it on the counter for an energy-efficient keep warm setting. \u2014 Anna Helm Baxter, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"At a time when we're inundated with constant information and technology seems inescapable, there is something sacred about heading into the forest to unplug . \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 31 Mar. 2022",
"In addition, the firm recently introduced its Unplug and Recharge program, which allows associates and special counsel to use up to 40 hours of billable credit time each year to unplug and recharge. \u2014 Paula Davis, Forbes , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Some hotels have created joy ambassadors tasked with helping guests unplug more completely. \u2014 Allison Pohle, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"More YouTube tips Want to comment on a video?:Here is how to create a YouTube channel Looking to completely unplug ? \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 22 Apr. 2022",
"To allow guests the time to unplug as much as possible during their stay, Wi-Fi is only available in the 68 beach and overwater villas, each of which include plunge pools and jade and pink interiors. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"However, also like Duren, Sochan\u2019s offensive game is extremely unpolished . \u2014 oregonlive , 16 June 2022",
"But Walker, an unpolished politician with an unvetted background, could struggle in vote-rich areas like the Atlanta suburbs if enough swing voters are turned off by the inconsistencies in his professional and personal past, some experts say. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 June 2022",
"The game looks still looks unpolished compared to other open-world fare from the past five years. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 14 June 2022",
"And can Bo, an unpolished talent and congenital hothead with no formal basketball training and an assault conviction on his record, find the right stuff \u2014 and the coolness of mind \u2014 to go up against seasoned NBA players? \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 2 June 2022",
"They look unpolished , but Marvel still has three months to go until the She-Hulk release date. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 18 May 2022",
"Vanner\u2019s novel about the Rasks is the sort of faux-Whartonian confection that relies heavily on descriptions of polished wood and unpolished manners: snobbery and snubbery. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Instead of perfectly timed \u2013 and often edited photos \u2013 BeReal has users share unpolished images of their lives from an ever-changing two-minute window each day. \u2014 Peter Suciu, Forbes , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Many of us have seen our coworkers\u2019 homes and pets on video meetings, talked more openly about personal challenges and allowed ourselves to be seen in a more unpolished state than pre-pandemic. \u2014 Bernadette Butler, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"Limiting the governor's ability to reorganize the state education board would prevent political influence over a supposedly unpolitical board, supporters have said. \u2014 Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal , 30 Jan. 2020",
"Fan culture around comics is already fraught, and even moves that are baldly unpolitical \u2014 like casting black actors, or letting a woman be an action hero \u2014 have been met with resistance from some of Marvel\u2019s hardcore fans. \u2014 Alissa Wilkinson, Vox , 3 July 2019",
"Instead her calm presence\u2014inoffensive, stable, unpolitical even\u2014has allowed the radical changes introduced by her predecessor to settle in, giving the cautious German public time to digest them. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Apr. 2018",
"Fan culture around comics is already fraught, and even moves that are baldly unpolitical \u2014 like casting black actors, or letting a woman be an action hero \u2014 have been met with resistance from some of Marvel\u2019s hardcore fans. \u2014 Alissa Wilkinson, Vox , 3 July 2019",
"Instead her calm presence\u2014inoffensive, stable, unpolitical even\u2014has allowed the radical changes introduced by her predecessor to settle in, giving the cautious German public time to digest them. \u2014 The Economist , 12 Apr. 2018"
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"This naivet\u00e9 is always welcomed at SCAD, and is perhaps the clearest example of the unpolluted visions students are allowed to develop by studying in here. \u2014 Vogue , 25 May 2022",
"Brett and Angie got back in the car and drove close to 30 miles trying to find a stretch of unpolluted beach, and finally gave up. \u2014 Time , 5 May 2022",
"Some fraudster posted a picture of dolphins supposedly swimming in the Bacino di San Marco, and swans cruising down an unpolluted blue Grand Canal. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Tiger salamanders need both undisturbed habitat and enough clean, unpolluted water to fill their breeding pools every year. \u2014 Carolyn Wells, Longreads , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Anderson grew up in Jamaica with clear, dark skies and an unpolluted view of space. \u2014 Carlos R. Mu\u00f1oz, BostonGlobe.com , 18 Feb. 2022",
"During the summers of 2018 and 2019, the researchers observed the numbers and type of pollinators that visited the flowering plants in polluted and unpolluted zones. \u2014 Aylin Woodward, WSJ , 20 Jan. 2022",
"And amateur stargazers can also view a host of meteor showers and lunar events with nothing more than a pair of binoculars, good weather and a patch of unpolluted night sky. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"After nightfall, and on a clear night, head to the Community Observatory, to see a spectacular starry display from the Scilly\u2019s unpolluted dark skies (there are two resident telescopes). \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 6 Oct. 2021"
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"Bass and her allies in recent weeks have spotlighted Caruso\u2019s history of backing GOP candidates and causes, and have linked Caruso to former President Donald Trump, who remains very unpopular in Los Angeles. \u2014 Paul Steinhauser, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"But this is highly unpopular , according to a Morning Consult poll. \u2014 Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"If Trump cannot access his Facebook or Twitter accounts (and his Truth Social platform remains unpopular ), Trump still holds significant sway in elections, regularly speaks at rallies, and is popular in key battleground states. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 10 May 2022",
"The race is viewed by some as a referendum on the city\u2019s increasingly pro-growth policies, which are unpopular in many of the communities that make up District 2 \u2014 Clairemont, Point Loma, Mission Beach and Old Town. \u2014 David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 May 2022",
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"But Pace will have known the decision would be unpopular . \u2014 Robert Kidd, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The most contentious pending issue there was President Donald Trump, who was deeply unpopular in the region. \u2014 Karen Deyoung, Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
"Nor is the fact that high gasoline prices are deeply unpopular in the United States, contributing to the worst inflation in nearly 40 years. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2026 on one occasion, a president (Eisenhower) refers to himself as \"conservative.\" Four years later, the Republican presidential nominee (Goldwater) announces that he is \"a conservative.\" Another sixteen years later, Ronald Reagan, a self-declared conservative, is elected president by an overwhelming majority. By that time\u20141980\u2014more Americans identify themselves as conservatives than as liberals. This was, and remains, a tectonic transformation, unprecedented in American history. \u2014 John Lukacs , Harper's , March 2008",
"Faced with an unprecedented crisis that combines cyclical turbulence with metastasizing digital technology that steals away revenue and readers at an alarming and seemingly accelerating rate (while offering newspapers only stingy payoffs), publishers and editors everywhere have thrown away their rule books\u2014and, to find their way in this new and alien environment, are ready to implement previously unthinkable changes. \u2014 Mark Fitzgerald et al. , Editor & Publisher , August 2008",
"Many of the forces that initially sent the economy into a tailspin in 1929 and 1930 have been at work in the 2000s as well: a stock-market boom turned bust, a real estate boom turned bust, unprecedented levels of consumer debt. \u2014 Justin Fox , Time , 10 Mar. 2008",
"Shakespeare served as exemplar of the writer who achieved success, and an unprecedented degree of financial reward, from his pen alone. \u2014 Jonathan Bate , Harper's , April 2007",
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"Andrew Johnson, charged with unpremeditated murder and several offenses related to his alleged careless handling of firearms, appeared at a preliminary hearing in a courtroom on the Marine base here. \u2014 The Washington Post, Twin Cities , 23 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Georgians can send a clear message that voters will reward honest leadership and reject unprincipled politicians. \u2014 Larry Hogan, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"If a jurisdiction\u2019s tax administration routinely takes unprincipled transfer pricing enforcement positions, and the judiciary shows little interest in stopping it, a deferential standard of review may very well be harmful. \u2014 Ryan Finley, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Critics see a tangle of unprincipled hypocrisies\u2014intellectual ground cover for banal shamelessness and techy self-interest. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 27 Oct. 2021",
"If the field on which a powerful company plays the game of engagement is an unprincipled devotion to progress that is measured by quarterly earnings, then yes. \u2014 Curt Steinhorst, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Some of those efforts may be mere unprincipled emotional reactions; others may proceed from principles worthy of profound respect. \u2014 Joshua Prager, CNN , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The show is about those things, but The Morning Show\u2019s attempts to tell stories about them, and the characters themselves, reach for a numb, unprincipled emptiness. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 18 Sep. 2021",
"Sam\u2019s unprincipled pursuit of her confused principles gives the novel a loopy energy. \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
"Juneteenth celebrations clearly expose the unprincipled political con games being perpetrated upon American thought and language. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 June 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8prin-s\u0259-p\u0259ld",
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"Does the file contain any unprintable characters?",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lizzo named all the colors, though her favorite inventions \u2014 for a bright blue and a bright pink \u2014 are unprintable here. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In one of four prints with unprintable titles, the upward thrust of the Washington Monument is mirrored by an arm and hand with outstretched middle finger. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Then Gill chose a nom de keyboard unprintable here\u2014DFV for short\u2014and in late 2020 began anonymously chronicling his GameStop investment, a position eventually swelling from $53,000 to nearly $50 million. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"The exchanges have been particularly brutal for the young, low-level staff members who are tasked with processing constituent calls and have been called an array of unprintable epithets by angry callers, according to the aides. \u2014 Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Her screams, unprintable in a family newspaper, were the starting shot of what would end up being a 16-hour marathon. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2021",
"Thankfully, the estimable Wall Street investment manager and financial commentator Barry Ritholtz is out Friday with a concise, comprehensive debunking of deficit hawkdom (introduced with a blunt but unprintable term). \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 Sep. 2021",
"Dent\u2019s homer inspired Red Sox Manager Don Zimmer to coin an unprintable nickname for Dent, giving him a new middle name for baseball fans in New England. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Franken\u2019s finest Cruz bit, his chef\u2019s kiss, involves fellow Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a luxury ocean liner and an unprintable bodily function. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Judge David Carter of the District Court for the Central District of California ordered Eastman to begin reviewing at least 1,500 pages per business day starting on Friday, and immediately transfer any unprivileged documents to the committee. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Who is really the fraud, the empty-headed playboy who gets by on connections and unearned income, or the unprivileged striver? \u2014 Megan O\u2019grady, New York Times , 12 Nov. 2020",
"However, modern processors come with a power meter built-in and allow unprivileged users to read out its measurements from software. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Other brokers within the firm are working to ensure that unprivileged children in the area get something in their stockings this year. \u2014 Amanda Molitor, The Denver Post , 21 Nov. 2019",
"The service may be started or stopped by unprivileged users. \u2014 Jim Salter, Ars Technica , 7 Aug. 2019",
"Boyle recently helped Brown team up with Skateistan, a non-profit that brings skateboarding to unprivileged youth around the world. \u2014 CBS News , 5 Aug. 2019",
"In a research paper published on Tuesday, the researchers wrote: Previous research mostly considers Rowhammer as a threat to data integrity, allowing an unprivileged attacker to modify data without accessing it. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 11 June 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Correlation between personality and quantitative gameplay data is certainly not unproblematic . \u2014 Ben Egliston, Wired , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Squalane is one of those largely unproblematic skin-care ingredients that deserves all of the praise. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Sleek aerodynamics contribute to a quiet passenger cabin and remarkable high-speed stability \u2013 maintaining 80 mph is unproblematic on the 75-mph Colorado highways. \u2014 Michael Harley, Forbes , 19 Oct. 2021",
"As outlined by American Progress, the same concern is not extended to those who need postpartum mental health assistance, health care, unproblematic child care and helpful family leave. \u2014 Brooklyn White, Essence , 1 Sep. 2021",
"And braking from speed is unproblematic and fade-free as the Turbo GT is fitted with Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB) as standard fitment. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 27 July 2021",
"As usual in Butler, raising the young is the only unproblematic good. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 27 May 2021",
"But the lack of headlines is indicative of how unproblematic the Galaxy S21 Ultra is. \u2014 Janhoi Mcgregor, Forbes , 20 May 2021",
"For example, if a lending model uses 400 variables and a regulator asks which ones are most important, many lenders will run an explainer like SHAP and hand over the top 200 most important variables, all of which may seem unproblematic . \u2014 Kareem Saleh, Forbes , 4 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most of us are carrying unprocessed grief, stress, and trauma. \u2014 Jessica A. Gold, M.d., SELF , 9 Mar. 2022",
"And that\u2019s true whether the traumatic event happened last month or lingers in your system unprocessed from a decade ago. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 17 May 2022",
"What's important to note is that the IRS continues to deal with a burdensome backlog of 2020 returns that remained unprocessed from last year and must move forward. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Navitas is famous for its unprocessed raw cacao, a staple in many healthy pantries these days around the country. \u2014 Esha Chhabra, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"If your return is in that backlog and still unprocessed , this could cause your e-file to be rejected. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The driver, Reyes Leal, seems like the kind of gentleman whose entire life has been spent tending to greenery and eating unprocessed , homemade Mexican food. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The bill renews the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in 2018, by increasing funding for its prevention and prosecution programs, as well as efforts to reduce the backlog of unprocessed rape kits, according to a fact sheet. \u2014 Katie Lobosco And Tami Luhby, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"As of late April, the agency had a total of more than 15 million unprocessed individual returns from the last tax year and 2020. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 13 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Erdogan has hosted peace talks, which have so far been unproductive , between the governments of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, and is reportedly attempting to open Black Sea ports blockaded by Russia to free up Ukrainian grain exports. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Some experienced personal encounters with Musk that escalated into yelling matches or otherwise proved unproductive because of the CEO\u2019s skepticism about their findings. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Most meetings are unproductive , and teambuilding can happen by other means. \u2014 Dan Ariely, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"By contrast, the work of art is flagrantly unproductive , even anti-productive. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"At the plate After gaining a 4-0 lead through two innings, the Tigers' top bats were unproductive . \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The teachers\u2019 union said mediation sessions aimed at reaching an agreement have been unproductive , although another meeting is scheduled for Friday. \u2014 Mike Nolan, chicagotribune.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Portland\u2019s offense, meanwhile, was largely unproductive on the day, save for the goal by Chara and a handful of other solid chances. \u2014 oregonlive , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Longer for an offense that has been so unproductive in the red zone for a couple seasons running. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The probe broadly concluded that the team\u2019s workplace was unprofessional , especially toward women, and the franchise was fined $10 million. \u2014 Louise Radnofsky, WSJ , 15 June 2022",
"Dixon also faced charges by the licensing board of gross negligence and unprofessional conduct, according to records. \u2014 Matt Hamiltonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Independent counsel Beth Wilkinson and her firm interviewed more than 150 people, mostly current and former team employees, and concluded that the workplace environment there was highly unprofessional , particularly regarding the treatment of women. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 2 July 2021",
"Black women are often told their natural hair is unprofessional , said Tamara Morgan, 18, an Atlanta high school senior. \u2014 Annie Ma, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Mar. 2022",
"But beyond that, the Russians are just surprisingly unprofessional . \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Wallace shared with me an 18-page account detailing her allegations of sexist and unprofessional treatment over the course of her five years at RT America, written at the time of her departure from the company. \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Technically none of that broke any team rules, but it was considered reckless and unprofessional by many around the club. \u2014 Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Having recently come back to work after maternity leave, Schuld realized afterward that this decision was, in a way, the new normal and far from unprofessional . \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 2 Feb. 2022"
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"an unprofitable effort to find the information",
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"The contractor must deliver the good or service, even if doing so causes the contractor to be unprofitable . \u2014 Jennifer Eubanks, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Even if a company is unprofitable or breaking even, a rainy-day fund protects it from unforeseen issues that require immediate additional money. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
"Fast-growing, unprofitable startups have been among the hardest hit. \u2014 Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ , 12 May 2022",
"Blackstones opened for indoor dining during the summer of 2020, but that proved unprofitable too, according to court records. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 10 May 2022",
"GoPuff operates in a brutally competitive and deeply unprofitable new sector, while Robinhood, Peloton, and Better.com experienced huge crashes after going gangbusters in the throes of the pandemic. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 5 May 2022",
"One year later, when the Sun-Times was looking to shed the unprofitable Reader, Goodman and Higginbottom put up another dollar and bought it, assuming the debt and stewardship of a Chicago journalistic institution, whose days may now be numbered. \u2014 Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com , 21 Apr. 2022",
"They were hindered by federal regulations that set prices and could force railroads to operate unprofitable routes. \u2014 Matt Mcfarland, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Goldman doesn't see a clear path toward profitability for Robinhood, a bad sign as investors become increasingly skeptical of unprofitable fintech companies. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, the reality for women in Germany has been remarkably unprogressive . \u2014 Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Jan. 2022",
"There was too much deference to people sowing chaos under the banner of social justice, perhaps for fear of seeming unprogressive . \u2014 Nicholas Kristof, Star Tribune , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Greenwell juxtaposes the narrator's experiences in an unprogressive , formerly Communist country still recovering its infrastructure, to the narrator's own childhood, growing up gay and closeted in the oppressive American South. \u2014 Angela Ledgerwood, Esquire , 5 Dec. 2016"
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"Things got off to an unpromising start.",
"She can do a lot with unpromising material.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The macro-level picture is also unpromising \u2013 the entire Chinese economy is slowing down (or worse). \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"For the teenagers who don\u2019t manage to excel at academics, despite their obvious intelligence and wit, the years ahead may not just be unpromising , but a virtual and never-ending prison. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"The premise of Ellyn Gaydos\u2019s debut memoir Pig Years (Knopf, $27) may seem unpromising , at least to urbanites. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
"Climate refugees may provoke social upheaval but seem unpromising replacements for the revolutionary subject of the proletariat. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Search has been dominated by a single player for so long (Google) that it is often seen as an unpromising or even irrelevant category for startups. \u2014 Rob Toews, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The deprivation felt in a swing state like Nevada, which is home to a key Senate race this year, and across the nation reflects the unpromising environment for Democrats trying to maintain control of Congress. \u2014 Maeve Reston And Stephen Collinson, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Only Boris Johnson could take such unpromising material and turn it to his advantage. \u2014 Rosa Prince, CNN , 1 Feb. 2022",
"But in an unpromising sign for the talks, Ukrainian officials said Belarus had launched at least two Iskander ballistic missiles at Ukraine on Sunday after the agreement to meet was reached. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 27 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Have your partner change or add at least three letters to make the name unpronounceable . \u2014 Ali Solomon, The New Yorker , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Instead of that dreaded list of unpronounceable ingredients, Jason\u2019s formula uses only those which can be found in nature. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Geekerati icon Alan Tudyk plays an alien (with an unpronounceable name) disguised as a small-town doctor, Harry Vanderspiegle, who gets roped into solving murders, in Resident Alien. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 31 Dec. 2021",
"Plus, there are often tons of harsh (and unpronounceable ) chemicals in those products. \u2014 Ariel Scotti, Health.com , 15 Oct. 2021",
"Others have argued that ending nouns and adjectives with an X instead of an O or A makes the language practically unpronounceable . \u2014 Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times , 27 Sep. 2021",
"REEs are those metals with unpronounceable names that are used in the manufacture of advanced technologies, including electric vehicles, wind turbines and missile guidance systems. \u2014 Frank Holmes, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021",
"How about the Los Angeles County Museum of Mostly Modern + Contemporary Art? LACMMM+CA for unpronounceable short. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
"On the main stage, representatives from companies with unpronounceable names riled up the crowds. \u2014 Morgen Peck, The New Yorker , 18 Aug. 2021"
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"Heaven forbid that the deaths of 19 children should leave chickens unprotected . \u2014 Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"In 2021, Cleveland left him unprotected and the 29 other teams passed on him in the Rule 5 Draft. \u2014 Paul Hoynes, cleveland , 14 May 2022",
"Given that players are required to remain in the majors all year for the selecting organization to retain them, those from the low minors are less likely to be selected and thus more likely for their current team to leave them unprotected . \u2014 Nathan Ruiz, baltimoresun.com , 19 Nov. 2021",
"But 44 years later, Parkchester remains unprotected . \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022",
"Feeling unprotected in their own neighborhood by government leaders and law enforcement, conversations about guns are quietly occurring among family, friends and neighbors. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022",
"North Korea has refused multiple vaccine offers from the Covax global vaccine-sharing program, as well as China, Russia and South Korea, and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unprotected against the virus. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 12 May 2022",
"Any body part that\u2019s covered by fabric isn\u2019t getting slathered in sunscreen and is unprotected unless your clothing has UPF. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 2 May 2022",
"The world\u2019s most notorious commercial hacking enterprise is remarkably unprotected : at times, a single security guard waved me through. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Moss considered the expedition an unqualified success. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 June 2022",
"In short, there is no evidence that Black coaches are unqualified . \u2014 George B. Cunningham, The Conversation , 3 Feb. 2022",
"By all accounts, 2020\u2019s online-only March\u00e9 \u2014 Paillard used the market\u2019s Cinando platform as a basis for online screenings, virtual meetings and industry conference sessions \u2014 was an unqualified success. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 May 2022",
"To the Mexican government and alcohol companies, the rage for tequila is perhaps an unqualified success, but ecologists like Valiente bemoan it. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The federal government\u2019s public transportation mask mandate was thrown out by a Trump appointee considered unqualified for the job by the American Bar Association but immediately hailed as a hero in conservative circles. \u2014 al , 20 Apr. 2022",
"At the time, the American Bar Association gave her an unqualified rating because of her limited experience practicing law. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Coaches that look like sure things can fail, and others can be successful without being unqualified successes. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The judge is a Trump appointee who was rated unqualified when nominated & had never tried a case. \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 18 Apr. 2022"
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"Ottessa Moshfegh has a glittering intellect and an unquenchable dark turn of mind. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Gretzky does see one common trait among the greats: the unquenchable drive to be better. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a dearth of supply and unquenchable demand. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Sep. 2021",
"In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, plume hunters, supplying unquenchable millinery markets in New York and London, ravaged the area\u2019s bird populations, nearly wiping some species out altogether. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Like other immigrant groups that forsake tenements for suburbs, Greeks visit the old neighborhood propelled by an unquenchable taste for its old-country customs. \u2014 Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"His work ethic also suggests an unquenchable thirst, a never-ending wish for more. \u2014 Stephanie Burt, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Motivated by an unquenchable thirst for change, the Dave Cooper LIVE Show has traveled nearly 21,000 miles covering 28 states and broadcasting six LIVE shows a week on Linkedin, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch. \u2014 Jennifer Castenson, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The film, written by the director and Thomas Reider, is often brutal in content and spare in style, a celebration of unquenchable tenacity and the sustaining power of love. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"The utility of the bed is unquestionable , even given its stubby 4.5-foot length. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Despite his unquestionable talent, which led to Detriot selecting him with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the first 12 years of Stafford's career were marred by continuous losing seasons. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Le Prince was six foot three, an unquestionable identifier at a time when the average adult male was five foot six. \u2014 Nat Segnit, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The unquestionable evidence of Walter J. Kilner, electrical expert of St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital, London, as given in his book, The Human Atmosphere, should at once set aside any belief that this is a byproduct of occultism or charlatanism. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"That American democracy is teetering is unquestionable . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The popularity of the World Cup is unquestionable , well over half a billion people tuned in for the last three finals giving it triple the popularity of the Super Bowl. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Food is an unquestionable connector to all who are part of the African Diaspora. \u2014 Essence , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Wright and Johnson -- in an act of unquestionable valor -- exposed themselves to sustained fire to pull Black to safety behind their truck after he was shot in the head and collapsed. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"The utility of the bed is unquestionable , even given its stubby 4.5-foot length. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Despite his unquestionable talent, which led to Detriot selecting him with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the first 12 years of Stafford's career were marred by continuous losing seasons. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Le Prince was six foot three, an unquestionable identifier at a time when the average adult male was five foot six. \u2014 Nat Segnit, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The unquestionable evidence of Walter J. Kilner, electrical expert of St. Thomas\u2019 Hospital, London, as given in his book, The Human Atmosphere, should at once set aside any belief that this is a byproduct of occultism or charlatanism. \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 23 Feb. 2022",
"That American democracy is teetering is unquestionable . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The popularity of the World Cup is unquestionable , well over half a billion people tuned in for the last three finals giving it triple the popularity of the Super Bowl. \u2014 Zak Garner-purkis, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Food is an unquestionable connector to all who are part of the African Diaspora. \u2014 Essence , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Wright and Johnson -- in an act of unquestionable valor -- exposed themselves to sustained fire to pull Black to safety behind their truck after he was shot in the head and collapsed. \u2014 James Gordon Meek, ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"I am truly disturbed by her unquestioning acceptance of authority.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By his enthusiastic and unquestioning support for a clearly violent industry, Joe Manchin is nobody\u2019s centrist. \u2014 Mary Anna\u00efse Heglar, The New Republic , 3 May 2022",
"Dogs also provide an unquestioning source of comfort and support, says James. \u2014 Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com , 9 May 2022",
"Politicians, media and other influencers appeal to emotions and fear to weaponize these unquestioning minds and build armies. \u2014 Ahmad Kareh, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The proletariat profited simply in exchange for unquestioning , loyal service. \u2014 Douglas London, CNN , 11 Apr. 2022",
"But this portrait is too clean, too unquestioning , too accepting, to get to the marrow. \u2014 Michael Ordo\u00f1a, Los Angeles Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Kueng, the rookie Black officer who knelt on Floyd's leg, testified that probationary officers were taught to always defer to a superior to the point of unquestioning obedience. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"True Chomsky followers show their Polonius-like loyalty through unquestioning acceptance of each new image Chomsky sees in the theoretical cloud. \u2014 Geoffrey K. Pullum, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Most significantly, even amid bitter fights over the administration\u2019s infrastructure and social-reform bills, the inclusion of $41 billion of industry subsidies in the legislation has received unquestioning bipartisan backing. \u2014 Andrew Cockburn, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"With gentle humor, Flora\u2019s visitations flip the racial script: rather than unquiet Natives rising from violated land, Erdrich conjures a busybody settler exasperating the Ojibwe living. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 10 Nov. 2021",
"In the racist trope of the unquiet Indian in modern American horror, the dead are violent by default and stuck in a kind of death match with the living. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Emily and Ted, these notably unquiet Americans, win over their doubters through the brute force of their charm. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Roth wrote best when writing about unquiet maleness, Jews, and Newark \u2014 in other words, Philip Roth. \u2014 Seth Greenland, latimes.com , 24 May 2018",
"Please give us an accounting, not just to answer unquiet , but out of respect. \u2014 Alaska Dispatch News , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Somewhere, the unquiet ghosts of John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst pour themselves another cold one. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Underway was a decidedly unquiet performance by The Weeknd for a Harper\u2019s BAZAAR party that drew out a fleet of celebrities, more than a few brawny security guards on high alert and an overwhelming number of fans packing the hotel entrances. \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, Billboard , 9 Sep. 2017"
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"Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"With gentle humor, Flora\u2019s visitations flip the racial script: rather than unquiet Natives rising from violated land, Erdrich conjures a busybody settler exasperating the Ojibwe living. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 10 Nov. 2021",
"In the racist trope of the unquiet Indian in modern American horror, the dead are violent by default and stuck in a kind of death match with the living. \u2014 Jo Livingstone, The New Republic , 29 Oct. 2021",
"Emily and Ted, these notably unquiet Americans, win over their doubters through the brute force of their charm. \u2014 Megan Garber, The Atlantic , 3 Dec. 2020",
"Roth wrote best when writing about unquiet maleness, Jews, and Newark \u2014 in other words, Philip Roth. \u2014 Seth Greenland, latimes.com , 24 May 2018",
"Please give us an accounting, not just to answer unquiet , but out of respect. \u2014 Alaska Dispatch News , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Somewhere, the unquiet ghosts of John Mitchell and Richard Kleindienst pour themselves another cold one. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 18 Oct. 2017",
"Underway was a decidedly unquiet performance by The Weeknd for a Harper\u2019s BAZAAR party that drew out a fleet of celebrities, more than a few brawny security guards on high alert and an overwhelming number of fans packing the hotel entrances. \u2014 Adrienne Gaffney, Billboard , 9 Sep. 2017"
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"While their new neighbor wins the family over with his charms, sinister incidents begin happening around the house that unravel the family\u2019s fragile dynamic. \u2014 Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"Scientists investigate first-hand accounts, uncovering clues and details that will unravel the mystery behind the terrifying shark attack spike. \u2014 Jennifer Maas, Variety , 16 June 2022",
"The sisters know their life in the U.S. could unravel at any moment. \u2014 Sandra Dibble, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Related: Draft opinion could ultimately unravel other rights, legal experts warn Supreme Court decisions are shrouded in secrecy and almost never leak out. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 May 2022",
"In exchange the Saudis would increase production to save European nations from energy shortages and almost certainly a recession that could unravel their cooperation against Russia. \u2014 Karen Elliott House, WSJ , 3 May 2022",
"While a rogue assassin stalks Elena (Morena Baccarin), Sergey and Owen (Costa Ronin, Kamal Angelo Bolden) grapple with a threat that could unravel their plan. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Buyk started to unravel on Feb. 24 when the United States immediately targeted 10 of Russia\u2019s largest financial institutions, cutting Sberbank, Russia\u2019s largest bank, off from the U.S. financial system. \u2014 Soo Youn, Washington Post , 2 June 2022",
"Wakefield\u2019s position started to unravel in fairly short order. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Email might be unreachable for a little bit because it is locally hosted. \u2014 Will Foret, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
"That never-concede-a-thing attitude propelling Nadal from side to side, forward and backward, speeding to, and redirecting, balls off an opponent\u2019s racket seemingly destined to be unreachable . \u2014 Howard Frendrich, The Christian Science Monitor , 5 June 2022",
"That never-concede-a-thing attitude propelling Nadal from side to side, forward and backward, speeding to and redirecting balls off an opponent\u2019s racket seemingly destined to be unreachable . \u2014 Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"The family frets over an older brother now fighting and unreachable . \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 May 2022",
"Dozens of people who stayed in Grand Isle, a narrow beachy islet of homes on stilts facing the Gulf of Mexico, remained cut off and unreachable for much of Monday as phone lines were down and the one road in and out was impassable. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Aug. 2021",
"But the staff also observed that the surrounding area could be vulnerable to regular flooding within a couple of decades, rendering the plant unreachable during emergencies. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Picture a sports field at night, how everything beyond the purview of the floodlights transforms into an unreachable void. \u2014 Suzannah Showler, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Carr raised $24 million to invent nimbler helicopter baskets after a buddy had a search-and-rescue accident and died unreachable . \u2014 Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some of the unreached \u2014 no matter what the Christian God said \u2014 were meant to stay that way. \u2014 Washington Post , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Some burn with passion for unreached people groups who have never heard of Jesus. \u2014 Dana Hall Mccain | Dmccain@al.com, al , 18 June 2021",
"But three months into the effort, many remain unconvinced, unreached and unprotected. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 19 Mar. 2021",
"The grades from the Kansas game reflect the unreached potential: RELATED VIDEO No compatible source was found for this media. \u2014 John Shinn Diehards, ajc , 19 Nov. 2017",
"One goal described in 2003 that remains unreached , Bodnar said, is developing housing for seniors. \u2014 Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com , 22 Aug. 2017"
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"an officer who seemed to be completely unread in military theory",
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"Many companies leave the human resources (HR) handbook to gather dust, largely unused and unread by management and employees. \u2014 Michael Lane, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"But if your ballot is still sitting on your desk, or the nightstand, or underneath a stack of unread New Yorkers, don\u2019t despair. \u2014 Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
"Reed Omary, a radiologist in Nashville, Tenn., logged into one of his work inboxes one day last winter, selected thousands of unread emails and, with the click of a mouse, removed them from his life. \u2014 Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ , 23 May 2022",
"Carey's followers were quick to point out the icon's full battery, low number of unread messages, and the fact that both stars had the other in their contacts. \u2014 Rachel Schonberger, EW.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"When the user looks at N1, the device will recognize and engage, also spontaneously offering suggestions and services based on personal profiles and individual prompts, such as notifying a specific user of how many unread emails are in their inbox. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"When the name of a channel is in bold font, that means there are unread messages in the chat . \u2014 Boone Ashworth, Wired , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Also, her notifications \u2014 436 unread messages are the exact opposite of mogul behavior. \u2014 Olivia Crandall, Vulture , 22 Nov. 2021",
"That film led Dornan to find some unread texts from his father, commenting on his work in the hit comedy. \u2014 Clayton Davis, Variety , 5 Nov. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But they were presented so briefly as to be nearly unreadable . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 13 June 2022",
"Her protagonists are often aloof, even unreadable , in person. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 19 May 2022",
"Some Pennsylvania ballots could take longer to read At least 21,000 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania are unreadable and will take several days to process, officials in Lancaster County said. \u2014 Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"About 70 or 80 ballots from each batch of 125 were spit out as unreadable because their barcodes were more faint and slightly blurred. \u2014 Gillian Flaccus And Sara Cline, Anchorage Daily News , 20 May 2022",
"Mykyta, unreadable as always, simply nodded and started making calls. \u2014 Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The temporary license tag on the Trailblazer was destroyed and unreadable . \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Jackson was quiet for a moment, her expression unreadable behind her mask. \u2014 Sydney Brownstone, Anchorage Daily News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"There\u2019s a few golden nuggets to be mined even from the most unreadable , obscure, and self-serving of such memoirs. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2021"
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"\u2014 John le Carr\u00e9"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In some aircraft fleets, including the B-1B bomber, there are more mission-ready planes than unready ones. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 28 June 2022",
"The unready garrison at Mariupol was encircled by Russian forces on March 2, and the siege has now continued for 11 weeks. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"But to imagine that the innocence of the baby is enough, on its own, to always and completely turn an unready person into a different person who can overcome all challenging circumstances is taking a mighty risk with two people\u2019s entire lives. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Dec. 2021",
"As late as 2020, the ship was still not done, and, despite promises, the carrier went through full ship shock trials with 4 out of 7 lower-stage weapons elevators unready . \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 21 Oct. 2021",
"If the offense is getting worse \u2014 and Fields looks unready to play \u2014 that\u2019s a big problem for them. \u2014 Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Ali Karimi, a University of Pennsylvania scholar, is among Afghans unready to trust the Taliban. \u2014 Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Sep. 2021",
"One that did not, really, was handing the series to an unready producer with a history of speaking freely and loosely in a manner lacking a certain dignity. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 20 Aug. 2021",
"The devil is the state of being unready for revelation. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Aug. 2021"
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"The town seemed as unreal as a movie set.",
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"I think it's unreal that he survived the accident.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The movie\u2019s shot in a pearly black-and-white, which makes Gijon seem slightly unreal and also universal. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Derealization and depersonalization refer to feelings that the external world and your own self, respectively, are unreal . \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 14 June 2022",
"After months of hearing US intelligence that this was going to happen, for it then to finally start happening, and in Kyiv, was unreal . \u2014 Jessica Sooknanan, CNN , 28 May 2022",
"These points of friction can make these human-computer interactions all feel frustratingly unreal . \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 18 Mar. 2021",
"But Levinson, who writes and directs each episode, has always seemed more interested in usurping narrative conventions, needling his characters\u2019 psyches and dissolving the boundaries between real and unreal . \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Most of the time, the borders themselves occupy a borderland between real and unreal . \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"Today, as devices ever-more-sneakily blur the real and unreal , our cultural nightmares have turned toward the indescribable evils of A24 movies and constant paranoia about living in a simulation. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Absurdly, the factory contains forests, a river, 24-hour bus service, dorms, and its own fauna, some of which might be unreal . \u2014 Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"Look at dating as a fun way of getting to know new people rather than holding everyone to the same unrealistic standards. \u2014 Meghan Rose, Glamour , 1 July 2022",
"They have been accused multiple times of cultural appropriation, of promoting unrealistic beauty standards, of being deeply out of touch. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 18 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t demotivate others by imposing unrealistic standards. \u2014 Nuala Walsh, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Some Biden administration officials are privately beginning to see that goal as unrealistic . \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
"According to the Dove Self-Esteem and Social Media Report, 1 in 2 girls say toxic beauty advice that normalizes unrealistic beauty standards on social media causes low self-esteem. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 12 May 2022",
"Some experts panned Musk's ideas as unrealistic for reasons unrelated to advertising, including that unchecked online harassment and bullying might drive away users and end up harming free expression. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Kattan emphasized that there\u2019s still much progress to be made in the beauty industry, which continues to promote unrealistic standards. \u2014 Angela Haupt, Time , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Created by Zamudio and founder and CEO Tara Electra, Roll tries to reduce pressure on female creators to meet unrealistic beauty standards. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 4 Mar. 2022"
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"a sci-fi author who seems to have preferred the unrealities of his own fiction to the realities of the world about him",
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"Since Moscow\u2019s lockdown only happened very recently, Kovalev told me that there\u2019s still a sense of unreality about the whole situation. \u2014 Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online , 3 Apr. 2020",
"Trump\u2019s warped unreality , where the election was rigged against him and January 6 was a flock of freedom-loving tourists besmirched by Antifa commandos. \u2014 Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"In the golden age of fraud, grift sits comfortably alongside the general sense of unreality permeating the American economy. \u2014 Ben Mckenzie, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"There is an aura of unreality and mystery to Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s 100-point game, which happened 60 years ago Wednesday. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In Kyiv, there has been an air of unreality about the situation and stoic resolve. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The late Gaspard Ulliel is one of several major French stars voicing the dolls\u2019 dialogue, though the most striking presence here is Faure, bringing a casual unreality to her role as a vlogger who gradually becomes a kind of parallel protagonist. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 13 Feb. 2022",
"The effect is to emphasize the essential unreality of a play that has always been, in its own words, weird. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"This might not be obvious given the GOP's indulgence of every kind of crank and fanatic, and its embrace of outright unreality on both COVID vaccines and election results. \u2014 Noah Millman, The Week , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"The fact that Kingelez\u2019s projects are unrealizable shields them from any nattering rationality. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 4 June 2017",
"That was a signature promise and was probably the most flagrantly unrealizable promise in all of American presidential politics, the idea that Mexico would pay for this wall. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Dec. 2017",
"The actual proposals in King\u2019s article are a convenient mix of the inoffensive and the unrealizable , and therefore are not particularly concerning. \u2014 Max Bloom, National Review , 20 July 2017"
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"With its double binds and reversals, life in a pandemic feels beholden to dream logic, to the unreason of lying awake in the dark. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 4 June 2020",
"There\u2019s a lot of collective anguish lurking under all the electronic flame-throwing, bizarre behavior on campus, and other manifestations of social unraveling and descent into unreason . \u2014 Nr Interview, National Review , 27 Aug. 2019",
"An answer to the mystery is found both in folklore (the emperor\u2019s new clothes) and in the pioneering work of Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and others in behavioral economics, which points to the economic basis of much characteristic human unreason . \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 6 Nov. 2018",
"Social media is no small force behind the present age of unreason and disharmony. \u2014 Alexander Heffner, Time , 2 July 2018",
"With reason in the service of unreason , killings were done with industrial efficiency. \u2014 Hugh Hunter, Philly.com , 27 Feb. 2018",
"While Newton and Locke were ushering in an Age of Reason in Europe, over in America unreason was taking new seductive forms. \u2014 Hanna Rosin, New York Times , 5 Sep. 2017",
"Small wonder some white people retreat into bunkers of unreason and fear. \u2014 Author: Leonard Pitts, Alaska Dispatch News , 19 Aug. 2017",
"Kurt Andersen has engaged in a great degree of magical thinking of his own, trying to make a connection between Christianity and his perception of unreason in American dialogue. \u2014 Norm Ornstein, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2017"
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"Recourse internally is more difficult for pilots at Wizz Air, as employees are effectively prevented from organizing in trade unions to defend themselves against potentially unreasonable demands by management. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
"Not enough Asking consumers to park the potentially flammable vehicles away from the home is an unreasonable recommendation, the lawsuit says. \u2014 Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press , 8 June 2022",
"Scoping all this out in three days seems a risky and unreasonable ask. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 2 June 2022",
"The latter is reserved for rare situations in which the judge overseeing the case overrules the decision of the jury or amends its verdict because jurors reached an unreasonable decision. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"Thousands are still trapped outside the stadium, remaining calm in the face of a completely unreasonable situation. \u2014 New York Times , 28 May 2022",
"Scrolling through Yelp reviews always reveals a plethora of unreasonable complaints, or an excuse to dump on working class people who have the very difficult job of serving rude, entitled patrons every day. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 24 May 2022",
"If the child enrolls at this college, they, and their parents, will have to borrow an unreasonable amount of student loan debt. \u2014 Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teachers here are often paid minimum wage, and the ruling Law and Justice party has been unreceptive to their calls for higher pay. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022",
"India has long been unreceptive to outside criticism, even from its close partners. \u2014 Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Internal agency notes drafted before the meeting showed officials bracing for an unreceptive audience. \u2014 Bernice Yeung, ProPublica , 29 Oct. 2021",
"The Pentagon was caught off guard by the Haitian request for troops on Friday and quickly struck an unreceptive tone. \u2014 New York Times , 11 July 2021",
"Your companions, however, may be unreceptive or in a hurry to get things accomplished quickly in the week ahead. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Despite the efforts of national suffrage movements, Eastern and Southern governments proved unreceptive to such a radical concept. \u2014 Jennifer Helton, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 Aug. 2020",
"Pitching your ideas to an unreceptive crowd could waste time, so gauge the mood of the room before making presentations. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 29 May 2020",
"The story centers on two scientists who, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 19 Feb. 2020"
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"Such cases could very well go unrecognized and unreported. \u2014 Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Blacks have amassed a long list of achievements and contributions to this country that go unrecognized . \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"However, many of their contributions to society go unrecognized . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 May 2022",
"Native Americans today are the descendants of men and women who have survived genocide, and through policies rooted in overt and covert racial biases that persist, that decimation, largely unrecognized , has in many ways continued to the present. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In Donbas, Russia fomented a separatist conflict in 2014 and then covertly sent military units to slice two largely unrecognized territories from Kyiv\u2019s control. \u2014 James Marson, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Employees need to take on unwanted assignments that help the organization, but an individual\u2019s career can suffer if the load of unrecognized work exceeds that of their peers. \u2014 Linda Babcock, WSJ , 19 May 2022",
"Transnistria remains an unrecognized breakaway state within Moldova, similar to the Luhansk and Donetsk People\u2019s Republics within Ukraine. \u2014 Peter Aitken, Fox News , 7 May 2022",
"This data raises the possibility that the cases are a rare but unrecognized condition that is only becoming apparent in the wake of the pandemic\u2014similar to the UKSHA's 1b hypothesis. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 6 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Falwell cast Trump, still regarded by many believers as an unreconstructed sinner, as a pragmatic businessman who would honor his promises to evangelicals. \u2014 Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There are lots of compelling ideas like that, from flat-taxers and fair-taxers and unreconstructed Georgists and other sundry practitioners of wonkery. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Outside the home, French onion soup is best eaten in an unreconstructed bistro. \u2014 Joshua David Stein, WSJ , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Other documents were delivered in unreconstructed pieces. \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 6 Feb. 2022",
"And indeed, some of the people who came to work for Gr\u00f6ning were unreconstructed followers of Hitler. \u2014 Richard J. Evans, The New Republic , 1 Dec. 2021",
"But the crusher was George Norris, the unreconstructed populist senator from Nebraska, who insisted that the people, not some capitalist, should develop such a major public work. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Kennedy and his fellow Republicans have mined this history to suggest Omarova is an unreconstructed communist. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The lead character\u2019s therapist is an unreconstructed Freudian. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"The lidar data revealed 134 previously unrecorded settlements, despite the fact that this area has been well studied in the past. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"Health experts caution that the real COVID-19 tally is likely larger due to unrecorded home tests. \u2014 Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune , 24 May 2022",
"Amy Winehouse had puzzled out lyrics to an unrecorded song alongside Ginsberg\u2019s lines. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2022",
"India suffered the highest toll of any country in the world, according to the report released Thursday, but most of the deaths have gone unrecorded . \u2014 Vibhuti Agarwal, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
"Chinese media reports on the unrecorded COVID-19 deaths have been swiftly censored, and many criticisms of Shanghai\u2019s stringent measures expunged online. \u2014 Huizhong Wu And Dake Kang, Anchorage Daily News , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The names of these dollmakers often went unrecorded . \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"And Coleman in turn sat in, unrecorded alas, with Coltrane\u2019s mighty quartet during that time. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Ubiquitous security cameras and smartphones mean that few crimes go unrecorded , and videos of people loading up bags and carts with products and walking out the door make for viral content. \u2014 Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times , 15 Dec. 2021"
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"But recently the markets have lost their nerve: As of late May, the company\u2019s stock was down 90% from its high, leaving Wall Street to wonder whether the current setback is a minor detour or an unrecoverable crash. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 24 May 2022",
"With the Red Raiders unable to do anything to slow down the Longhorns\u2019 defense, their lifelessness of offense dug them in an unrecoverable ditch way too early into this game. \u2014 Ryan Mainville, Dallas News , 25 Sep. 2021",
"Sewage from factories and plants, pesticides and other harmful substances used in agriculture, these pollutants are killing marine life at frightening, unrecoverable rates. \u2014 Soulaima Gourani, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Although different owners throughout the 2000s aimed to restore its original look, the renovation had destroyed all of the neoclassical architectural features, rendering them unrecoverable . \u2014 Spencer Bevis, Dallas News , 26 Sep. 2021",
"While the researchers were able to reconstruct almost all of the Christmas Island rat's genome, almost 5 percent of it was unrecoverable , according to the study. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Humans kill over 120 million sharks a year, mainly for their fins for soup and many shark species are now under considerable risk of unrecoverable decline with some species having declined to near extinction in recent years. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 10 Jan. 2022",
"On match days, the squad is a hotchpotch of bright sparks scrambling around to recover an unrecoverable ambiance only 17 seasons of the Argentine\u2019s flair can bring. \u2014 Henry Flynn, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"In that case, Mexican democracy would not only have lost many unrecoverable years. \u2014 Enrique Krauze, The New York Review of Books , 2 July 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The three unrecovered vehicles are believed to be in the colors Brittnay Blue and Grey. \u2014 Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press , 16 June 2022",
"In this silent, eerie scene, the soldier\u2019s body still lay unrecovered . \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"How the Berry Brothers had been called in from Yolo County to drag the river but how the bodies remained unrecovered . \u2014 George Skelton, Los Angeles Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
"And experts are growing increasingly concerned that there may be more at stake than unrecovered money. \u2014 Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News , 5 Aug. 2021",
"Hedaya was the only victim left unrecovered when firefighters concluded their search for bodies Friday as, nearly a month after the collapse, the stories-high debris pile was cleared so that the building's entire foundation was exposed. \u2014 NBC News , 22 July 2021",
"These works and one unrecovered drawing were stolen from the National Gallery-Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens on January 9, 2012, in a sensational early-morning heist. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 July 2021",
"At the high end, one estimate has pegged the potential global gains in unrecovered taxes at over $500 billion annually. \u2014 Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
"While state officials say employers won\u2019t have to cover unemployment benefits paid to fraudsters, taxpayers will still be on the hook for unrecovered funds. \u2014 Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner , 8 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like focus, much can be left to the camera in auto mode, and even seemingly unredeemable exposure can often be corrected during editing. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 7 Jan. 2021",
"By now, Welch was smiling a bit, eager to discuss redemption in a moment that sometimes seems unredeemable . \u2014 Hanif Abdurraqib, New York Times , 3 Nov. 2020",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019",
"Soon after, Walt discovers Jane choking on vomit in her sleep and does nothing to save her, a decision that made his character unredeemable in the eyes of some viewers. \u2014 Lisa Respers France, CNN , 10 July 2019"
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"Their sound unrefined and their performance effortful, these singers were compelling in a way professionals couldn\u2019t be. \u2014 New York Times , 1 July 2022",
"Taxes can then be imposed on unrefined fossil fuels, to encourage industries to invest in low-carbon technologies for avoiding the tax burden. \u2014 Manish Kumar, Quartz , 15 June 2022",
"To be clear, this is still an enormous leap\u2014NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission is believed to be returning about 1 kg of unrefined material from the surface of an asteroid at a mission cost of about $800 million. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 31 May 2022",
"Made from a core triumvirate of tasty ingredients\u2014cocoa, raw honey, and unrefined coconut oil\u2014they\u2019re a textural masterpiece. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Sunflower, the official flower of Ukraine, grows well in that part of Europe, and unrefined sunflower oil will infuse your food with its unique flavor. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Thibodeaux arguably has a higher ceiling than Hutchinson but is currently a more unrefined product. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Narration expresses Nevena\u2019s newfound and fumbling grasp on her environs, in an unrefined but poignant poetry. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"At first, the soaking facilities were little more than unrefined structures of canvas and lumber, perched over individual mountainside springs or tubs carved into the rock. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"The analysis was typical of her\u2014 unreflective , cryptic, deprecatory. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 6 Dec. 2021",
"The tribalism of today resides in a very old, unreflective part of the brain that the Founders worked to temper and subdue through the power of reason and debate. \u2014 Thomas Koenig, National Review , 24 July 2021",
"The song offers vignettes of unreflective heroism alongside vignettes of betrayal, human nature in all its complexity amid the disaster. \u2014 Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books , 19 June 2021",
"As in previous years, the finalists skewed white and male, a double-punch of biases both unreflective of back-of-house reality and hopelessly out of step with the times. \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Being even mildly bullish can seem a bit unreflective . \u2014 The Economist , 14 Nov. 2019",
"Perhaps an old-fashioned medium, especially when executed to perfection, provides an antidote to the unreflective dross of Facebook and Snapchat. \u2014 Randall Balmer, Washington Post , 21 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The adoption of a new, post-dictatorship constitution \u2013 which would have reined in executive control \u2013 was scuttled by parliament last year, and the security sector, judiciary, and election laws remain largely unreformed , critics say. \u2014 Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 Dec. 2021",
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"Cruz\u2019s argument is essentially that Texans should stay in the Union\u2014but only as long as the flaws that give Republicans an unearned boost in political and electoral power remain unreformed . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 9 Nov. 2021",
"But Fugazi drew lots of unreformed hardcore kids, and so the atmosphere inside the club was tense. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Thus the Medicare Part A trust fund, projected before ObamaCare to become insolvent by 2017, lumbers on, largely unreformed . \u2014 Chris Jacobs, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2021",
"That, too, represents institutional failure \u2014 one that will be, if left unreformed , catastrophic. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 31 Aug. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout, Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Nov. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Broidy pleaded guilty in October 2020 to acting as an unregistered foreign agent, admitting to accepting millions of dollars to secretly lobby the Trump administration for Malaysian and Chinese interests. \u2014 Isaac Stanley-becker And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News , 18 May 2022",
"In 2014, a 20-year-old Georgetown University student was sentenced to a year in prison for having an unregistered biological agent or toxin after making ricin during a school break. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"But the other unregistered firearms were found under seats or on the floorboards of the two vehicles. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"But the other unregistered firearms were found under seats or on the floorboards of the two vehicles. \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 1 June 2022",
"The suspects were charged with conspiracy to damage and destroy by fire and explosive and with possession of unregistered firearms. \u2014 Geneva Sands, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
"In San Diego, ghost guns \u2014 unregistered firearms that lack serial numbers \u2014 are a growing problem in the city, police said. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Sep. 2021",
"Others allege that some digital tokens are unregistered securities or that cryptocurrency issuers were deceitful in their marketing. \u2014 James Fanelli, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
"Greene had an unregistered AR-15 rifle and two semi-automatic handguns in his home with thousands of rounds of ammunition, Kelly said. \u2014 Bart Jansen, USA TODAY , 23 Dec. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Michael Fertik warns that the largely unregulated industry is primed for abuse around preventing abuse. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"In this three-part investigation, Heidi Blake and Katie J.M. Baker expose a dangerously unregulated industry \u2014 one that is estimated to control more than a million people in the United States. \u2014 Longreads , 15 Dec. 2021",
"While unregulated industry is the main culprit, that same business world is in a unique position now to do something about it. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Though reliable information about this diffuse and unregulated industry is hard to come by, a report by the research firm IBISWorld found that in 2012, dance competitions alone generated nearly $500 million in revenue. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Aug. 2021",
"While there are professional certifications, such as the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, dog training is an unregulated industry. \u2014 Kate Siber, Outside Online , 11 May 2021",
"But like all cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are largely unregulated and Tether settled a lawsuit with New York in 2021 over misleading claims about its reserves. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 13 May 2022",
"The issue is that these efforts are currently largely unregulated , which could summon the specter of greenwashing. \u2014 Henning Ohlsson, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The goal is to destabilize public education and replace it with a universal, unregulated voucher system which would increase segregation and exacerbate already wide gaps between the rich and the rest of us. \u2014 Time , 29 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is a shining moment for him and was very unrehearsed . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Mar. 2022",
"One evening, after a few drinks and an unrehearsed jam, Howard and David headed back to their shack and David climbed into bed to get some sleep. \u2014 Michael Kosser, Variety , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Her voice is clearly natural, conversational, unrehearsed . \u2014 Will Tizard, Variety , 2 Nov. 2021",
"The cause of this unrehearsed athletic and mental flatulence \u2014 field, to clubhouse, to front office \u2014 is another matter. \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Aug. 2021",
"There can be beauty in the deliberately unpolished and unrehearsed , but poorly shot videos of performers standing cold on a New York beach, making vague and portentous gestures to the ocean, were accidentally awkward rather than defiantly rough. \u2014 Helen Shaw, Vulture , 17 June 2021",
"An unrehearsed conversation affects the listener very differently from a work of art. \u2014 Imani Perry, The New York Review of Books , 15 June 2021",
"There could be some fierce testimony, as the lawyers on each side try to bait executives like Apple CEO Tim Cook and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to lose their cool and say something unrehearsed and unexpected. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 3 May 2021",
"The only unrehearsed moment: after the team had stitched on both hands and DiMeo's new face, his left hand started to change color. \u2014 Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Engineers call them URMs ( unreinforced masonry buildings). \u2014 Sasha Warren, Scientific American , 24 June 2022",
"Those include: Moving beyond unreinforced masonry buildings to look at other unsafe structures. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In Seattle, about one-third of all unreinforced -masonry buildings have been retrofitted. \u2014 Bruce Barcott, Outside Online , 25 Aug. 2011",
"And, overall in the state, there are 140,000 unreinforced structures. \u2014 Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 Feb. 2022",
"In seconds, the unreinforced glass gave way in a single sheet. \u2014 Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times , 4 Oct. 2021",
"An unreinforced battalion usually includes around 50 armored vehicles and up to 400 soldiers. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Thousands of Oregon buildings were built before a Cascadia quake\u2019s scope of devastation was fully understood, and many of them were constructed using unreinforced masonry, which poses a risk of collapse. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 Oct. 2021",
"Many California cities prohibit putting unreinforced brick chimneys in new homes. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"American officials insisted the change was unrelated to the NATO expansion. \u2014 Michael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
"American officials insisted the change was unrelated to the NATO expansion. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"The problem with the Tundra is unrelated to the issue affecting the BZ4X, the company added. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Cody, at the North Carolina Hospital Association, said mergers are part of long-term strategies that are unrelated to the short-term finances of covid care. \u2014 Christopher Rowland, Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
"The accident happened around 3:15 a.m. Thursday and was unrelated to any call, South Windsor sergeant Mark Cleverdon said in phone interview. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 16 June 2022",
"But the two phenomena are not unrelated : McConnell's limited concessions may have ensured the defeat of the rest. \u2014 Benjy Sarlin, NBC News , 15 June 2022",
"Those measures were unrelated to the benefits and compensation being proposed, the justice wrote. \u2014 Sarah Donaldson, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"Others are tying access to discounts to unlawful demands for patient claims data that are unrelated to the mission of 340B. \u2014 Maureen Testoni, STAT , 13 June 2022"
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"With today\u2019s unrelenting wave of gun violence, getting shot felt like an imminent possibility. \u2014 Kyle Casey Chu, Vogue , 1 July 2022",
"An unrelenting , early season heat wave will reach the eastern and southern tiers of the US over the next few days -- and nearly 60% of Americans are expected see temperatures at or above 90 degrees. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"The unrelenting artillery assault is likely to deter Ukrainian counterattacks in the area, the institute said. \u2014 Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com , 18 June 2022",
"The unrelenting artillery assault is likely to deter Ukrainian counterattacks in the area, the institute said. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"Days of unrelenting rain and snowmelt led to a more than 14-foot rise in the Yellowstone River, a historic event that climate experts warn could become more common. \u2014 Katie Jennings, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"Beyond that, any aspiring super app faces unrelenting competition from domestic and foreign rivals, some of which already have a stranglehold on the digital landscape. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 17 June 2022",
"Analysts say the unrelenting criticism and political toxicity of immigration appears to have led to hesitancy among some in White House to place an emphasis on migration at this year\u2019s summit. \u2014 Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 June 2022",
"The laptop industry has been on an unrelenting mission to decrease the size of screen bezels over the past few years, and that has, again, led to a larger display in a smaller body. \u2014 Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG , 8 June 2022"
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"The other major factor behind German use of natural gas is the decision in the 1970s that oil from the Middle East was unreliable and should be avoided at all costs, or almost all costs. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Despite the Texas Republican rhetoric that wind and solar are unreliable , Texas has a massive and growing fleet of renewables. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person\u2019s age, gender, and emotional state can be biased, unreliable , or invasive \u2014 and should not be sold. \u2014 Kashmir Hill, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
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"Rising sophomores Frankie Collins and Kobe Bufkin played bit roles for most of the season and proved unreliable beyond the 3-point line. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Come November, this familiar pattern proves\u2026 unreliable . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The diverse mix of supplies has proved unreliable this year, however. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"North Korea has so far refused all foreign vaccines, leaving its 26 million people vulnerable to even mild strains in a nation where healthcare is already unreliable . \u2014 Jon Herskovitz, Sangmi Cha, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"The other major factor behind German use of natural gas is the decision in the 1970s that oil from the Middle East was unreliable and should be avoided at all costs, or almost all costs. \u2014 Michael Lynch, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Despite the Texas Republican rhetoric that wind and solar are unreliable , Texas has a massive and growing fleet of renewables. \u2014 Ella Nilsen, CNN , 14 June 2022",
"For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person\u2019s age, gender, and emotional state can be biased, unreliable , or invasive \u2014 and should not be sold. \u2014 Kashmir Hill, BostonGlobe.com , 21 June 2022",
"The strait itself remains as neutral as the sky, ever-changing, ever- unreliable , like some people-pleasing friend aware of the pressures of having to be everything to everyone. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"Rising sophomores Frankie Collins and Kobe Bufkin played bit roles for most of the season and proved unreliable beyond the 3-point line. \u2014 Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Come November, this familiar pattern proves\u2026 unreliable . \u2014 Larry Light, Fortune , 14 Oct. 2021",
"The diverse mix of supplies has proved unreliable this year, however. \u2014 Max Colchester, WSJ , 30 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How, then, can the L.A. of unrelieved light be also the L.A. of noir film and fiction? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022",
"His own habitual habit is black pants and turtleneck, quite unrelieved by color or ornament. \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful , 11 June 2021",
"My guess is that Hunter meant for the Denhams\u2019 plight to symbolize the condition of England after World War II, when unrelieved gray austerity was a way of daily life. \u2014 Terry Teachout, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2021",
"Yet Clarke recalls this period as one of unrelieved disability. \u2014 Laura Miller, The New Yorker , 7 Sep. 2020",
"As material for art, emergency medicine, like the climate crisis, would seem, given its tendency toward unrelieved crescendo, both appealing and treacherous. \u2014 Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine , 18 Aug. 2020",
"His tone hinted at still- unrelieved , helpless terror. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 16 Dec. 2019",
"The reason for buying the reissue of an 18-year-old book: Fleming aims for intensity of flavor and respect for seasonality and primary ingredients over show or unrelieved sweet richness. \u2014 Corby Kummer, The Atlantic , 11 Dec. 2019",
"That voice is both dramatic and poetic, informational and expressive, collecting shards of observations and reminiscences, pushing unrelieved tensions to the fore and turning his story into a crisis of consciousness. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 19 Sep. 2019"
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"All of that would have been unremarkable \u2014 except for the fact that the man who slipped past security wasn\u2019t Klay Thompson. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"The Apple Pan\u2019s ham sandwich is simultaneously unremarkable and exquisite. \u2014 Helen Rosner, The New Yorker , 10 June 2022",
"Senior living homes can be unremarkable and frankly, a bit depressing. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Forbes , 1 Sep. 2021",
"This hoodie\u2019s life span should have been unremarkable , like millions of others worn by young men \u2014 ballgames, concerts, parties then, maybe, an old-clothes donation box. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Mar. 2022",
"In the series, an unfulfilled suburban housewife (Ginger Gonzaga) is shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband (Steve Howey) is a skilled international spy. \u2014 Joe Otterson, Variety , 13 May 2022",
"The difference is that one was fun, stylish, quick and innovative, and the other was drab, boring and unremarkable . \u2014 Josh Max, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Mormonism and Mormon culture is for these characters what water is for a fish \u2014 just as unremarkable , and just as essential. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Tokyo Blur and Paris Promenade, feel unremarkable in comparison. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Mar. 2022"
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"His call for further aid highlights the unremitting nature of a conflict that began Feb. 24, when Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory on various fronts. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
"The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"His call for further aid highlights the unremitting nature of a conflict that began Feb. 24, when Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory on various fronts. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 23 May 2022",
"His call for further aid highlights the unremitting nature of a conflict that began Feb. 24, when Russian troops invaded Ukrainian territory on various fronts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 May 2022",
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"So, Jackson had to endure hours of unremitting and unfounded attacks on her integrity and dignity. \u2014 Washington Post , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The two spoke just a few days after Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease an unremitting military crisis on Ukraine's border. \u2014 Allie Malloy, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
"Admitting to suicidal thinking, much less publishing an extended, unalloyed account of it, remains an unremitting taboo. \u2014 Anna Altman, The New Republic , 11 Nov. 2021"
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"The vice chairwoman of the House committee has been unrepentant in continuing to blame Mr. Trump for stoking the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
"Reffitt, who is scheduled to be sentenced later this month, is unrepentant . \u2014 Andrea Bernstein, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
"Fenn estimates that at least 30,000 people have looked for the chest, and searchers range from weekend enthusiasts to semiprofessional hunters to unrepentant fanatics. \u2014 Peter Frick-wright, Outside Online , 11 Aug. 2015",
"The infirm 66-year-old Hale died, unrepentant , in jail before serving out a 14-year sentence. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 1 Apr. 2022",
"At Tuesday\u2019s hearing, prosecutors painted a picture of Crumbley as cruel, unrepentant and talented at hiding his plans to harm others. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"Rothchild\u2019s unrepentant killer quickly seduces the reader through Ruby\u2019s intelligent reasoning, and, oddly enough, compassion, even when her actions are repellant. \u2014 Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Both Neumanns have been largely unrepentant since the company's implosion. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 19 Mar. 2022",
"These coyotes are roving the streets in packs, like unrepentant hoodlums looking for a mark. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Feb. 2022"
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"with an unreserve perhaps never before witnessed in the halls of Congress, the general gave his unvarnished assessment of the war effort",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"However, the music is always a lavish wellspring, and on Dedicated, Jepsen celebrates her capacity for unreserve , intertwining it with her erotic sensibilities. \u2014 Rachelvoronacote, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020"
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"Companies that issued unreserved statements of support during the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the murder of George Floyd have said next to nothing about the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s probable overturning of Roe vs. Wade. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
"The seats at the beautiful bar to the left of the entrance are unreserved . \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2022",
"What shines through is his unreserved affection for the artist: for his songwriting technique, for his refusal to self-aggrandize. \u2014 Cecilia Gigliotti, Longreads , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Prices include $20 for a daily grounds pass, $30 for a daily unreserved bleacher seat, and $99 for VIP per session over the final weekend. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The first part, when the Constitution is scheduled to go up for bid, is a live auction that will be held in New York on November 23, while the second part is an unreserved online sale that runs from that day until December 2. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 20 Sep. 2021",
"An interview, on live TV, with a young gay man who has AIDS, to whom Tammy Faye, risking the rage of Falwell and his troops, offers her unreserved love. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The two have been private about their relationship for the most part, but ever since late June\u2014when Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were photographed in PDA mode\u2014they've seemed more unreserved about showing their love. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Part of his appeal is his unreserved passion when performing. \u2014 Nichole Perkins, Vulture , 17 Aug. 2021"
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"Companies that issued unreserved statements of support during the Black Lives Matter protests in response to the murder of George Floyd have said next to nothing about the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s probable overturning of Roe vs. Wade. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"An interview, on live TV, with a young gay man who has AIDS, to whom Tammy Faye, risking the rage of Falwell and his troops, offers her unreserved love. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 17 Sep. 2021",
"The two have been private about their relationship for the most part, but ever since late June\u2014when Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were photographed in PDA mode\u2014they've seemed more unreserved about showing their love. \u2014 Janae Mckenzie, Glamour , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yet what has been most striking, in the years since Heller, is how generally unresistant Justices and judges have been to that interpretation. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 7 May 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Between seemingly unresolvable cystic acne, attempting \u2013 and failing \u2013 to fit in at a new campus my freshman year with an above-average 6-foot frame and the pressure of college admissions, the period was far from idyllic. \u2014 Cady Stanton, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022",
"The Box, in effect, is a Doomsday Machine whose nature and origin are unresolvable mysteries. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Who could possibly have been more qualified to transmute a form so many of whose early triumphs were about wholesome heartland heterosexuals finding true love into something more challenging and psychologically complex and even unresolvable ? \u2014 Mark Harris, Vulture , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Consequently, seismic waves capture only slices of plumes, and their properties are often the subject of unresolvable debate. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"This practice seems so ingrained as to be unresolvable . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 July 2021",
"Perhaps, at heart, The Good Fight believes that love can transcend politics, even at a time when the conflict in values seems unresolvable . \u2014 Scott Tobias, Vulture , 22 July 2021",
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"And after a couple of days in Texas, many of those issues are still unresolved . \u2014 Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 June 2022",
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"The July 19 primary was already pushed back once by the Maryland Court of Appeals because court challenges were still unresolved . \u2014 Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Golden is close to Jordan, whose status has been unresolved since the Bulldogs\u2019 season ended. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Still unresolved are the bankruptcy proceedings for Puerto Rico\u2019s Highways and Transportation Authority and the Electric Power Company, which owes nearly $9 billion, the largest debt of any government agency. \u2014 D\u00e1nica Coto, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"In poorer countries, the threat is more fraught as governments are torn between offering additional public assistance, which requires taking on burdensome debt, and facing serious unrest . \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2022",
"In June 2020, China\u2019s national legislature sought to quell that unrest by enacting a sweeping new National Security Law for Hong Kong that has been used to all but eliminate the city's pro-democracy opposition. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 30 June 2022",
"Mass transit is better for the environment and more cost-effective \u2014 but watch out for labor unrest . \u2014 Christopher Elliott, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Citing political unrest , the Covid-19 pandemic, and gun violence as examples, Bell emphasizes that these realities have an impact on our collective lives and mental health. \u2014 Katie Dupere, Men's Health , 27 June 2022",
"Typically, Moscow exploits mass protests in the U.S. to amplify discord and divisions in America through social media in the attempt to help foment social unrest . \u2014 Fox News , 25 June 2022",
"Beijing\u2019s main concern is social unrest if lockdowns pull prosperity out of the grasp of millions of Chinese waiting to move into the middle class. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"One thing that ties these countries together is political unrest and authoritarianism. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 24 Mar. 2022",
"When his dad goes to board up their liquor store in South Central in case there's unrest , the boy sneaks out of the house to deliver him a gun for protection. \u2014 John Cho, EW.com , 22 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The light-weight rigid foam remains solid, and the original unrestored paintwork is in excellent condition, with only subtle flaking in small areas. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"Except for the paint, this 1966 Ford remains unrestored and original. \u2014 Maegan Gindi For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ , 26 Mar. 2022",
"According to the duo\u2019s 2021 paper in Water, a few of the new species proliferated, but most of the other species were similar to those in unrestored sections of the creek. \u2014 Erica Gies, Scientific American , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Mission Concepci\u00f3n, which dates to 1755, is the oldest unrestored stone church in America, and visitors can see original frescoes in several rooms. \u2014 Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure , 7 Feb. 2022",
"Largely original and unrestored , this representative of the model is available for $350,000. \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 18 Oct. 2021",
"The church, completed in 1755, is the oldest unrestored stone church in the nation. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com , 6 Apr. 2020",
"The church at Mission Concepci\u00f3n, known as the nation\u2019s oldest unrestored church, has been closed since January, to allow for placement of a metal rim around the base of its dome for stabilization. \u2014 Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com , 18 Mar. 2020",
"This mostly unrestored pickup comes with a brand-new paint job, an 80-inch wheelbase and 40,911 miles. \u2014 Lorraine Longhi, azcentral , 13 Jan. 2020"
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"The child in the car accident was unrestrained .",
"She was fined for driving with an unrestrained infant.",
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"Then, like today, inflation was driven by a dramatic spike in oil and gas prices and an unrestrained Treasury flooding the economy with money. \u2014 Zenger News, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"In a news release on Tuesday, the CPSC warned that these rockers should never be used for sleep and infants should never be left unsupervised or unrestrained in the seat. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"In a 35 mile-per-hour car crash, an unrestrained 60-pound dog will become a projectile with 2,700 pounds of force. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 13 Dec. 2018",
"Mindlessly unrestrained shootings and assaults, often of bystanders, are a constant on big-city streets. \u2014 Daniel Henninger, WSJ , 11 May 2022",
"The ambitions of the Court\u2019s five most conservative members seem unrestrained . \u2014 Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker , 8 May 2022",
"To me, his decision expresses unrestrained freedom even within a predicament of wintry austerity. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Hope, at last unrestrained by not yets, lit the flame for a massive, vaccination effort like nothing the country had ever seen. \u2014 Annika Neklason, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Typically, across the political spectrum there is a recognition that the cost of allowing unrestrained discourse in a free society includes getting things wrong sometimes. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Mar. 2022"
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"the cheerful unrestraint of children",
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"He had never spoken with such fathoms of unrestraint . \u2014 Benjamin Hedin, The New Yorker , 3 Apr. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Women\u2019s Sports Foundation goes a step further, calling for unrestricted participation through 12th grade. \u2014 David Wharton, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
"The unrestricted fund was approved for $579.4 million with amendments. \u2014 Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun , 15 June 2022",
"Cameron Payne and Landry Shamet were their primary backups, but Elfrid Payton ( unrestricted ) and Aaron Holiday (restricted) are both free agents. \u2014 Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The best of both worlds is to offer unrestricted choice. \u2014 David Benjamin And David Komlos, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Access to its website was blocked in Hong Kong, which unlike mainland China has a relatively unrestricted internet. \u2014 Jennifer Jett, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"What could be more fundamental to the protection of life than protecting innocent children from the wanton killing enabled by the unrestricted sale of firearms? \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The higher claimed top speed of 155 mph when fitted with optional summer tires (or 130 mph on the standard all-seasons) is less of a factor in markets lacking unrestricted autobahns. \u2014 Mike Sutton, Car and Driver , 24 May 2022",
"The gift was unsolicited and unrestricted , meaning that the organization can use the funds at their discretion to invest in what is important to the local community, Palmer-Shultz said. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 24 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Its very orderliness, unrevolutionary nature seems to have won the Velvet Revolution a solid chance of sustaining its success and building a fortress of democracy in a region dominated by antidemocratic regimes. \u2014 Tom Ball, The New Republic , 1 July 2019"
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"I managed to unriddle the novel's central mystery before the main character did.",
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"unrideable waves",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, owners will ship back a seat clamp and a special lug from the rear dropout of the bike, rendering the bike unrideable . \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"My surf instructor, Jan Bernard, an experienced rider of Zicatela, told me to get there early \u2014 at least before 10 a.m. when the offshore winds would start to render the waves unrideable . \u2014 Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The importance of trail was elucidated by British chemist David Jones, who in 1970 recounted in Physics Today his efforts to construct an unrideable bicycle. \u2014 John Matson, Scientific American , 14 Apr. 2011",
"Stage 19 of the Tour de France was stopped on Friday as hail and dangerous weather conditions made the roads unrideable . \u2014 Jenna West, SI.com , 26 July 2019",
"In fact, a full 30 percent of bikes had multiple issues or were deemed unrideable . \u2014 Alissa Walker, Curbed , 30 May 2018",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable ; eventually, O\u2019Brien and his wife decided to donate him to a facility where students practice massage on him. \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 18 Oct. 2017",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable ; eventually, O\u2019Brien and his wife decided to donate him to a facility where students practice massage on him. \u2014 Laura Bradley, vanityfair.com , 18 Oct. 2017",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 18 Oct. 2017"
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"unrideable waves",
"an unrideable horse"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Instead, owners will ship back a seat clamp and a special lug from the rear dropout of the bike, rendering the bike unrideable . \u2014 Mark Knapp, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"My surf instructor, Jan Bernard, an experienced rider of Zicatela, told me to get there early \u2014 at least before 10 a.m. when the offshore winds would start to render the waves unrideable . \u2014 Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The importance of trail was elucidated by British chemist David Jones, who in 1970 recounted in Physics Today his efforts to construct an unrideable bicycle. \u2014 John Matson, Scientific American , 14 Apr. 2011",
"Stage 19 of the Tour de France was stopped on Friday as hail and dangerous weather conditions made the roads unrideable . \u2014 Jenna West, SI.com , 26 July 2019",
"In fact, a full 30 percent of bikes had multiple issues or were deemed unrideable . \u2014 Alissa Walker, Curbed , 30 May 2018",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable ; eventually, O\u2019Brien and his wife decided to donate him to a facility where students practice massage on him. \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 18 Oct. 2017",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable ; eventually, O\u2019Brien and his wife decided to donate him to a facility where students practice massage on him. \u2014 Laura Bradley, vanityfair.com , 18 Oct. 2017",
"The horse, whose name is also Dave, turned out to be unrideable \u2014 Laura Bradley, HWD , 18 Oct. 2017"
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"a gun with an unrifled barrel"
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"\u2014 Herman Melville"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Having a wide, smooth, unrifled barrel, the Holman could shoot nearly anything a sailor could fit inside it. \u2014 William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics , 4 Apr. 2017",
"Having a wide, smooth, unrifled barrel, the Holman could shoot nearly anything a sailor could fit inside it. \u2014 William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics , 4 Apr. 2017"
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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to strip of rigging":[
"unrig a ship"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But his broader views on the case for more public spending and unrigging Britain\u2019s rigged economy won widespread support. \u2014 The Economist , 13 Dec. 2019",
"These differences dominated the primary, overshadowing the question of how to unrig the economy. \u2014 Brian Beutler, New Republic , 16 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1562, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8rig"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181349",
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"verb"
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"\u2014 W. W. Wagar"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The millions who tune in to Carlson every night to get their outrage on should remember what their favorite host traffics in: bloviation, demagoguery and unrighteous indignation. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Many people, after all, think that the righteous should prosper and the unrighteous not. \u2014 Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times , 27 July 2021",
"As with all fan bases, there are exceptions, a troubled few who have lost their minds over their fanaticism for a team that on the whole has deserved their righteous support, but not their unrighteous idiocy. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Mar. 2021",
"An early episode in this cycle played out in the seemingly unrighteous realm of Hollywood backstage drama. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 16 June 2020",
"Brief letter from the soldiers of Islamic State in the land of Andalus for the crusaders, the hateful, the sinful, the unrighteous , the corrupting ones. \u2014 Jeannette Neumann, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2017",
"To paraphrase my sacred texts, the shadow of this eclipse will fall on the righteous and the unrighteous alike. \u2014 Rev. Dr. David Williams, Washington Post , 18 Aug. 2017"
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"\u2014 J. M. Barrie"
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"unripe plans"
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"unripe fruit"
]
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"Bananas are green when unripe .",
"unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The compound in the skin that can make vitamin D is known as 7-DHC, or provitamin D3, and it's also found in tomato plant leaves and unripe green fruit. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 23 May 2022",
"Use unripe jackfruit in dishes that call for shredded, ground, or pulled meat. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Throw an unripe avocado into a paper bag with a ripe banana, fold down the opening, and leave it at room temperature on your countertop for a day or two to accelerate the avocado ripening process. \u2014 Antara Sinha, Bon App\u00e9tit , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Green peppercorns are picked when the fruit is unripe . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Maybe animals that have been documented as disliking the taste\u2014horses, vampire bats, rabbits, and axolotls, to name a few\u2014take it as a hint that their food is still unripe , or has gone rancid and is therefore unsafe. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 8 Feb. 2022",
"An unripe fig is one of the few things that get Methuselah's scales in a bunch. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"It's made with unripe plums, whose sour note balances the richness of fatty beef and ground walnuts cooked into the soup. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 5 Jan. 2022",
"In Russia, scientists have regenerated reproductive tissue from unripe fruits of a narrow-leafed campion freeze-dried under the tundra for 32,000 years. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8r\u012bp"
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"callow",
"green",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
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"puerile",
"raw",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
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"ripe"
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]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cream cheese is made from cow\u2019s milk and is unripened . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Nov. 2021",
"Verjus is the juice of unripened wine grapes and has a bright fresh flavor that lends itself well to nonalcoholic cocktails. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 July 2021",
"Just place the unripened avocados in a paper bag with a banana or an apple, fold over the top and leave it on the counter. \u2014 Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Try using corn flour to thicken Cream cheese is a soft, unripened (or fresh) cheese made from cow\u2019s milk. \u2014 Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press , 8 Feb. 2021",
"Mineral notes and unripened peach precede a definite acidic finish. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Very smooth, unripened blackberry and not very tannic. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 12 July 2020",
"Cream cheese is a soft, unripened or fresh cheese made from cow\u2019s milk. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 29 May 2020",
"Those ingredients include unripened green walnuts, which are steeped in a base liquor and infused with some variation of vanilla bean, citrus peels, cloves, cinnamon, and more, depending on the recipe. \u2014 Regan Stephens, Fortune , 21 Dec. 2019"
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"1561, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8r\u012b-p\u1d4amd",
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"circa 1626, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\"+"
],
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"adjective"
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": having no rival : incomparable , supreme":[
"unrivaled greatness"
]
},
"examples":[
"a palace of unrivaled magnificence",
"Her athletic records are unrivaled .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And while every iPhone rumor should naturally be taken with a grain of salt, Kuo\u2019s track record with respect to upcoming Apple products and iPhone features is unrivaled . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"On a trek through the South Luangwa National Park, travelers can check in to new luxury lodges \u2014 and experience the unrivaled thrill of a walking safari. \u2014 Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2022",
"The series\u2019 finale aired this week, and Times television writer Yvonne Villarreal, who has covered the show with an unrivaled authority during its run, was of course there on the set during the shooting of that last episode. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Our global cannabis extraction and production processes are fully audited, ensuring a safe and regulated product with unrivaled potency and consistency. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Vegas is home to some of the world\u2019s most expansive pools with an unrivaled events and entertainment calendar. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
"The glass company's unrivaled collection starts with ancient specimens and continues through contemporary cutting-edge art, while the institution pushes the medium forward through its education, research, and artist residency programs. \u2014 Jessica Ritz, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
"Inside, where curators have a collection of nearly 28,000 works to play with, the expressionist art is stellar, and a bar on the top floor provides unrivaled fjord views. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Here are four dazzling seaside destinations worth visiting in the months ahead, offering unrivaled accommodations, exceptional programming, and breathtaking scenery. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"1607, in the meaning defined above":""
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"inimitable",
"matchless",
"nonpareil",
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"peerless",
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"a palace of unrivaled magnificence",
"Her athletic records are unrivaled .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And while every iPhone rumor should naturally be taken with a grain of salt, Kuo\u2019s track record with respect to upcoming Apple products and iPhone features is unrivaled . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 5 Apr. 2022",
"On a trek through the South Luangwa National Park, travelers can check in to new luxury lodges \u2014 and experience the unrivaled thrill of a walking safari. \u2014 Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure , 4 June 2022",
"The series\u2019 finale aired this week, and Times television writer Yvonne Villarreal, who has covered the show with an unrivaled authority during its run, was of course there on the set during the shooting of that last episode. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 May 2022",
"Our global cannabis extraction and production processes are fully audited, ensuring a safe and regulated product with unrivaled potency and consistency. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
"Vegas is home to some of the world\u2019s most expansive pools with an unrivaled events and entertainment calendar. \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 19 May 2022",
"The glass company's unrivaled collection starts with ancient specimens and continues through contemporary cutting-edge art, while the institution pushes the medium forward through its education, research, and artist residency programs. \u2014 Jessica Ritz, Travel + Leisure , 6 May 2022",
"Inside, where curators have a collection of nearly 28,000 works to play with, the expressionist art is stellar, and a bar on the top floor provides unrivaled fjord views. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Here are four dazzling seaside destinations worth visiting in the months ahead, offering unrivaled accommodations, exceptional programming, and breathtaking scenery. \u2014 Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes , 27 Sep. 2021"
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"inimitable",
"matchless",
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"peerless",
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]
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
]
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": detach , undo , unloose":[
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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},
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"He carefully unrolled the ancient scroll.",
"I unrolled the new carpet.",
"When we arrived at the cabin, we unrolled our sleeping bags.",
"The hose will unroll if you pull on it.",
"Last week, the government unrolled a new vaccination campaign.",
"The scandal unrolled over the course of several weeks.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"How to do them: Start with your fingers pressed flat against your palm, curl them up into a fist, then unroll them joint by joint until your hand is fully open. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 8 Aug. 2020",
"How to use a WAG bag: Open the outer bag, remove the toilet paper and sanitizing wipe, unroll the interior bag, and prop it up on the ground. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 25 Apr. 2022",
"So gather your props, unroll your mat, and get ready to show your muscles some love! \u2014 Christa Sgobba, SELF , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Completely unroll the cake and, using a pastry brush, brush with the soak. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 10 Dec. 2021",
"When the topper arrives, make sure to unpack the product and give it time to fully unroll before placing it on the bed. \u2014 Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Lightweight, flexible panels will unroll to power a next-generation thruster. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Nov. 2021",
"The cake will be easiest to unroll and fill at room temperature. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The challenge was to unroll each hay bale and find a clue in the center. \u2014 Michael Schneider, Variety , 4 Sep. 2021"
],
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8r\u014dl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104127",
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"antonyms":[],
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": not suitable for, conducive to, or given to romance or courtship : not romantic":[
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"an unromantic gesture",
"She describes the extremely unromantic way she met her husband \u2026",
"\u2014 Sara Eckel"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Twitter users mocked the location of the proposal as inappropriate and unromantic . \u2014 Morgan Sung, NBC News , 11 May 2022",
"Your work is distinctly unromantic in its view of the natural world. \u2014 Michael Lapointe, The New Yorker , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Ergo, documenting marital status is essential, if unromantic . \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The story begins nine months after the first season\u2019s rather unromantic conclusion. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The story begins nine months after the first season\u2019s rather unromantic conclusion. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
"The story begins nine months after the first season\u2019s rather unromantic conclusion. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Wright, to be unromantic about it, was about form, not function \u2014 the kind of architect who often perceived structural engineers as the enemy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The story begins nine months after the first season\u2019s rather unromantic conclusion. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-r\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-r\u014d-\u02c8man-tik"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113137",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
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"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
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},
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"She remained unruffled despite the delays.",
"remained unruffled by the news that stocks were in a free fall",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That American Sage Erickson, heretofore marketed by sponsors and the WSL as a delicate, unruffled soul, is capable of unleashing cutting verbal lashings on competitors who have pulled less than sportsmanlike maneuvers in a heat. \u2014 Andrew S. Lewis, Outside Online , 10 June 2022",
"The monarch appeared unruffled as she was pictured being driven from the Royal Air Force station in London to her Windsor Castle home. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2022",
"In each case, their parents are curiously unruffled about two 8-year-olds scampering around without supervision, and barely raise an eyebrow at the fact that the pair seem to be each other\u2019s exact doubles. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 22 Apr. 2022",
"On that note, the lines that struck me most in Sunday\u2019s episode may have been Lexi\u2019s exchange with her (totally unruffled ) stage manager after the play goes off the rails. \u2014 Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Wanda Sykes plays the unruffled mediator between the two women, while Adam Scott has a questionable supporting turn as Charlie's gay best friend. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Her classmate Brasin-Tamarapre Odushu, 20, was equally unruffled when discussing the chance of hostilities. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Feb. 2022",
"The Carnival remained unruffled during cornering, and road noise was minimal up front. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Some people who went to the convention remain unruffled . \u2014 Fortune , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"1600, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unruffled cool , composed , collected , unruffled , imperturbable , nonchalant mean free from agitation or excitement. cool may imply calmness, deliberateness, or dispassionateness. kept a cool head composed implies freedom from agitation as a result of self-discipline or a sedate disposition. the composed pianist gave a flawless concert collected implies a concentration of mind that eliminates distractions especially in moments of crisis. the nurse stayed calm and collected unruffled suggests apparent serenity and poise in the face of setbacks or in the midst of excitement. harried but unruffled imperturbable implies coolness or assurance even under severe provocation. the speaker remained imperturbable despite the heckling nonchalant stresses an easy coolness of manner or casualness that suggests indifference or unconcern. a nonchalant driver",
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"placid",
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"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
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"antonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
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"an unruly crowd",
"a mane of unruly hair"
]
},
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"unruly pupils were given detention as a matter of course",
"a camp that was known as a place where unruly youths were given their last chance to shape up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of unruly passengers on airplanes skyrocketed once air travel rebounded during the pandemic. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"Year-to-date as of Monday, June 6, the Federal Aviation Administration had received 1,483 reports of unruly passengers, which included 1.3 incidents for every 10,000 flights during the week ending May 29. \u2014 Ted Reed, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"If the pile becomes unruly , two smaller heaps work just as well. \u2014 Allison Duncan, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Your unruly subjects will bow down to you as the queen in Alice in Wonderland. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"The younger Relf sister cracks a big, playful smile, her hair in braids \u2014 and not the usual three unruly braids from other pictures of the sisters during this time. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Smaller people might find the large size unruly or unattractive. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 6 June 2022",
"Not surprisingly, then, opera has throughout its history inspired unruly audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"According to the complaint, Castle and DiFrancesco were both seen on surveillance footage entering the Capitol building through a Senate wing door shortly after it had been breached by the unruly mob. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"obstreperous",
"rebel",
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"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
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"wayward",
"willful",
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"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
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"an unruly crowd",
"a mane of unruly hair"
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"unruly pupils were given detention as a matter of course",
"a camp that was known as a place where unruly youths were given their last chance to shape up",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The number of unruly passengers on airplanes skyrocketed once air travel rebounded during the pandemic. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 1 July 2022",
"Year-to-date as of Monday, June 6, the Federal Aviation Administration had received 1,483 reports of unruly passengers, which included 1.3 incidents for every 10,000 flights during the week ending May 29. \u2014 Ted Reed, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"If the pile becomes unruly , two smaller heaps work just as well. \u2014 Allison Duncan, WSJ , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Your unruly subjects will bow down to you as the queen in Alice in Wonderland. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"The younger Relf sister cracks a big, playful smile, her hair in braids \u2014 and not the usual three unruly braids from other pictures of the sisters during this time. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Smaller people might find the large size unruly or unattractive. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 6 June 2022",
"Not surprisingly, then, opera has throughout its history inspired unruly audiences. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"According to the complaint, Castle and DiFrancesco were both seen on surveillance footage entering the Capitol building through a Senate wing door shortly after it had been breached by the unruly mob. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
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"refractory",
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"wayward",
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"unrushed conversation",
"\u2026 you deal with caring, friendly, unrushed professionals \u2026",
"\u2014 James Villas"
]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Wiltfong appreciates Napier\u2019s unrushed approach based on past results, as well as the recent hire of Corey Raymond away from SEC West rival LSU. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Both are graceful, thoughtful, and unrushed , keeping their wits at the heart of an inflammatory tale\u2014not to douse it but to control the course of its fury. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Many songs roar past the three-minute mark, as the band jams and doodles unrushed . \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 14 Apr. 2021",
"That\u2019s the new and unrushed world for Lovely Finish, a filly badly burned in the deadly Lilac Fire that swept across the San Luis Rey Downs training facility in rural Bonsall on Dec. 7, 2017. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 Mar. 2021",
"Imai Messina unfolds how Yui and Takeshi form a friendship of shared experience \u2013 and then navigate the trickier shoals of a deeper relationship \u2013 in lyrical, unrushed prose that avoids sentimentality. \u2014 Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Mar. 2021",
"The tale that Horv\u00e1t has to tell is elliptical, inward, and unrushed , played out on the smallest of scales. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 15 Jan. 2021",
"Bradley weaves these incredibly intimate videos with her own footage of Richardson and her family, always unrushed . \u2014 Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune , 5 Oct. 2020",
"In other words: plenty of chances to bond as a family in a serene, unrushed environment. \u2014 John Wogan, Travel + Leisure , 8 July 2020"
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"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
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"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
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],
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"unsafe drivers"
],
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],
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"feeling frightened and unsafe"
],
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the crowd grew and police perceived the conditions to be unsafe , officers arrived on the scene to shut down the concert. \u2014 Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com , 20 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s detail leader told senior White House staff such a motorcade plan during an even larger rally in January was unsafe and should not happen. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
"Trump\u2019s detail leader told senior White House staff such a motorcade plan during an even larger rally in January was unsafe and should not happen. \u2014 Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The attacks are fueling the perception that the city is unsafe , making some workers reluctant to return to the office and potentially hampering New York\u2019s economic recovery. \u2014 Matt Wirz, WSJ , 5 June 2022",
"Say he get got caught in a storm and worried that pressing on would be unsafe . \u2014 Abigail Barronian, Outside Online , 3 June 2022",
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said any use of tobacco products by children and teenagers is unsafe , but most use begins with flavored products. \u2014 Mary Kekatos, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
"Such recipes can be unsafe and not meet babies' nutritional needs. \u2014 Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 20 May 2022",
"The premise: After Jim (John Krasinski) convinces Dwight (Rainn Wilson) that their building is unsafe in an attempt to get time off work, Dwight instead rents a bus that allows everyone to keep doing their jobs in close quarters. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022"
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"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
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"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"venturesome"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175136",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u2026 television was the last stop on the retail journey, a way to unload merchandise deemed unsalable by any other means.",
"\u2014 David Whitford"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His books are frequently both excellent and unsalable . \u2014 Gemma Sieff, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
"Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021"
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"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125518",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131226",
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"the daring half-hope is expressed that the lovers' unsanctified union may be blessed with issue",
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"\u2026 a solution unsanctioned by educated custom \u2026",
"\u2014 Edward Finegan"
]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dozens of trucks were towed while other vehicle owners received tickets or were arrested over the weekend during an unsanctioned truck meet-up that attracted hundreds of enthusiasts, according to law enforcement. \u2014 Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel , 13 June 2022",
"Phones are a logical starting point for those seeking to limit unsanctioned communications. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
"Soaking their peers in elaborate (and unsanctioned ) schoolwide water wars. \u2014 Lily Altavena, USA TODAY , 20 May 2022",
"Companies tend to deploy too many apps, and that often doesn\u2019t include rogue, unsanctioned apps. \u2014 Jim Brennan, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"McCreary, 36, stridently opposed homeless sweeps and more police, even as unsanctioned camps flourish across the city and shootings and homicides continue to occur at historically high rates. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 May 2022",
"The task force will be looking for evidence of oligarchs taking steps to illegally evade sanctions by surreptitiously transferring money and property to an unsanctioned person or business entity. \u2014 New York Times , 8 May 2022",
"Deltopia, an unsanctioned spring break holiday among students at the University of California Santa Barbara, brought out large crowds over the weekend in Isla Vista, a neighborhood in Santa Barbara County. \u2014 Fox News , 4 Apr. 2022",
"He was charged in 2006 with orchestrating an unsanctioned political rally, but a court in Minsk acquitted him. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022"
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"1785, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051921",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143734"
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"\u2014 Martin Gardner",
"the noble but somewhat unsane faith that by some principle of truth men can be conditioned to perfectly rational behavior",
"\u2014 H. J. Muller"
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"\u2014 J. M. Flagler"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115934",
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"definitions":{
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"examples":[
"He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.",
"an unsatisfactory first attempt at building a birdhouse",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although the kitchen faucet works just fine, showers may become unsatisfactory for some, and lawn sprinklers become effectively nonfunctional. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"If the new itinerary is unsatisfactory , Delta will offer refunds or work with passengers to find flights that meet their needs. \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Yet silence feels like an unsatisfactory alternative. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
"To its credit, NIST realizes how deep the problem is and how crude and unsatisfactory many of our approaches to solving it are so far. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"According to Botelho, that was unsatisfactory to him and others in the competition. \u2014 Andrew Lewis, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Chinese authorities denied Australian diplomats access to Ms. Cheng\u2019s trial on national-security grounds, a decision that Graham Fletcher, Australia\u2019s ambassador to China, said was deeply concerning, unsatisfactory and regrettable. \u2014 Alice Uribe, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Unknown to their impressionable audience, Clinichub had been botching surgeries, and the dolls who were sitting offline with unsatisfactory results were saying the opposite online. \u2014 Symeon Brown, refinery29.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"These are simply unsatisfactory , one and all, with the cheapest ingredients and lowest common denominator of taste. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"\u02c8\u0259n-\u02ccsa-t\u0259s-\u02c8fak-t\u0259-r\u0113",
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"He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.",
"an unsatisfactory first attempt at building a birdhouse",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although the kitchen faucet works just fine, showers may become unsatisfactory for some, and lawn sprinklers become effectively nonfunctional. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"If the new itinerary is unsatisfactory , Delta will offer refunds or work with passengers to find flights that meet their needs. \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Yet silence feels like an unsatisfactory alternative. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
"To its credit, NIST realizes how deep the problem is and how crude and unsatisfactory many of our approaches to solving it are so far. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"According to Botelho, that was unsatisfactory to him and others in the competition. \u2014 Andrew Lewis, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Chinese authorities denied Australian diplomats access to Ms. Cheng\u2019s trial on national-security grounds, a decision that Graham Fletcher, Australia\u2019s ambassador to China, said was deeply concerning, unsatisfactory and regrettable. \u2014 Alice Uribe, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Unknown to their impressionable audience, Clinichub had been botching surgeries, and the dolls who were sitting offline with unsatisfactory results were saying the opposite online. \u2014 Symeon Brown, refinery29.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"These are simply unsatisfactory , one and all, with the cheapest ingredients and lowest common denominator of taste. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although the kitchen faucet works just fine, showers may become unsatisfactory for some, and lawn sprinklers become effectively nonfunctional. \u2014 Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"If the new itinerary is unsatisfactory , Delta will offer refunds or work with passengers to find flights that meet their needs. \u2014 Eve Chen, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"Yet silence feels like an unsatisfactory alternative. \u2014 Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic , 16 May 2022",
"To its credit, NIST realizes how deep the problem is and how crude and unsatisfactory many of our approaches to solving it are so far. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 3 May 2022",
"According to Botelho, that was unsatisfactory to him and others in the competition. \u2014 Andrew Lewis, Outside Online , 19 Mar. 2022",
"Chinese authorities denied Australian diplomats access to Ms. Cheng\u2019s trial on national-security grounds, a decision that Graham Fletcher, Australia\u2019s ambassador to China, said was deeply concerning, unsatisfactory and regrettable. \u2014 Alice Uribe, WSJ , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Unknown to their impressionable audience, Clinichub had been botching surgeries, and the dolls who were sitting offline with unsatisfactory results were saying the opposite online. \u2014 Symeon Brown, refinery29.com , 14 Mar. 2022",
"These are simply unsatisfactory , one and all, with the cheapest ingredients and lowest common denominator of taste. \u2014 Larry Olmsted, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The school\u2019s stance, however, has left many students unsatisfied , said Jon Kay, a rising junior who started a petition demanding Thomas\u2019s termination. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 July 2022",
"In April, at Valle\u2019s sentencing, Plowman again asked about Valle\u2019s background, was unsatisfied , and continued the case. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
"My clients are founders, CEOs, visionaries, billionaires and leaders who have reached incredible heights\u2014and yet feel unsatisfied . \u2014 Jean-paul Gravel, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Election results in San Francisco and Los Angeles were the latest signs of a restless Democratic electorate that remains deeply unsatisfied and concerned about public safety. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"The answer the board received from DPW officials both in writing and in person at a nearly six-hour hearing left members unsatisfied . \u2014 Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun , 2 June 2022",
"Many voters unsatisfied with President Biden\u2019s response could punish the Democrats in the midterm elections later this year. \u2014 Mike Cherney, WSJ , 21 May 2022",
"The Treadmill Is running on the hedonic career treadmill leaving you breathless and unsatisfied ? \u2014 Terry Powell, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"Xuan Li says parents and experts who read the wording closely remain unsatisfied with the statement and that the fear of separation remains real. \u2014 Rebecca Kanthor / Shanghai, Time , 12 Apr. 2022"
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"He is an unsavory character.",
"an unsavory blend of spices that simply overwhelmed the fish's delicate flavor",
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"Some of them are going to be unsavory by American standards. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 June 2022",
"The defamation action is the second from a Cuban exile arguing that the movie falsely maligns Cuban exiles as terrorists and otherwise unsavory characters. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
"These social networks have an additional problem: Promising not to moderate any content whatsoever often leads to platforms being overrun by white supremacists and other unsavory characters. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 5 Apr. 2022",
"These early settlements encouraged other entities to vacuum up patents and emulate the unsavory extortionate practices. \u2014 Ike Brannon, Forbes , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Depp\u2019s defamation suit against Heard revealed more unsavory behavior from the actor, including a long history of substance abuse and threats of violence. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"The people involved were unusual and often unsavory characters. \u2014 Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"While firms prefer to keep their work for unsavory clients under wraps, a leak in 2017 provided a glimpse into how Western firms helped Russian oligarchs hide assets \u2014 and what happened when those clients were targeted by sanctions. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Paul Manafort was a longtime Republican consultant and lobbyist who\u2019d developed a speciality working with unsavory , undemocratic clients. \u2014 Ilya Marritz, ProPublica , 1 Mar. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0101",
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"verb"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But do efforts to make a word unsayable diminish its power or magnify it? \u2014 New York Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
"When so much that\u2019s unsayable now was carelessly said. . \u2014 Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker , 6 Apr. 2020",
"Since the days of Pigmeat Markham, not to mention Lenny Bruce, the comedian\u2019s job has been to say the unsayable \u2014to give voice to the things that stink or bite us in the heart. \u2014 Hilton Als, The New Yorker , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Many unsayable but urgent thoughts in the book\u2019s world simply resemble clich\u00e9s in the reader\u2019s. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"Friendships between women rely, often, on the unsayable \u2014the secret comparisons, the petty jealousies, the familiar patterns of behavior. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 10 July 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As unscalable as this sounds, emails, posts on social media and even letters may not work in this case. \u2014 Expert Panel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"The site is also surrounded by unscalable black fences that curl outward at the top. \u2014 Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 6 June 2022",
"Most farmers, though concerned about increasing pesticide use, saw organic farming as unscalable and ruinously expensive. \u2014 Shely Aronov, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Long gone are the days of unscalable on-premises databases or difficult-to-manage Hadoop clusters. \u2014 Bruno Aziza, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Erected in January, the fence is 7 feet high, made of black metal mesh, and is supposedly unscalable \u2013 its openings purposely too small for a toehold. \u2014 Michael S. Hopkins, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2021",
"The first part of a duology, it is set in a huge city enclosed by a gigantic, unscalable wall and has drawn comparisons to both Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Because of the pandemic and Jan. 6-like security risks, a sea of flags were planted in the ground instead, forming different images inside the federal park cordoned off by a 7-foot unscalable fence. \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 20 Jan. 2021",
"The Capitol complex, typically a hive of activity, remained cut off from its surroundings Sunday night by troop deployments and an imposing scrim of seven-foot-tall, unscalable fencing. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Jan. 2021"
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"These things look the same to my unschooled eye.",
"sculptures made by unschooled artists",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In less than five days, Hartery has grown from being an unschooled bicyclist to a master on her two-wheeler in the parking lot of Conard High School in West Hartford, courtesy of the iCan Bike program. \u2014 Isabella Chan, courant.com , 2 Aug. 2021",
"The whole project by a relatively unschooled and little-known young man was completed in about three months during the spring of 1829, leaving many questions in its wake. \u2014 Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Sep. 2020",
"That\u2019s a classic move in American culture: To see the unschooled and homespun as more authentic \u2014 and especially as more authentically American \u2014 than the sophistries of those decadent old Europeans. \u2014 Blake Gopnik, New York Times , 28 Sep. 2020",
"The nominee viewed him as too young and too unschooled in foreign affairs to help him in the campaign or White House. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Aug. 2019",
"The Best Cook in the World, by Rick Bragg Rick Bragg\u2019s scrumptious food memoir is a tribute to his region, his family, and his mother, who was an unschooled but gifted cook. \u2014 Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor , 9 Apr. 2018",
"Germany is subject to many of the same divisions that have given rise to populist movements lifting Trump in the U.S. and Brexit in the U.K. \u2014 young against old, educated against unschooled , urban against rural. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 2 Feb. 2018",
"Like many of those who founded Hollywood, Goldwyn was an unschooled immigrant who went from mundane work to creating a world of glamour. \u2014 latimes.com , 31 Jan. 2018",
"Coleman himself supplements his buoyant alto playing with art brut-style contributions on trumpet and violin, and his unschooled embrace of those instruments caused additional pushback from listeners. \u2014 Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader , 6 Oct. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As the trio rehearses for Cuevas\u2019s upcoming movie, each of their unscrupulous and egotistic motivations rises to the surface. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"During that time, the conversation around the vaccines has shifted from how to stop unscrupulous people from jumping the line to how to entice holdouts to roll up their sleeves. \u2014 Karen Kaplanscience And Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"Take the unscrupulous entrepreneur who secured funding for a Reputation.com-style ORM site. \u2014 Mark Ellwood, Robb Report , 4 June 2022",
"Subject: the sailor on leave, innocently unscrupulous , his debauches not showing in his appearance. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The latter can offer great deals but might also unintentionally host a few unscrupulous vendors. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
"Background reports are essential for landlords to protect properties from potentially unscrupulous tenants as financial risk in the rental industry has increased, Arizona Multihousing Association CEO Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus said. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"We\u2019re hit with shamelessness right off when Cage is shown auditioning for David Gordon Green, the once-promising director of George Washington who has himself found the Cage secret of nonstop, unscrupulous Hollywood hackdom. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The label came out looking fabulously unscrupulous . \u2014 Michael Friedrich, The New Republic , 3 May 2022"
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},
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"The court unsealed the documents in the Douglas trial today.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Earlier this year, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously sided with The Enquirer and UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh to unseal the case and keep Olthaus' name on the records. \u2014 Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby partially approved the news outlets\u2019 requests in a ruling Thursday, ordering the clerk of court to unseal four documents while keeping others closed from public view. \u2014 Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun , 19 May 2022",
"Portions of grand jury testimony by Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan, could be made public Tuesday after the judge overseeing Mapes\u2019 obstruction of justice case agreed to unseal a motion filed by the defense. \u2014 Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"The new court records were filed in response to ProPublica\u2019s request to unseal the affidavits. \u2014 Robert Faturechi, ProPublica , 12 Jan. 2022",
"Earlier this year, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously sided with The Enquirer and UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh to unseal the case and keep Olthaus' name on the records. \u2014 The Enquirer , 4 Apr. 2022",
"While lawyers fought to unseal those records, reporters pored over court filings to identify those with knowledge of the Armenian genocide insurance cases and spoke to them by phone, email or in visits to their homes and offices. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
"The decision was publicly released on Dec. 1 after an advocacy group for Muslims and the First Amendment Clinic at Arizona State University\u2019s law school separately petitioned the court to unseal the ruling and other records. \u2014 Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Last year, the newspaper retained counsel and petitioned Snyder to unseal those records. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"verb"
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},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Newly unsealed filings in San Diego federal court say the threatening voicemail, left midday May 3, came from 34-year-old Jonathan Ryan McGuire\u2019s cellphone number. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The bikes, which are fitted with relatively fat tires, are particularly useful in forested areas where riders can carve their own paths along unsealed trails. \u2014 Rachel Pannett, Washington Post , 26 May 2022",
"Only court staff, attorneys and family were allowed in, but court documents \u2014 including a warrant for Valle\u2019s arrest issued on Monday \u2014 were unsealed after his case was transferred to adult court. \u2014 Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant , 19 May 2022",
"At Friday\u2019s hearing, an Ormond Beach Police Officer testified that officers found an unsealed bottle of Grey Goose vodka in the front passenger floorboard of the vehicle at the time of the crash, according to the News-Journal. \u2014 Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel , 13 May 2022",
"According to the guide, unsealed decks can lead to severe flooding during heavy rain. \u2014 Michele Lerner, BostonGlobe.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Knowing all of this, Glazier\u2019s unsealed emails, with her words of contempt for vulnerable communities, hit even harder. \u2014 Laquayia Goldring, STAT , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Three recently unsealed complaints from the Department of Justice reveal the extent of the PRC\u2019s efforts to silence dissidents in the United States. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"The Justice Department last week unsealed charges against Ecuador\u2019s former comptroller general over allegedly accepting bribes to secure contracts from Seguros Sucre. \u2014 Dylan Tokar, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 J. H. & Edward Quick"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On China\u2019s Twitter -like Weibo platform, the hashtag #ZhuYiFellDown, which mocked the Olympic debut of Ms. Zhu and which had been viewed more than 200 million times, suddenly became unsearchable , apparently sometime late Sunday. \u2014 Elaine Yu, WSJ , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Her post lasted 30 minutes on Weibo before it was censored, and her name rendered unsearchable . \u2014 Rui Zhong, Wired , 5 Dec. 2021",
"The right to be forgotten The right to be forgotten\u2014to request that information about you be de-listed and made unsearchable \u2014has been a point of contention between Google and the EU since the idea was first proposed back in 2010. \u2014 Kate Cox, Ars Technica , 24 Sep. 2019",
"Working in New York in the 1970s and \u201980s, LeGaspi\u2019s oeuvre is a pre-internet one, making his legacy almost unsearchable online save for a handful of photos and scattershot quotes. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 23 Jan. 2019",
"More than 2,000 people around the world raised their hands when the Boston Public Library put out a call for help to transcribe its extensive, unsearchable and largely illegible collection of old anti-slavery documents. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2018",
"New Hampshire is sending millions of scanned, unsearchable images of public voter data: names, addresses, party affiliations and whether someone has voted. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2017",
"CONCORD, N.H. (AP) \u2014 New Hampshire will send millions of scanned, unsearchable images of voter data to President Donald Trump\u2019s election fraud commission under an agreement reached Monday to resolve a lawsuit challenging the information\u2019s release. \u2014 Holly Ramer, The Seattle Times , 7 Aug. 2017",
"Secret Facebook groups remain unsearchable , and members can only be added or invited by another member. \u2014 Ana Homayoun, New York Times , 7 June 2017"
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"an unseasonable snowstorm in early November",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unseasonable cold will continue through much of the week in the Portland area. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"More rain, unseasonable cold and stronger wind were expected Saturday, followed by even colder temperatures Sunday. \u2014 Ben Nuckols, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
"The Cass Freight Index measure of domestic shipping demand edged up a bare 0.6% in March from the month before, an unseasonable slowing of growth at the end of the quarter. \u2014 Lydia O\u2019neal, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022",
"An unseasonable cold snap that hit Kharkiv in the second week of March encased the building in icicles. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Snow, gusty winds followed by unseasonable cold Saturday Under the advisory slippery road conditions are expected from total snow accumulations of 1-2 inches. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
"An unseasonable cold and rainy spell drifted through Austin on Friday, as attendees poured into the SXSW conference in person for the first time in two years. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The winds last week helped fuel a pair of unseasonable Southern California fires, including the 150-acre Emerald fire near Laguna Beach and the 7-acre Sycamore fire, which destroyed two homes near Whittier. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"As drought continued in much of the West, an unseasonable December wildfire ripped through a Colorado neighborhood near Boulder. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"precocious",
"premature",
"untimely"
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"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"late"
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"an unseasonable summer"
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"unseasonable weather"
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": occurring at other than the proper time : untimely":[]
},
"examples":[
"an unseasonable snowstorm in early November",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unseasonable cold will continue through much of the week in the Portland area. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 May 2022",
"More rain, unseasonable cold and stronger wind were expected Saturday, followed by even colder temperatures Sunday. \u2014 Ben Nuckols, Baltimore Sun , 6 May 2022",
"The Cass Freight Index measure of domestic shipping demand edged up a bare 0.6% in March from the month before, an unseasonable slowing of growth at the end of the quarter. \u2014 Lydia O\u2019neal, WSJ , 13 Apr. 2022",
"An unseasonable cold snap that hit Kharkiv in the second week of March encased the building in icicles. \u2014 Masha Gessen, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Snow, gusty winds followed by unseasonable cold Saturday Under the advisory slippery road conditions are expected from total snow accumulations of 1-2 inches. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 11 Mar. 2022",
"An unseasonable cold and rainy spell drifted through Austin on Friday, as attendees poured into the SXSW conference in person for the first time in two years. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The winds last week helped fuel a pair of unseasonable Southern California fires, including the 150-acre Emerald fire near Laguna Beach and the 7-acre Sycamore fire, which destroyed two homes near Whittier. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Feb. 2022",
"As drought continued in much of the West, an unseasonable December wildfire ripped through a Colorado neighborhood near Boulder. \u2014 Kathleen Ronayne, ajc , 15 Jan. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113-z\u1d4an-\u0259-b\u0259l",
"-\u02c8s\u0113-z\u1d4an-\u0259-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113z-n\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"untimely"
],
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
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},
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"to store \u2026 the few unseasonal clothes",
"\u2014 Max Steele",
"if rains are unseasonal they may scarcely bloom",
"\u2014 American Guide Series: Texas"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064509",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
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"unseasoned performers"
],
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"unseasoned timber/lumber/wood"
],
": not seasoned : such as":[],
": not seasoned with added spices or savory ingredients":[
"unseasoned food"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To be sure, the pair are relatively unseasoned , not just when compared to incredibly veteran presences such as Millsap and Jordan, but when compared to anyone. \u2014 Mark Deeks, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"The mixture of Dungeness and Jonah crabmeat was unseasoned and seemed scant compared to the engorged sourdough loaf the mixture was swiped onto. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
"Patton kicked off her cooking lesson by washing the chicken with cold water before proceeding to throw them in a bag of unseasoned flour. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Adding unseasoned ingredients to seasoned ones makes your mixture bland. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Feb. 2022",
"There\u2019s also a Bow Wow Breakfast Bowl and, for canine visitors, an unseasoned burger. \u2014 Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
"On, a Swiss shoe and apparel brand, has started to make a name for itself with a cast of talented but mostly unseasoned runners. \u2014 Brian Metzler, Outside Online , 10 June 2021",
"Soon enough, Omega rebounds and proceeds to knife-edge chop Danielson in the chest so many times that his upper body now resembles a lump of raw, unseasoned ground beef. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Sunday morning and Monday afternoon included several pieces for larger chamber ensembles, given solid if unseasoned performances by the TMC fellows. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021"
],
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"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113-z\u1d4and"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080847",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unseat":{
"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
],
"definitions":{
": to dislodge from one's seat especially on horseback":[]
},
"examples":[
"He unseated an incumbent senator.",
"The horse bucked and unseated its rider.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The increasingly crowded field of those seeking to unseat Lightfoot also includes Illinois state Rep. Kam Buckner, Southwest Side Ald. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022",
"With one month to go until his 3rd Congressional District primary election, every second leading up to June 28 is crucial for Republican Chris Herrod, who is hoping to unseat incumbent John Curtis. \u2014 Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 May 2022",
"Republican Congressman Jodi Hice is trying to unseat incumbent Brad Raffensperger. \u2014 Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"Those recent missteps have created an opening for a crowded field trying to unseat the sheriff. \u2014 Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
"Allan West, the former Florida congressman turned Texas GOP chairman and unsuccessful gubernatorial hopeful, is trying to unseat National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, per The Reload. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 10 May 2022",
"James is one of the handful of GOP gubernatorial hopefuls hoping to unseat incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 10 May 2022",
"In Indiana, Jennifer-Ruth Green, an Air Force veteran who deployed to Baghdad and served as a mission commander for counterintelligence activities, is looking to unseat Democrat Frank Mrvan in his northern district. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"In Indiana, Jennifer-Ruth Green, an Air Force veteran who deployed to Baghdad and served as a mission commander for counterintelligence activities, is looking to unseat Democrat Frank Mrvan in his northern district. \u2014 Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com , 4 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"defrock",
"depose",
"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unmake",
"unthrone"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034200",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unsecured":{
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
],
"definitions":{
": not protected or free from danger or risk of loss : not secured":[
"unsecured cargo",
"unsecured funds",
"an unsecured loan"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He was released on a $20,000 unsecured bond after his initial court appearance in Akron federal court. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 26 May 2022",
"She was released on a $2,000 unsecured bond, the sheriff's office added. \u2014 Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Shaw was released unsupervised on an unsecured $10,000 bond. \u2014 Rachel Axon, USA TODAY , 15 Mar. 2022",
"The largest unsecured creditor is the U.S. Small Business Administration. \u2014 Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel , 10 June 2022",
"Unsecured Line Of Credit: An unsecured line of credit is taken out against the entire business. \u2014 Phil Dushey, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"People leaving their unsecured firearms in cars has also become a particular problem, Daniel Webster, director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at Johns Hopkins University, told ABC News in an interview. \u2014 Jessie Dimartino, ABC News , 7 June 2022",
"An unsecured bicycle was reported stolen May 19 from the east side of Walgreens, 4820 N. Harlem Ave. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"The dog\u2019s owner told police that the animal escaped through an unsecured gate in his fenced back yard. \u2014 Bob Sandrick, cleveland , 27 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1780, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-si-\u02c8kyu\u0307rd",
"-\u02c8ky\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"slackened"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033725",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
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": not according with established standards of good form or taste":[
"unseemly bickering"
],
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": not suitable for time or place : inappropriate , unseasonable":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He spent unseemly amounts of money on himself.",
"an unseemly interest in their host's income and expenses",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many words come to mind to describe the tenor of Smith\u2019s message directed at Boselli: despicable, na\u00efve, repugnant, astonishing, unseemly and classless. \u2014 Gene Frenette, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The original clock and 60-foot tempietto (that, once upon a time, was used to mask an unseemly water tower) have been painstakingly recreated from archival photographs. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Naysayers are unseemly blockages that will delay a better world. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"There is something unseemly , to put it mildly, about the famous and fabulously wealthy urging crypto on their fans. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Harvard has, in its own small and significant way, with its willingness to face the most unseemly and dishonorable parts of its past, taken meaningful steps toward a path of healing. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"So what does that mean for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms that routinely police hate speech and other unseemly utterances? \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"And with the postseason fast approaching, those otherwise unseemly victories along the way may just help keep USC alive come March. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Graff appears to identify as Felt\u2019s motivation his loss in a rather unseemly competition to succeed J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s when Lakins allowed four runs on five hits, with an additional run charged to Baumann \u2014 an inning as unseemly as the hail that had fallen earlier. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to money, Othram encouraged supporters to donate their DNA, a request that some critics called unseemly , saying donors should contribute to databases easily available to all investigators. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113m-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unseemly Adjective indecorous , improper , unseemly , unbecoming , indelicate mean not conforming to what is accepted as right, fitting, or in good taste. indecorous suggests a violation of accepted standards of good manners. indecorous behavior improper applies to a broader range of transgressions of rules not only of social behavior but of ethical practice or logical procedure or prescribed method. improper use of campaign contributions unseemly adds a suggestion of special inappropriateness to a situation or an offensiveness to good taste. remarried with unseemly haste unbecoming suggests behavior or language that does not suit one's character or status. conduct unbecoming to an officer indelicate implies a lack of modesty or of tact or of refined perception of feeling. indelicate expressions for bodily functions",
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"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
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": in an unseemly manner":[],
": not according with established standards of good form or taste":[
"unseemly bickering"
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": not seemly: such as":[],
": not suitable for time or place : inappropriate , unseasonable":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"He spent unseemly amounts of money on himself.",
"an unseemly interest in their host's income and expenses",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Many words come to mind to describe the tenor of Smith\u2019s message directed at Boselli: despicable, na\u00efve, repugnant, astonishing, unseemly and classless. \u2014 Gene Frenette, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The original clock and 60-foot tempietto (that, once upon a time, was used to mask an unseemly water tower) have been painstakingly recreated from archival photographs. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"Naysayers are unseemly blockages that will delay a better world. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"There is something unseemly , to put it mildly, about the famous and fabulously wealthy urging crypto on their fans. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Harvard has, in its own small and significant way, with its willingness to face the most unseemly and dishonorable parts of its past, taken meaningful steps toward a path of healing. \u2014 Peniel E. Joseph, CNN , 29 Apr. 2022",
"So what does that mean for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms that routinely police hate speech and other unseemly utterances? \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"And with the postseason fast approaching, those otherwise unseemly victories along the way may just help keep USC alive come March. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Graff appears to identify as Felt\u2019s motivation his loss in a rather unseemly competition to succeed J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"That\u2019s when Lakins allowed four runs on five hits, with an additional run charged to Baumann \u2014 an inning as unseemly as the hail that had fallen earlier. \u2014 Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"In addition to money, Othram encouraged supporters to donate their DNA, a request that some critics called unseemly , saying donors should contribute to databases easily available to all investigators. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Some see it as unseemly ; others call it harmless fun. \u2014 Maureen Maher, CBS News , 19 Feb. 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113m-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unseemly Adjective indecorous , improper , unseemly , unbecoming , indelicate mean not conforming to what is accepted as right, fitting, or in good taste. indecorous suggests a violation of accepted standards of good manners. indecorous behavior improper applies to a broader range of transgressions of rules not only of social behavior but of ethical practice or logical procedure or prescribed method. improper use of campaign contributions unseemly adds a suggestion of special inappropriateness to a situation or an offensiveness to good taste. remarried with unseemly haste unbecoming suggests behavior or language that does not suit one's character or status. conduct unbecoming to an officer indelicate implies a lack of modesty or of tact or of refined perception of feeling. indelicate expressions for bodily functions",
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"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
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"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045624",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unselfconscious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not self-conscious":[
"Ray's humility \u2026 was profound and unselfconscious and one of the most astonishing things about him.",
"\u2014 Jay McInerney",
"unselfconscious laughter"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The designer said he was inspired by the unselfconscious , playful sexiness found in the early James Bond films. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 7 June 2022",
"The ease of lingo, the casual, unselfconscious rock \u2019n\u2019 roll swagger in time with hip-hop\u2019s lean: a brilliant ploy of joshing synthesis, perhaps. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Houston is radiant and unselfconscious in front of the camera, writes Marshall, who regarded her with maternal concern. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"The girl\u2019s relaxed left arm is looped under the arm of an adult, Mann herself, in a manner evoking the fond, unselfconscious dependence \u2014 the dependability \u2014 of family. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 9 Feb. 2022",
"To advertise that confidence with an unselfconscious , open-mouthed, haplessly disarming smile \u2014 to resist the urge, in other words, to fake an air of supercilious self-importance \u2014 is the very best thing. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Its most recent albums have been welcoming and unselfconscious ; when performing, the band acts as though its mixture of emotional appeal, pop kitsch, and political sloganeering is utterly unremarkable. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 8 Aug. 2021",
"Through protest and through quarantine, these spontaneous, unselfconscious gestures of familiarity and kinship feel necessary for our survival. \u2014 Safy-hallan Farah, Rolling Stone , 21 Apr. 2021",
"Sall\u00e9e\u2019s model\u2019s pose, with her arms up, removing the pins from her hairpiece, is more reminiscent of Degas\u2019s unselfconscious bathers than of Ingres\u2019s chilly neoclassicism. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2021"
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02ccself-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)-sh\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112420",
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"adverb",
"noun"
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},
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"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"costive",
"illiberal",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"selfish",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"definitions":{
": not selfish : generous":[]
},
"examples":[
"She's a very unselfish young woman.",
"an unselfish man who spends much of his time helping his community",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all of his individual accomplishments, Wagner earns his greatest respect for his unselfish nature and his eagerness to see his teammates excel, according to junior catcher Jake LaVine. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"While some teams have a go-to guy that defenses must key in on, the Chargers beat opponents with unselfish play. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Menominee plays an incredibly unselfish game; on Thursday, the Maroons had 24 assists on their 26 baskets. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Lynch said the key to his team's success is not just the scoring prowess of Calmese and Gonzales, but how unselfish those two guys have been. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Given their absences at guard currently, that unselfish style will be even more important given the tight Eastern Conference race. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022",
"McGee said Pederson, a role player much of his career, will mesh perfectly with the unselfish ethos in the Giants\u2019 clubhouse, and the team has thought the same for awhile, pursuing Pederson before last season, too. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There were unselfish passes, solid screens and passionate rebounding. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Dyson said the key to the Lions\u2019 tremendous success has been their core values of faith, hard work and having unselfish culture that emanates throughout the program. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
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"1698, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8sel-fish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"free",
"freehanded",
"freehearted",
"fulsome",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"open",
"openhanded",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102926",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"cheap",
"close",
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"costive",
"illiberal",
"mingy",
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"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"selfish",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
],
"definitions":{
": not selfish : generous":[]
},
"examples":[
"She's a very unselfish young woman.",
"an unselfish man who spends much of his time helping his community",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For all of his individual accomplishments, Wagner earns his greatest respect for his unselfish nature and his eagerness to see his teammates excel, according to junior catcher Jake LaVine. \u2014 Matt Le Cren, chicagotribune.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
"While some teams have a go-to guy that defenses must key in on, the Chargers beat opponents with unselfish play. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Menominee plays an incredibly unselfish game; on Thursday, the Maroons had 24 assists on their 26 baskets. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Lynch said the key to his team's success is not just the scoring prowess of Calmese and Gonzales, but how unselfish those two guys have been. \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Given their absences at guard currently, that unselfish style will be even more important given the tight Eastern Conference race. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 27 Feb. 2022",
"McGee said Pederson, a role player much of his career, will mesh perfectly with the unselfish ethos in the Giants\u2019 clubhouse, and the team has thought the same for awhile, pursuing Pederson before last season, too. \u2014 Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Mar. 2022",
"There were unselfish passes, solid screens and passionate rebounding. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Mar. 2022",
"Dyson said the key to the Lions\u2019 tremendous success has been their core values of faith, hard work and having unselfish culture that emanates throughout the program. \u2014 Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1698, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8sel-fish"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bountiful",
"charitable",
"free",
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"freehearted",
"fulsome",
"generous",
"liberal",
"munificent",
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"If the Rams take home the Lombardi Trophy on Sunday, all that Bengals gear will instantly become unsellable , at least in the eyes of the NFL. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"This leads to a waste of time and money to scale an unsellable product. \u2014 Bhaskar Ahuja, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The fact that basically anyone could design and sell hastily coded Atari 2600 games with no interference from or cooperation with Atari led to a game market flooded with shovelware and to clearance bins filled with unsellable dreck. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2021",
"TheRealReal has been donating unsellable vintage garments to Collina Strada, whose designer Hillary Taymour remakes them into one-of-a-kind upcycled wonders. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 16 Dec. 2021",
"Delivery service Imperfect Foods has made a whole business out of that, saving foods considered unsellable , often because of physical deformities that don\u2019t impact taste or nutritional value. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 July 2021",
"In each case, Black families had little choice but to leave, giving up not only their houses, which pollution had rendered unsellable , but also their community. \u2014 Anya Groner, The Atlantic , 7 May 2021",
"For the Hollywood of the seventies and eighties, the Victors of the world were unrecognizable\u2014and unsellable \u2014types. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 17 May 2021",
"Each of the more than 50 items in the ReCollection 01 line, which launched today, is made from unsellable pieces donated by the designer and reinterpreted by Atelier & Repairs, an L.A.-based workshop focused on perpetuating circular fashion. \u2014 Julia Gall, Marie Claire , 1 Apr. 2021"
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"This unsentimental calculation led to the forcible removal of people who\u2019d lived and worked on properties for generations. \u2014 New York Times , 5 May 2022",
"Published in the summer of 2016, it was pitched as a generous but unsentimental portrait of the disaffected White working class \u2014 though not one that drifted into potentially off-putting populist territory. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Washington Post , 4 Jan. 2022",
"This unsentimental murder mystery follows a Chinese American family in small-town Wisconsin whose restaurant, Fine Chao, is the site of owner Leo Chao\u2019s mysterious demise. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
"In return, Duchamp made at least one drawing of Stettheimer, a pencil sketch that is, touchingly, not at all Duchampian but a skillful, unsentimental registry of her sharp, intelligent features. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"The first to go on trial in connection with to the Watergate break in, Chapin writes that Nixon could be unsentimental in his use of people, but harbors no regrets about his years of loyal service. \u2014 ABC News , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Published in the summer of 2016, it was pitched as a generous but unsentimental portrait of the disaffected White working class - though not one that drifted into potentially off-putting populist territory. \u2014 Simon Van Zuylen-wood, Anchorage Daily News , 9 Jan. 2022",
"The effect is nostalgic, but the subtext is unsentimental : Time marches forward. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
"For a man always tagged by his colleagues as deeply unsentimental , that theater, and its players, seem to have provided an emotional locus. \u2014 Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times , 25 Dec. 2021"
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"The promoters of these nonsensical narratives are remarkable for their unserious views on how the world works. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"And Democrats, no longer confident that an unserious huckster was destined to lose, were not at all complacent. \u2014 Jill Filipovic, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"If so, that would mean the administration is alarmingly unserious or dangerously delusional. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"In his first statewide television ad, McCrory uses recent comments from US Rep. Ted Budd to depict him as unserious about foreign policy. \u2014 Michael Warren, CNN , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Never conspicuously serious, Duchamp cultivated a novel tone for art: call it seriously unserious . \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Already, Democrats have dismissed the DeSantis map as unserious , accusing the governor of blatantly violating the state Constitution's Fair District amendment and the Voting Rights Act. \u2014 Steve Contorno, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Through the sheer intensity of his descriptive powers and the undeniable ways in which surfing has shaped his life, Barbarian Days is an utterly convincing study in the joy of treating seriously an unserious thing . . . \u2014 Square Contributor, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"The promoters of these nonsensical narratives are remarkable for their unserious views on how the world works. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"If so, that would mean the administration is alarmingly unserious or dangerously delusional. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"On Wednesday, a team researching Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, uncovered an unserved warrant for the arrest of the woman whose accusations against him led to his death. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 1 July 2022",
"Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black boy who was abducted and murdered in Mississippi in 1955, has discovered an unserved arrest warrant for the white woman whose accusations led to his gruesome death. \u2014 Alex Traub, New York Times , 30 June 2022",
"According to the Associated Press, part of the team that discovered the unserved warrant included Emmett's cousin, Deborah Watts, who heads the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, and her daughter, Teri Watts. \u2014 Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"Now, the discovery of an unserved 1955 warrant charging Carolyn Bryant Donham, the wife of Bryant and a witness to events leading up to the murder, has the Till family calling for an arrest and answers, according to The Associated Press. \u2014 Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"Till discovered in a Mississippi courthouse basement an unserved warrant for the woman who accused Till of grabbing and propositioning her. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 30 June 2022",
"Till is calling for the woman linked to the Black teen\u2019s kidnapping in 1955 to be arrested after a team searching for new evidence into the infamous lynching found an unserved warrant for her that was never executed almost 70 years ago. \u2014 Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post , 30 June 2022",
"Las Vegas is the top unserved market from Akron-Canton, according to airport officials. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 9 June 2022",
"The Capital Projects Fund is separate from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program approved in November 2021, which will give subsidies to ISPs that build in unserved and underserved areas. \u2014 Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica , 7 June 2022"
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"Heller lowered flags into the fire as members of the Sons of the American Legion handed him unserviceable flags. \u2014 Lydia Morrell, Journal Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"The Federal Flag Code says that unserviceable flags should be burned in a respectful, ceremonial manner, but do so discreetly so people don't misinterpret your intentions. \u2014 Rebecca Deczynski, Good Housekeeping , 7 June 2021",
"Franklin Park Boy Scout Troop 158 helped carry dozens of American flags, which were deemed unserviceable , to a hearse to be honorably disposed of through cremation at Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home. \u2014 Anna Kim, chicagotribune.com , 12 Nov. 2020"
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"As with a fractured bone that has gone unset , the body has limped forward, but each step is ragged and halting, doing further damage to the untreated injury. \u2014 Grace Segers, The New Republic , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Bob\u2019s Burgers Moved from July 17, 2020, to April 9, 2021, but now date is unset . \u2014 Vulture Editors, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021"
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"It\u2019s not only Sherman Edwards\u2019s lyrics that unsettle with newfound verve, especially in a New England locale such as Cambridge, Boston\u2019s next-door neighbor. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"While this may unsettle some, the many people worldwide who were previously shut out of banking and finance due to geographical or logistical barriers feel otherwise. \u2014 Reco Mccambry, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"Most filmmakers who want to unsettle you in a horror movie will reach for a familiar set of tools: slashers, demons, shock cuts, soundtracks that go boom! \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 23 May 2022",
"In New York, 2022 began with a string of the type of random crimes that unsettle people most. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 Feb. 2022",
"As if inflation was not enough to unsettle Americans, a serious shortage of baby formula put parents on edge. \u2014 Richard Galant, CNN , 15 May 2022",
"The game itself is a scary experience designed to thrill and unsettle . \u2014 Andy Robertson, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Thomas' absence would be unlikely to unsettle that majority. \u2014 NBC News , 20 Mar. 2022",
"But the movie may unsettle purists who feel that torch needs to be passed around to a more diverse crew of musicians. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"Oglethorpe said Saturday that the dispute remained unsettled . \u2014 Jeff Amy, ajc , 18 June 2022",
"The question of eventual resale value remains unsettled . \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"The increasingly unsettled environment might make some think twice before quitting their current gig, but CEOs who blindly follow Musk\u2019s office mandate could get a harsh lesson in the new rules of work. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The increasingly unsettled environment might make some think twice before quitting their current gig, but CEOs who blindly follow Musk\u2019s office mandate could get a harsh lesson in the new rules of work. \u2014 Matthew Boyle, Fortune , 4 June 2022",
"The tension subsided for a little, but the campers remained unsettled , not knowing their fate. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Negotiations were expected to continue into the weekend, all sides indicating that just a few issues remained unsettled in the package of social services and climate-change strategies. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Music City has an unsettled stadium situation and isn\u2019t exactly a futbol mecca. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 14 June 2022",
"The Capitals' unsettled goaltending situation seems like a major liability against the best offense in the NHL. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 2 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Regardless of how much new gas ultimately comes online, very little of it will help Europe now, when countries on the continent are desperate to unshackle themselves from Russian energy. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Apr. 2022",
"General Electric\u2019s decision to unshackle its core industrial businesses by splitting itself into three separate companies hasn\u2019t done much for investors. \u2014 Ryan Beene, BostonGlobe.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
"One of the best things to happen from the outbreak was the freedom to unshackle from the bonds of being in an office building over 80 hours a day, five days a week. \u2014 Jack Kelly, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Collectively, the hope is that these new projects completely change the perception of Taranto, for visitors and residents alike, and unshackle the city's destiny from that of Ilva. \u2014 Jonathan Hawkins, CNN , 31 Aug. 2021",
"Five years ago, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged to unshackle the economy from oil exports by 2020. \u2014 Benoit Faucon, WSJ , 19 July 2021",
"In 2016, the zoo agreed to provide Kaavan with more water and to unshackle him, but little else changed. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2021",
"However, a flat-deck Type 003 carrier under construction introduces an electromagnetic catapult system, which should unshackle the performance of embarked air wings. \u2014 Sebastien Roblin, Forbes , 20 Apr. 2021",
"The government says the new laws will unshackle farmers and private investment, bringing growth. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Jan. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The workhorse pitcher from Northwestern was well-known by ASU, but still proved difficult for ASU\u2019s offense and was unshakable in the extra innings with a great defense behind her. \u2014 Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"In waging war on Ukraine, Putin miscalculated, believing that Europe\u2019s reliance on Russian fossil fuels was unshakable . \u2014 Kate Brown, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Janine works overtime for her students and has an unshakable , Leslie Knope\u2013ian enthusiasm for her job. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 22 Mar. 2022",
"All those LPs featured him either in small ensembles or alone at the piano, demonstrating his wily, wandering harmonic sense and his unshakable feel for bebop rhythm. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
"That unshakable backbone is part of why, even for a documentary that gets some marquee value out of mentioning Carlile in its name, Tucker still gets her name above as well as within the title. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Where does this unshakable optimism, this endurably positive attitude, come from? \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 Feb. 2022",
"But one single study\u2014especially one with as many issues as this study\u2014should never be taken as unshakable proof of anything. \u2014 Stuart Ritchie, The Atlantic , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Zelensky has been unshakable diplomatically, refusing Western demands to set aside Ukraine\u2019s aspirations to join NATO, a key goal of Putin. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"But the gun-rights lobby\u2019s hold on the Republican Party is unshaken , and action on proposals such as universal background checks and a new assault-weapons ban remain stalled in part because of the narrow partisan divide in the Senate. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
"Even after Wednesday\u2019s home run, Thomas was unshaken . \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 13 May 2022",
"Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson\u2019s romance remains unshaken by Kanye West\u2019s public statements against them. \u2014 ELLE , 21 Mar. 2022",
"In an exclusive Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll Trump's support is largely unshaken after his second impeachment trial in the Senate. \u2014 Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY , 22 Feb. 2021",
"An unshaken Chance continued reporting, breaking down the state of Ukraine's defense against Russia. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Ali Abulaban may be in jail facing murder charges, but his social media presence remains unshaken . \u2014 Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Europe\u2019s commitment to anti-migrant programs in Libya remains unshaken . \u2014 Ian Urbina, The New Yorker , 28 Nov. 2021",
"But generally speaking, the company\u2019s growth trajectory has continued relatively unshaken , in large part because of a lesson NSA leaders learned the hard way four years ago. \u2014 Ethan Karp, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
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"It\u2019s by far the album\u2019s worst song, and the one that feels most unshaped by Max Martin\u2019s touch. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Years ago, these yew shrubs were dishevelled & unshaped , so The Prince tasked his gardeners with creating their own intriguing topiary designs. \u2014 Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 Nov. 2020"
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"The film has the support of the Bowie estate and draws from thousands of hours of footage, much of it previously unshared . \u2014 Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
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"Perhaps because of restrictions imposed by the pandemic, townhouses have also enjoyed a resurgence in both Manhattan and Brooklyn this year; there has definitely been an increase in the appeal of unshared space and outdoor space. \u2014 Frederick Peters, Forbes , 3 Jan. 2022",
"In 2018, around 66% of Seattle's residential land was reserved for single-family homes or stand-alone residences with unshared walls and utilities. \u2014 Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner , 25 Jan. 2021",
"But restrictions on class size, requirements for 35 square feet of unshared space and the like remain in place. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Their very essence is to provide virtual connections to people in far-off times and places\u2014and to experiences that would otherwise remain unshared , even among people close by. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 Oct. 2020",
"My son\u2019s birth signified our first unshared experience. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Mar. 2020"
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"The organization also pointed to its 2014 survey that found Sikh children who have articles of their faith such as turbans, other head coverings and unshorn hair are bullied at a rate of 67%. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Unlike Samson, the unshorn hair on me and my son is a reminder of our strength, but not the source of it. \u2014 Vanessa Hua, Time , 3 Nov. 2021",
"Six women raise their hands, flashing thick thatches of unshorn underarm hair. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 June 2021",
"Many practicing Sikhs are visually distinguishable by their articles of faith, which include the unshorn hair and turban. \u2014 Casey Smith, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Keeping it unshorn and tied up in a turban is a key tenet of his religion. \u2014 Harmeet Kaur, CNN , 27 May 2021",
"Many practicing Sikhs are visually distinguishable by their articles of faith, which include the unshorn hair and turban. \u2014 Casey Smith, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Many practicing Sikhs are visually distinguishable by their articles of faith, which include the unshorn hair and turban. \u2014 Casey Smith, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2021",
"Many practicing Sikhs are visually distinguishable by their articles of faith, which include the unshorn hair and turban. \u2014 Casey Smith, Fox News , 18 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In contrast to the corruption that surrounds him, Suiter does his job with unshowy integrity. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Apr. 2022",
"The cast is uniformly excellent, in a suitably unshowy but fully lived-in way. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022",
"Like Ishiguro, Chan writes in measured, unshowy prose. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The unshowy , nearly flat surface of her writing is rippled by patterns of repetition: an understatement that, like Hemingway\u2019s, attains its own kind of drama. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
"But then came Mr Phillips (2000), an unshowy third-person narrative about a day in the life of a middle-aged accountant. \u2014 James Walton, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
"But then came Mr Phillips (2000), an unshowy third-person narrative about a day in the life of a middle-aged accountant. \u2014 James Walton, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021",
"There\u2019s an unshowy poetry to DP Ahmad Saiffudin Musa\u2019s imagery, echoed by other thoughtful design contributions and an editorial pace simultaneously lulling and tense. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 27 Oct. 2021",
"But then came Mr Phillips (2000), an unshowy third-person narrative about a day in the life of a middle-aged accountant. \u2014 James Walton, The New York Review of Books , 1 July 2021"
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"If the concrete was made to look like stone or designed with a grain, try to brush in line with the original surface to avoid any unsightly scratches. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
"The property overlooking Bear Lake (plus an unsightly flurry of developments) offers four tent styles in ascending levels of luxury. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"When the prominent British sports promoter pitches his vision of drawing impressive crowds and strong U.S. television viewership with darts, the initial reaction is to recoil as if an unsightly plate of bangers and mash has been set before them. \u2014 Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY , 25 May 2022",
"For offensive numbers to take such a massive step backward in the first year that totally eliminated the unsightly spectre of pitchers coming to bat is a major development. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The drainage canal is covered by cement, an unsightly legacy of a flood control project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t cut away the unsightly threads just yet, because a hole is easier to patch if a few thin bits are helping hold that section\u2019s shape. \u2014 Ebony Roberts, Outside Online , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"As the problem metastasizes, city officials have zeroed in on a new strategy to clear the unsightly encampments even as service providers warn there is not enough temporary or permanent housing for the region\u2019s homeless population. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Jan. 2022"
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"If the concrete was made to look like stone or designed with a grain, try to brush in line with the original surface to avoid any unsightly scratches. \u2014 Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens , 23 June 2022",
"The property overlooking Bear Lake (plus an unsightly flurry of developments) offers four tent styles in ascending levels of luxury. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
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"For offensive numbers to take such a massive step backward in the first year that totally eliminated the unsightly spectre of pitchers coming to bat is a major development. \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The drainage canal is covered by cement, an unsightly legacy of a flood control project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"Don\u2019t cut away the unsightly threads just yet, because a hole is easier to patch if a few thin bits are helping hold that section\u2019s shape. \u2014 Ebony Roberts, Outside Online , 1 Nov. 2021",
"As the new shoots take the place of taller, older stems, more of the unsightly portions can be removed. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Feb. 2022",
"As the problem metastasizes, city officials have zeroed in on a new strategy to clear the unsightly encampments even as service providers warn there is not enough temporary or permanent housing for the region\u2019s homeless population. \u2014 NBC News , 23 Jan. 2022"
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"This influx of rural Black residents, most unskilled and lacking education, increased poverty in the Black communities in a number of Southern cities. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"According to Lehmann, being an unskilled or poor listener might affect one\u2019s life in a few ways. \u2014 Mark Travers, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research HURT: Preventing employers from hiring inexperienced and/or unskilled workers deprives them of the capacity to attain work skills and obtain experience. \u2014 Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2022",
"But real wages for unskilled workers have been declining at an accelerating rate this year. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Skilled technicians may not see wage increases as great as unskilled labor, for example, or vice versa. \u2014 Bill Conerly, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
"This is not an excuse to DIY or bring in an unskilled pro, Hotarek cautions. \u2014 Jamie Gold, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Paris is described in the Iliad as unskilled and cowardly, epitomized by his decision to use a bow and arrow in the Trojan War rather than engage in hand-to-hand combat. \u2014 Meghan O'gieblyn, Wired , 6 Oct. 2021"
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"With so many stuck at home doom-scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief. \u2014 Charles Mcnultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Henry\u2019s unslaked rage, in his desperate need to keep Annette\u2019s show going\u2014and to feed his ego\u2014veers to crime. \u2014 Richard Brod, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Starre Vartan is a freelance writer with an unslaked curiosity about the natural world, which was sparked in an outdoors childhood spent in the tide pools of Sydney, Australia and the wetlands of New York's Hudson Valley. \u2014 Starre Vartan, Scientific American , 24 Oct. 2019"
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"The minister of Islamic affairs and guidance, normally an unsmiling type, now cheerily defended the opening of cinemas and mass layoffs of Wahhabi imams. \u2014 Graeme Wood, The Atlantic , 3 Mar. 2022",
"My segments are all totally deadpan, unsmiling , sarcastic. \u2014 Michael Ian Black, The Atlantic , 15 Sep. 2020",
"There is a photograph of the act in which Houdini\u2019s unsmiling face sticks out above the can (his knees were pulled up to his chest). \u2014 David Denby, The New Yorker , 23 Mar. 2020",
"Moser\u2019s front cover comes to us without words: just a Richard Avedon photo from 1978, with its subject in a dark turtleneck and loose leather jacket, lean and handsome and unsmiling , yet maybe just a bit amused. \u2014 Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The visual design of the show is exceptional, from Andr\u00e9s\u2019s cerulean hair and asymmetrical ruffled blouses to the creepily pastel dental office where the unsmiling \u00darsula works. \u2014 Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker , 1 July 2019",
"So how did fashion\u2019s favorite unsmiling doyenne end up dabbling in the fine arts? \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 25 Jan. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It was left unfinished, with rough, unsmoothed chisel marks skirting its lower third. \u2014 Lauren Keith, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Nov. 2020",
"In the midst of Thursday\u2019s sharp price falls, traders rediscovered the value of caution, and puts became popular again, with the unsmoothed ratio returning to its long-run average. \u2014 James Mackintosh, WSJ , 6 Sep. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ukraine has been able to kill a number of high-level Russian generals who have had to move to the frontlines deeper within the country to try unsnarl their forces' failure to progress. \u2014 Margaret Brennan, CBS News , 6 May 2022",
"It is meant to unsnarl train traffic and allow CTA to run more trains along the Red Line. \u2014 Sarah Freishtat, chicagotribune.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"As the ban continues, major shippers will try to redirect their supply \u2014 Mexican avocados may head to Europe and avocados from Peru may swoop into the United States, changes that may be hard to unsnarl if the ban lasts for months. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Feb. 2022",
"And hopefully the Omicron-inducedslowdown will be brief, the supply chain will continue to unsnarl and most people won't have to worry about groceries quite as much. \u2014 Zachary B. Wolf, CNN , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Analysts called it a good first step in resolving supply problems that have fueled rising inflation and caused random shortages of goods, but said there's only so much a U.S. president can do unsnarl a global logistical mess. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 14 Oct. 2021",
"As the administration tries to unsnarl the nation\u2019s supply chain problems, John Pocari is the man in the spotlight. \u2014 David Lauter, Los Angeles Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
"Taking the time to unsnarl an emotional knot could be worth giving your to-do list the day off. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 4 July 2021",
"The ambitious plan, which could top $10 billion, would open up the waterfronts of Hartford and East Hartford to public use and unsnarl a traffic bottleneck at the intersection of I-84 and I-91. \u2014 Daniela Altimari, courant.com , 13 Sep. 2019"
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"For instance, long and unsociable hours are commonplace, and while this is in part due to the shortage of skilled personnel, there is also a cultural element to this that prohibits many from considering it a viable career. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Gaming has so often been painted with the wrong brush \u2014 stereotyped as being isolating and unsociable . \u2014 Bartosz Skwarczek, Forbes , 17 June 2021",
"The social media generation is increasingly clueless and unsociable . \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 1 Mar. 2020",
"Samuel Johnson, one recalls, a ferociously unsociable reader, and blind as a bat, was constantly in danger of singeing his wig against his candle. \u2014 John Sutherland, New York Times , 2 Jan. 2018",
"The mighty otaku: Japan\u2019s growing legion of geeks, once derided as unsociable misfits, has become a significant force of spenders whose financial clout is expected to keep growing. \u2014 Wired News Report, WIRED , 7 Oct. 2005",
"Born in 1852 in a small town in northeastern Spain, Cajal described himself as a poor student, shy and unsociable , Swanson writes. \u2014 Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian , 23 Jan. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Jan. 2022",
"And so this silly question is making the rounds on silly sports talk shows and silly unsocial media: Which NFL team is Julio Jones-away from winning the Super Bowl? \u2014 Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 June 2021",
"Of course the talk show/ unsocial media furor over Luck\u2019s retirement hasn\u2019t been surprising, because people are idiots \u2014 and that includes certain numbskull members of the media. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Aug. 2019",
"Fueled by unsocial media, these playoffs brought out comparison upon comparison. \u2014 Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com , 17 June 2017",
"Snap Inc., which this week could become the biggest technology public offering in years, is the unsocial social-media company. \u2014 Georgia Wells, WSJ , 27 Feb. 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An adulteration to Balenciaga's unsoiled $625 Paris sneaker, the distressed version costs more than double: $1,850. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"What do skewered ears have to do with the unsoiled innocence of Tony\u2019s love for Maria (Rachel Zegler), Bernardo\u2019s sister? \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 10 Dec. 2021",
"It was led by David Dobrik, who, until recently, was one of the few YouTubers who enjoyed a relatively unsoiled reputation by industry standards. \u2014 Rebecca Jennings, Vulture , 4 Mar. 2021"
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"According to The Elec, unsold inventory usually represents about 10% of any company\u2019s total shipments. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 22 June 2022",
"Target said it\u2019s cutting prices due to mounds of unsold inventory. \u2014 Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"If goods are delayed in shipping and consumer needs change by the time the goods arrive in the store, retailers must decide what to do about all the unsold inventory and scramble to order more of the goods that consumers are now demanding. \u2014 Peter Cohan, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"The inventory of unsold homes was down 15.5% from February 2021. \u2014 Alex Veiga, chicagotribune.com , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Some companies leave unsold items with the homeowner, but others do trash removal at the end of the day. \u2014 Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Just up the road from the site that hosted the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, an undercover investigation of an Amazon UK fulfillment centre found that most returns and unsold items were destroyed. \u2014 Tima Bansal, Forbes , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Most brands produce too many goods, which leads to heavy discounting to clear unsold items. \u2014 WSJ , 25 Sep. 2021",
"The thrift stores' profits go toward community programs and employment services, and Deseret Industries sends unsold items to be used in humanitarian relief, according to their website. \u2014 Alexis Potter, The Arizona Republic , 19 Apr. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sadly, this also means folks are out here offering unsolicited body commentary at the grill and in the DMs. \u2014 Taiia Smart Young, refinery29.com , 20 June 2022",
"His path to a career in journalism began with writing unsolicited op-eds about international and human rights issues and submitting them to major newspapers. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 June 2022",
"Never make unsolicited or unexpected physical contact with waitstaff. \u2014 Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure , 12 June 2022",
"Magpies dropped by to share their unsolicited opinions, and ducks with someplace to be honked overhead. \u2014 Andrea Sachs, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"In a statement sent to CNN, her lawyer Charles Morel said the luxury real estate Rolland acquired from the Bongo family was unsolicited and was only discovered to be questionable after many years. \u2014 Dalal Mawad, CNN , 3 June 2022",
"Then top it all off with advice\u2014both solicited and unsolicited \u2014from friends, family, neighbors, and that chatty guy who sat next to you on the airplane. \u2014 Brennan Barnard, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Since Musk made his unsolicited $44 billion bid to take Twitter private, the social media company has implemented a hiring freeze, laid off key employees, and transferred staff away from more experimental projects. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
"As a place to be, the Elizabeth Line is nothing like the Tube, which is brisk, hot, cacophonous\u2014a realm of unsolicited bodily intimacy, bottlenecks, and sudden winds. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"To the Philadelphia 76ers, or at least some 76ers, Erik Spoelstra\u2019s team is hardly an unsolvable riddle, even after Monday night\u2019s 106-92 loss to the Heat. \u2014 Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
"In the game, a horrifying series of unsolvable murders suddenly grips New York City, as the mutilated bodies of Wall Street brokers and their clients begin to appear across the city. \u2014 Todd Spangler, Variety , 31 May 2022",
"But this challenge is still unsolvable in the market for now. \u2014 Yanie Durocher, Forbes , 10 Nov. 2021",
"And, certainty fixation can lead us to focus too much on solving an unsolvable problem instead of putting together an actionable strategy. \u2014 Derek Rucker, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"It\u2019s all just so emblematic of what this season has been \u2014 moments of positivity surrounded by unsolvable problems that ultimately sink the Lakers on most nights. \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 16 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s as if the Heat\u2019s depth suddenly will become some type of unsolvable riddle for Erik Spoelstra. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Alonso directs Marta Nieto and Miguel \u00c1ngel Sol\u00e1 in this powerful thriller wrapped around an unsolvable mystery. \u2014 Emilio Mayorga, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Tintin, of course, was the Belgian comic-book character who traveled the world with his dog, Snowy, solving unsolvable crimes. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"She was innocent and unsophisticated when she left for college.",
"mistakenly believed that the tribe was unsophisticated and would sell their land for a fraction of its worth",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like Cutler, White doesn\u2019t believe Berner\u2019s story of death by indigestion: early-twentieth-century medical science wasn\u2019t that unsophisticated . \u2014 Maia Silber, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"But experts have been surprised that Russia\u2019s disinformation strategies are as unsophisticated as their real-life ones. \u2014 Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022",
"The very real terrors that might have once existed have been replaced by curiosity and a condescending nod to the gullibility of unsophisticated people born in a different era. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"For all its eyebrow-raising effect on the conflict, the Tochka is an old, unsophisticated weapon. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Lapsus$ employs a host of unsophisticated methods to successfully breach its victims. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Defending against drone incursions, even by relatively unsophisticated models, also poses a challenge. \u2014 Daniel Michaels And Robert Wall, WSJ , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Though unsophisticated , the DDoS attack has had a renaissance during the opening weeks of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But unsophisticated science and forensic analysis led law enforcement to rule out Gallegos as the girl found in Arizona. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Mar. 2022"
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"wide-eyed"
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"knowingness",
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"the unsophistication of the plea touched his heart",
"the unsophistication of the coffeemaker's design is part of its appeal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hansen-Love says there is a simplicity and unsophistication to Seydoux\u2019s style. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 May 2022",
"The blunt unsophistication of the pamphlet was an intellectual call to arms. \u2014 Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic , 17 June 2021"
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"unsorted mail"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The unsorted material created an environmental hazard that spewed toxins into the air and soil, the state said. \u2014 Cory Shaffer, cleveland , 27 May 2022",
"Following the endorsement from Stonecrest\u2019s mayor and former city manager, the EPD approved Metro Green\u2019s application for a solid waste handling permit, which allows facilities to take in unsorted construction debris for processing and recycling. \u2014 Zachary Hansen, ajc , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Relevant files in the city archives of Berlin were missing, unsorted , or sealed. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 19 July 2021",
"The tours seemed less accessories for motorists than rambling day trips through the unsorted mind of the republic. \u2014 Scott Borchert, The Atlantic , 22 June 2021",
"Postal workers in Michigan and Iowa described seeing entire pallets of boxes go unsorted and sit outdoors in the rain or summer heat. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2020",
"In Philadelphia, where more than 235 postal workers have tested positive, local media outlets reported unsorted mail piling up in postal facilities and carriers unable to complete routes even after working extra hours. \u2014 Maryam Jameel, ProPublica , 18 Sep. 2020",
"Faulkner concentrated on reading and writing during work hours, often sitting on sacks of unsorted mail. \u2014 David Beard, National Geographic , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the unsorted mail piles up and postal officials investigate how letters addressed to Tim Walz at P.O. Box 4337 ended up P.O. Box 4515 with the Lewis campaign. \u2014 Jennifer Brooks, Star Tribune , 19 Aug. 2020"
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"adjective"
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"requested",
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"the meddling neighbor insisted on giving us unsought advice",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What\u2019s more, as Anna Della Subin explores in her bracingly original Accidental Gods, unsought divinity was a remarkably widespread phenomenon that spanned centuries and continents. \u2014 Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"The boy opened fire, shooting a 13-year-old classmate and a teacher \u2014 and putting Alexander in a small, unsought fraternity of innocent people who have survived two gun attacks. \u2014 Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post , 10 June 2018",
"Sometimes the oddest unsought advice can be found in your doctor\u2019s waiting room self-help magazines. \u2014 Orange County Register , 4 Jan. 2017"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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]
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"The roof is structurally unsound .",
"disgruntled relatives tried to prove that the woman was of unsound mind when she made her will",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Other crucial steps the governor highlighted included retrofitting or replacing seismically unsound schools and developing an early-warning system. \u2014 Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"This argument is both legally unsound and deeply insulting. \u2014 Vangela M. Wade, Time , 17 May 2022",
"Instead of delivering on this plan, County Executive Ball has offered an unsound , highly risky, and expensive plan with little progress being made. \u2014 Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"Hayne\u2019s work was repeatedly attacked in court as sloppy and scientifically unsound . \u2014 Leah Willingham, ajc , 30 Apr. 2022",
"If Isaac is channeling a psychologically unsound Indiana Jones, Ramy favorite Calamawy gets to play a decent version of Marion Ravenwood and Hawke is a menacingly placid Belloq, but both roles feel underdeveloped. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Its assumptions about what comes after may be equally unsound . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The state has cited concerns that the operations take place in a densely populated area and near the Mineral Ridge Dam, which is structurally unsound and needs $41 million in work to be stabilized, according to its brief. \u2014 Eric Heisig, cleveland , 8 Feb. 2022",
"When the underlying health of our digital infrastructure is unsound , the whole system suffers. \u2014 Eric Schmidt And Frank Long, WSJ , 27 Jan. 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8sau\u0307nd",
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"kooky",
"kookie",
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"loony",
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"noun"
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"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness",
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"wholesomeness"
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": the quality or state of being unsound":[]
},
"examples":[
"the overall unsoundness of her health in her last years greatly limited what she could do",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday\u2019s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian\u2019s List because of unsoundness . \u2014 John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times , 30 Sep. 2019",
"Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness . \u2014 Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News , 14 Feb. 2017",
"In 2015, 66 trees were removed by city crews because of poor health or unsoundness . \u2014 Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com , 5 May 2017"
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"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8sau\u0307n(d)-n\u0259s"
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"noun"
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"parsimonious",
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"selfish",
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"neighbors were unsparing in their charity when a local family was rendered homeless by a fire",
"unsparing in his criticism of the welfare state",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While indebted to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, Shivers succeeds in being even more unsparing and grotesque. \u2014 Clark Collis, EW.com , 3 June 2022",
"In an unsparing report last month, the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate concluded that the Massachusetts child welfare system had systematically overlooked Harmony\u2019s needs. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"Get the full, unsparing picture of the industry in their fascinating new deep dive. \u2014 Rachel Cohrs, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The unsparing attacks were designed to destroy the country\u2019s war capabilities and break the German people\u2019s morale. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 22 May 2022",
"Our history is the subject of a revisionist critique that is all-encompassing, unsparing , and very often flatly inaccurate. \u2014 The Signers, National Review , 12 May 2022",
"To know him was to feel his warmth, his curiosity, and his unsparing attention to detail\u2014and to f\u00eate him was to promise to somehow pass those virtues on. \u2014 Marley Marius, Vogue , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Based on the unsparing depictions in the five episodes made available to journalists in advance, the series might inspire similar condemnation. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Homer\u2019s Civil War scenes reflect his early career as an artist-reporter for Harper\u2019s Weekly, and turn an unsparing eye on the war\u2019s blunt truths and brute ferocity. \u2014 Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ , 4 May 2022"
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"circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"bounteous",
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"freehanded",
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"openhanded",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092327",
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"adverb"
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"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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"verb"
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"the bawdy thoughts that come into one's head\u2014the unspeakable words",
"\u2014 L. P. Smith",
"unspeakable collections of consonants",
"\u2014 Rosemary Jellis"
]
},
"examples":[
"the unspeakable horror of war",
"continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For those of us in law enforcement who put our bodies on the line defending the pillar of American democracy, watching the harrowing footage and hearing Edwards recount the events of January 6 meant reliving an unspeakable nightmare. \u2014 Michael Fanone, CNN , 12 June 2022",
"The very idea of Englund's character might be disturbing to audiences too; a man returning from the horrors of war is instead unknowingly faced with an unspeakable evil in his own house. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"The awfulness of what took place in Uvalde must continue to thump around inside the minds of everyone, the unspeakable images of atrocity inflicted upon innocents hurting and haunting anybody, everybody with a heart. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The mounds of flowers and gifts at the foot of the crosses are 2 feet tall -- a tangible expression of unspeakable grief. \u2014 Claire Galofaro, Anchorage Daily News , 31 May 2022",
"In the case of my family, and countless others, this unspeakable and forgotten past still haunts the present, bound in the brutal history of the Korean War, which is ongoing given the lack of a peace treaty. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"At the time his son was an 18-year-old freshman at UA, and there was an infamous, ugly incident in a 1988 game against ASU where spectators chanted unspeakable taunts at Kerr about his father's killing. \u2014 Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"The Sumners healing their rift by sharing an unspeakable sin. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 10 May 2022",
"Uvalde residents have struggled to understand why 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos unleashed such unspeakable violence. \u2014 Eric Killelea, San Antonio Express-News , 30 May 2022"
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"nameless",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"noun"
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"limited",
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"unspecialized cells",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stem cells are basic and unspecialized cells that can develop into more specialized cells, similar to a versatile raw ingredient that appears in many dishes. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the ability to develop into different cell types. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 29 Nov. 2021",
"Researchers have known for decades that a group of unspecialized stem cells called neoblasts help planaria regenerate. \u2014 Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS , 14 June 2018",
"Many thought that these unspecialized cells could be a panacea. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 10 Jan. 2017",
"Many thought that these unspecialized cells could be a panacea. \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian , 10 Jan. 2017"
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan suspended Mickelson and 16 other PGA Tour players for an unspecified amount of time because of their participation in the LIV series. \u2014 Toyloy Brown Iii, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"The training required by HB99 would be run through the Ohio School Safety Center and would include an unspecified amount of actual firearms training. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 13 June 2022",
"According to the report, some employees were reluctant to speak with investigators, which delayed the investigation for an unspecified amount of time. \u2014 Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun , 7 June 2022",
"The aircraft sustained an unspecified amount of damage. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 6 June 2022",
"Along with the restraining order, USC is seeking compensatory damages for an unspecified amount, in addition to attorneys\u2019 fees and other related costs. \u2014 Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Last year, Baxter settled the case out of court paying the plaintiffs an unspecified amount, according to a financial document the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. \u2014 Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Though rumors circulated that Elizabeth, who soon took to her bed with an unspecified illness, gave birth to Thomas\u2019 child, most modern historians dismiss these whispers as unfounded speculation. \u2014 Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 June 2022",
"The contention in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida courtroom started as a member of the defense team, attorney Casey Secor, was out of the courtroom with an unspecified illness. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 7 June 2022"
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"1624, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When the 1990s brought an emphasis on art being viewed as unspiritual , unpoetical, socioeconomic evidence, the perspective on Cole changed. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"Loreto, Mexico is best known for its secluded, unspoiled setting on the Loreto Bay National Marine Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"The relatively unspoiled Central California Coast offers many places to get close to nature, and in a variety of ways. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"The picturesque spot in the center of unspoiled , idyllic desert at the foot of Camelback Mountain quickly began drawing local and national celebrities. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 31 May 2022",
"Sound healing, reiki, meditation and hatha yoga are among wellness practices offered in the backdrop of Punta Mita\u2019s unspoiled tropical paradise at Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita. \u2014 Yola Robert, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
"In fact, an unspoiled landscape reminiscent of a fairytale is barely five hours from Boston and about four hours from the United Kingdom. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"The island also offers fantastic opportunities for investment, with its unspoiled landscapes \u2014 and thanks to the powerhouse that is Kandace Douglas, major players have begun to take notice. \u2014 Kimberly Wilson, Essence , 14 May 2022",
"While these series transport viewers to another time and place, nothing compares to physically immersing yourself in the Great American West on a ranch vacation that offers unspoiled terrain with all the authentic fixings. \u2014 Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 May 2022",
"The family embraced the hippie vibe of the unspoiled country and began their exploration on long weekend hikes. \u2014 Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022"
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"\u2014 Anthony Trollope"
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"Dylan Ebdus, the only white boy on his block in Gowanus, and recent transplant Mingus Rude bond over their ambivalent relationships with their parents and a shared love of comics, bucking the neighborhood\u2019s unspoken rules of engagement. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Between them, of course, such things went unspoken . \u2014 Marissa Charles, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
"The transplanted stories are fun (who doesn\u2019t love an Austen adaptation?) and also revealing, as this particular milieu is rife with unspoken expectations about what station in life the young protagonists are meant to attain. \u2014 Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"This urge to gawk at the unspoken parts of war reminded me of my second deployment as a Marine in southern Afghanistan in 2010, where there was plenty of killing and dying but not on a scale comparable to Ukraine. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Yes, the data scientist is asking for a new data source to be loaded, but there are implied or unspoken caveats about how the data will be used. \u2014 Patrick Mcdonald, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Quietly and sensitively, the chapters describe Amira\u2019s lonely vigil and the unrest when Ayoub is abruptly released, badly traumatized by obvious but unspoken tortures. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 3 June 2022",
"Moore spoke of the research and planning that went into representing this largely unspoken , yet all-too-common family experience. \u2014 Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"There will be an unspoken undercurrent this week, however. \u2014 Alexander Smith, NBC News , 1 June 2022"
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"For Trump, those court appointments were always secondary to his dream of a border wall and his determination to unspool the health care law enacted by his predecessor/enemy, Barack Obama. \u2014 Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News , 30 June 2022",
"Similar to last year, the TIFFCOM film and TV rights market will be held online November 1\u2013 3, while the Tokyo Filmex festival will unspool in partnership with TIFF Oct 30-Nov. 7 at two venues in Tokyo. \u2014 Mark Schilling, Variety , 28 Sep. 2021",
"This area is best accessed from a network of paved and dirt roads that unspool south from the port city of La Paz, past groves of saguaro cactus and through the fishing pueblo of Agua Amarga, where the Lucero family has lived for five generations. \u2014 Adam Skolnick, Outside Online , 4 May 2022",
"Realistic social interactions unspool alongside smooth, lush, stylized dancing that arises naturally, out of nowhere. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The language seems designed to unspool all the various layers of this moment. \u2014 Lynn Steger Strong, The New Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The documentary uses contemporary interviews, reenactments and archival footage to unspool its story. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 11 Mar. 2022",
"All in all, the fest will unspool 115 titles over its five-day span, with 48 of them features. \u2014 Andrew Barker, Variety , 10 Nov. 2021",
"In total, 120 films from more than 35 countries will unspool next month. \u2014 Shalini Dore, Variety , 1 Feb. 2022"
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"However, the throwing of the tortillas during the scuffle after the game was unsportsmanlike and inexcusable. \u2014 Marlene Lenthang, ABC News , 23 June 2021",
"Emmanuel Duron, a senior defensive tackle at Edinburg High School, was ejected from a football game for a late hit and unsportsmanlike behavior against a player from Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School, NBC affiliate WOAI-TV reported. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Dec. 2020",
"Andy Ramsey was whistled for a 10-minute unsportsmanlike major. \u2014 Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News , 8 May 2022",
"The officials threw an unsportsmanlike conduct flag. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Even if it is achieved by using what's often perceived as unsportsmanlike tactics that have infuriated opposition coaches and players over the years. \u2014 Steve Douglas, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Dunks were rare then, considered by purists to be show-offy and unsportsmanlike . \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 1 Mar. 2022",
"This boys' result should be noted for its unsportsmanlike nature. \u2014 Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
"After being ejected from Pearl-Cohn's first-round playoff game due to two unsportsmanlike conduct flags, Brown was suspended for the team's second-round game. \u2014 Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal , 24 Nov. 2021"
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"Companies are increasingly being asked to deliver perfect user experiences over public network connections that are inherently unstable . \u2014 Chris Macfarland, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Are Americans really drastically more mentally unstable than the British? \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Owen is up for the ten-hour surgery to reconnect the arm, but Colin proves to be too unstable to withstand the surgery. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
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"Researchers who track shifting demographics in the teacher workforce have found that the profession is becoming less experienced and more unstable compared with during the 1980s, a phenomenon that predates the pandemic. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Since the Russian attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, the world has felt even more unstable , as Americans attentively watch for news of a war in Eastern Europe. \u2014 al , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Central banks have badly misjudged the economy and mis-calibrated their policies, and the world is a more unstable place as a result. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"How to feed its 1.4 billion people in a more politically unstable world will increasingly become a key task for Beijing. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"the minute we put the books down on the unstable desk, the whole stack went crashing to the floor",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Companies are increasingly being asked to deliver perfect user experiences over public network connections that are inherently unstable . \u2014 Chris Macfarland, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Are Americans really drastically more mentally unstable than the British? \u2014 Peter Bergen, CNN , 25 May 2022",
"Owen is up for the ten-hour surgery to reconnect the arm, but Colin proves to be too unstable to withstand the surgery. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Rotunno later argued that the letter demonstrated how confused and unstable Mann had been. \u2014 Ken Auletta, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"Researchers who track shifting demographics in the teacher workforce have found that the profession is becoming less experienced and more unstable compared with during the 1980s, a phenomenon that predates the pandemic. \u2014 Stephen Noonoo, The New Republic , 2 May 2022",
"Since the Russian attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, the world has felt even more unstable , as Americans attentively watch for news of a war in Eastern Europe. \u2014 al , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Central banks have badly misjudged the economy and mis-calibrated their policies, and the world is a more unstable place as a result. \u2014 Mike O'sullivan, Forbes , 26 Mar. 2022",
"How to feed its 1.4 billion people in a more politically unstable world will increasingly become a key task for Beijing. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stained or unstained hardwood is the most popular kitchen flooring material among home renovators. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
"The decor will be simple and uncluttered, with plaster walls and an unstained concrete floor. \u2014 Dana Oland, idahostatesman , 25 Jan. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Race and ethnicity data were highly incomplete and unstandardized , impeding efforts to understand the pandemic\u2019s disproportionate effect on Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities. \u2014 Kara Schechtman, The Atlantic , 25 May 2021",
"Oscar was working with the same sloppy, unstandardized data every other insurance company has. \u2014 Megan Molteni, WIRED , 12 May 2017"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Together, but perhaps for the last time with Bergeron, his unstated future plans a deep, undeniable thread weaved into the farewell\u2019s somber narrative. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"New yeshivas in Europe adopted the Purim rabbi tradition to bring up something that might have gone unstated about, say, a poor teacher, the food, or facilities to improve their schools\u2019 offerings. \u2014 Zev Eleff, The Conversation , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The unstated premise of a policy like YouTube\u2019s is that, in the year 2022, there are a meaningful number of people out there who would have been. \u2014 Gilad Edelman, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Some unstated things in After Yang feel particularly unsettling. \u2014 Will Knight, Wired , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Biden also said another unstated assumption out loud: that there\u2019s no transatlantic unity on how to respond to the Russian military buildup. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The United States and several other like-minded democracies are not sending political delegations as part of stated or unstated diplomatic boycotts of the games. \u2014 Adam Schreck, ajc , 4 Feb. 2022",
"At least two candidates turned it down, including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, for unstated reasons, a person familiar with the decision told CNN this summer. \u2014 Betsy Klein, Jeff Zeleny And Kevin Liptak, CNN , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The uninformed driver is confronted by a biased seller, insufficient information and unstated questions swirling around the value versus unknown risks. \u2014 Steve Tengler, Forbes , 25 Jan. 2022"
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"The changes offered purpose and vital human connections that seemed to serve as moorings in a life too routinely unsteadied by the gathering gloom. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Sep. 2019",
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"The farm is heavily mortgaged, and the business is unsteady . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
"The semiconductor industry\u2019s immediate future might look a bit unsteady , but at least in 2021, much of America\u2019s chip sector cashed in. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
"The victim appeared unsteady on his feet while on the platform, said Sullivan in an e-mail to The Boston Globe. \u2014 Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Making their way to cheap seats on the lawn \u2014 at The Hill \u2014 were women in denim short shorts with tattoos and young men in tight suits carrying plastic bags filled with cans of beer, shouting and already a little bit unsteady . \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Officials have asked the public to avoid the North Shore Marina area and boaters on the water have been asked to steer away from the middle channel to avoid creating wake or unsteady waters for rescue teams. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"He's seen her through so many different decisions always getting bulldozed, or nobody thinks her decision's the right one, or being unsteady and unsure. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"After some unsteady moments, Stangle settled down and came up with 10 huge saves, several from point-blank range. \u2014 Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In his recommendation, Sherwood acknowledged the sport\u2019s unsteady footing with the public and regulators\u2019 efforts to remedy it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"The changes offered purpose and vital human connections that seemed to serve as moorings in a life too routinely unsteadied by the gathering gloom. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Sep. 2019",
"The rocks shifted and wobbled beneath my feet as the robust current pushed against my legs, unsteadying me. \u2014 Cheryl Strayed, Vogue , 17 July 2018",
"The administration's haphazard appointment process is unlike any in recent memory and has left the federal government unsteadied at the highest levels. \u2014 Robert O'harrow Jr., Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2018",
"Still, yesterday\u2019s reports contributed to the latest in a mounting series of scandals that have unsteadied the Trump administration for months. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 15 June 2017",
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"The farm is heavily mortgaged, and the business is unsteady . \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 14 June 2022",
"The semiconductor industry\u2019s immediate future might look a bit unsteady , but at least in 2021, much of America\u2019s chip sector cashed in. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
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"Making their way to cheap seats on the lawn \u2014 at The Hill \u2014 were women in denim short shorts with tattoos and young men in tight suits carrying plastic bags filled with cans of beer, shouting and already a little bit unsteady . \u2014 William Booth, Washington Post , 4 June 2022",
"Officials have asked the public to avoid the North Shore Marina area and boaters on the water have been asked to steer away from the middle channel to avoid creating wake or unsteady waters for rescue teams. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 30 May 2022",
"He's seen her through so many different decisions always getting bulldozed, or nobody thinks her decision's the right one, or being unsteady and unsure. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 10 May 2022",
"After some unsteady moments, Stangle settled down and came up with 10 huge saves, several from point-blank range. \u2014 Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun , 29 Apr. 2022",
"In his recommendation, Sherwood acknowledged the sport\u2019s unsteady footing with the public and regulators\u2019 efforts to remedy it. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is also a risk that the contact lens and packing solution may become unsterile . \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 19 May 2021",
"Hale led a project focused on eliminating maternal and neonatal tetanus, a deadly disease usually caused when the umbilical cord is cut with an unsterile instrument. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Aug. 2020",
"Three former Fillakit employees said that its process was unsterile . \u2014 Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica , 18 June 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The aim is to slow the spread of diseases like hepatitis C that can spread when inmates try to tattoo themselves or each other with unsterilized tools like electric motors and ballpoint pens and share contaminated needles. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Animal shelters across the country have been battling a deacades-long pandemic of sorts dealing with the consequences of unvaccinated and unsterilized pets, from surrenders of pets to animal shelters to the needless euthanasia of homeless pets. \u2014 Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020",
"Out-of-control children were dosed with adult tranquilizers, administered through unsterilized needles, while many who fell ill received transfusions of unscreened blood. \u2014 Krista Stevens, Longreads , 10 Aug. 2020"
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"Masks are mandatory for employees at all times, even outside, and the compliance was uniform and unstinting . \u2014 Hannah Seligson, CNN , 2 July 2021",
"All that said, there is much to admire in this production, beginning with direction that is aptly acerbic, pointed and unstinting . \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 24 Nov. 2019",
"Their unstinting efforts exemplified the work so many Americans did to unite the nation in the face of crisis. \u2014 Harvey Solomon, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Feb. 2020",
"When Justice Neil Gorsuch parted ways with his fellow conservatives in a Sixth Amendment case this spring, Alito was unstinting . \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Jeff Sessions had been one of President Donald Trump\u2019s earliest political allies and an unstinting champion of his policies in office. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 2 Oct. 2019",
"His weekly, Next, which began as a print magazine but now has only a digital edition, writes a lot about celebrities and covers local tittle-tattle, but also provides unstinting support for the protests. \u2014 Andrew Higgins, New York Times , 23 Aug. 2019",
"Trump\u2019s unstinting support for fossil fuels is federal Republicanism for now, with shrinking exceptions. \u2014 David Roberts, Vox , 12 Nov. 2018",
"None of this would have been so resonant had not director Kimberly Senior\u2019s production at Writers been an unstinting piece of work with a rich sense of place. \u2014 Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com , 17 May 2018"
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"the plumber unstopped the drain",
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"Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer. \u2014 Monica Davey And Julie Bosman, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2016"
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"In 2021, Williams was nearly unstoppable for the Rams. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
"To put the collection to the test, lululemon tapped its roster of athletes and ambassadors, including Olympic long jumper Tara Davis and paralympics sprinter Hunter Woodhall to ensure that every level of the new innovation is truly unstoppable . \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 1 June 2022",
"When Green contributes even a little offensively the Warriors are almost unstoppable : the Warriors are 6-2 in these playoffs when Green scores at least 10 points. \u2014 Sporting Green Staff, San Francisco Chronicle , 31 May 2022",
"John Schwarz, is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Visier, a software analytics provider focused on providing insights into people Not long ago, globalization was seemingly unstoppable . \u2014 John Schwarz, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"But Cale Makar was seemingly unstoppable in the first round. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 17 May 2022",
"His timing and rhythm with Devaughn Vele was nearly unstoppable . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"He's been just as unstoppable in the playoffs, and this could be a major mismatch. \u2014 Barry Wilner, ajc , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The Bills are coming off a 47-17 demolition of New England in the wild-card round in which quarterback Josh Allen was essentially unstoppable . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Jan. 2022"
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"Hundreds of protesters, who had promised to be a visible presence here and filled several sections of the arena, let out an elated, unstopping cheer. \u2014 Monica Davey And Julie Bosman, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2016"
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"Unstructured play time is important for children.",
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"Some 80% of patient data in electronic medical records is unstructured , including transcribed reports and doctor\u2019s notes, Dr. Anantraman said. \u2014 Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Over 80% of data today is unstructured meaning it\u2019s in the form of images, documents, sensor data, emails, geospatial data and more. \u2014 Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Data lakes, for instance, can house virtually unlimited amounts of unstructured data. \u2014 Edward Walsh, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
"Startup culture can be high-pressured, unstructured , and quick to pivot. \u2014 Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Mendel, a startup that uses AI to read unstructured medical data, raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Oak HC/FT. \u2014 Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Lively looked radiant and ready for spring in a three-piece pastel getup, showing off her toned abs in a crop top paired with a midi-length pencil skirt and unstructured blazer draped over her shoulders. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
"Entity resolution across massive public and unstructured data will soon be a part of every risk management organization. \u2014 Gary Shiffman, Forbes , 16 June 2021",
"Over 80% of the data in business is in unstructured formats like text, images, audio and video. \u2014 Prashanth Southekal, Forbes , 15 Apr. 2022"
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"While many brands have created jewelry specifically to honor your birthstone, plenty of designers use each gem in a more unstudied way. \u2014 Vogue , 10 May 2022",
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"According to Morandi Bonacossi, the areas where Mohammad and McCarron have been walking are dense with unstudied ruins and reliefs. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"His photographs of Diana often had an unstudied aspect that crystallized the princess\u2019s informal personality, such as a snap of her taken in 1990 sitting on the floor in a strapless white gown and diamond tiara, hugging her knees. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Apr. 2022",
"The blind spot was catastrophic: an invisible population plagued, en masse, by invisible injuries that went untreated and unstudied for decades. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Do juvenile actors do what adult actors do\u2014some combination of craft and instinct\u2014or is there something unstudied about them that belongs in a category all its own? \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 30 Nov. 2021",
"The decor is deliberately unstudied , paired with the low thrum of hip-hop. \u2014 Sophie Dening, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 27 Oct. 2021",
"No longer do Gossip Girl characters dress like fashion editors; fashion editors want to dress with the unstudied aplomb of Gossip Girl 2.0 teens. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 9 Sep. 2021"
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"Play me off In honor of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, enjoy this extremely unstuffy performance by The Bands of HM Royal Marines.. \u2014 Andrew Torgan, CNN , 5 June 2022",
"But everyone was exceedingly nice, unstuffy , and genuinely warm to me. \u2014 Alaina Demopoulos, Allure , 19 May 2022",
"The show is a Regency romance and society drama with an unstuffy pop aesthetic, writes our television critic. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Fortunately, fashion now offers many unstuffy alternatives to stiff Oxfords. \u2014 Jamie Waters, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"But seriously: The Emmy red carpet 2021 was delightfully unstuffy and fun. \u2014 Glamour , 19 Sep. 2021",
"Things here are large-format, eminently shareable, the atmosphere is unstuffy , even in its opulence. \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Aug. 2021",
"But some Reds devotees insist that, if teamed with tops and shoes that aren\u2019t yacht-club approved, the trousers can seem unstuffy \u2014even cool. \u2014 Todd Plummer, WSJ , 1 July 2021",
"Former students recalled his unstuffy teaching style, which could include riding a skateboard in class or dissecting theater over beers at Applebee\u2019s. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Mar. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bug jackets or head nets are unstylish but effective, and splashing on some deet makes a difference, too. \u2014 Eva Holland, Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
"But apart from that, mask aversion may center on the fact that masks can look unstylish or be uncomfortable depending on the shape of one\u2019s face. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, National Geographic , 10 July 2020",
"The series, which starred America Ferrera as an ambitious, but unstylish , writer working at a fashion magazine, ran for four seasons. \u2014 Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com , 8 Jan. 2020",
"Many wear running shoes, but some are barefoot, and almost all have slumped posture and unstylish haircuts. \u2014 Alexander George, Popular Mechanics , 20 Nov. 2015",
"In his lifetime, Wojnarowicz became a star, though an unconventional one, unsmooth, unpredictable, unstylish even, with his clotted paint, uncouth symbols, and jabbing ideas and words. \u2014 New York Times , 12 July 2018",
"When her new help arrives, Marlo\u2019s unstylish house is messy and crowded. \u2014 Jen Gann, The Cut , 8 May 2018",
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"Just outside the crumbling 14th-century town wall is a deeply unstylish ice cream shop that serves scoops of tangy raspberry gelato, perfect for after-dinner walks. \u2014 Alice Newell-hanson, New York Times , 14 Apr. 2016"
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"With shows like Yellowjackets capturing their capacity for brutality and Big Mouth emphasizing their, well, off-the-charts horniness, gone are the days when teenage girlhood stood for all things light, frothy, and unsubstantial . \u2014 Emma Specter, Vogue , 3 Dec. 2021",
"The two are lying in lawn chairs joking about something unsubstantial . \u2014 Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture , 14 May 2021",
"While Dee\u2019s contribution is not unsubstantial , the structure, tone, character, percussion writing, harmony and counterpoint are pure Harrison. \u2014 Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times , 2 Dec. 2020",
"Ask Peggy Noonan if this is frivolous and unsubstantial , please. \u2014 Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com , 27 Oct. 2020",
"The role the Nuggets have played in that sudden buoyancy is not unsubstantial , but that steals only a small portion away from the Jazz\u2019s success. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Southerners will find an excuse to monogram just about anything, even items as small or unsubstantial as napkins or house slippers. \u2014 Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living , 24 Jan. 2018",
"As a result, the benefits of meditation have, in many cases, been overblown thanks to headlines harping on awesome-sounding but unsubstantial studies. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 11 Sep. 2018",
"Fredenberger says that even the language in the agreement is unsubstantial and vague. \u2014 Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2018"
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"Tea Party Patriots cofounder Jenny Beth Martin and former Trump adviser Mike Roman, who pushed unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud after the 2020 election. \u2014 Will Steakin, ABC News , 13 June 2022",
"Circulating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about voter fraud can spark an insurrection in the nation's capital, threatening the peaceful transfer of power. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Among the conspirators listed in limitless unsubstantiated theories are the mafia, international communists, segregationists, the Central Intelligence Agency, various other factions within the federal government or some combination thereof. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Dec. 2021",
"At that point, the team had received about $5.7 million, mostly from groups whose leaders have spread unsubstantiated theories about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. \u2014 Adam Brewster, CBS News , 24 Sep. 2021",
"No direct connection to Hezbollah has emerged, but unsubstantiated theories that tie the group to the stockpile abound. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 Sep. 2021",
"This claim draws on several unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. \u2014 Devon Link, USA TODAY , 23 July 2021",
"For instance, a creator called @skinfluencebymsk recently broke down the unsubstantiated claim that Ariana Grande had a secret affair with Jimmy Fallon. \u2014 Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
"For example, when Mazars walked out on him, Trump issued a furious counterattack, making an unsubstantiated claim about his wealth -- apparently around $6 billion -- and portraying himself as the victim of a massive plot. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"But the Ukrainian military said that Russian forces were unsuccessful in their attack on Oleksandrivka, a village outside of Sievierodonetsk. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"Authorities were initially unsuccessful in finding Gullett because Lonich was not familiar with the area or woods and roads the pair had been traveling on, officials said. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Jenner, who also appeared on an Australian reality TV show and was followed by a camera crew during the campaign, was unsuccessful in the Republican primary. \u2014 Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"The National Association for Gun Rights Political Action Committee sent out a release last month calling for primary challengers to unseat Brown, but was unsuccessful in attracting a candidate. \u2014 Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Facebook was unsuccessful in convincing Apple to drop the features. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"Other media outlets reporting the lawsuit have also been unsuccessful in locating Campbell. \u2014 Bill Donahue, Billboard , 10 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those trees tend to be less valuable, unsuitable for lumber milling. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 21 June 2022",
"At the time of his designation, Pujols had been relegated to serving as a utility player, a role the front office felt was unsuitable for a player of his stature. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below the surface are both contaminated and physically unstable. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 2 June 2022",
"But those methods might be unsuitable for tackling the scale of Starlink\u2019s constellation. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"That's not to say that all the names are unsuitable . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 4 May 2022",
"One former Trump administration official told CNN that staffers would annotate Thomas\u2019 spreadsheet with reasons why her candidates were unsuitable . \u2014 Pamela Brown, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Another problem with this tactic, said one of the groups, is that in addition to being unsuitable near riparian areas, the areas under consideration aren't being monitored. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The error marked a violation of the corrective action plan put in place by the BSCC after the oversight agency found the county\u2019s juvenile halls were unsuitable to house youths last year, Cone said. \u2014 James Queally, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Those trees tend to be less valuable, unsuitable for lumber milling. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 21 June 2022",
"At the time of his designation, Pujols had been relegated to serving as a utility player, a role the front office felt was unsuitable for a player of his stature. \u2014 Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Indeed, landfills are typically unsuitable for development because the contents below the surface are both contaminated and physically unstable. \u2014 Emily Barone, Time , 2 June 2022",
"But those methods might be unsuitable for tackling the scale of Starlink\u2019s constellation. \u2014 Eamon Barrett, Fortune , 26 May 2022",
"That's not to say that all the names are unsuitable . \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 4 May 2022",
"One former Trump administration official told CNN that staffers would annotate Thomas\u2019 spreadsheet with reasons why her candidates were unsuitable . \u2014 Pamela Brown, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Another problem with this tactic, said one of the groups, is that in addition to being unsuitable near riparian areas, the areas under consideration aren't being monitored. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And the inspiration remains \u2014 timeless and pure, unsullied by subtext or character development. \u2014 Robert Isenberg, Longreads , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The attorneys who represent oligarchs have managed to remain largely unsullied by their unsavory doings. \u2014 Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Kipchoge, who looks and talks like Yoda and runs with thrusters practically equal to the Millennium Falcon, has a glorious, unsullied history in running. \u2014 Amby Burfoot, Outside Online , 15 Oct. 2019",
"But some people are motivated less by considerations of capital flows and more by a desire to have clean hands \u2014 to feel unsullied by the fossil-fuel industry and its grievous legacy. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The red caps and the presidential campaign were still to come but back then, his reputation as the king of style was relatively unsullied . \u2014 Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Everything is shiny and unsullied by human fingerprints. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2021",
"Yes, control of cycling resources are [sic] important, as are safe spaces to ride one\u2019s bike, but the power of whiteness within cycling remains unsullied . \u2014 WSJ , 21 May 2021",
"Scenes from Pirates of the Caribbean were filmed across the island because of its unsullied beauty. \u2014 Michael Verdon, Robb Report , 18 Apr. 2021"
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"Doug Canning made life better for thousands in ways that go unsung in the broader culture but are miraculous for those who have benefited. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"The unsung hero who deserved serious consideration for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
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"Hair masks are unsung heroes that can revive even the most dehydrated curls. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
"And the plight of these unsung heroes of the food chain has proved difficult to publicize. \u2014 Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune , 26 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In this later, unsupervised phase, courtship activities became more spontaneous. \u2014 Lora Kelley, The Atlantic , 29 June 2022",
"Staffing shortages, exacerbated by pandemic burnout, have reduced the number of hall and restroom monitors available in many districts, forcing more closures of unsupervised bathrooms. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 26 June 2022",
"Goad was also ordered not to have any unsupervised conduct with minors. \u2014 Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online , 6 June 2022",
"In a news release on Tuesday, the CPSC warned that these rockers should never be used for sleep and infants should never be left unsupervised or unrestrained in the seat. \u2014 Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"The data from that measurement was then used to train the machine-learning algorithm in an unsupervised manner (meaning the algorithm wasn't told which transformation was which). \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 June 2022",
"Police in Bridgeport, Connecticut, said that unsupervised children were seen on Sunday lighting objects on fire and playing with gasoline, according to Fox 5 New York. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Others argued that campgrounds were too affordable or unsupervised . \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
"This set of tools is based on AI capable of detecting behavioral changes in the network based on unsupervised , adaptive learning. \u2014 Igor Mezic, Forbes , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Huge price declines from exciting, but unsupportable highs. \u2014 John S. Tobey, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Eventually the costs to make repairs becomes unsupportable . \u2014 Roger Valdez, Forbes , 1 Nov. 2021",
"That\u2019s an unsupportable situation that must change. \u2014 Paul J. Noble, Forbes , 13 Oct. 2021",
"The states argued that the zeroing out of the tax penalty actually imposed costs on them, but the court said those claims were illogical and unsupportable . \u2014 Stephanie Armour, WSJ , 17 June 2021",
"The court rejected an emergency request by landlords and real-estate companies to clear the way for evictions after a federal judge in Washington ruled last month that the moratorium was legally unsupportable . \u2014 Andrew Ackerman, WSJ , 29 June 2021",
"His claim was that when Congress eliminated the penalty for the individual mandate, the law became legally unsupportable . \u2014 James Moore, CNN , 23 June 2021",
"But the bill\u2019s drafters are transparently exploiting the association with a historic bill fighting racial discrimination in order to smuggle in false equivalences and unsupportable claims. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Three Trump-era Justice Department officials recounted a relentless pressure campaign from the president, including day after day of directives to chase unsupported allegations that the election won by Democrat Joe Biden had been stolen. \u2014 Eric Tucker, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
"The third hearing will focus on the pressure campaign on the U.S. attorney general in an effort to use the Justice Department to pursue Trump's unsupported claims of election fraud. \u2014 The Arizona Republic , 9 June 2022",
"The defendant's screed also referred to what's known among radical right organizations and media as the replacement theory, an unsupported belief that powerful forces are trying to replace white Americans with newcomers of color. \u2014 Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY , 16 May 2022",
"In that settings menu, there is also an option to apply VRR to unsupported games. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Three quarters of working parents carefully consider their childcare before accepting a new job or promotion, and people who feel unsupported with childcare are at a high risk of leaving, found Bright Horizon\u2019s 2022 Modern Family Index report. \u2014 Holly Corbett, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The unsupported idea that the United States was developing bioweapons in Ukraine has been nurtured for years in Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"That could be because users have an older unsupported CPU or have one or more of the required security features disabled; Secure Boot and the firmware TPM module were often turned off by default on new motherboards for many years. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The article immediately sparked controversy and calls for its retraction, on the grounds that its argument was not only overtly racist but utterly unsupported by scholarship on poverty. \u2014 Michael B\u00e9rub\u00e9, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As for what will deliver closure, Rodriguez is unsure . \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 24 June 2022",
"Officers are unsure what time the crash took place. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 23 June 2022",
"Schaffner noted that experts had been unsure whether the shot, designed to target the original variant, would work against BA.4 and BA.5. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 22 June 2022",
"The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act unlocked $27 million in new funding for customs to enforce the law, but experts are unsure if that's enough money to cover the legislation's massive scope. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 20 June 2022",
"Many Afghans are having to apply for asylum, an expensive and uncertain undertaking, and Ukrainians are unsure what will happen once their visas or other temporary protections expire. \u2014 al , 20 June 2022",
"The archaeologists are unsure but say the animals likely weren\u2019t eaten, as the bones bear no charring or cuts. \u2014 Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 June 2022",
"About 13% opposed such a mandate and 11% were unsure . \u2014 Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun , 8 June 2022",
"About 10 months ago, Sam Hauser went undrafted and had to be unsure where the first steps of his pro basketball journey would take him. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"McCartney\u2019s last performance in the city, alongside Beatle bandmates John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, set off a near- unsurpassable furor. \u2014 Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Her soft voice, which could attain a high pitch with an unsurpassable ease became a part of almost every Indian household. \u2014 Swati Gupta, CNN , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Famously, Clarksdale is also the site of the fabled crossroads, where \u2014 as legend has it \u2014 Delta blues pioneer Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in return for unsurpassable musical greatness. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Sep. 2021",
"So Eberhard Bethge\u2019s own unsurpassable 1967 biography did not mention her name, nor had any subsequent books. \u2014 Eric Metaxas, National Review , 26 Oct. 2020",
"And the great Italian sports cars are obviously unsurpassable . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, chicagotribune.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
"And the great Italian sports cars are obviously unsurpassable . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, chicagotribune.com , 25 Aug. 2019",
"Because the sovereignty of the people is in my opinion an unsurpassable factor. \u2014 The Economist , 7 Nov. 2019",
"And the great Italian sports cars are obviously unsurpassable . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, chicagotribune.com , 25 Aug. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Showalter\u2019s attention to detail is unsurpassed , and with Billy Eppler, the Met\u2019s first-year general manager, some of that old Yankees\u2019 lineage is evident. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"And yet, my record of accomplishment in fighting crime is unsurpassed . \u2014 NBC News , 29 May 2022",
"Hugging the shore the entire way, this cliff-hanger combines unsurpassed scenery with more curves than Kim Kardashian. \u2014 Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure , 2 Apr. 2022",
"Reeves refashions the Nolan-Joker miasma that adolescents instantly recognize and perhaps prefer (Snyder\u2019s unique vision, typified by his still- unsurpassed Watchman, appealed to adult sensibilities). \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The more challenging claim that Del Noce makes is that Marxism remains unsurpassed in the modern Western mind and continues to shape our civilization in its present course. \u2014 Richard M. Reinsch Ii, National Review , 17 Feb. 2022",
"And, in the opinion of many growers and producers, old vines offer grapes of unsurpassed quality, even if age has diminished their productivity. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
"With his songwriting partner Jim Steinman, who died last April, Meat Loaf\u2019s voice remains unsurpassed . \u2014 Al Shipley, SPIN , 21 Jan. 2022",
"The orchestra had an exciting new music director, Rafael Payare, and the ensemble played at a locally unsurpassed level. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is unsurprising , considering West\u2019s history of blowing deadlines and making last-minute updates to his work \u2014 even after it\u2019s already been released. \u2014 Julian Kimble, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"This is unsurprising , as so much of consumers' lives and day-to-day functions have shifted to the digital world. \u2014 John Kim, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Watt's response is unsurprising , given his prolific philanthropy in the state and continued support of Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. \u2014 Dan Carson, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"That would be unsurprising if corporations had not been paying lip service to their sense of social responsibility in recent years. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2022",
"Actually, this relationship ought to be unsurprising . \u2014 Eric Protzer, Fortune , 16 Jan. 2022",
"Its portable gaming prowess is unsurprising , as the music-gadget wizards at Teenage Engineering are behind much of Playdate's design. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 18 Apr. 2022",
"On the surface, the Literary Arts announcement seemed unsurprising . \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The choice was both unsurprising and unconventional. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These belts of seawater, which can be wider than a four-lane highway, cut through the surf and flow away from the shore, pulling unsuspecting bathers beyond their depth. \u2014 Chloe Williams, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"And taking things even further, scammers are now texting unsuspecting users from their own numbers. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Brazen thefts have increased in Los Angeles and have become a concern to law enforcement as thieves often target unsuspecting victims, even in broad daylight. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 31 May 2022",
"Due to a malicious tactic known as brandjacking\u2014when someone steals your online brand identity in order to coax data or money out of unsuspecting customers\u2014your brand can be at risk even when your data isn\u2019t. \u2014 Akram Atallah, Forbes , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Fewer unsuspecting tourists means fewer parked cars with laptops and cameras inside, leaving would-be burglars to seek out other targets. \u2014 Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com , 24 Dec. 2020",
"In other cases, DeFi Ponzi scammers will sell tokens to unsuspecting buyers while promising high staking rewards. \u2014 Rufas Kamau, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Oklahoma lawmakers declared such products a risk to unsuspecting meat consumers in a 2020 law called the Meat Consumers Protection Act. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The influencer network allows Beijing to easily proffer propaganda to unsuspecting Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube users around the globe. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the trailer, Hawke first appears in white face paint and a top hat, struggling with falling grocery bags beside a completely unsuspicious beat-up black van. \u2014 Jennifer Yuma, Variety , 13 Oct. 2021",
"Hawke appears at first glance in white face paint and a top hat, struggling with falling grocery bags beside a totally unsuspicious beat up black van. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The nerve agents were designed to be undetectable, possibly relying on combinations of otherwise harmless or unsuspicious chemicals. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 5 July 2018",
"The two deaths are currently being treated as separate and unsuspicious . \u2014 Lilly Milman, Billboard , 30 May 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mayor\u2019s comments drew an angry rebuke from controversial FOP president John Catanzara, who said in a statement that the city\u2019s policy of canceling days off is unsustainable and harming officers\u2019 well-being. \u2014 Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune , 23 June 2022",
"In the case of Evergrande, for example, China\u2019s leaders last summer decreed the massive debt accumulated by the giant developer and its peers to be unsustainable . \u2014 Grady Mcgregor And Clay Chandler, Fortune , 3 June 2022",
"But even some economists who bemoaned those sluggish gains at the time say the current rate of wage growth is unsustainable . \u2014 Ben Casselman, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The higher federal spending is simply unsustainable and will, one way or the other, burden the economy with an unaffordable increase in the tax burden. \u2014 Wayne Winegarden, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The unemployment rate in computer and mathematical occupations remains well below pre-pandemic levels, making the current immigration ban on the entry of H-1B visa holders unsustainable . \u2014 Stuart Anderson, Forbes , 2 Mar. 2021",
"Republican House Minority Leader Christine Drazan voted for the program again on Monday, but found the idea of indefinite spending on public housing unsustainable . \u2014 Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Other times, hikers will leave a partner back home, start a trail, and find that the long gaps between cell service and the distance make the commitment unsustainable . \u2014 Matt Vasilogambros, Outside Online , 2 Apr. 2020",
"This was unsustainable as there were hose lines on the ground and operating. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sutton apologizes to Dorit for seeming unsympathetic following her traumatic home invasion. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 May 2022",
"But the wind seemed unsympathetic , and pulled on at least one brim with enough force to rip it from its moorings and send it flying. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Apr. 2022",
"But even the most seemingly unsympathetic members of the ensemble reveal certain empathetic aspects. \u2014 Scott Huver, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Deep Water is not quite on a par with Lyne's previous work, which is largely due to two unsympathetic lead characters, and a repetitive narrative full of side glances with little psychological depth. \u2014 Sheena Scott, Forbes , 19 Mar. 2022",
"The hockey star Alex Ovechkin, center among Russian professional athletes in the public\u2019s anger over the war in Ukraine, played before the most unsympathetic crowd yet. \u2014 David Shoalts, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Musk has previously expressed unsympathetic views toward labor unions, from whom Biden has long drawn support. \u2014 Max Zimmerman, Fortune , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things... or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 NBC News , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Robbins was not unsympathetic to Dylan\u2019s unusual-to-him way of doing things\u2026 or bashful about imbibing what fueled the sessions. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 30 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In investing, there are two primary types of broad risks: systematic and unsystematic risk. \u2014 Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Diversification does not usually affect the systematic risk that applies to the financial markets; instead, diversification is primarily used to eliminate or reduce unsystematic risk. \u2014 Forbes , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Impressed by this fact, Koolhaas and his partners use the exhibition to traverse the (mostly) uninhabited earth with unsystematic abandon. \u2014 Nikil Saval, New York Times , 28 Sep. 2020",
"If RaDVaC intends to produce generalizable knowledge about this vaccine, unsystematic self-experimentation is unlikely to produce useful information. \u2014 Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Scientific American , 30 Aug. 2020",
"This was a radical idea in China, where scholars had always researched the past through manuscripts in the safety of their libraries, or at most, made unsystematic studies of the imperial palaces in Beijing. \u2014 Stefen Chow, Smithsonian , 30 Sep. 2017",
"This was a radical idea in China, where scholars had always researched the past through manuscripts in the safety of their libraries, or at most, made unsystematic studies of the imperial palaces in Beijing. \u2014 Stefen Chow, Smithsonian , 2 May 2017"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"\u2014 Olin Downes"
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"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"
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]
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"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"
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"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"
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"\u2026 many an unthrifty malnourished animal was sent out to plow \u2026",
"\u2014 Maxine Kumin"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8thrif-t\u0113"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"crown",
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"throne"
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": to remove from or as if from a throne":[]
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"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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"dethrone",
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"verb"
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"bandbox",
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"orderly",
"organized",
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"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 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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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b-d\u0113"
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"chaotic",
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"confused",
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"disarrayed",
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"dishevelled",
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"hugger-mugger",
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"littered",
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"mussy",
"pell-mell",
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"upside-down"
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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"bind",
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"lash",
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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? \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 30 Jan. 2022",
"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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"verb"
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": not tight : loose , leaky":[]
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"un- entry 1 + tight , adjective":""
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"\"+"
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"adjective"
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"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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"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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"definitions":{
": to take the tiles from":[
"the storm untiled part of the roof"
]
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"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",
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"transitive verb"
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"definitions":{
": not supplied with tiles":[]
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"un- entry 1 + tiled , adjective":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101354",
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"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"
],
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"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",
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"adjective",
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"noun"
]
},
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"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"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": incapable of being tired":[
"seemed invigorated and untirable",
"\u2014 H. H. Johnston"
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},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + tire + -able":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027\u00a6t\u012br\u0259b\u0259l"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104152",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to give rest to : refresh":[
"a bench or two on which the drinkers untire themselves",
"\u2014 Richard Ford"
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},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + tire":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012959",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
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"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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"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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"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":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u012b-t\u1d4ald"
],
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"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"
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"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 .",
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"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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"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.",
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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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"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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"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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"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? \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 12 Apr. 2022",
"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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"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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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259-b\u0259ld"
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"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"unworried"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"untrue":{
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"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
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": not faithful : disloyal":[]
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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"
],
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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+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081340",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"untruss":{
"antonyms":[],
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": 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"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014317",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"untrust":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": distrust":[]
},
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from un- entry 1 + trust":""
},
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210802",
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"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":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259-sti\u014b"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105206",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"an untrustworthy person",
"an untrustworthy source"
]
},
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"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"
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"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u0259st-\u02ccw\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103415",
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"adjective"
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"truth",
"verity"
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": something that is untrue : falsehood":[]
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"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"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02c8\u0259n-\u02cctr\u00fcth",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tr\u00fcth"
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"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085849",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"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"
],
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"circa 1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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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",
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"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182539",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
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"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"exact",
"factual",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid",
"veracious"
],
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": not containing or telling the truth : false , inaccurate":[
"an untruthful report"
]
},
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"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"
],
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"circa 1843, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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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",
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"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"wrong"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041256",
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"noun"
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"Definition of unts plural of unt"
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": 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":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + tuck":""
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u2027+"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070354",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"untucked":{
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"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"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0259kt"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200746",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"untufted":{
"antonyms":[],
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": 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":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8t\u0259f-t\u0259d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130009",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"educated",
"knowledgeable",
"lettered",
"literate",
"schooled",
"well-informed",
"well-read"
],
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": 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":""
},
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"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"
]
},
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"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":[],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8tw\u012bn"
],
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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",
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"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"
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"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"
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"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"
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"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",
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"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",
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"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",
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"And Trump's reelection team isn't letting any advantage go unutilized . \u2014 Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"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",
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"And there were 383 deaths among unvaccinated people. \u2014 Josh Fischman, Scientific American , 13 June 2022",
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"The initial mandate allowed those who were fully vaccinated to show proof of a negative test within three days of travel, while unvaccinated people had to present a test taken within one day of travel. \u2014 Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
"The initial mandate allowed those who were fully vaccinated to show proof of a negative test within three days of travel, while unvaccinated people had to present a test taken within one day of travel. \u2014 Zeke Miller, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
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"The initial mandate allowed those who were fully vaccinated to show proof of a negative test within three days of travel, and unvaccinated people had to present a test taken within one day of travel. \u2014 Hugo Mart\u00ednstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 June 2022",
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"And Hanks, who\u2019s made unvarnished , down-to-earth honesty something of a career specialty, feels uniquely ill served by such gimmickry. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 27 June 2022",
"Brewer\u2019s juicy, tropical and focused chardonnay is an unvarnished reflection of Santa Barbara terroir and climate. \u2014 Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a playful abandonment of pretense as Drake goes all-in on the concept, his vocal delivery almost viscerally unvarnished . \u2014 Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Seldom has the trade-off between self-interest and a conscience been more bluntly rendered, and for his unvarnished commentary, Mickelson lost major sponsors and dropped out of the sport for four months. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 13 June 2022",
"Shireen Abu Akleh\u2019s killing motivates us to acknowledge and share the unvarnished truth of Palestinian lives. \u2014 Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 June 2022",
"That might connect a few dots after listening to trainer Chad Brown\u2019s unvarnished description of the horse that sounded a bit like a fan who tipped a few too many frosties at Fenway. \u2014 Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"Moore draws from decades of interviews with Aaron for this portrait, revealing Aaron\u2019s strong, unvarnished takes on baseball, race and his time in Milwaukee as both a Brave and a Brewer \u2014 much of it never published before. \u2014 Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 May 2022",
"But in more recent posts, Mr. Bezos has offered unvarnished opinions on issues or has appeared eager to show more of his personality or perspective. \u2014 Tarini Parti And Bradley Olson, WSJ , 16 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But unlike other visas, diversity visas \u2014 the type lottery winners become eligible to receive \u2014 are on a tight and unvarying schedule. \u2014 Dara Lind, ProPublica , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Boys were expected to turn up at school in an unvarying uniform of black pants and white shirts buttoned to the neck, Ben recalled. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Aug. 2021",
"But speed climbing takes place on a standard, unvarying course. \u2014 The Economist , 31 Dec. 2019",
"Andy Warhol was among the celebrities Tseng importuned at the Met, and there is something of Warhol\u2019s nineteen-sixties self-invention in Tseng\u2019s cultivation of an unvarying image, a mask that made the most of his outsider station. \u2014 Brian Dillon, The New Yorker , 23 June 2019",
"The seemingly unvarying nature of Orientalism provoked a good deal of criticism of Said\u2019s thesis and still does. \u2014 Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books , 20 May 2019",
"Later, advances in training voice- and photo-recognition software showed even more of a need for hardware that could quickly process a ton of unvarying information, the same stuff used to make 3D graphics. \u2014 Popular Mechanics , 17 Oct. 2017",
"Second, light travels at an unvarying speed of 186,000 miles a second. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Apr. 2018",
"As the shellshocked Milne newly returned from the Western Front, Mr. Gleeson wears a virtually unvarying expression of acute intestinal distress. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 11 Oct. 2017"
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"1690, in the meaning defined above":""
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"The developer unveiled plans for a new housing complex.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Friday, the league\u2019s main channel, MLB Network, plans to unveil special MLB draft spots highlighting the two players\u2019 experiences in an effort to bring more attention to the event and a new pool of hopeful amateurs. \u2014 Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times , 1 July 2022",
"No titles were announced, but in the coming months, Dreamchaser plans to unveil further talent partnerships and its first projects. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 15 June 2022",
"Demolition is due to be wrapped up later this week, and the city plans to unveil the new stage in early September, ahead of its popular Autumn Art Festival a month later. \u2014 Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel , 14 June 2022",
"Gurman says that Apple plans to unveil new high-end MacBook Pro models in late 2022. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 June 2022",
"Community leaders broke ground for the monument in Boston Common this April, and Paris Jeffries said the organization plans to unveil the 22-foot, bronze sculpture of the Kings in 2023. \u2014 Sam Trottenberg, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"Frisk said the brand this fall plans to unveil the Flow Synchronicity, the first-ever, woman-specific running shoe. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 11 May 2022",
"The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is set to unveil its work at a prime-time hearing today at 8 p.m. ET. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 8 June 2022",
"But while Apple might unveil the new MacBook Air at the event, insiders warn that release date delays might follow. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 6 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"verb"
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"\u2026 he told me stories that were so wild and unverifiable I didn't know what to say.",
"\u2014 Ian Frazier"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Alterations made to an email after it has been sent cause the cryptographic signatures to become unverifiable . \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2022",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 28 Mar. 2022",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Besides, most of the reports of hacktivism are unverifiable at best. \u2014 Lily Hay Newman, Wired , 3 Mar. 2022",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 28 Feb. 2022",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 22 Feb. 2022",
"In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations. \u2014 Gary Trust, Billboard , 7 Feb. 2022"
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 David Brock"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For the unversed , ceramic is a notoriously difficult material to both machine and finish. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 21 Apr. 2022",
"For the unversed , this exalted producer is the only Domaine in Burgundy to produce wine exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For the unversed , this full-sized luxury performance car was built by Mercedes-Benz from 1968 to 1972. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 15 Mar. 2022",
"For the unversed , a non-fungible token, or NFT, is a unique digital asset that can be securely stored or traded on the blockchain. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Jan. 2022",
"For the unversed , the pigeon\u2019s blood ruby is the most coveted of all rubies. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 11 Oct. 2021",
"For the unversed , an NFT, which stands for a non-fungible token, is essentially a digital asset such as an artwork that comes with verifiable ownership on the blockchain. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 13 Apr. 2021",
"For the unversed , the Cartier Tank is the oldest, and, arguably, the most influential timepiece of 20th-century horology. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 3 Mar. 2021",
"Whereas usual meetings among faculty members, boards of directors, and employees are protected by physical barriers such as walls and closed doors, Zoom conferences can only be secured using other means that many users are unversed in using. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 2 Apr. 2020"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But without fully functioning radar, the insurance costs associated with using the Kabul airport make commercial operations largely unviable . \u2014 Susannah George, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"While other business verticals moved quickly to air freight, the bulk, weight, and size of furniture made that option unviable for most merchants. \u2014 Kaleigh Moore, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"Many Republican voters in this part of the Mahoning Valley were quick to dismiss any Democrat as unviable , citing gas prices, inflation and the U.S.-Mexico border as Democratic problems that needed Republican solutions. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, a former French economy minister and banker, considers such measures misdirected and economically unviable . \u2014 Elaine Ganley, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
"After the initial Zoom call, P&O Ferries circulated a statement saying major changes due to Brexit and COVID-19 lockdowns made the current business unviable . \u2014 Sophie Mellor, Fortune , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Macron, a former French economy minister and banker, considers such measures misdirected and economically unviable . \u2014 Elaine Ganley, USA TODAY , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Macron, a former French economy minister and banker, considers such measures misdirected and economically unviable . \u2014 Elaine Ganley, ajc , 22 Apr. 2022",
"What\u2019s already been laid bare is that Chelsea is unviable in its current form without the largesse of its billionaire patron, a reflection of a sport whose parlous finances would sink just about any other industry. \u2014 David Hellier, Bloomberg.com , 11 Mar. 2022"
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"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
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"the nursery full of crying toddlers made a most unvocal din"
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"expressed",
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"The \u201cth\u201d in the word \u201cthing\u201d is unvoiced .",
"an unvoiced promise to be waiting for him when he returned from the war",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The event also reaffirms Antonio\u2019s unvoiced yearning to reevaluate his uprooting \u2014 a need depicted throughout the film with magical realist underwater sequences that invoke an otherworldly atmosphere. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Her family\u2019s return to the outside world and Texas was clouded by unvoiced shame and confusion. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Apr. 2021",
"These unvoiced consonant sounds are common in most of our species\u2019 languages. \u2014 Jan Osterkamp, Scientific American , 8 Mar. 2021",
"The movie lacks literal and figurative mirror scenes, moments in which the abysses of self-reflection open the characters to themselves and bring to light their unvoiced doubts about their very identities. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Their language is spare, seemingly etched, and spoken with a formal, even archaic diction that calls attention to the spelling of words that contain usually silent consonants or unvoiced vowels. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 13 Jan. 2017",
"The question carries an undertone of anxiety, audible though unvoiced , like the drone-strings of a robab. \u2014 Scarlett Thomas, New York Times , 27 May 2016",
"Instead, this chilly tale of violent secrets and unvoiced misery relies heavily on the skill of actors who seem to know that one false move could tip the whole enterprise into comedy. \u2014 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times , 15 June 2017"
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"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
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"sophisticated",
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},
"examples":[
"The fast-moving tide sometimes surprises unwary swimmers.",
"e-mail scams that take advantage of unwary computer users",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A night later during Talkin\u2019 Season, Fisher sat down with an unwary Simmons beforeo the A&M Coach\u2019s Night in San Antonio. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
"The revolution was overseen by pragmatic, opportunistic and sometimes mendacious visitors, who variously travelled with their own concubines and caught unwary abbots with theirs. \u2014 Crawford Gribben, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"While the Pegasus glitch was a curiosity among speedrunners at first, the community soon found ways to fly their horse into certain boss areas in unexpected ways and defeat the unwary foes easily. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Terrible, tentacle-waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Didn\u2019t know that bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs and meme stocks were destined, even designed, to take unwary investors to the cleaners? \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"But this method can still be dangerous, with the potential for the butt of the tree (the part closest to the ground) to launch up backwards, injuring or even killing an unwary tree feller. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Even in daylight, the environ here seems untrustworthy, a trap for unwary , vulnerable humans. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Yet this path is laden with huge challenges and fraught with dangers that await the unwary and unprepared. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"1579, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8wer-\u0113"
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"simple",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204924",
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"noun"
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"antonyms":[
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"excusable",
"forgivable",
"justifiable",
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"1612, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-\u02c8w\u00e4r-",
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"type":[
"adjective",
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"antonyms":[
"essential",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many felt the criticism was unwarranted and said that not every show was made for every demographic. \u2014 Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
"Her suit, filed Thursday afternoon in federal court in Portland, seeks reimbursement of unspecified attorney fees and punitive damages to deter future unwarranted prosecutions. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"What begins as a meditation on loneliness and finding companionship devolves into unwarranted conflicts. \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 15 June 2022",
"So, despite the fact that from a tax planning perspective irrevocable trusts seem unwarranted , from an asset protection perspective, those plans may well be advisable. \u2014 Martin Shenkman, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Don't let anyone else boss you around, but don't defer to unwarranted anxiety, either. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"Alongside accurate information, the uncertainty opened up space for fears that proved unwarranted and estimates that ultimately fell far short of the truth. \u2014 Annika Neklason, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Bunny\u2019s suspicion of the business was not unwarranted . \u2014 Chris Blackwell And Paul Morley, Rolling Stone , 29 May 2022",
"During the pandemic, Musk took the attitude that the danger of COVID-19 had been exaggerated and that public health measures that affected his company were unwarranted . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 18 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A night later during Talkin\u2019 Season, Fisher sat down with an unwary Simmons beforeo the A&M Coach\u2019s Night in San Antonio. \u2014 Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News , 24 May 2022",
"The revolution was overseen by pragmatic, opportunistic and sometimes mendacious visitors, who variously travelled with their own concubines and caught unwary abbots with theirs. \u2014 Crawford Gribben, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
"While the Pegasus glitch was a curiosity among speedrunners at first, the community soon found ways to fly their horse into certain boss areas in unexpected ways and defeat the unwary foes easily. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 11 Apr. 2022",
"Terrible, tentacle-waving trees snatched and swallowed unwary travelers in far-off lands. \u2014 Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Didn\u2019t know that bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs and meme stocks were destined, even designed, to take unwary investors to the cleaners? \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 26 Dec. 2021",
"But this method can still be dangerous, with the potential for the butt of the tree (the part closest to the ground) to launch up backwards, injuring or even killing an unwary tree feller. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 11 Nov. 2021",
"Even in daylight, the environ here seems untrustworthy, a trap for unwary , vulnerable humans. \u2014 Dennis Harvey, Variety , 27 Oct. 2021",
"Yet this path is laden with huge challenges and fraught with dangers that await the unwary and unprepared. \u2014 Thomas Lim, Forbes , 30 Aug. 2021"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8wer-\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"One method that worked well involved storing unwashed strawberries in a refrigerator crisper drawer. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"This era of the Rolling Stones is the look every band strived for less than a decade later, when every unwashed reprobate on the Sunset Strip embraced the unkempt hair look that turned into glam rock. \u2014 Tim Moffatt, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"In this world, people steal from the sick to maintain youth, fairies shuffle around looking like unwashed goths, and dreams can quickly turn into nightmares. \u2014 Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post , 21 May 2022",
"Relying on others to clean, dress and feed her sometimes wasn\u2019t enough and Kahiye often remained unwashed and unkempt. \u2014 Magdalena Del Valle, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
"No money and the freezing cold meant laundry would often go unwashed for weeks. \u2014 Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Place the unwashed zucchini in an open paper or plastic bag, then store it in the crisper drawer for one to two weeks. \u2014 Mike Rose, cleveland , 6 Apr. 2022",
"More than 100 live flies landed on raw onions, unwashed scallions and spice containers at four Broward and Palm Beach County eateries forced to close by state inspectors last week. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Then, use the same cup\u2014 unwashed \u2014to measure the maple syrup for the frosting. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 14 Mar. 2022"
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"\"+"
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"if you want the scarf to be perfect, you're going to have to unweave the last three inches and fix the mistake",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the gesture only draws attention to itself, unweaving Shakespeare\u2019s web. \u2014 Edward Rothstein, WSJ , 11 July 2019",
"Yamahira \u2014 who now lives in Seattle after living in New York, London and Tokyo \u2014 unweaves canvasses, releasing the individual fibers to reveal the true nature of a form that usually plays a supporting role. \u2014 Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times , 7 Aug. 2018",
"Yamahira \u2014 who now lives in Seattle after living in New York, London and Tokyo \u2014 unweaves canvasses, releasing the individual fibers to reveal the true nature of a form that usually plays a supporting role. \u2014 Gayle Clemans, The Seattle Times , 7 Aug. 2018",
"To interrogate shadows or go into terrain & unweave the map. \u2014 David C. Ward, Smithsonian , 27 Apr. 2017",
"To interrogate shadows or go into terrain & unweave the map. \u2014 David C. Ward, Smithsonian , 27 Apr. 2017",
"To interrogate shadows or go into terrain & unweave the map. \u2014 David C. Ward, Smithsonian , 27 Apr. 2017"
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"verb"
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"an unwed pregnancy"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Laurelton warehoused women regarded as difficult daughters, troublesome wives and unwed mothers. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"She was born Rachelle Zylberberg in Belgium as the Great Depression struck: a Jewish child abandoned in infancy by her unwed mother and left alone at 12 when her father, a drunken Polish refugee, was arrested by the Nazis in France. \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022",
"Her obstinance, becoming an unwed mother at a time when they were shunted elsewhere, creates a heap of trouble for her in a world nowhere ready for her mind, character or ambition. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Apr. 2022",
"Isak offers to marry Sunja to save her from the social embarrassment of being an unwed mother. \u2014 ELLE , 26 Mar. 2022",
"The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home was supposed to support young women and children as unwed mothers-to-be navigated pregnancy and postpartum life. \u2014 Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis play a young unwed couple who have different reactions to her unexpected pregnancy in this 2020 comedy from New Zealand. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
"There is no sense from any of the involved parties that Montessori can go on working either as a married woman or as an unwed mother. \u2014 Rivka Galchen, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
"The process requires an unwed mother to provide a ream of personal documents, take a DNA test and testify before a judge. \u2014 Fox News , 14 Dec. 2021"
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"adjective"
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"unwelcome news",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The crisis is not just unwelcome news to the 30,600 residents of the British Virgin Islands, but also to the hundreds of thousands of companies\u2014including subsidiaries of major global companies\u2014registered in the British territory. \u2014 Nicholas Gordon, Fortune , 6 May 2022",
"The Kremlin is also preoccupied with a high-stakes game of brinkmanship over Ukraine, and events in Kazakhstan are potentially an unwelcome distraction. \u2014 Tim Lister, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022",
"While the Europa Conference League has provided a rare opportunity for the continent\u2019s smaller clubs, it has been seen as an unwelcome distraction for those aiming to be among Europe\u2019s biggest. \u2014 Robert Kidd, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Interacting with either the dog or the person can be an unwelcome distraction to their day-to-day life. \u2014 April Saylor, PEOPLE.com , 23 Sep. 2021",
"The two-year project was billed as a way to relieve stress on soils that have compressed beneath the building, contributing to its unwelcome and unanticipated sinking. \u2014 J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Aug. 2021",
"But Renate Nyborg knows that\u2019s not the case for many women, who have been inundated with unwelcome and graphic messages. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 18 May 2022",
"Motorists are facing a new \u2014 and unwelcome \u2014 milestone: The price of gasoline is now at least $4 per gallon in every U.S. state, a first for the nation, according to AAA. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 17 May 2022",
"Even when hired, some may leave or consider leaving tech jobs due to concerns about feeling unwelcome or uncomfortable at a higher rate than their white counterparts. \u2014 Antoinette Hamilton, Forbes , 2 May 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8wel-k\u0259m"
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"Miss Bennett, are you unwell ?",
"I am sorry she is feeling unwell .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many infectious diseases can be difficult to distinguish from one another in the first couple days, when patients feel unwell , and have a fever or body aches. \u2014 Mark Kortepeter, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"If your cat is unwell , please see your veterinarian. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 May 2022",
"Navalny had started feeling unwell on a return flight to Moscow from the Siberian city of Tomsk. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 22 Apr. 2022",
"The palace said Sunday that Elizabeth, 95, was suffering mild symptoms but was expected to carry on with light duties, an indication that the world's oldest and longest-reigning monarch was not seriously unwell . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Feb. 2022",
"He was taken for testing after feeling unwell , Communications Minister Fabio Faria said late Monday. \u2014 Julia Leite, Bloomberg.com , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Absentees included workers who tested positive for the virus, were quarantining or awaiting test results, or who felt unwell . \u2014 Paul Berger, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced. \u2014 Andrew Meldrum, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Ramaphosa started feeling unwell and a test confirmed COVID-19, a statement from the presidency announced. \u2014 Andrew Meldrum, USA TODAY , 13 Dec. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"-\u02c8wel",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8wel"
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"ailing",
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"sick",
"sickened",
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"adjective"
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"healthful",
"healthy"
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"shady unwholesome dealings"
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"unwholesome food",
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],
": offensive to the senses : loathsome":[
"the unwholesome stench"
]
},
"examples":[
"He has an unwholesome fascination with death.",
"health inspectors shut down several food stands that were using tainted and unwholesome meat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"And in more than 250 episodes, little-sister character Dora Winifred Read was a blissfully unwholesome role model for little girls: smart, funny, and unlikable. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The air around Brainerd registers an unwholesome shade of brown. \u2014 Star Tribune , 30 July 2021",
"But the urge to remove monuments, rename buildings and expunge holiday appellations has become an unwholesome obsession on the political left. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 13 June 2021",
"By 1875, Architect magazine had published an essay declaring that a bedroom used for anything other than sleeping was unwholesome and immoral. \u2014 Brian Fagan, Quartzy , 4 Oct. 2019",
"By 1875, Architect magazine had published an essay declaring that a bedroom used for anything other than sleeping was unwholesome and immoral. \u2014 Brian Fagan, Quartzy , 4 Oct. 2019",
"By 1875, Architect magazine had published an essay declaring that a bedroom used for anything other than sleeping was unwholesome and immoral. \u2014 Brian Fagan, Quartzy , 4 Oct. 2019",
"By 1875, Architect magazine had published an essay declaring that a bedroom used for anything other than sleeping was unwholesome and immoral. \u2014 Brian Fagan, Quartzy , 4 Oct. 2019",
"By 1875, Architect magazine had published an essay declaring that a bedroom used for anything other than sleeping was unwholesome and immoral. \u2014 Brian Fagan, Quartzy , 4 Oct. 2019"
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"adjective",
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"handy"
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"examples":[
"The system is outdated and unwieldy .",
"an unwieldy machine that requires two people to operate it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The giant rafts are too unwieldy for the tug\u2019s engine to handle, the crew said, making the work dangerous. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"Most of his works are firmly anchored to the locations for which they were made, either physically attached or too large to move, and the others are unwieldy at best. \u2014 Cammy Brothers, WSJ , 7 May 2022",
"But the New Deal political order was in fact an unwieldy juggling act with no equilibrium. \u2014 Sam Rosenfeld, The New Republic , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Brothers reveals the 32-year-old Roustaee to be a masterly, if aggressively unwieldy , filmmaker whose voice is clearly one to be reckoned with. \u2014 Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"An idea that isn\u2019t buoyed by significant market knowledge might, depending on the market, be considered too unwieldy or confusing (think: too many bells and whistles). \u2014 Olivier Chateau, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
"The stock has tumbled almost 60% in the past year and the loan-to-value chart that Son obsesses over daily just keeps ticking higher, indicating SoftBank\u2019s net debt is getting unwieldy relative to the equity value of its holdings. \u2014 Min Jeong Lee, Bloomberg.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Especially in an age where smartphones are getting larger, the iPhone SE is a great option for users who shy away from more unwieldy form factors. \u2014 Yoni Heisler, BGR , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Performing this operation inside the cabin may be too unwieldy , requiring it to be done in open space outdoors. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 23 May 2022"
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"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8w\u0113l-d\u0113"
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"awkward",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092943",
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": not willed : involuntary , unintentional":[
"unwilled passions",
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"\u2014 Barbara W. Tuchman"
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"circa 1540, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"an unwilling student"
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"examples":[
"He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration.",
"unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But so far Pfizer hasn\u2019t launched any such trials and academics told Bloomberg that the company has been unwilling to provide the drug for such trials. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The move came only after state lawmakers passed laws to neuter the NCAA's power, and with Congress unwilling to provide federal protection, the NCAA has been unable to regulate NIL activity with uniform rules \u2014 leading to fresh criticism. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Western governments, however, are unwilling to provide such guarantees to their commercial companies. \u2014 Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Neither team led by more than four points until the final two minutes of a terrific game that featured a pair of defenses unwilling to give up anything easy. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Staffers at the school were unwilling to give out any family information. \u2014 Brenda Cain, cleveland , 15 Sep. 2021",
"Leaders appeal to their political bases and are often unwilling to give any ground and completely reject what the other side is offering. \u2014 Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021",
"Instead, salespeople too often live in limbo\u2014 unwilling to give up on ineffective tactics or commit to potentially successful ones. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Initially, the three brothers were unwilling to make the trek down the hill from their spots in the shade. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063652",
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"wilful",
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"examples":[
"He was an unwilling participant in the demonstration.",
"unwilling contributions from city employees who felt pressured to do so",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But so far Pfizer hasn\u2019t launched any such trials and academics told Bloomberg that the company has been unwilling to provide the drug for such trials. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The move came only after state lawmakers passed laws to neuter the NCAA's power, and with Congress unwilling to provide federal protection, the NCAA has been unable to regulate NIL activity with uniform rules \u2014 leading to fresh criticism. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Western governments, however, are unwilling to provide such guarantees to their commercial companies. \u2014 Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Neither team led by more than four points until the final two minutes of a terrific game that featured a pair of defenses unwilling to give up anything easy. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"Instead, salespeople too often live in limbo\u2014 unwilling to give up on ineffective tactics or commit to potentially successful ones. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Initially, the three brothers were unwilling to make the trek down the hill from their spots in the shade. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022"
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"But so far Pfizer hasn\u2019t launched any such trials and academics told Bloomberg that the company has been unwilling to provide the drug for such trials. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"The move came only after state lawmakers passed laws to neuter the NCAA's power, and with Congress unwilling to provide federal protection, the NCAA has been unable to regulate NIL activity with uniform rules \u2014 leading to fresh criticism. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Western governments, however, are unwilling to provide such guarantees to their commercial companies. \u2014 Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Neither team led by more than four points until the final two minutes of a terrific game that featured a pair of defenses unwilling to give up anything easy. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Staffers at the school were unwilling to give out any family information. \u2014 Brenda Cain, cleveland , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"Instead, salespeople too often live in limbo\u2014 unwilling to give up on ineffective tactics or commit to potentially successful ones. \u2014 Rhett Power, Forbes , 29 Aug. 2021",
"Initially, the three brothers were unwilling to make the trek down the hill from their spots in the shade. \u2014 Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic , 15 June 2022"
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"Like many busy people in need of a break, Del Mar resident Richard Brown likes to unwind with a good suspense novel. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"Also on this level is the movie theater for cinephiles, the 10,000-bottle wine cellar for vino enthusiasts and the cigar lounge for those who\u2019d rather just unwind with a stogie. \u2014 Helena Madden, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"On Thanksgiving, hike three miles for a sea view and then unwind with a pumpkin spice body scrub. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"And so on the weekends, that's my time to unwind and have a cocktail or have a Smirnoff Ice. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 31 May 2022",
"The proposed split up would effectively unwind Western Digital\u2019s $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk in 2016, which brought together two companies supplying memory to digital devices. \u2014 Will Feuer, WSJ , 3 May 2022"
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"In recent years, experts have tried many ways to convince vaccine-refusers the unwisdom of their choice. \u2014 David Brown, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2019"
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"Russia's invasion showed Germany\u2019s defense policy to be unwise \u2014Scholz swiftly announced a \u20ac100 million remilitarization program\u2014and its trade policy to be at best na\u00efve and at worst self-serving. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 13 June 2022",
"To switch so many cast members with so little preparation time would be unwise and unsafe. \u2014 David Lyman, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
"During the pandemic, younger males have been fueling the wobbly recovery of the domestic box office, so limiting younger audience members could be perceived as unwise . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 12 Jan. 2022",
"That said, trying to squeeze crypto instruments and organizations strictly into existing policy frameworks is equally as unwise . \u2014 Sean Stein Smith, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Old-school executives who try to maintain a high wall between the workplace and the outside world are unwise . \u2014 Cheryl Naumann, Fortune , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Lady Danbury thinks this is unwise but agrees to secrecy. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Given the danger that Russia, a state that puts power politics above economic efficiency, would use that leverage as a way to influence the direction of German foreign policy in the event of further adventurism from the Kremlin, this was unwise . \u2014 Jordan Mcgillis, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Melvyn Leffler, Fredrik Logevall, Odd Arne Westad, and other historians have made the case that the U.S. committed crimes that were both unwise and unnecessary. \u2014 Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic , 10 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The film also stars Aisling Franciosi as an unwitting stowaway, Liam Cunningham as the ship\u2019s captain and David Dastmalchian as the Demeter\u2019s first mate. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Our Father recounts the case of Indianapolis doctor Donald Cline, who, over the course of several years, repeatedly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unwitting women seeking fertility treatment. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
"There is no shortage of unwitting targets \u2014 including Almarez. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Other ETFs get wound down during heightened market volatility, defeating the very reason they were purchased by unwitting speculators. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The unwitting consumer whose account has been exploited to make these purchases doesn\u2019t know what happened until the loans become due weeks or months later. \u2014 Armen Najarian, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"The overwhelming majority of the Senate knew that Trump was incompetent, corrupt, and dangerous; indeed, many saw him as a witting or unwitting agent of Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Ira Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
"Some also believe this group could be manipulated by Moscow \u2014 and the propaganda that is broadcast across borders \u2014 to become unwitting agents in the new Cold War that\u2019s beginning to take shape. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The music industry is intrinsically linked with the image of the eternal rockstar attached to a mostly empty bottle of Jack Daniels as the unwitting symbol of rock and roll. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"The film also stars Aisling Franciosi as an unwitting stowaway, Liam Cunningham as the ship\u2019s captain and David Dastmalchian as the Demeter\u2019s first mate. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Our Father recounts the case of Indianapolis doctor Donald Cline, who, over the course of several years, repeatedly used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unwitting women seeking fertility treatment. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 12 May 2022",
"There is no shortage of unwitting targets \u2014 including Almarez. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2022",
"Other ETFs get wound down during heightened market volatility, defeating the very reason they were purchased by unwitting speculators. \u2014 George Schultze, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"The unwitting consumer whose account has been exploited to make these purchases doesn\u2019t know what happened until the loans become due weeks or months later. \u2014 Armen Najarian, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"The overwhelming majority of the Senate knew that Trump was incompetent, corrupt, and dangerous; indeed, many saw him as a witting or unwitting agent of Vladimir Putin. \u2014 Ira Shapiro, The New Republic , 6 May 2022",
"Some also believe this group could be manipulated by Moscow \u2014 and the propaganda that is broadcast across borders \u2014 to become unwitting agents in the new Cold War that\u2019s beginning to take shape. \u2014 NBC News , 10 Apr. 2022",
"The music industry is intrinsically linked with the image of the eternal rockstar attached to a mostly empty bottle of Jack Daniels as the unwitting symbol of rock and roll. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 7 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The day before his company was taken to court, Trump appeared in Texas, spinning lies about his unbuilt border wall and his unwon Presidential campaign. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 1 July 2021",
"That leaves several generations of veterans wrestling with the ambiguous aftermath of wars unwon . \u2014 Michael M. Phillips, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2021",
"Hill joins many in Seattle\u2019s black community celebrating Juneteenth as a time for rejoicing freedom\u2019s triumph, while contemplating struggles still unwon . \u2014 Marcus Harrison Green, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2019",
"The political class right and left, Dem and Rep, had to fail, and did, spectacularly, with the 2008 crash and two unwon wars. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As in most wars, the most onerous burden falls on those who did not sign up for their unwonted parts in this great 21st century drama. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Mar. 2021",
"But Mr Tucker has brought an unwonted impatience to HSBC. \u2014 The Economist , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"Refugee and human-rights groups called the plan inhumane, unworkable and a waste of taxpayers\u2019 money. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 16 Apr. 2022",
"But the Texas bill also is unworkable and confusing. \u2014 Tyler O'neil, Fox News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"Asking those offices to take on more of a workload in administering programs or monitoring defendants without adding to their staffs is unworkable . \u2014 Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online , 17 Mar. 2022",
"If anything is struck out or deemed unworkable , Democrats will need to rewrite their legislation, which could take time. \u2014 Lauren Fox And Ella Nilsen, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"Among the theories explored, but dismissed as unworkable either due to legal, political or economic hang ups, was whether there were constitutional grounds to continue payments, as well as the idea of minting a trillion dollar coin, the person said. \u2014 Phil Mattingly, CNN , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Manchin has focused much of his effort on the child tax credit, seeking to impose new work and education requirements that many within his own party have opposed as unworkable . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 28 Sep. 2021",
"Back in 2016, UK politicians announced plans to require age-verification systems on all pornographic websites accessible in the country\u2014but the plans were dropped three years later after being considered unworkable . \u2014 Matt Burgess, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022"
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"That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay. \u2014 Bob Christie, The Arizona Republic , 5 June 2021",
"The new support program unveiled last week requires employees to work at least 20% of their hours to receive aid, and their firms are on the hook to make a 5% contribution for unworked time. \u2014 David Goodman, Bloomberg.com , 31 Oct. 2020",
"Tilling 2 acres of formerly unworked land with a walk-behind tiller was wearying, but the promise of giant bucks with big racks made the task less daunting. \u2014 Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life , 5 Nov. 2020",
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"The state police report noted that if its budget is reduced, cases may go unworked . \u2014 Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com , 2 Sep. 2020",
"For instance, archaeologist Ian Watts, who works in South Africa, has described hundreds to thousands of pieces of worked and unworked ochre at sites dating as far back as 120,000 years ago. \u2014 Curtis W. Marean, Scientific American , 1 Nov. 2012",
"The officers were found to have been stealing from citizens for years, lying on official paperwork, and taking thousands from taxpayers in the form of unworked overtime pay. \u2014 Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com , 5 Apr. 2018"
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"The look might be a tad chic and sophisticated for unworldly ditz Muriel, but the star looks so sensational, who\u2019s quibbling? \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Whereas Galgut\u2019s clarity of vision can seem sometimes almost unworldly , Diski is nothing if not parti pris. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
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"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020"
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"The look might be a tad chic and sophisticated for unworldly ditz Muriel, but the star looks so sensational, who\u2019s quibbling? \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Whereas Galgut\u2019s clarity of vision can seem sometimes almost unworldly , Diski is nothing if not parti pris. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
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"That was a metaphor for a job candidate with an unworldly mix of experience, skills and pay history. \u2014 Mitchell Schnurman Dallas Morning News, Star Tribune , 16 Aug. 2020",
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"An estimated 9 billion items of clothing mostly sit unworn in U.S. consumers' closets every year, according to ThredUp, the largest online thrift and consignment store. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"And what about the clothes that hang in your closet unworn ? \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That record was comprehensively smashed five years later by an unworn Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010, created especially for a charity auction in Geneva, that fetched 31 million Swiss francs ($31.2 million). \u2014 CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Zappos offers a full refund within 365 days of purchase as long as items are unworn and in their original packaging. \u2014 Lisa Niver, Wired , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Her memoirs Blue Nights and The Year of Magical Thinking, which grapple with the deaths of her daughter and of her husband, respectively, are filled with unworn shoes and sundresses and sweaters. \u2014 Kate Cray, The Atlantic , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Items must be unused, unworn , unwashed, and undamaged. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 23 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ade Banjoko, 22, and Mina Park, 30 \u2014 two medical interns from Canada and South Korea, respectively, who work together at a clinic in Brooklyn \u2014 came to the show unmasked and unworried . \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Aug. 2021",
"The report then pivoted to a scene from the night before, where many people can be seen on the streets of Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood strolling around seemingly unworried about the pandemic. \u2014 Michael Lee, Washington Examiner , 8 Feb. 2021",
"With an unworried expression on her face, Ponsetto turned towards the camera and quickly interjected. \u2014 Jasely Molina, refinery29.com , 10 Jan. 2021",
"The Iranian diplomats and their relatives appeared unworried and none were wearing masks or gloves. \u2014 Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times , 13 Mar. 2020",
"Like many of her fellow residents, Ms. Zhang was at first unworried . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2020",
"Critics have also rightly pointed out that the current street-rap scenes in cities like Chicago and Detroit are home to similarly careening flows; SOB x RBE, the excellent quartet from Vallejo, are similarly unworried about conventional meter. \u2014 Paul Thompson, Billboard , 28 Feb. 2019",
"Like many of her fellow residents, Ms. Zhang was at first unworried . \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Her face, like everyone else\u2019s in the family, is unworried , unlined. \u2014 Andrea Bernstein, The New Yorker , 13 Dec. 2016"
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"If 51%, 75% or even 99% of people in a territory believe that a minority is unworthy of life or liberty, that does not mean that minority should be denied those rights. \u2014 WSJ , 10 May 2022",
"But to Ukrainians along the vast 250-mile front line of Putin\u2019s bloody offensive, the Russian military is unworthy of celebration. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 May 2022",
"Whereas most men graciously accept honors and willingly take credit, women often feel unworthy , says Golodryga. \u2014 Jane Hanson, Forbes , 8 May 2022",
"Others have either moved too far away to go back or have deemed a commute unworthy of their time or money, especially given rising gas prices. \u2014 Chandra Steele, PCMAG , 4 May 2022",
"Which is part of the issue with Cyrano, who may feel unworthy of love. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Part of being a hero is to have both the modesty to feel unworthy of such a heavy word and the strength to accept the responsibility that comes with others looking to you to be that hero. \u2014 Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
"In July 2018, when a coalition of government-watchdog groups filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission over New PAC spending $5,518 on private jets, FEC staff deemed the amount unworthy of an enforcement action. \u2014 Jake Bernstein, The New York Review of Books , 23 Apr. 2020",
"The fact that so many unworthy players went so far is simply too damning. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 9 Dec. 2021"
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"Remove from the oven, carefully unwrap one packet, being mindful of the steam and taking care not to spill the juices that have accumulated in the packet. \u2014 Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 May 2021",
"Those watching the smartphone markets carefully will no doubt be trying to unwrap what OnePlus has shown today, trying to link it back to other devices from the likes of Oppo, Vivo, and RealMe. \u2014 Ewan Spence, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Once cool enough to handle, unwrap the halves and place them in the refrigerator for about 6 minutes (allow an extra 2 to 3 minutes for very hard avocados). \u2014 Amy Mitchell, Country Living , 20 Apr. 2022",
"To serve, unwrap each grits cake and place it on a plate. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Let cool, then unwrap the avocados and place them in the refrigerator. \u2014 Amy Mitchell, Country Living , 20 Apr. 2022",
"For the grill master and movie aficionado, this shirt will be his favorite to unwrap on Father's Day. \u2014 Annie O\u2019sullivan, Good Housekeeping , 20 Apr. 2022",
"At the end of each lip sync for the remainder of the season, the losing queen will unwrap her own chocolate bar to see whether or not the single golden ticket is inside. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Throughout the season, the queen who loses that week's lip-sync for her life will unwrap her chocolate bar on the Main Stage. \u2014 Joey Nolfi, EW.com , 22 Jan. 2022"
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"They had an unwritten agreement.",
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"In all of those environments, there are written and unwritten rules to follow and your actions have consequences. \u2014 Csaba Toth, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"Nevertheless, Meyer displayed a pattern of willful negligence that suggested the rules, written and unwritten , weren\u2019t for him. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 17 Dec. 2021",
"The character flaws and ignorance of our system and its norms, written and unwritten , were there for all to see. \u2014 Keith C. Burris And Pittsburgh Post-gazette (tns), Star Tribune , 19 Jan. 2021",
"The military is full of unwritten rules that often creep into its rigid structure, and some of those may have come into play here, Brennan suggested. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"Francona said sometimes the game\u2019s unwritten rules sometimes get in the way of common sense and sportsmanship. \u2014 Joe Noga, cleveland , 15 Apr. 2022",
"There's an unwritten rule in the NBA that when a team has conceded a loss and the reserves have replaced the starters, the winning team runs the clock out and doesn't try to add to the final score \u2014 let alone dunking on the losing team. \u2014 Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"The stakes are high because an unwritten government policy requires local political leaders to ratify nuclear reboots. \u2014 New York Times , 4 May 2022",
"And the Board of Review holds that Sharum's reliance on an unwritten Division policy was unreasonable. \u2014 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online , 3 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lack of any mechanism to punish a prime minister who is found to have misled Parliament, Ms. White said, exposed a flaw in Britain\u2019s unwritten constitution and political arrangements. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Nineteenth-century Britons celebrated their unwritten constitution . \u2014 Jill Lepore, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021",
"Until the American Revolution, most free countries in the world preferred an unwritten constitution of customs and norms established over time. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 26 Nov. 2020",
"Britain\u2019s unwritten constitution does not have a clear rule for what happens if a prime minister becomes incapacitated or dies. \u2014 Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2020",
"Britain's unwritten constitution does not have a clear rule for what happens if a prime minister becomes incapacitated or dies. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2020",
"But that criticism rests on a misunderstanding about the role of judges in the U.K.\u2019s unwritten constitution . \u2014 James Grant, Time , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Intended to be adaptable and robust, Britain\u2019s unwritten constitution was in danger of amplifying the chaos caused by Brexit, in a way that threatened the union itself. \u2014 The Economist , 21 Dec. 2019",
"The Prorogue Gallery of Brexit Judges The legal challenge to the powers of the prime minister shows how the political infighting over Brexit has strained Britain\u2019s largely unwritten constitution to its limits. \u2014 Jonathan Browning, Bloomberg.com , 24 Sep. 2019"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Apparently, the unwritten law also applied to siblings who came along to assist. \u2014 Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Meanwhile, groups like the Ku Klux Klan intimidated and killed black people who challenged the now- unwritten laws of conduct. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, National Geographic , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Stoddard notes, disdaining the vagueness of unwritten law based on power. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 25 Nov. 2019",
"It was generally believed that the jury\u2019s final verdict would be based on America\u2019s unwritten law about white women and colored men. \u2014 Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian , 7 Oct. 2017"
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"the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage",
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"For Chris, a 12-time NBA All-Star, his father, Charles Paul, has been an unyielding pillar of support throughout his journey to the NBA and beyond. \u2014 Natasha Dye, PEOPLE.com , 15 June 2022",
"Any crack in what has been the GOP\u2019s unyielding opposition to firearms legislation has to be counted as progress. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
"The unyielding campaign has transformed once-thriving communities into vast debris fields. \u2014 Patrick J. Mcdonnell And Nabih Bulos, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"This comes back to the earlier point that trying to use a hard and unyielding dichotomy can be difficult or misleading. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 4 June 2022",
"For nearly nine years, these seven men had been prisoners to Australia\u2019s unyielding approach to refugees, detained for much of that time in miserable offshore camps. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"But the Democrat acknowledged Congress\u2019 unyielding rejection of previous legislation to curb the national epidemic of gun violence. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
"The unyielding rules of tanchuang have resulted in some strange experiences. \u2014 Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post , 24 May 2022",
"The atmosphere felt unyielding yet unbearably combustible. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022"
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"unyoke these two boats and tie them to the dock separately",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Small, snug, and unyoked from laptop or phone, AirPods are easy to wear for hours at a time, without a second thought. \u2014 Marina Koren, The Atlantic , 5 June 2019",
"Men unyoked from their families, reeling from broken bonds, are the norm: some contrite and faithfully sending child support checks, others blowing all their money on meth, pickups and good times. \u2014 Longreads , 23 Apr. 2018"
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"She unzipped the tent flap.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In the footage, which was edited and compiled by HPD, another officer had to unzip the bag and dig through it for a moment before locating the firearm inside. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 25 May 2022",
"The trailer ends with a particularly nauseating shot of Seydoux appearing to unzip his chest before placing her mouth on it. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Setting it up is ridiculously easy: just unzip the waterproof case, pull down the ladder, and the tent unfolds accordion style. \u2014 Outside Online , 6 Apr. 2022",
"When Maddy thought she'd gotten caught red-handed for playing in Samantha's closet, she was stunned when Samantha only asked her to unzip her dress. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Some people online are encouraging others to avoid Transport Security Administration body imaging scanners at the airport, claiming the equipment has the ability to unzip and alter human DNA. \u2014 Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY , 14 Oct. 2021",
"To convert, simply unzip the chair's washer- and dryer-safe microfiber cover to remove, then flip the inner cushion to unfurl and flatten it into a bed. \u2014 Zarah Kavarana, PEOPLE.com , 3 Aug. 2021",
"After a day spent gawking up at Giant Sequoias, nothing compares to being able to unzip your tent and sleep directly under these magnificent trees. \u2014 Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure , 10 May 2021",
"Then use your fingertip to unzip the pod along the string line and open it. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Apr. 2021"
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccst\u0259-d\u0113",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Taz also knows all the major dealers of PMA (paramethoxyamphetamine) the unreliable ecstasy understudy that Eaton thinks Curtis and Olivia took by accident and died as a result. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Undeterred, Poitier spent six months honing his acting skills and learning how to minimize his Bahamian accent which led to a leading role in the Broadway production Lysistrata and an invitation to understudy for Anna Lucasta. \u2014 Brande Victorian, Essence , 7 Jan. 2022",
"Crowns revolves around six African American women and their majestic church hats; Williams understudied for all six roles. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 26 Sep. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Ariana DeBose, the former theater understudy turned recent Oscar winner, was the host of the three-hour broadcast portion of the ceremony on CBS. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"While presenting the award for best revival of a play, Samuel L. Jackson referenced making his Broadway debut as an understudy in The Piano Lesson in 1990. \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 June 2022",
"This time around, the production will include \u2014 in addition to English performances \u2014 select performances in Spanish by Yadira Correa, a contributor to the Old Globe who will also play the understudy for the English performances. \u2014 Kristina Garcia, Los Angeles Times , 21 May 2022",
"Charles, in what has become a familiar sight, played the understudy . \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"One day Short was struck by the beauty of a new understudy , Nancy Dolman. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
"In just one episode, Gomez pulled off being a Bratz doll, a Latina talk show host, a documentarian, a princess, a jealous partner, a bad understudy , a model spokesperson, an irresponsible older sister and a way-too-patient girlfriend. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 15 May 2022",
"Joe made a big jump in football after rushing for 200 yards and three TDs his junior season when COVID-19 reduced Poston Butte's season to seven games (6-1 record) and Joe was Zion Burns' understudy . \u2014 Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"During his first decade on the court, Thomas was often characterized by his critics as a cipher who almost never asked questions from the bench and was an underwhelming understudy to Justice Antonin Scalia. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Feb. 2022"
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"1874, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
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"-\u02c8sach-\u0259-\u02ccr\u0101t-\u0259d",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Though being in an unsaturated market does not mean that smooth sailing is guaranteed. \u2014 John Hall, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The All Season Body Wash contains marula oil, which is a great source of deep moisturizing unsaturated oleic acid and anti-aging antioxidants. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"Nuts and seeds also provide protein and healthy unsaturated fats, but the calories add up fast. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Salmon is somewhat higher in fat than other fish, but most of that is the good, unsaturated fat. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Avocados are known to be high in good fat, the unsaturated kind. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 17 Feb. 2022",
"Peanut oil is composed of both saturated and unsaturated fats. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Still, the findings support current dietary recommendations to boost intake of olive oil and other unsaturated vegetable oils, study author Marta Guasch-Ferr\u00e9 of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston said in a news release. \u2014 Korin Miller, Health.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
"In 2013, Jeffries, now Xylome\u2019s president, noticed the oil from this strain was remarkably similar to palm oil, which is prized for its distinctive blend of saturated and unsaturated fats. \u2014 James Dinneen, Wired , 8 Jan. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"1758, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259-",
"-dy\u0259-",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"These fluffy boa-type feathers undulate beautifully in the water and make your fly look alive. \u2014 Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online , 20 May 2020",
"Dots undulate , bubble up, then dissolve into the depths below my cellphone screen. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"For miles, the soft green slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains undulate , fading into a honeyed patchwork of farmland and forest that kiss the horizon. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Thousands of variously sized glass marbles, arranged on a dark, round mat, seem to undulate like boiling water, or maybe spacetime in a black hole. \u2014 Laura Hudson, Wired , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Two weeks ago, as the landslide hit unprecedented speed, causing the ground around it to undulate with each passing truck, the team conceded defeat and closed the back half of the park weeks earlier than anticipated. \u2014 Time , 7 Sep. 2021",
"Visitors tour through a history of the 19th-century painter's famously dramatic life and are surrounded by more then 300 of his paintings and sketches, which animate and undulate and drift around on all sides. \u2014 Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press , 27 July 2021",
"Their five-centimeter-thick quadruped was able to crawl and undulate its way through a space just two centimeters high. \u2014 Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American , 30 Nov. 2011",
"Blades of strikingly green grass undulate in the currents. \u2014 Shane Gross; Text By Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Nov. 2020"
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"Latin undulatus , from *undula , diminutive of unda wave \u2014 more at water":"Adjective",
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u2014 Susanna Centlivre"
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"adjective"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Creative people, in movies or on TV, are often depicted as unlikable , unrelatable. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"None of this is to say that our Cross Sport 2.0T SEL R-Line 4Motion test vehicle was unpleasant or unlikable . \u2014 Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver , 19 Apr. 2022",
"What Dostoyevsky\u2019s misfit knows too well is that all of us are unlikable and unattractive when imbibed in great enough doses. \u2014 Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker , 9 Mar. 2022",
"If the sitcom's walking disaster of a romantic lead still charms millions of fans despite his curmudgeonly, manic energy, that all comes down to Johnson's ability to infuse heart into a man who, on paper, should be deeply unlikable . \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Locals panned the election as a race of unlikable candidates. \u2014 Timothy W. Martin And Dasl Yoon, WSJ , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Actors who play unlikable characters often talk about finding a way to relate to the character. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Jason Sudeikis, an executive producer and recurring player on Detroiters, offered him one of his more unlikable characters to date as petulant billionaire Edwin Akufo on the second season of Ted Lasso. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Jan. 2022",
"The family do not know Caterina and Manfredi broke up, which Manfredi, an unlikable , wolfish character with little to recommend him to one woman let alone two, exploits. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 29 Oct. 2021"
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"definitions":{
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"adjective"
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"adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151338"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\"+"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": not having a regular or pleasing shape : not shapely":[
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"\u2014 R. Z. Sheppard"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a child, Salinas spent countless hours in his father\u2019s sooty workshop, watching him transform unshapely metal into useful objects. \u2014 Elisabeth Biondi, The New Yorker , 9 Oct. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152250"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"circa 1585, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adverb"
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": in an uneasy manner":[]
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8\u0113-z\u0259-l\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The spotty news emerging from Chernobyl this spring uneasily echoed the trajectory of several of the world\u2019s major nuclear disasters, including Japan\u2019s Fukushima and Three Mile Island in the United States. \u2014 Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"The protesters have long been a fixture in Jackson\u2019s Fondren neighborhood, coexisting uneasily among its hip shops and cafes. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Born and raised in Tehran, the 41-year-old director made his name with Scandinavian movies that balance uneasily between kitchen-sink realism and supernatural horror. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 20 May 2022",
"Performative anti-political correctness sits uneasily alongside hopes of a new multiracial working-class conservatism. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 18 May 2022",
"This new approach sits uneasily alongside recent conservative defenses of Hobby Lobby and Masterpiece Cakeshop. \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Tweets confirmed that the crowd inside the Dolby Theatre laughed uneasily at first, but then grew silent. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Jennifer Garner plays Adam\u2019s mother, coping uneasily with the loss of her physicist husband (Mark Ruffalo). \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
"The officer got the man to exit the car, and the officer noted the man moved slowly and uneasily . \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland , 26 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153306"
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"unhurriedness":{
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"noun"
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": the quality or state of being unhurried : calmness , placidity":[]
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153329"
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"undergrad":{
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"noun"
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": undergraduate":[]
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"\u02c8\u0259n-d\u0259r-\u02ccgrad"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Originally from Denver, Hoffman Smith went to University of Colorado Boulder for undergrad . \u2014 Carmela Chirinos, Fortune , 22 June 2022",
"Page was burdened by $20,000 in loans from her undergrad years, plus another $28,000 from her time in grad school. \u2014 Brittany Kasko, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"Recognizing a need among their peers back in undergrad , Grevious and Pyles conceptualized an app that would enable friends to obtain liquor while partying without getting behind the wheel. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Twenty-one years ago, chef Bun Lai was walking along the Connecticut shoreline with a Yale undergrad and waiter at his mother\u2019s sushi restaurant, Miya\u2019s, in New Haven, Connecticut. \u2014 Aliza Abarbanel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Apr. 2022",
"This came after decades of allowing men to take undergrad classes part time, and to get graduate degrees at USJ. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 15 May 2022",
"Schlossberg didn't follow his mother and grandfather to Harvard for undergrad , instead choosing to attend Yale University, where graduated in 2015 with a degree in history, focusing on Japanese history. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Hannah Smart, who participated in an informal Moth event while an undergrad at Middlebury College, is a writer pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Emerson College. \u2014 Hannah Smart, BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Brown, far behind its colleagues, boasts just over $1 million in endowment assets per undergrad student. \u2014 Adam Andrzejewski, Forbes , 31 Oct. 2021"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153413"
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"under negotiation":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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"definitions":{
": being discussed in a usually formal way in order to reach an agreement as to details":[
"The contract is under negotiation ."
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153447"
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"unpromulgated":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": not promulgated":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + promulgated , past participle of promulgate":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1774, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153542"
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"unemployment compensation":{
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"noun"
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": compensation paid at regular intervals (as by a government agency) to an unemployed worker and especially one who has been laid off":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Tara Hutchison, spokeswoman for the DOL, said the state\u2019s unemployment compensation system uses a different system. \u2014 William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al , 30 June 2022",
"May 24 that an unknown person tried to file an unemployment compensation case in his name. \u2014 Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune , 27 May 2022",
"In Alabama, people can draw up to $275 a week in unemployment compensation for up to 14 weeks. \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Alabama\u2019s plan applies 36% of the money to expand broadband internet access, 29% for water and sewer projects, 20% for health care services, and 10% to support the trust fund that pays unemployment compensation . \u2014 Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Attorney\u2019s Office works with state labor officials to identify, investigate, and prosecute fraud in the unemployment compensation program. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 16 May 2022",
"His father was a lawyer and state unemployment compensation commissioner. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 May 2022",
"Last tax season, millions of people benefited from a temporary tax break that excluded a limited amount of unemployment compensation for those who qualified on 2020 returns. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 13 Mar. 2022",
"Quezada also did not initially receive the unemployment compensation she was owed, forcing her to turn to local and state politicians for help. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 1 Nov. 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154201"
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"under its own steam":{
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"idiom"
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": by using its own power or efforts":[
"The ship was damaged but was able to return to port under its own steam .",
"\u2014 often used figuratively He became a success under his own steam ."
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154310"
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"unworkableness":{
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154506"
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