unprevailing

[Pref. un- (1), and English prevailing.] Not prevailing; having no force; unavailing. ( Shakesp.: Hamlet, i. 2.) *ŭn-prěv'-a-lent, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. prevalent .] Not prevalent; not prevailing. "The formerly unprevalent desires."-Boyle: Works, v. 508. *un-prě-văr-i-cat-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng . prevaricating .] Not prevaricating; not acting, speaking, or thinking evasively or indirectly. "The unprevaricating dictates of a clear conscience." -Knox: Sermons , vol. vi., ser. 8. ŭn-prě-věnt'-ěd, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. prevented .] *1. Not preceded by anything. "Thy grace Comes unprevented." Milton: P. L., iii. 231. 2. Not prevented, hindered, or obviated. "Your brace of unprizable estimations." Cymbeline, iі. б. (2) As being below any price; valuele . Shakesp .: "For shallow draught and bulk unprizable . " Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , v. i. *ŭn-prized', a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. prized .] Not prized: (1) As being above all price; invaluable, pricele . (2) Valuele , despised. "This unpriz'd precious maid." Shakesp.: Lear, i. 1. *un-prob-a-bly, adv . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. probably .] 1. In a manner not to be approved of; improperly. "Being able to diminish. things unjustly and unprobably crept in." -Strype: Eccles. Mem . (an. 1541). 2. Improbably. un-pro-claimed', a. [Pref. un- (1), and English proclaimed.] Not proclaimed; not publicly declared or notified. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia unprocurable *un-pro-cür-a-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. procurable.] Not po ible to be procured. "A price that is now unprocurable . " - London Daily Chronicle. *ŭn-pro-cüred, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English procured.] Not acquired, attained, or obtained. "Unprocured desi rings or lusting after evil things." Bp. Taylor: Of Repentance, ch. viii., § 3. productive.] un-pro-duc-tive, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. 1. Not productive; not producing large crops; barren, sterile; not making any return for labor expended. "An unproductive slip of rugged ground." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i. 2. Not producing profit; not bringing in any return; as, unproductive capital. 3. Not producing goods or articles for consumption; as, unproductive labor. 4. Not producing any effect or result. (Followed by of.) "Unproductive of any real effort to improve."- Bp . Horsley: Sermons , vol. ii., ser. 27. un-pro-duc-tive-ne , s . [Eng. unproductive ; -ne . The quality or state of being unproductive. *un-pro-fāned', *un-pro-phaned, a. [Prefix un- (1), and Eng. profaned . Not profaned, pol. luted, desecrated, or violated. "Surely that stream was unprofaned by slaughters."Byron: Childe Harold, iv. 66. un-pro-fě ed', a. [Pref. un- (1), and English profe ed.] Not profe ed; not having taken the vows. "As yet a novice unprofe ed , Lovely and gentle, but distre ed." Scott: Marmion, ii. 5. un-pro-fěs-sion-al ( as sh), a. [Pref. un (1), and Eng. profe ional . ] 1. Not pertaining or relating to one's profe ion. 2. Not becoming or befitting a profe ional man; as, unprofe ional conduct. 3. Not belonging to or engaged in a profe ion. "On most subjects for the unprofe ional reader it is not very plain reading."- Field , Jan. 14, 1888. *un-pro-fic-ien-çỹ (cas sh), s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. proficiency .] Want or absence of proficiency or improvement. "To deplore one's unproficiency in piety." - Boyle : Works , ii. 409. *un-prof-it, s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. profit .] Usele ne , inutility. (See extract under UNSADNESS.) un-prof-it-a-ble, *un-prof-yt-a-ble, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. profitable .] Not profitable; bringing or producing no profit, gain, advantage, or improvement; serving no useful purpose or end; profitle , usele . "A rude unprofitable ma ."-Cowper: Task , vi. 92. un-prof-it-a-ble-ne , s. [Eng. unprofitable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being unprofitable; usele ne , inability. "The defects and unprofitablene of the national way." -Glanvill: E ay 3. un-prof-it-a-bly, adv . [Eng. unprofitab ( le ); -ly .] In an unprofitable manner; without producing or bringing profit, gain, or advantage; to no good purpose or end. "Our wasted oil unprofitably burns." Cowper: Conversation, 357. 4323 un-prom-Ised, *un-prom-ist, adj. [Pref. un(1), and Eng. promised.] Not promised, pledged, or a ured. "Leaue nought vnpromist that may him perswade." Spenser: F. Q., V. v. 49. un-prom-Is-ing, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. promising .] Not promising; not affording or exhibiting promise of succe , excellence, profit, improvement, or the like. "He crept along, unpromising of mien." Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii. 33. un-prompt-ěd (mpas m), adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. prompted.] Not prompted; not dictated; not urged or instigated. "My tongue talks, unprompted by my heart." Congreve: To Cynthia. un-pro-nounce'-a-ble, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. pronounceable.] 1. Not pronounceable; not able to be pronounced. "A cla of sounds unpronounceable by our organs."Beames: Comp. Gram. Aryan Lang ., i. 231. 2. Unfit to be pronounced, named, or mentioned; unmentionable in good society.