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un-
1- a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns ( unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able ), and less freely used in certain other nouns ( unrest; unemployment ).
un-
2- a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some action or state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. ( unbend; uncork; unfasten , etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning ( unloose ).
un
3or 'un
[ uhn ]
pronoun
Dialect.
- one:
young uns; He's a bad un.
UN
4or U.N.
abbreviation for
UN
1abbreviation for
- United Nations
'un
2/ ə /
pronoun
- a spelling of one
that's a big 'un
un-
3prefix
- freely used with adjectives, participles, and their derivative adverbs and nouns: less frequently used with certain other nouns not; contrary to; opposite of
untidiness
uncertain
unrest
unbelief
unemotionally
uncomplaining
untruth
un-
4prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives
- denoting reversal of an action or state
uncover
untangle
- denoting removal from, release, or deprivation
unharness
unthrone
unman
- (intensifier)
unloose
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Usage
This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of un-1
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of un-1
from Old English on-, un-; related to Gothic on-, German un-, Latin in-
Origin of un-2
from Old English un-, on-; related to Gothic and-, German ent-, Latin ante
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Synonym Study
See in- 3.
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