dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/unm_MW.json
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{
"unmagnified":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not enlarged or magnified":[
"an unmagnified image"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1635, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8mag-n\u0259-\u02ccf\u012bd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115956",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmaidenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not maidenly":[
"Whatsoever might be the faults of Kate Vavasor, an unmaidenly desire of catching a husband for herself was certainly not one of them.",
"\u2014 Anthony Trollope , Can You Forgive Her"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1581, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + maidenly":""
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"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259n+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083614",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmailable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not mailable":[
"found the novel unmailable under post office decency clauses",
"\u2014 Newsweek"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055057",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun,"
]
},
"unmaimed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not maimed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005828",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmaintainable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not maintainable":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1631, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055610",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmaintained":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not maintained":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1533, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + maintained , past participle of maintain":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073913",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmake":{
"antonyms":[
"crown",
"enthrone",
"throne"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause to disappear : destroy":[],
": to deprive of essential characteristics : change the nature of":[],
": to deprive of rank or office : depose":[]
},
"examples":[
"a movie studio chief who likes to boast that he can unmake any star in Hollywood if he wishes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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",
"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",
"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",
"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",
"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",
"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",
"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",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u0101k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"defrock",
"depose",
"deprive",
"dethrone",
"displace",
"oust",
"uncrown",
"unseat",
"unthrone"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231407",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unmaker":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that unmakes":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English unmakere , from unmaken + -ere -er":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000021",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"unmalicious":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not malicious":[
"unmalicious humor",
"a gentle, unmalicious man"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-m\u0259-\u02c8li-sh\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075112",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unman":{
"antonyms":[
"nerve"
],
"definitions":{
": castrate , emasculate":[],
": to deprive of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit":[]
},
"examples":[
"the near crash of the airliner was a completely unmanning experience for the passengers",
"players who wouldn't let themselves be unmanned by the loss of a single game"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8man"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unman unnerve , enervate , unman , emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for effective action. unnerve implies marked often temporary loss of courage, self-control, or power to act. unnerved by the near collision enervate suggests a gradual physical or moral weakening (as through luxury or indolence) until one is too feeble to make an effort. a nation's youth enervated by affluence and leisure unman implies a loss of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit. a soldier unmanned by the terrors of battle emasculate stresses a depriving of characteristic force by removing something essential. an amendment that emasculates existing safeguards",
"synonyms":[
"demoralize",
"emasculate",
"paralyze",
"undo",
"unnerve",
"unstring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083753",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unmanacle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to free from manacles":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1582, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + manacle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080003",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unmanageable":{
"antonyms":[
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"tractable"
],
"definitions":{
": not manageable : difficult or impossible to control or manage":[
"unmanageable hair",
"an almost unmanageable amount of data",
"The prisoner became unmanageable .",
"an unmanageable temper",
"an unmanageable number of students for one teacher",
"an unmanageable amount of debt"
]
},
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1616, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-ni-j\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"froward",
"headstrong",
"incontrollable",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091205",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unmanaged":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not controlled or regulated : not managed":[
"an unmanaged forest",
"unmanaged fisheries"
]
},
"examples":[
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-nijd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112625",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmanful":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not manful":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1729, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075907",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unmanifest":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not manifest":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111512",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmanly":{
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"definitions":{
": being of weak character : cowardly":[],
": effeminate":[],
": not manly: such as":[]
},
"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",
"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":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8man-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"womanish"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200048",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"unmannered":{
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by an absence of artificiality : unaffected":[],
": marked by a lack of good manners : rude":[]
},
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1518, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-n\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannerly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110013",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unmannerly":{
"antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"well-bred"
],
"definitions":{
": in an unmannerly fashion":[],
": not mannerly : discourteous":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"in an unmannerly disregard for anyone else's comfort, she turned up the heat without saying a word"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ma-n\u0259r-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncalled-for",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unhandsome",
"unmannered"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041749",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unmantle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to remove a mantle or cover from : uncover":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + mantle":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044544",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unmanufactured":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not manufactured":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1644, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + manufactured , past participle of manufacture":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191552",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmanumitted":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not manumitted":[
"we strive with proud, unmanumitted soul",
"\u2014 J. W. Watson"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + manumitted , past participle of manumit":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081816",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmanured":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": uncultivated , untilled":[
"the soil is wonderfully fruitful, but unmanured",
"\u2014 John Dryden"
],
": not fertilized with manure":[
"unmanured lawns"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + manured , past participle of manure":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-181513"
},
"unmapped":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not represented on a map : uncharted":[
"unmapped wilderness",
"\u2026 wild and unmapped areas of the physical world.",
"\u2014 H. G. Rickover"
]
},
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1805, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8mapt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114654",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmarked":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not characterized":[
"wrote political articles unmarked by a regard for truth",
"The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing.",
"\u2014 Elizabeth George Speare"
],
": not having a marker giving a street name or route number":[
"\u2026 an unmarked , graveled road running parallel with the levee.",
"\u2014 American Guide Series: Louisiana"
],
": not having an identifying mark or distinctive notation":[
"\"I want five thousand dollars in unmarked singles.\"",
"\u2014 Ed McBain",
"\u2026 an unmarked storefront on Melrose Avenue.",
"\u2014 Gerri Hirshey",
"an unmarked grave",
"an unmarked police car"
],
": not marked : such as":[],
": not noticed : unobserved":[
"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":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8m\u00e4rkt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140204",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unmarketable":{
"antonyms":[],
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"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"
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"\u2014 James Willwerth",
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"\u2014 Jay Jacobs"
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"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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"an unmarried couple who are living together",
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"But like in Yuriko\u2019s case, many hospitals enforce the requirement on unmarried women anyway. \u2014 Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"He was unmasked as a spy.",
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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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"verb"
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"\u2014 David Bromwich"
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"\u2014 Alice Munro",
"wearing a pair of unmatched socks"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"One began to dream the sensation of wielding unmeasured power.",
"\u2014 Henry Adams"
],
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},
"examples":[
"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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"1648, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 Dany Margolies"
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"1665, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2026 stuffed themselves with unmemorable food.",
"\u2014 William Grimes"
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"examples":[
"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",
"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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"stiff",
"towering",
"unconscionable",
"undue"
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"unmerited insults",
"unmerited criticism/praise"
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},
"examples":[
"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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"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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"Still, this year\u2019s ESG proposal momentum is unmistakable . \u2014 Rachel Layne, Fortune , 6 June 2022",
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"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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"it looks like another one of your get-rich-quick schemes has ended in unmitigated failure",
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"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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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The original military version of the AR-15 can fire eight hundred rounds per minute; an unmodified civilian AR-15 might fire forty-five to sixty. \u2014 Phil Klay, The New Yorker , 11 June 2022",
"The cages only increase the burden on crews and maintainers that the aging T-62s impose even in a clean, unmodified state. \u2014 David Axe, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
"Fully automatic machine guns will continue to fire ammunition as long as the trigger is held down and ammunition is available, whereas unmodified semi-automatic weapons can fire repeatedly but the trigger must be pulled each time. \u2014 oregonlive , 31 May 2022",
"Dubbed the villa of a hundred chimneys, the period property is one of the few built by the Medici to have survived relatively unmodified since the 16th century. \u2014 Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"Celtic Renewables has demonstrated its fuel, driving an unmodified Ford on Scottish roads using 15% biobutanol made from whisky. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The amount of the virus inside unmodified monkey cells also dropped by 85 percent when using the same stand-in virus. \u2014 Abdullah Iqbal, Scientific American , 24 Feb. 2022",
"But when fed very little, the male carriers grew up to be smaller than their unmodified counterparts. \u2014 James Dinneen, Scientific American , 13 Dec. 2021",
"While Pfizer and Moderna modify their mRNA to improve stability and reduce unpleasant reactions to the shot, CureVac stuck with unmodified mRNA. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 12 Oct. 2021"
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"And as these details were either boring or unmentionable (as in your case and mine), their interest was gratified by fantasies. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"There were no further updates, so the unmentionable crime wave appeared to have been thwarted. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Anything unconventional or exotic is discomfiting, maybe unseemly, confusing, and (most crucially) unmentionable . \u2014 Gemma Sieff, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Suffice it to say that the movie\u2019s richness of drama and texture enables the thematic essence and emotional power of its unmentionable twists to run through the film in its entirety, energizing even less surprising but no less affecting details. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Many members of the underground faded from memory or became unmentionable , having wasted away in colonial prison cells or been killed in anti-colonial infighting. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 10 May 2021",
"Those small kindnesses were given in exchange for women staying in a kind of straightjacket of femininity\u2014female pleasure was unmentionable , queerness was forbidden, and there was almost no recourse for rape and harassment. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 3 May 2021",
"Music aside, 2020 brought on a suffering of unmentionable cruelties that shattered my heart. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"These three apartments offer renters the coveted ability to wash their unmentionables without scrounging for quarters or passive-aggressively trading notes about neighbors in a communal laundry room. \u2014 Shannon Rooney, Philly.com , 11 July 2018",
"Perfect sized to hide unsightly rolls of toilet paper or any other unmentionables . \u2014 The Editors At House Beautiful, House Beautiful , 18 Nov. 2013",
"Watch for all the celeb appearances, stay for Kendall\u2019s NSFW cameo, featuring her rapping about her unmentionables , at the end. \u2014 Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
"This novel presentation unveils myths about women's unmentionables . \u2014 Lake County News-Sun , 16 Jan. 2018",
"Made in the shade Stave off wrinkles and other unmentionables by taking a break from the sun and getting a spray-tan instead. \u2014 Kai Oliver-kurtin, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 2 June 2017",
"Now there are unmentionables for all occasions: sleeping, daily wear, the gym and more. \u2014 By Bailey Shiffler Larson, star-telegram.com , 7 June 2017",
"Made in the shade Stave off wrinkles and other unmentionables by taking a break from the sun and getting a spray-tan instead. \u2014 Kai Oliver-kurtin, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 2 June 2017"
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"And as these details were either boring or unmentionable (as in your case and mine), their interest was gratified by fantasies. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"There were no further updates, so the unmentionable crime wave appeared to have been thwarted. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"Anything unconventional or exotic is discomfiting, maybe unseemly, confusing, and (most crucially) unmentionable . \u2014 Gemma Sieff, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Suffice it to say that the movie\u2019s richness of drama and texture enables the thematic essence and emotional power of its unmentionable twists to run through the film in its entirety, energizing even less surprising but no less affecting details. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 27 Dec. 2021",
"Throughout 28 tracks, Morrison effectively challenges the current junta (politicians across the globe having usurped social power thanks to COVID and by other unmentionable means). \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 19 May 2021",
"Many members of the underground faded from memory or became unmentionable , having wasted away in colonial prison cells or been killed in anti-colonial infighting. \u2014 Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker , 10 May 2021",
"Those small kindnesses were given in exchange for women staying in a kind of straightjacket of femininity\u2014female pleasure was unmentionable , queerness was forbidden, and there was almost no recourse for rape and harassment. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 3 May 2021",
"Music aside, 2020 brought on a suffering of unmentionable cruelties that shattered my heart. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
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"Perfect sized to hide unsightly rolls of toilet paper or any other unmentionables . \u2014 The Editors At House Beautiful, House Beautiful , 18 Nov. 2013",
"Watch for all the celeb appearances, stay for Kendall\u2019s NSFW cameo, featuring her rapping about her unmentionables , at the end. \u2014 Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
"This novel presentation unveils myths about women's unmentionables . \u2014 Lake County News-Sun , 16 Jan. 2018",
"Made in the shade Stave off wrinkles and other unmentionables by taking a break from the sun and getting a spray-tan instead. \u2014 Kai Oliver-kurtin, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 2 June 2017",
"Now there are unmentionables for all occasions: sleeping, daily wear, the gym and more. \u2014 By Bailey Shiffler Larson, star-telegram.com , 7 June 2017",
"Made in the shade Stave off wrinkles and other unmentionables by taking a break from the sun and getting a spray-tan instead. \u2014 Kai Oliver-kurtin, Pacific San Diego Magazine , 2 June 2017"
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