unheralded(uhn HER ild id) adj. uncelebrated in advance; unforetold; not pre-
announced; unpredicted
- The circus’s arrival in town was completely unheralded.
- The president made an unheraldedtrip to the front.
universal(YOO ni VER sil) adj. 1. present or occurring everywhere; 2. not limit-
ed or restricted; 3. highly adaptable; usable for many different purposes - Air is universalwhere humans are able to live.
- The Constitution’s framers believed in a universalright to freedom of
speech. - A hammer is one of the few tools that have universalapplications.
[-ly adv.] [Syn. general, generic]
unparalleled(uhn PA ruh leld) adj. unequaled; unmatched; that has no
parallel - The quality of Geoffrey’s cinematography is unparalleledin the history of
filmmaking. - Picasso had a grasp of shape relationships that is unparalleledin the known
art world.
unresolved (UHN riz AHLVD) adj. unsettled; undetermined; unexplained;
unanalyzed - The difficulties Ralph and Edna had in understanding one another were
unresolvedby their having a child. - The chemical composition of the compound remained unresolved,even
after analysis by spectrograph.
unutterable (uhn UH tir uh bl) adj. that can’t be described or expressed;
inexpressible - The shock that Sarah felt was unutterable.
- Jack found the words needed to describe the horror he felt upon hearing of
the fire were unutterable.
[unutterably adv.]
upstart (UHP stahrt) n. 1. a person who has recently become wealthy, and so is
presumptuous or aggressive; 2. one who does not know his/her proper place - The country club caters to the longtime aristocracy, and its board has
always voted to keep upstartsout. - The upstartwas reprimanded when he tried to cut into the front of the
line.
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