un
1 Americanpronoun
abbreviation
prefix
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denoting reversal of an action or state
uncover
untangle
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denoting removal from, release, or deprivation
unharness
unman
unthrone
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(intensifier)
unloose
abbreviation
pronoun
prefix
Usage
This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation
Related Words
See in- 3.
Etymology
Origin of un-3
Middle English un-, on-, Old English; cognate with Dutch on-, Gothic, German un-, Old Norse ū-, ō-; akin to Latin in-, Greek an-, a-. See a- 6, an- 1, in- 3
Origin of un-4
Middle English, Old English un-, on-; cognate with Gothic and-, Dutch ont-, German ent-; akin to Latin ante, Greek antí; ante-, anti-
Example Sentences
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An emergency UN Security Council meeting has been called for later on Saturday.
From BBC
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for restraint and urged all parties "to see reason, to de-escalate, and for a return to the 'negotiating table'".
From BBC
She’s the daughter of Kim Jong Un, the third-generation leader of North Korea—and the only one of the dictator’s children to have ever been shown in public.
Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
Of the females close to Kim Jong Un, his daughter took center stage.
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