U

(49 words)

ugly

adjective

unpleasant and threatening or violent:

ultimately

adverb

used to emphasize the most important fact in a situation:

unaffected

adjective

not influenced, harmed, or interrupted in any way:

unanimous

adjective

If a group of people are unanimous, they all agree about one particular matter or vote the same way, and if a decision or judgment is unanimous, it is formed or supported by everyone in a group:

unanimously

adverb

in a way that is agreed or supported by everyone in a group:

unattainable

adjective

not able to be achieved:

unavoidably

adverb

in a way that is impossible to avoid:

unbalanced

adjective

MENTALLY ILL

mentally ill:

NOT FAIR

not fair or equal; false:

unbiased

adjective

able to judge fairly because you are not influenced by your own opinions:

unconditional

adjective

complete and not limited in any way:

unconscious

adjective

An unconscious thought or feeling is one that you do not know you have:

undeniably

adverb

underway / under way

adjective [ after verb ]

If something is underway, it is happening now:

underdeveloped

adjective

(especially of a country) without modern industry or modern services that provide transport, hospitals, etc.:

underlying

adjective [ before noun ]

real but not immediately obvious:

And what might be the underlying significance of these supposedly random acts?

On the surface it’s a very funny novel but it does have a more serious underlying theme.
The underlying message of the film is that love transcends everything else.
We need to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and suffering.
It is important to look at all the underlying causes of the conflict.
An underlying pessimism infuses all her novels.

undermine

verb [ T ]

to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually:

undertake

verb [ T ]

formal to promise that you will do something:

undertaking

noun [ C ]

a job, business, or piece of work:

undesirable

adjective disapproving

not wanted, approved of, or popular:

undeveloped

adjective

An undeveloped place or piece of land has not been built on or used for farming.

undoubted

adjective [ usually before noun ]

used to emphasize that something is true:

undue

adjective [ before noun ] formal

to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable:

unethical

adjective

not ethical (= based on moral beliefs)

uneven

adjective

not level, equal, flat, or continuous:

uneventful

adjective

An uneventful time or situation is one in which nothing interesting or surprising happens:

unfavourable/unfavorable

adjective

not giving you an advantage or a good chance of success:

unfold

verb

[ I ] If a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people:

unimaginable

adjective

Something that is unimaginable is difficult to imagine because it is so bad, good, big, etc.:

uninhabited

adjective

An uninhabited place has no people living in it:

unknown quantity

a person or a thing whose abilities, powers, or effects are not yet known:

unlike

preposition

not typical or characteristic of:

unprecedented

adjective

never having happened or existed in the past:

unrest

noun [ U ]

disagreements or fighting between different groups of people:

unscrupulous

adjective disapproving

behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want:

unsure of yourself

without confidence in yourself:

unsustainable

adjective

Something that is unsustainable cannot continue at the same rate:

causing damage to the environment by using more of something than can be replaced naturally:

unusually for sb

in a way that is not usual for someone:

unwind

verb

[ I or T ] If you unwind something that is wrapped around an object, you unfasten it, and if it unwinds, it becomes unfastened:

unwise

adjective

stupid and likely to cause problems

uphill

adjective, adverb

leading to a higher place on a slope:

needing a large amount of effort:

uphold

verb [ T ]

to defend or keep a principle or law, or to say that a decision that has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct:

upkeep

noun [ U ]

the cost or process of keeping something, such as a building, in good condition:

upward(s) of

preposition

If you say something is upward(s) of a number or value, you mean it is at least the stated amount and probably more:

urge

noun [ C ]

a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control:

urge sb on

to encourage someone to do or achieve something:

use

verb usually disapproving

to take advantage of a person or situation; to exploit:

the use of sth

permission to use something, or the ability to use something:

come in useful

uk

to be useful and help someone to do or achieve something:

utter

verb [ T ] formal

to say something or to make a sound with your voice:

adjective [ before noun ]

complete or extreme: