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Underwriter

One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

Underyoke

To subject to the yoke; to make subject.

Undeserver

One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.

Undesigning

Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.

Undeterminate

Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.

Undevil

To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.

Undifferentiated

Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.

Undight

To put off; to lay aside, as a garment.

Undine

One of a class of fabled female water spirits who might receive a human soul by intermarrying with a mortal.

Undiocesed

Unprovided with a diocese; having no diocese.

Undirected

Not directed; not guided; left without direction.

Undistinctive

Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.

Undivided

Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.

Undo

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

Undock

To take out of dock; as, to undock a ship.

Undoer

One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another.

Undoing

The reversal of what has been done.

Undone

Not done or performed; neglected.

Undoubted

Not doubted; not called in question; indubitable; indisputable; as, undoubted proof; undoubted hero.

Undrape

To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil.

Undraw

To draw aside or open; to draw back.

Undreamt Undreamed

Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th/ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of.

Undress

A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

Undue

Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.

Undulate

To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

Undulated

Resembling, or in the nature of, waves; having a wavy surface; undulatory.

Undulating

Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.

Undulation

The act of undulating; a waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water, or of air; the undulations of sound.

Undulative

Consisting in, or accompanied by, undulations; undulatory.

Undulatory

Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves.

Undull

To remove the dullness of; to clear.

Undying

Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.

Unearned

Not earned; not gained by labor or service.

Unearth

To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret.

Unearthly

Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound.

Unease

Want of ease; uneasiness.

Uneasiness

The quality or state of being uneasy; restlessness; disquietude; anxiety.

Uneath

Not easily; hardly; scarcely.

Unedge

To deprive of the edge; to blunt.

Unembodied

Free from a corporeal body; disembodied; as, unembodied spirits.

Unemployed

Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

Unemployment

Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.

Unencumber

To free from incumbrance; to disencumber.

Unequal

Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank.

Unequaled

Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.

Unequalness

The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness.

Unequity

Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity.

Unequivocal

Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words.

Unerring

Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God.

Unessential

Something not constituting essence, or something which is not of absolute necessity; as, forms are among the unessentials of religion.

Uneven

Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

Unexampled

Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Unexceptionable

Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent; as, a man of most unexceptionable character.

Unexceptive

Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception.

Unexpected

Not expected; coming without warning; sudden.

Unexperienced

Not experienced; being without experience; inexperienced.

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