7. pending, open, in suspense, in the balance, Inf. up in the air, Inf. up for grabs; tentative, contingent, conditional; payable, outstanding, owing, in arrears.
8. inconstant, variable, changeable, changeful, ever-changing, protean, mutable, permutable, alterable; vacillating, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, inconsistent, unreliable, undependable, desultory; fickle, capricious, moody.
unsex, v. 1. asexualize, castrate, neuter, alter, ovariectomize, oophorectomize; (of horses) geld, (of female animals) spay, (of fowl) capon, (of animals) New England, deacon, Inf. fix, Inf. cut.
2. emasculate, unman, effeminize, womanize; eu-nuchize.
unsheltered, adj. unprotected, unshielded, uncovered, unscreened; exposed, open, out in the open; vulnerable, pregnable.
unshrinking, adj. unflinching. See - unflinching.
unsightly, adj. unattractive, uncomely, unpretty, unlovely, unbeautiful, inelegant, unhandsome, homely; disagreeable, distasteful, offensive, unpleasant; ugly, hideous, horrid, horrible; repulsive, repellent, repugnant, revolting; untidy, unkempt, Inf. messy, Inf. sloppy; frowzy, blowzy, frumpish, sluttish, slatternly.
unskillful, adj. maladroit, inept, unhandy, inexpert, Fr. inhabile unskilled, untrained, untaught, undrilled, undisciplined, inexperienced, amateurish; unapt, unfit, unqualified, incapable, incompetent; awkward, clumsy, gauche, fumbling, bumbling, bungling, all thumbs, butterfingered, left-handed, ambisinister, SI. klutzy; oafish, doltish, cloddish, clodhopping, lubber-ly% lumbering, loutish.
unsociable, adj. unfriendly, unamiable, unaffable, uncongenial, unamicable; unneighborly, unaccommodating, ungracious, disagreeable; hostile, inimical, ill-natured, ill-disposed; solitary, misanthropic; withdrawn, retiring, reticent, shy, uncommunicative; aloof, distant, detached, remote, removed; cool, cold, icy, frigid, frosty.
unsolicited, adj. unsought, unbesought, unrequested, unrequired, undemanded, unasked, uncalled-for; unwanted, undesired, uninvited, unwelcome; voluntary, volunteered, freewill, spontaneous, unforced; free, gratuitous, gratis.
unsophisticated, adj. 1. naive, simple, simple-minded, innocent, childlike, like a newborn babe; undeveloped, unworldly, not wise to the world, green, raw, born yesterday, wet behind the ears; unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unguarded, trusting, trustful; guileless, artless, ingenuous, sincere.
2. uncouth, uncivilized, inurbane, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined, unpolished, philistine; awkward, clumsy, gauche, ungraceful, graceless, boorish, oafish, cloddish; coarse, rough, roughcast, rough-hewn, Inf. linsey-woolsey, inelegant, incondite; countrified, country-bred, country-born, upcountry, backwoods, provincial, yokelish, SI. hickish, SI. rube, SI. hayseed, SI. from the sticks, SI. from the boonies or boondocks; ignorant, unaware, Inf. not with it, Inf. out of it, Inf. square, SI. unhip, SI. icky.
3. homespun, homebred, homey, homely, homelike, homish, down-home, (usu. of thought or philosophy) cracker-barrel, Scot. raploch, Yiddish, heimish, Inf. folksy; plain, modest, unpretentious, unpretending, unaffected, unassuming, normal, informal.
4. unadulterated, unmixed, undiluted, uncut, uncorrupted, uncontaminated, straight; pure, one-hundred percent, solid, sterling, twenty-four carat; genuine, authentic, real, true, bona fide.
unsound, adj. 1. diseased, in poor health, unhealthy, infirm, decrepit, sick, sickly, ailing, ill, unwell; pathological, morbid, afflicted, affected, infected; laid up,
