- unmarketable (adj.)
[unmarketable 词源字典] - 1650s, from un- (1) "not" + marketable (adj.).[unmarketable etymology, unmarketable origin, 英语词源]
- unmarred (adj.)
- c. 1200, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of mar (v.).
- unmarried (adj.)
- c. 1300, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of marry (v.). In former use most often applied to one who has never married.
- unmask (v.)
- 1580s in figurative sense, c. 1600 in literal sense (transitive and intransitive), from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + mask (v.). Related: Unmasked; unmasking.
- unmastered (adj.)
- 1560s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of master (v.).
- unmatched (adj.)
- 1580s, "unrivaled," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of match (v.).
- unmeaning (adj.)
- "having no signification," 1709, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of mean (v.).
- unmeasurable (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + measurable (adj.). Related: Unmeasurably.
- unmediated (adj.)
- 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of mediate (v.).
- unmeet (adj.)
- Old English unmæte "immoderate, excessive," from un- (1) "not" + meet (adj.). Similar formation in Old High German unmazi. Meanings "unfitting" and "unsuited" (for some purpose) are from 1520s.
- unmentionable (adj.)
- 1837, from un- (1) "not" + mentionable (adj.). Humorous use of unmentionables "trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles."
- unmerciful (adj.)
- late 15c., from un- (1) "not" + merciful (adj.). Related: Unmercifully.
- unmerited (adj.)
- 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of merit (v.).
"An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. If you reject it you are unhappy, if you accept it you are undone." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"]
- unmet (adj.)
- c. 1600, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of meet (v.).
- unmindful (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + mindful (adj.).
- unmistakable (adj.)
- 1660s, from un- (1) "not" + mistake (v.) + -able. Related: Unmistakably.
- unmitigated (adj.)
- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of mitigate (v.).
- unmodified (adj.)
- 1792, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of modify (v.).
- unmolested (adj.)
- 1530s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of molest (v.).
- unmoor (v.)
- late 15c., "to free from moorings," from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + moor (v.). Related: Unmoored.
