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{
"unbalance":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lack of balance : imbalance":[],
": to put out of balance":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"If too many people stand up, it will unbalance the boat.",
"The tax cuts have unbalanced the budget.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1855, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"crack",
"craze",
"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"madden",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044058",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"unbalanced":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"definitions":{
": mentally disordered : affected with mental illness":[],
": not adjusted so as to make credits equal to debits":[
"an unbalanced account"
],
": not balanced: such as":[],
": not in equilibrium":[]
},
"examples":[
"He's been eating an unbalanced diet.",
"horrific crimes that obviously were committed by a very unbalanced person",
"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",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1650, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)st",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bal-\u0259n(t)st"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215707",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbanded":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not provided with a band":[
"an unbanded bird"
],
": unfastened":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115412",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbanked":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not deposited in a bank":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + banked , past participle of bank (to deposit in a bank)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013952",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbaptize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to remove the effect of baptism from":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + baptize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035949",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unbaptized":{
"antonyms":[
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8bap-\u02cct\u012bzd",
"or -\u02c8bab-",
"\u02cc\u0259n-bap-\u02c8t\u012bzd",
"especially Southern -bab-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093425",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbar":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to remove a bar from : unbolt , open":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025804",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"unbarbarize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to make less barbarous : civilize":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + barbarize":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000729",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unbarbed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not provided with a barb or barbs":[
"an unbarbed fishhook"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00e4rbd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064612",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbarbered":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having long and especially unkempt hair":[]
},
"examples":[
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00e4r-b\u0259rd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-075829",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"unbare":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": strip , uncover , bare":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 2 + bare":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135314",
"type":[
"transitive verb"
]
},
"unbearable":{
"antonyms":[
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
],
"definitions":{
": not bearable : unendurable":[
"unbearable pain"
]
},
"examples":[
"We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.",
"this heat is unbearable \u2014when are we going to get air-conditioning",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ber-\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071824",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unbeatable":{
"antonyms":[
"superable",
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable"
],
"definitions":{
": not capable of being defeated":[],
": possessing unsurpassable qualities":[]
},
"examples":[
"a restaurant with unbeatable food",
"The store has unbeatable prices.",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u0113-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035330",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unbeautiful":{
"antonyms":[
"aesthetic",
"esthetic",
"aesthetical",
"esthetical",
"attractive",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"cute",
"drop-dead",
"fair",
"fetching",
"good-looking",
"goodly",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"knockout",
"lovely",
"pretty",
"ravishing",
"seemly",
"sightly",
"stunning",
"taking",
"well-favored"
],
"definitions":{
": not beautiful : unattractive":[]
},
"examples":[
"a makeshift shelter that was unbeautiful perhaps, but it kept us out of the rain",
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8by\u00fc-ti-f\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"homely",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ugly",
"unappealing",
"unattractive",
"uncomely",
"unhandsome",
"unlovely",
"unpleasing",
"unpretty",
"unsightly",
"vile"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023733",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"unbecoming":{
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-bi-\u02c8k\u0259-mi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unbecoming 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",
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090159",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unbecomingness":{
"antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"correct",
"decorous",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"genteel",
"happy",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable"
],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259n-bi-\u02c8k\u0259-mi\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for unbecoming 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",
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"graceless",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"inept",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"perverse",
"unapt",
"unfit",
"unhappy",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"untoward",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045257",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"unbeholden":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not having an obligation to someone : not indebted or beholden":[
"In our age, for the first time, they could gain power themselves, unbeholden to tribal leaders for support.",
"\u2014 Ernest Gellner"
]
},
"examples":[
"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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"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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"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",
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"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",
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"living in an age of unbelief",
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"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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"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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"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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"She had an unbelieving look on her face.",
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"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 Scott Raab"
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"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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"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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"He has an unbending will.",
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"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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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
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"history_and_etymology":{
"un- entry 1 + bewailed , past participle of bewail":""
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"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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"Let me offer an unbiased opinion.",
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"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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"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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"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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"bind",
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"She managed to unbind her hands.",
"a newly elected democratic government whose first act was to unbind the nation's vast horde of political prisoners",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u012bnd"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 Garrison Keillor"
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"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"amiss",
"bad",
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"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
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": having no fault or flaw":[
"an unblemished safety record",
"pure, unblemished joy"
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": not blemished : such as":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ble-misht"
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"ideal",
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"impeccable",
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"irreproachable",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"picture-book",
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"seamless"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234632",
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"adjective"
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"block"
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": to free from being blocked":[]
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"A procedure was done to unblock his arteries.",
"unblock the road so that the convoy can proceed",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"circa 1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bl\u00e4k"
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"an unblushing patriotism that is manifested in the family's public display of the flag"
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"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bl\u0259-shi\u014b"
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"bodily",
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"material",
"physical",
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"ghosts are often depicted as unbodied , yet somehow visible, beings",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"1513, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00e4-d\u0113d"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081033",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"bookish",
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"circa 1616, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bu\u0307-kish"
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"adjective"
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"un- entry 1 + bored , past participle of bore (to pierce)":""
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190339",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"bygone",
"past"
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": still to appear : future":[]
},
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"a home entertainment system that can be adapted for products as yet unborn",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"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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"-\u02c8b\u022f(\u0259)rn",
"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u022frn"
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"coming",
"future"
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"adjective"
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"cover (up)",
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"hide",
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"shroud",
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"unbosomed his fear of dying only to his closest friends"
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"circa 1595, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bu\u0307-z\u0259m",
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"discover",
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"unmask",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230503",
"type":[
"verb"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": not feeling or showing agitation, worry, or annoyance : not bothered":[
"\u2026 for a young director, he seems increasingly unbothered by the problems of youth.",
"\u2014 Anthony Lane",
"\u2026 [walruses] lie torpid, eyes closed, silent, unbothered by the flies and feces coating their extravagant flanks.",
"\u2014 Richard Matthews"
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"first_known_use":{
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u00e4-\u1e6fh\u0331\u0259rd"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064617",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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"
],
"first_known_use":{
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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",
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"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",
"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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"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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": incapable of being burned or unsuitable for burning : not burnable":[
"an unburnable material",
"unburnable trash"
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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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"adjective"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"unburned wood",
"a residue of unburned gunpowder",
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8b\u0259rnd"
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"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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"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"an unbusy schedule"
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"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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"adjective"
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"Like other English-language commentators, he is healthily unbemused by Brecht's theatrical and aesthetic theories.",
"\u2014 Timothy Garton Ash"
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"-b\u0113-"
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"1804, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8bel-t\u0259d"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Across the state in 2021 the seat belt compliance rate was 93.5% but unbelted occupants still accounted for over half of those killed in traffic crashes, the release said. \u2014 Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune , 7 June 2022",
"Over 800 people die each year in car crashes who were unbelted in the back seat. \u2014 Hope Yen And Tom Krisher, USA TODAY , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Yet Vic\u2019s tiny, unbelted dog is seated in the backseat. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The problem is that our federal safety regulators have a mandate to protect two different populations: the belted and unbelted . \u2014 Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 Nov. 2021",
"The new law is subject to secondary enforcement, meaning police don\u2019t pull over drivers solely because of an unbelted adult in the back seat, AAA said. \u2014 Christine Dempsey, courant.com , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Last year, over half of all crash fatalities involved unbelted drivers oxr occupants, the highest level since 2012, according to NHTSA. \u2014 Hope Yen And Tom Krisher, USA TODAY , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Last year, over half of all crash fatalities involved unbelted drivers or occupants, the highest level since 2012, according to NHTSA. \u2014 Hope Yen, Anchorage Daily News , 17 Oct. 2021",
"They could be worn with either spaghetti straps or a halter neck, belted or unbelted , and at any hem-length. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 29 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": unendurable":[]
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"\u00a6\u0259n\u00a6bru\u0307k\u0259b\u0259l"
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"adjective"
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"\"+"
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"transitive verb"
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185839"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": single-minded , firm":[]
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8ben-d\u0259-b\u0259l"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Of all the things my husband had wanted with a strong and unbendable passion, an outdoor shower would have to have been near the top of the list. \u2014 Kathryn Davis, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022",
"And who in the Navy will adjudicate the unbendable Columbia class production schedule with the need to get a single Seawolf bow dome completed",
"That, for now, seems unlikely given Weisselberg\u2019s decades of service to the Trump Organization and a seemingly unbendable allegiance to the man who leads it. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 1 July 2021",
"The lab has paid for a private barge, a nearly unbendable casing, and a hydraulically leveling trailer designed just for this mission to transport the magnet to and from the water. \u2014 William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics , 7 Apr. 2021",
"Thank goodness Mark is one of those guys who isn\u2019t unbendable . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Sep. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"1825, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202927"
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"transitive verb"
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"\u00a6\u0259n+"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8br\u014dk"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"adjective"
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"transitive verb"
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": disinter , exhume":[]
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"\"+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103341"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"unbruised fruit",
"unbruised skin"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8br\u00fczd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bucheli reassured me that the heel could be extended, and my ego was left unbruised . \u2014 Isiah Magsino, Robb Report , 3 Feb. 2022",
"That in no way indicates the historic seaside track escaped unbruised . \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Sep. 2019",
"The importance of the trigger finger is why snipers go to such lengths to keep their forefingers shrouded and unbruised , and why so many cut the finger off a glove to better connect with their weapon. \u2014 Azad Cudi, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019"
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113306"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
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"\u2026 a shock of thick, unbrushed hair \u2026",
"\u2014 Tad Friend",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In Conditioner through my untouched and unbrushed wet hair. \u2014 Chelsea Hall, Marie Claire , 17 Dec. 2020",
"Actor and dad-of-three, Matt Bomer, ran errands this week in a sweats and unbrushed hair. \u2014 Megan Gustashaw, GQ , 5 Nov. 2017"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1640, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124341"
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"verb"
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],
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"examples":[
"She unbuckled her seat belt.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Gonzalez also said that the child has the ability to unbuckle himself, but said the mother was using a loaner car. \u2014 Adam Sabes, Fox News , 24 June 2022",
"After the interview, Yahritza, Jairo and Mando unbuckle their black carrying cases to reveal their instruments. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Once there, passengers and crew can unbuckle themselves to experience weightlessness for about three minutes before returning back to their home planet. \u2014 Algernon D'ammassa, USA TODAY , 10 July 2021",
"The home plate umpire approached Megill and asked him to hand over his glove and hat and unbuckle his belt. \u2014 Eric Levenson, CNN , 24 June 2021",
"The headroom is considerable, with ample space above the couches in which to unbuckle and float during the brief weightless portion of the trip. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 7 June 2021",
"The experience will last about 11 minutes, during which the capsule will pass the Karman Line and the astronauts will be able to unbuckle their seatbelts and float in zero gravity for about three minutes. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 12 June 2021",
"Passengers will be allowed to unbuckle and move around the cabin during the weightless period, Blue Origin said. \u2014 Doug Cameron, WSJ , 12 June 2021",
"Blue Origin flies its New Shepard capsule to an altitude of about 65 miles, where passengers can then unbuckle from their seats and experience about four minutes of weightlessness. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 June 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"\u02cc\u0259n-\u02c8biz-n\u0259s-\u02ccl\u012bk",
"-n\u0259z-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But your attempt to cajole lightly was unbusinesslike . \u2014 Judith Martin, The Mercury News , 4 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003433"
}
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