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--n. 3 livery, habit, regalia, costume, outfit; regimentals:<br />

When I next saw him, he was in the uniform of a Gestapo officer.<br />

uniformity<br />

n. 1 regularity, similarity, sameness, homogeneity,<br />

consistency, symmetry, evenness, invariability, unchangeability,<br />

similitude, conformity, agreement, concord, accord,<br />

harmoniousness; harmony, concordance, accordance, conformance,<br />

correspondence: One can easily see the lack of uniformity even<br />

in what is supposed to be a classless society. 2 dullness,<br />

monotony, drabness, sameness, tedium, featurelessness, flatness,<br />

invariability, lack of variety, changelessness: After a few<br />

days, the uniformity of the routine began to get on my nerves.<br />

unify v. consolidate, unite, combine, amalgamate, coalesce, bring<br />

together, fuse, join, weld, merge, confederate, integrate: The<br />

separate elements were unified into a coherent whole. Successive<br />

Reform Bills unified the nation.<br />

unimpeded adj. unblocked, unchecked, free, unconstrained, unrestrained,<br />

unhindered, unhampered, unencumbered, open, untrammelled,<br />

unrestricted: They insist on having unimpeded access to the<br />

<strong>files</strong>.<br />

unimposing<br />

adj. unimpressive, nugatory, trivial, trifling, minor,<br />

unimportant, puny, inconsiderable, negligible: It was an<br />

unimposing building sandwiched between two office blocks. A<br />

more unimposing little cockalorum has seldom assailed my<br />

sensibilities.<br />

uninformed<br />

adj. ignorant, nescient, unknowledgeable, unenlightened,<br />

uneducated, unschooled, untutored, untaught, uninstructed,<br />

unaware, incognizant: The problem is not that they are stupid,<br />

merely uninformed and misinformed.<br />

uninhabited<br />

adj. desolate, empty, abandoned, deserted, unoccupied, vacant,<br />

vacated, tenantless, untenanted; desert, unpopulated, unpeopled,<br />

trackless, depopulated, waste, barren: Tristan da Cunha, in the<br />

south Atlantic, is an uninhabited island.

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