unhandy

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. handy.] 1. Not handy; not dexterous; not skillful and ready in the use of the hands; awkward, clumsy. 2. Not convenient; awkward; as, an unhandy position. *ŭn-hăng', v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. hang.] 1. To take from the hinges. "Unhang my weather's bell." Browne: Shepherd's Pipe , Ecl. i. 2. To divest or strip of hangings; as, to unhang a room. un-hănged', un-hùng', adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng, hanged, hung.] Not hanged; not hung; not punished by hanging. "There live not three good men unhanged in England." -Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , ii. 4. *un-hăp', *un-hape, s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. hap .] Ill-hap, mishap, misfortune. "Thy great unhap thou canst not hide." Wyatt: Unhappy Lover. *un-hap-pled, a. [Eng. unhappy ; -ed.] Made unhappy. "A happy gentleman in blood and lineament, By you unhappied ." Shakesp.: Richard II., iii. 1. IMG:content-0143.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Mischievously, evilly. "The effects he speaks of succeed unhappily ."- Shakesp .: Lear, 1. 2. un-hăp-pi-ne , *un-hap-py-nes, subst. [Eng. unhappy; -ne .] *1. Wickedne , evil. "Although they were inclined to all unhappine and mischief."- Elyot : Governor , bk. ii., ch. xiv. *2. Misfortune, ill-luck. "It is our great unhappine and di atisfied."- Archbp. Wake. that we are uneasy 3. The quality or state of being unhappy; a certain degree of wretchedne or misery. "There is to every wrong and vicious act a suitable degree of unhappine and punishment an next."- Wollas ton: Relig. of Nature , § 6. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; unhat un-hăp-pỹ, *un-hap-pie, adj. [Pref. un- (1) and Eng. haрру.] *1. Wicked. , "Such school-fellows as be unhappy, and given to shrewd turns are enough to corrupt and mar the best natures in the world."- P . Holland : Plutarch; Morals, p. 16. *2. Unlucky, unfortunate; not having good hap or luck. "He being accounted an unhappy man."-Pepys: Diary. 3. Disastrous, calamitous, ill-omened, unfortunate, unlucky. "But for this unhappy event, it is probable that the law of Scotland concerning torture would have been immediately a imilated to the law of England."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xiii. *4. Full of tricks; mischievous. "A shrewd knave and an unhappy ." Shakesp.: All's Well, iv. 5. 5. Not cheerful or gay; in some degree wretched or miserable. "Let me, unhappy! to your fleet be borne." Pope: Homer's Iliad, x. 512. 6. Deplorable, lamentable. "Wake, 'midst mirth and wine, the jars That flow, from these unhappy wars.' Scott: Lord of the Isles, ii. 10. *7. Riotous, wild, mischievous. "The laquays and pages (who are more unhappy here than the apprentices in London) broke up his grave." Howel: Letters (1678), p. 28.