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256. Such were the fashionable outrages of unbalanced parJ. Adams, Works, IV. 287. ties. 2. Not brought to an equality of debt and credit: as, an unbalanced account.-3. Unsteady; easily swayed; deranged; unsound. Thus good or bad to one extreme betray Th' unbalanced mind. Pope , Imit. of Horace, i. 6. Unbalanced bid, in public contracts, a bid for the performance of a given work at specified rates for each of the various kinds of labor or materials required, which, by being made on an erroneous estimate of quantities of each, appears, a uming those quantities to be correct, to be low in comparison with other bids, when a computation based upon the true quantities would make the bid high. Thus, if the estimates are of a very large quantity of rock-excavation and a very small quantity of earth-excavation, a bid anti a very low rate for the former and a very high rate for the latter might appear to be the lowest bid but might prove to be the highest, should IMG:content-1261.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1262.png:[blocks in formation] unbayt (un-ba'), v . t . To open; free from reunbefool (un-be-föl'), v . t . [ befool .] 1. To unbay the current of my pa ions. Norris, Miscellanies. To change from a foolish nature; restore from the state or condition of a fool. South , Sermons, VII. viii. 2. To open the eyes of to a sense of How oft, with danger of the field beset, Or with home mutinies, would he unbe Himself! IMG:content-1263.png:[blocks in formation] unbe friend (un-be-frend'), v. t. [ un -1 + be- friend.] To fail to befriend; deprive of friend- ly support. [Rare.] the timid. And will not unbe friend the enterprising any more than The American , XXIX. 104. unbefriended (un-be-fren'ded), p . a. Not be- friended; not supported by friends; having no friendly aid. unbeguile (un-be-gil'), v . t. To undeceive; free from the influence of deceit. Daniel . [Rare.] unbeguiled (un-be-gild'), a. Not beguiled or deceived. Congreve , tr. of Homer's Hymn to Venus. unbegun (un-be-gun'), a . [ unbegonne , un- be gunnen ; un -1 + begun .] 1. Not yet begun. A work unbegun . The mighty God which unbegonne Stonte of hym selfe. IMG:content-1264.png:[blocks in formation] We deem'd it best that this unbedded bride Should visit Chester, there to live recluse. unbehovelyt, a. Not behooving; unseemly. Gower, Conf. Amant., vi. unbeingt (un-bē'ing), a. Not existing. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 25. unbe juggled (un-bē-jug'ld), a. Undeceived by trick or artifice. Atlantic Monthly , LXV. 569. [Colloq.] unbeknown (un-be-non'), a. Unknown. [Now only colloq.] Especially if God did stir up the same secret instinct in thee to sympathize with another in praying for such a thing unbeknown one to another. IMG:content-1265.png:[blocks in formation] So by & by I creep up softly to my own old little room, not to disturb their pleasure, & unbeknownst to most. E. S. Phelps , Sealed Orders. unbelief (un-bē-lēf'), n. 1. Incredulity; the withholding of belief; disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation. unbelievable (un-be-lē'va-bl), a . Not to be be- lieved; incredible. J. Udall . The pine shot aloft from the crag to an unbelievable height. Tennyson, Voyage of Maeldune. Not believed, unbelieved (un-bē-lēvd'), a . credited, or trusted; also, incredible. As I, thus wrong'd, hence unbelieved go. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 119. I made his valour stoop, and brought that name, Soar'd to so unbeliev'd a height, to fall Beneath mine. Who think through unbelievers ' blood Lies their directest path to heaven. Unbending the rigid folds of the parchment cover, I found it to be a commi ion, under the hand and seal of Governor Shirley. Hawthorne , Scarlet Letter, Int., p. 33. I only meant To draw up again the bow unbent . Whittier , Mogg Megone. 2. To relax; remit from a strain or from ex- ertion; set at ease for a time: as, to unbend the mind from study or care. You do unbend your noble strength, to think So brainsickly of things. Shak ., Macbeth, ii. 2. 45. She unbent her mind afterwards, over a book. Lamb , Mrs. Battle on Whist. 3. Naut.: (a) To unfasten from the yards and stays, as sails. (b) To cast loose, as a cable from the anchor. (c) To untie, as a rope. unbend edt (un-ben'ded), a. Relaxed; unbent. He ruddy Nectar pours, And Jove regales in his unbended Hours. Congreve, Hymn to Venus. unbending1 (un-ben'ding), a. [ Emerson , Montaigne. ing .] 1. Not suffering flexure; not bending. [Truth] shines in all who do not shut it out By dungeon doors of unbelief and doubt. Abraham Coles , The Evangel, p. 181. unbelief , in denying them. Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; 2. Disbelief of the truth of the gospel; dis- trust of God's promises and faithfulne , etc. Mat. xiii. 58; Mark vi. 6; Heb. iii. 12. Syn. 1. Distrust.-1 and 2. Disbelief , Unbelief (see disbelief ), skep- ticism. unbelieffult (un-be-lēf'fül), a. [ME. unbeleve- ful ; beliefful .] Full of unbelief; un- believing. He that is unbeleveful to the sce, schal not se euer- lastinge lyf. Wyclif , John iii. 36. unbelieffulne t (un-be-lēf'fül-nes), n. [ME. unbilerefulne ; unbeliefful + -ne .] lief; want of faith. IMG:content-1266.png:[blocks in formation] Flies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the main. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 373. unbending unbending2 (un-ben'ding), a. [ unbend + -ing2.] Given up to relaxation or amusement. I hope it may entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe, unbendingly (un-ben'ding-li), adv . Without bending; obstinately. unbendingne (un-ben'ding-nes), n. The quality of being unbending; inflexibility. Landor. unbeneficed (un-ben'e-fist), a. Not enjoying or having a benefice. Dryden , Hind and Panther, iii. 182. unbeneficial (un-ben-e-fish'al), a. Not beneficial; not advantageous, useful, profitable, or helpful. Milton . unbenefited (un-ben'ē-fit-ed), a. Having received no benefit, service, or advantage. V. Knox , Liberal Education, App. unbenighted (un-bo-ni'ted), a. Not benighted; never visited by darkne . Milton , P. L., x. 682. unbenign (un-be-nin'), a. Not benign; the re All men lean to mercy when unbia ed by pa ions or interest. unbolt Every inordinate cup is unble ed. Shak., Othello, ii. 3. 311. Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, letter xxxviii. unble edne (un-bles'ed-nes), n . The state unbiasedly, unbia edly (un-bi'ast-li), adv . Without bias or prejudice; impartially. Locke , Conduct of the Understanding, § 3. unbiasedne , unbia edne (un-bi'ast-nes), n. The state of being unbiased; freedom from bias or prejudice; impartiality. unbid (un-bid'), a . 1. Not bid; unbidden. Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth Unbid.