unanimity (n.) Look up unanimity at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., from Old French unanimite (14c.), from Latin unanimitas, from unanimus (see unanimous).
unanimous (adj.) Look up unanimous at Dictionary.com
1610s, from Latin unanimus "of one mind," from unus "one" (see one) + animus "mind" (see animus). Related: Unanimously.
unannounced (adj.) Look up unannounced at Dictionary.com
1775, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of announce.
unanswered (adj.) Look up unanswered at Dictionary.com
late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of answer.
unanticipated (adj.) Look up unanticipated at Dictionary.com
1741, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of anticipate.
unapologetic (adj.) Look up unapologetic at Dictionary.com
1834, from un- (1) "not" + apologetic. Related: Unapologetically.
unappeasable (adj.) Look up unappeasable at Dictionary.com
1560s, from un- (1) "not" + appeasable. Related: Unappeasably.
unappreciated (adj.) Look up unappreciated at Dictionary.com
1809, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of appreciate.
unappreciative (adj.) Look up unappreciative at Dictionary.com
1834, from un- (1) "not" + appreciative. Related: Unappreciatively; unappreciativeness.
unapproachable (adj.) Look up unapproachable at Dictionary.com
1580s, of places, from un- (1) "not" + approachable. Of persons, "distant, aloof," attested from 1848. Related: Unapproachably.
unapproved (adj.) Look up unapproved at Dictionary.com
early 15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of approve.
unarmed (adj.) Look up unarmed at Dictionary.com
c.1300, "with armor removed," from un- (1) "not" + armed.
unary (adj.) Look up unary at Dictionary.com
1923, from Latin unus "one" (see one) on model of binary, etc.
unashamed (adj.) Look up unashamed at Dictionary.com
c.1500, implied in unashamedness, from un- (1) + ashamed. Related: Unashamedly.
unasked (adj.) Look up unasked at Dictionary.com
mid-13c., "uninvited," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of ask.
unassailable (adj.) Look up unassailable at Dictionary.com
1590s, from un- (1) "not" + assailable (see assail). Related: Unassailably.
unassisted (adj.) Look up unassisted at Dictionary.com
1610s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of assist (v.).
unassuming (adj.) Look up unassuming at Dictionary.com
"unpretentious," 1726, from un- (1) "not" + infinitive of assume.
unattached (adj.) Look up unattached at Dictionary.com
late 15c., "not arrested or seized," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of attach. Meaning "not associated with any body or institution" is recorded from 1796; sense of "single, not engaged or married" is first attested 1874.
unattainable (adj.) Look up unattainable at Dictionary.com
1660s, from un- (1) "not" + attainable.
unattended (adj.) Look up unattended at Dictionary.com
c.1600, "alone, unaccompanied," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of attend. Meaning "with no one in attendance" is from 1796.
unattractive (adj.) Look up unattractive at Dictionary.com
1729, from un- (1) "not" + attractive. Related: Unattractively; unattractiveness.
unauthorized (adj.) Look up unauthorized at Dictionary.com
1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of authorize.
unavailability (n.) Look up unavailability at Dictionary.com
1855, from un- (1) "not" + availability.
unavailable (adj.) Look up unavailable at Dictionary.com
1540s, "ineffectual," from un- (1) "not" + available. Meaning "incapable of being used" is recorded from 1855. Unavailing (1660s) has taken up the older sense of the word.
unavailing (adj.) Look up unavailing at Dictionary.com
1660s, from un- (1) "not" + availing. Also see unavailable.
unavoidable (adj.) Look up unavoidable at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + avoidable. Related: Unavoidably.
unaware Look up unaware at Dictionary.com
see unawares.
unawares (adv.) Look up unawares at Dictionary.com
1530s, "without being aware," from un- (1) "not" + aware + adverbial genitive -s. Meaning "without being noticed" is recorded from 1660s. Form unaware is recorded from 1590s.
unbalanced (adj.) Look up unbalanced at Dictionary.com
1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of balance. Earliest use is in reference to the mind, judgment, etc. Of material things, it is recorded from 1732.
unbearable (adj.) Look up unbearable at Dictionary.com
mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + bearable. Related: Unbearably.
unbeatable (adj.) Look up unbeatable at Dictionary.com
1897, from un- (1) "not" + beatable.
unbeaten (adj.) Look up unbeaten at Dictionary.com
late 13c., "not beaten or struck," from un- (1) + beaten. In the sense of "undefeated" it is first recorded 1757.
unbecoming (adj.) Look up unbecoming at Dictionary.com
1590s, from un- (1) "not" + becoming "fitting."
unbeknown (adj.) Look up unbeknown at Dictionary.com
1630s, from un- (1) "not" + beknown (see beknow).
unbeknownst Look up unbeknownst at Dictionary.com
1833, vulgar formation from unbeknown (1630s). No clear reason for the -st, but since 19c. this has become the dominant form.
unbelief (n.) Look up unbelief at Dictionary.com
mid-12c., "absence or lack of religious belief," from un- (1) "not" + belief.
unbelievable (adj.) Look up unbelievable at Dictionary.com
1540s, from un- (1) "not" + believable. Related: Unbelievably.
unbeliever (n.) Look up unbeliever at Dictionary.com
1520s, agent noun from unbelief.
unbend (v.) Look up unbend at Dictionary.com
"to relax a bow by unstringing it," mid-13c., from un- (2) + bend (v.). Figurative meaning "to become genial, relax" (1748) has a sense opposite to that of unbending "inflexible, obstinate" (1680s), which does not derive from the bowstringing image.
unbeseeming Look up unbeseeming at Dictionary.com
1580s, "not befitting, inappropriate," from un- (1) "not" + beseeming. A common 17c. word.
unbias (v.) Look up unbias at Dictionary.com
"to free from bias," 1708, from un- (1) "not" + bias.
The truest service a private man may hope to do his country is, by unbiassing his mind as much as possible. [Swift, "The Sentiments of a Church of England Man with respect to Religion and Government," 1708]
unbiased (adj.) Look up unbiased at Dictionary.com
c.1600, literal, in reference to throws at bowls, from un- (1) "not" + biased. Figurative sense of "impartial, unprejudiced" is recorded from 1640s.
unbidden Look up unbidden at Dictionary.com
Old English unbedene, "not asked or invited," from un- (1) "not" + bidden. Cf. Middle Dutch ongebeden, German ungebeten, Old Norse ubeðinn.
unbind (v.) Look up unbind at Dictionary.com
Old English unbindan, "to free from binding," from un- (2) + bind (v.). Cf. German entbinden, Dutch ontbinden. Literal and figurative senses both present in Old English.
Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum. [Lindisfarne Gospels, Matt. xvi:19]
Unbound is from Old English unbunden, in literal sense. Figurative sense first attested late 14c.; of books from 1540s.
unblemished (adj.) Look up unblemished at Dictionary.com
c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of blemish. Originally in moral sense; material sense is attested from mid-15c.
unborn (adj.) Look up unborn at Dictionary.com
Old English unboren "not yet born; stillborn," from un- (1) "not" + born. Cf. Old Frisian unbern, Dutch ongeboren, Old High German ungiporan, German ungeboren.
unbounded (adj.) Look up unbounded at Dictionary.com
1590s, "not limited in extent," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of bound (v.1). Sense of "generous, profuse, liberal" is recorded from 1704.
unbreakable (adj.) Look up unbreakable at Dictionary.com
late 15c.; see un- (1) "not" + breakable.
unbridled (adj.) Look up unbridled at Dictionary.com
late 14c., originally in figurative sense of "unrestrained, ungoverned," from un- (1) "not" + bridled (see bridle (v.)). Cf. Middle Dutch ongebreidelt. Literal sense of "not fitted with a bridle" (of horses) is not recorded before 1550s. The verb unbridle is attested from c.1400 in the literal sense; mid-15c. in the figurative sense.