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explicitly, clearly, obviously, incontestably, irrefutably,<br />

incontrovertibly, undeniably: If they win, they will<br />

undoubtedly go to the pub to celebrate.<br />

unduly adv. 1 disproportionately, excessively, overly, unnecessarily,<br />

inordinately, unreasonably, irrationally, unjustifiably,<br />

improperly, inappropriately: He claimed that he was being<br />

unduly harassed by the police. 2 immoderately, lavishly,<br />

profusely, extravagantly: Don't be unduly generous in tipping<br />

our waiter - he did spill the soup in your lap.<br />

unearth v. dig up, disinter, exhume; excavate, dredge up, mine, quarry,<br />

find, pull or root out, come across, discover, turn up, expose,<br />

uncover: The artefacts were unearthed at Boghazk”y, ancient<br />

Hattusas. They had unearthed some evidence that would put him<br />

away for years.<br />

unearthly adj. 1 supernatural, unnatural, preternatural, unworldly,<br />

other-worldly, psychic(al), extramundane, extraterrestrial,<br />

extrasensory, supersensory, out-of-(the)-body, asomatous,<br />

incorporeal, sublime, celestial, astral: They speculated about<br />

what unearthly experiences space travel might lead to. 2 weird,<br />

bizarre, macabre, nightmarish, uncanny, eerie, strange, ghostly,<br />

spectral, unreal, Literary eldritch, Colloq spooky, creepy: An<br />

unearthly creature appeared in a mist before her. 3 strange,<br />

odd, peculiar, unusual, abnormal, absurd, out of the ordinary,<br />

extraordinary, outrageous; unheard-of, unreasonable, Colloq<br />

ungodly: The baby wakes up at the unearthly hour of three<br />

o'clock every morning.<br />

uneducated<br />

adj. unschooled, untaught, uncultivated, unread, uncultured,<br />

illiterate, unlettered, ignorant, unenlightened: It is<br />

debatable whether the fault for being uneducated lies with the<br />

student, the teacher, or the system.<br />

unemployed<br />

adj. out of work, jobless, idle, laid off, out of a job, out of<br />

work, unoccupied, inactive, Facetious resting, at liberty, at<br />

leisure, Brit redundant, Colloq Brit on the dole: He has been<br />

unemployed ever since he was made redundant.<br />

unenthusiastic

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