Un*im"i*ta*ble (?), a. Inimitable. [Obs.]

Un`im*pair"a*ble (?), a. That can not be impaired. Hakewill.

Un`im*peach"a*ble (?), a. Not impeachable; not to be called in

question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt,

or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation;

unimpeachable testimony. Burke. — Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. —

Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.

Un*im"pli*cate (?), a. Not implicated. "Unimplicate in folly." R.

Browning.

Un`im*por"tance (?), n. Want of importance; triviality. Johnson.

Un`im*proved" (?), a. 1. Not improved; not made better or wiser; not

advanced in knowledge, manners, or excellence.

2. Not used; not employed; especially, not used or employed for a

valuable purpose; as, unimproved opportunities; unimproved blessings.

Cowper.

3. Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as,

unimproved land or soil.

U`ni*mus"cu*lar (?), a. [Uni- muscular.] (Zoöl.) Having only one

adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the

oyster; monomyarian.

Un`in*cum"bered (?), a. 1. Not incumbered; not burdened.

2. (Law) Free from any temporary estate or interest, or from mortgage,

or other charge or debt; as, an estate unincumbered with dower.

Un`in*frin"gi*ble (?), a. That may not be infringed; as, an

uninfringible monopoly.

Un`in*tel"li*gence (?), n. Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom;

ignorance. Bp. Hall.

Un*in"ter*essed (?), a. Uninterested; unaffected. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Un*in"ter*est*ed (?), a. 1. Not interested; not having any interest or

property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any

business.

2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a

discourse or narration.

Un*in`ter*mis"sion (?), n. Want or failure of intermission. [R.] Bp.

Parker.

U`ni*nu"cle*a`ted (?), a. [Uni- + nucleated.] (Biol.) Possessed of but

a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell.

U"ni*o (?), n. [NL., fr. L. unio unity, union, a single large pearl.

See Union.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels

belonging to Unio and many allied genera.

U`ni*oc"u*lar (?), a. [Uni- + ocular.] Of, pertaining to, or seated in,

one eye; monocular.

Un"ion (?; 277), n. [F., from L. unio oneness, union, a single large

pearl, a kind of onion, fr. unus one. See One, and cf. Onion, Unit.] 1.

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state

of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

Union differs from connection, as it implies that the bodies are in

contact, without an inter&?;ening body; whereas things may be connected

by the in&?;&?;&?;vention of a third body, as by a cord or chain.

2. Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the

like; harmony; concord.

3. That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination

or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body;

a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have

become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the

Union. A. Hamilton.

4. A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk,

wool, etc., woven together.

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