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unawares
Inf out of it, SI. out to lunch, Inf. unhip; unwarned, unadvised, in the dark, uninformed, uninitiated, unapprised; heedless, unmindful, inattentive; unwary, un-anticipative, unprepared, unsuspecting; stupid, dull, dull-witted, witless, slow.
unawares, adv. 1. unknowingly, ignorantly, unwittingly, unaware, unconsciously, unthinkingly; accidentally, unintentionally, undesignedly, without design, by accident, by mistake, mistakenly; inadvertently, inattentively, unguardedly, off guard, in an unguarded moment.
2. suddenly, unexpectedly, without warning or notice, abruptly, by surprise, like a bolt from the blue, like a thief in the night,
unbalance, v. 1. throw out of balance, upset, turn the scale, shift the weight, turn topsy-turvy, topple, capsize, overturn; warp, distort.
2. derange, craze, madden, Obs. dement, Archaic. bedlamize, distemper; drive insane, drive crazy, drive mad, drive wild; disorder, unsettle, distract, unhinge; enrage, frenzy, excite, inflame.
-n. 3. imbalance, unsteadiness, instability, shakiness, precariousness.
unbalanced, adj. 1. lopsided, unsymmetrical, asymmetrical, unequalized, uneven, unequal, dispropor-tioned, disproportionate, irregular; top-heavy, bottom-heavy, overbalanced; topsy-turvy, disordered, upset; unballasted, unsteady, unstable, insecure, unfortified, unsupported, shaky, wobbly, jiggly.
2. unsound, unreliable, undependable, untrustworthy; unwise, imprudent, injudicious.
3. one-sided, partial, inequitable, unjust, unfair; biased, prejudiced, prepossessed, close-minded, narrowminded, jaundiced, intolerant, bigoted, partisan, illiberal.
4. deranged, insane, crazy, crazed, mad, lunatic, lunatical, demented; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis, mentally ill; daft, Inf. daffy, touched, Inf. unglued, Inf. half-baked, Brit. Si. bonkers, unhinged, distracted; out of one's head or mind or senses or wits, not all there, SI. loco, Scot. redwood.
unbar, v. open, open up, unlock, unbolt, unfasten, unhitch, undo,
unbearable, adj. intolerable, insufferable, insupportable, unendurable, more than flesh and blood can bear, enough to provoke a saint, enough to try the patience of Job, enough to drive one mad, Inf. too much,
unbecoming, adj. unsuitable, inappropriate, inapt, inapposite, unfit, infelicitous, out of place, out of line, out of keeping, out of character; improper, indecorous, unseemly, indelicate, unladylike, ungentlemanly, un-genteel, inelegant; vulgar, tasteless, in bad taste, offensive; undignified, beneath one's dignity, infra dig, Latin, infra dignitatem; (all of apparel) unattractive, unsightly, unflattering, not doing one justice,
unbelief, n. incredulity, skepticism, Pyrrhonism; doubt, question, misdoubt, mistrust, distrust, disbelief; nonbelief, atheism, faithlessness, infidelity; agnosticism, nullifidianism, minimifidianism; heathenism, paganism, gentilism.
unbeliever, n. skeptic, Pyrrhonist; doubter, doubting Thomas, agnostic, nullifidian, minimifidian, disbeliever; nonbeliever, nihilist, atheist, infidel, heretic; heathen, pagan, gentile,
unbelieving, adj. 1. skeptical, incredulous, doubting, full of doubt, disbelieving, nonbelieving, SI. from Missouri; suspicious, mistrustful, distrustful.
2. agnostic, Pyrrhonistic; atheist, infidel, faithless; heathen, pagan, gentile, unconverted,
unbend, v. 1. relax, loosen, loose, slacken, untight-en, relieve tension, Obs. slake; let go of, release, free, liberate; ease up, ease off, Inf. let up, slack off or up,