unpitifulness

[Eng. unpitiful; -ne .] pleasant. Not pleasant; not affording pleasure or The absence of pitifulne or pity. "And the unpitifulne of his own near threatening death."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. iii. *un-pi-to us, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pitous.] 1. Unpitiful, pitile . 2. Impious, wicked. "Abomination to the Lord (is) the lif of the unpitous ." -Wycliffe : Prov. xv. 8. *un-pi-to us-ly, adv . [Eng. unpitous ; -ly .] Impiously, wickedly. "Who for so the trostith in his thoghtis unpitously." Wycliffe: Prov. xii. 2. *un-pi-to us-ne , s. [English unpitous ; -ne .] Impiety, wickedne . ( Wycliffe : Lev . xix. 7.) *un-pi-to us-ty, *un-pi-to us-te, s. [Eng. un pitous; -ty.) Impiety, wicked. "To don awey the unpitouste of the folc." - Wycliffe: Ecclus . xlvi. 23. *un-pi-ty, *un-pi-tee, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pity .] Impiety. "Al unpitee and wickedne e of the men." - Wycliffe : Romans 1. un-pit-y-ing, a. [Eng. unpity; -ing.] Having or feeling no pity; displaying no pity or compa ion; pitile . "He raised his hands to the unpitying sky." Long fellow: Torque mad a . ŭn-plāçed, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. placed .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Not placed; not arranged or disposed in proper place or places; confused or jumbled together. 2. Not holding any place, office, or employment under government. (See extract under UNPENSIONED, 1.] II. Racing : Not among the first three in the finish of a race. "Unplaced in the Sefton Steeplechase."- Field , Dec. 3, 1887. *un-plagued, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English plagued .] Not' plagued, not hara ed, not tormented. Unplagued with corns." "Ladies that have your feet Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , i. v. *un-plāin', *un-pleine, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. plain , a.] Not plain; not simple, clear, or open; insincere. "He that is to trouth unpleine." -Gower: C. A. , 1. *ŭn-plained', *un-playned, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. plain , v.] Not deplored, lamented, or mourned. Spenser: Colin Clout. "Unpitied, unplayn'd of foe or friend." un-plant-ěd, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English planted.] 1. Not planted; of spontaneous growth. "Figs there unplanted through the fields do grow." Waller: Battle of Summer Islands, 21. 2. Not settled or colonized. "Ireland is a country wholly unplanted ."-Burke; On Popery Laws . *un plâuş-i-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English plausible . Not plausible; not having a plausible, fair, or specious appearance. "The situation of the prime minister was unpleasant ." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xvi. *ŭn-pleas-ant-ish, a. [Eng. unpleasant ; -ish.] Rather unpleasant. "In truth, 'tis rather an unpleasant ish job." Hood: Etching Moralized. ŭn-plěaş-ant-ly, *un-pleas-aunt-ly, adverb . [Eng. unpleasant; ly .] In an unpleasant manner or degree; unpleasingly, disagreeably. "We don't live unpleasantly ."-Pope. un-pleas-ant-ne , subst . [Eng. unpleasant ; IMG:content-0205.png:[blocks in formation] "The minor unpleasantries attending a hasty toilet."Chambers' Journal , Oct. 9, 1858, p. 235. ŭn-plēaşed', a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pleased.] Not pleased; displeased. " Unpleas'd and pensive hence he takes his way." Dryden: Palamon and Arcite, i. 379. un-plēaş-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pleas ing. ] Not pleasing; displeasing, disagreeable, unpleasant. "Such a law, indeed, would have been positively unpleasing to him."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. iv. ŭn-plēaş-ing-lý, adv . [Eng. unpleasing ; -ly. In an unpleasant manner; unpleasantly. "Nece arily delivered and unpleasingly received." Bp . Hall : Cont.; Death of Absalom. un-plēaş-ing-ne , s. [Eng. unpleasing; -ne .] The quality or state of being unpleasing; unpleas antne . "To have her unpleasing ne and other concealments bandied up and down." Milton : Doct . & Disc . of Divorce, bk. ii., ch. xxi. *ŭn-plēaş-ive, a . [Pref. un- (1); Eng. pleas ( e ), and suff. -ive .] Not pleasing, unpleasant. "Grief is never but an unpleasive pa ion."- Bp . Hall : Sermon on Ephes , iv. 30. ŭn-plěaş-ür-a-ble (ş as zh), a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pleasurable.] Not affording pleasure. ( Cole ridge.) un pleat, v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. pleat.] To smooth. ( Davies: Eclogue, p. 19.) IMG:content-0206.png:[blocks in formation] *un-pli-a-ble, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English pliable.] Not pliable; tough; not yielding or conforming; not easily bent. "Their stiffne and unpliable disposition."- P . Hol land: Plutarch. *un-pli-ant, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pliant .] 1. Not pliant; not easily bent; stiff, tough. "Working upon so unpliant stuff."-Wotton: Remains, p. 53. 2. Not readily yielding the will; not compliant. *un-plight' ( gh silent), *un-plite, v . t . [Prefix un- (2), Eng. plight (2), v.] To unfold, to explain. "It is a wondre that I desire to tell, and therfore vnneth may I unpliten my sentence with wordes." -Chaucer: Boe cius , bk. iii. un-plowed, tun-ploughed ( gh silent), adject. [Pref. un- (1), and English plowed , ploughed .] Not plowed; not tilled, or turned over with the plow. "The earth unplough'd shall yield her crop." Ben Jonson: Golden Age Restor'd. ŭn-plŭcked', adj . [Prefix un- (1), and English plucked.] Not plucked or gathered; not torn or pulled away. "Unpluck'd of all but maiden hand." Crabbe: Tales of the Hall, viii. *un-plumh' (b silent), v. t. [Pref. un- (1), and Lat. plumbum =lead.] To deprive of lead; to plun der of lead. "They unplumb the dead for bullets to a as in ate the living."-Burke: Letter to a Noble Lord . (1796.) *un-plumb (b silent), adj . [Prefix un- (1), and Eng. plumb, a.] Not plumb, not perpendicular, not vertical. *un-plumbed (b silent), a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. plumbed.] Not plumbed or measured with a plumb-line; unfathomed. Matthew Arnold. "The unplumbed salt, estranging sea." un-plûme, v. t. [Pref. un- (2), and Eng. plume .] To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to degrade, to humble. "To shame confidence, and unplume dogmatizing."Glanvill. un-pō-ět-Ic, *un-pô-et-ick, un-pō-ět-Ic-al, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. poetic ; poetical .] 1. Not poetical; not po e ing or exhibiting poetical qualities. "His most unpoetical works do credit to his heart." Knoz : E ay 62. 2. Not proper to or becoming a poet. "Bite off your unpoetick nails." Corbet: Death of Q. Anne. IMG:content-0207.png:[blocks in formation] "Which is very unpolite." -Tatler, No. 140. un-pô-lite-ly, adv. [Eng. unpolite; -ly.] Not politely; impolitely, rudely, uncivilly.