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epugnant, unfit, unbecoming, unsuitable: The parks are filled<br />

with tramps, drug addicts, and other undesirable elements.<br />

undeveloped<br />

adj. embryonic, premature, immature, incipient, inchoate,<br />

potential, latent: His sense of beauty remained undeveloped<br />

till he visited Rome.<br />

undiluted adj. pure, neat, straight, unmixed, uncut, unblended,<br />

unadulterated, unwatered, unalloyed: No ice, please - I like my<br />

whisky undiluted. How do you like the undiluted gall of the<br />

fellow walking in here uninvited!<br />

undisciplined<br />

adj. untrained, unschooled, unprepared, untutored, uneducated,<br />

untaught, unpractised, uncontrolled, disobedient, naughty, bad,<br />

wilful, wayward, unrestrained, erratic, unpredictable, unruly,<br />

wild: The sergeant has taken quite a few undisciplined recruits<br />

and knocked them into shape.<br />

undisguised<br />

adj. open, out-and-out, unmistakable or unmistakeable, overt,<br />

unconcealed, unreserved, unrestrained, unfeigned, unpretended,<br />

obvious, evident, patent, clear, explicit, transparent, sincere,<br />

heartfelt, unalloyed, unmitigated: They regarded the traitor<br />

with undisguised contempt.<br />

undisputed<br />

adj. unquestioned, unquestionable, beyond question, accepted,<br />

acknowledged, admitted, indisputable, indubitable, undoubted,<br />

certain, sure, unmistakable or unmistakeable, definite,<br />

explicit, clear, (self-)evident, obvious, uncontested,<br />

unchallenged, incontestable, irrefutable, incontrovertible,<br />

undeniable, conclusive: He proved once again that he is the<br />

undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.<br />

undistinguished<br />

adj. ordinary, commonplace, common, everyday, run-of-the-mill,<br />

pedestrian, unexceptional, plain, homespun, simple, prosaic,<br />

unremarkable; mediocre, middling, indifferent, unexciting,<br />

unimpressive, unpretentious, Brit homely, Colloq so so, no great<br />

shakes, no big deal, nothing to write home about, nothing<br />

special or unusual or extraordinary: It was an undistinguished

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