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(56 words)

ultimately

adverb

finally, after a series of things have happened:

unaffordable

adjective

too expensive for people to be able to buy or pay for:

unattractive

adjective

lacking good or positive features that make someone want to do something:

unavailable

adjective

[ after verb ] If someone is unavailable, they are not able to talk to people or meet people, usually because they are doing other things:

unavoidable

adjective

impossible to avoid

uncertainty

noun [ C or U ]

a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known or certain:

uncomfortable

adjective

slightly embarrassed, or making you feel slightly embarrassed:

uncomfortably

adverb

in a way that does not feel comfortable and pleasant:

in a way that makes you feel slightly embarrassed, or that shows that you feel slightly embarrassed:

uncommon

adjective

not seen, happening, or experienced often:

unconventional

adjective

different from what is usual or from the way most people do things:

uncover

verb [ T ]

to discover something secret or hidden or remove something covering something else:

undeniable

adjective

certainly true:

underestimate

verb

[ T ] to fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor, is:

undergo

verb [ T ]

to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change:

understand

verb

[ T ] formal to know or realize something because you have been told it:

undertake

verb [ T ]

formal to do or begin to do something, especially something that will take a long time or be difficult:

unemployed

noun [ plural ]

people who do not have a job that provides money:

unfold

verb

[ T ] to open or spread out something that has been folded:

unforeseen

adjective

not expected:

unhelpful

adjective

not improving a difficult situation:

unit

noun

[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people living or working together, especially for a particular purpose:

unite

verb [ I or T ]

to join together as a group, or to make people join together as a group; to combine:

unity

noun [ U ]

the state of being joined together or in agreement:

universally

adverb

in a way that exists everywhere, or involves everyone:

unjustified

adjective disapproving

wrong and/or not deserved:

unknown

noun

[ S ] what is not familiar or known:

unload

verb

[ I or T ] to remove the contents of something, especially a load of goods from a vehicle, the bullets from a gun or the film from a camera:

unmarried

adjective

not married:

unnecessarily

unnoticed

adjective, adverb

without being seen or noticed:

unpaid

adjective

An unpaid debt, tax, etc. has not been paid:

Unpaid work is work that you do without getting any money for it:

unpleasant

adjective

[ after verb ] rude and angry:

unproductive

adjective

not producing very much

not having positive results:

noun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]

a social group consisting of the people who have the highest social rank and who are usually rich:

adjective

belonging or relating to a social group consisting of the people who have the highest social rank and who are usually rich:

[ U ] the way something is treated or used: