quword 趣词
            Word Origins Dictionary
         
        
        
     
    - unsteady (v.)




 - "make unsteady," 1530s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + steady (v.). Related: Unsteadied; unsteadying.
 - unstick (v.)




 - 1706, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + stick (v.). Related: Unsticking.
 - unstinted (adj.)




 - late 15c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stint (v.).
 - unstinting (adj.)




 - late 14c., "unceasing," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of stint (v.). Meaning "lavish" attested by 1834.
 - unstop (v.)




 - "remove the stopper from," late 14c., from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + stop (v.). Related: Unstopped; unstopping.
 - unstoppable (adj.)




 - 1827; see un- (1) "not" + stop (v.) + -able.
 - unstressed (adj.)




 - 1879, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stress (v.).
 - unstring (v.)




 - 1610s, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + string (v.). Related: Unstringing.
 - unstrung (adj.)




 - 1590s, "with strings relaxed" (of a harp, etc.), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of string (v.). Transferred sense of "weakened, unnerved" is recorded from 1690s.
 - unstuck (adj.)




 - 1840, "unpierced;" 1860, "unglued," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stick (v.).
 - unstudied (adj.)




 - late 14c., "not made a subject of study," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of study (v.). From 1650s as "natural, not artificial."
 - unsubscribe (v.)




 - 1570s (implied in unsubscribed), from un- (2) "reverse of" + subscribe (v.). Related: unsubscribing.
 - unsubsidized (adj.)




 - 1756, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of subsidize (v.).
 - unsubstantial (adj.)




 - mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + substantial (adj.).
 - unsubstantiated (adj.)




 - 1775, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of substantiate (v.).
 - unsuccessful (adj.)




 - 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + successful (adj.). Related: Unsuccessfully. A noun unsuccess "lack of success" is recorded from 1580s.
 - unsuitable (adj.)




 - 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + suitable (adj.). Related: Unsuitably; unsuitability.
 - unsuited (adj.)




 - "unfit," 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of suit (v.).
 - unsullied (adj.)




 - 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sully (v.).
 - unsung (adj.)




 - early 15c., "not uttered in a song," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of sing (v.). Similar formation in German ungesungen. Meaning "not celebrated" is recorded from 1660s.