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un-
1- a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns ( unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able ), and less freely used in certain other nouns ( unrest; unemployment ).
un-
2- a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some action or state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. ( unbend; uncork; unfasten , etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning ( unloose ).
un
3[ uhn ]
pronoun
- one:
young uns; He's a bad un.
UN
4abbreviation for
un-
1prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives
- denoting reversal of an action or state
uncover
untangle
- denoting removal from, release, or deprivation
unharness
unthrone
unman
- (intensifier)
unloose
un-
2prefix
- freely used with adjectives, participles, and their derivative adverbs and nouns: less frequently used with certain other nouns not; contrary to; opposite of
untidiness
uncertain
unrest
unbelief
unemotionally
uncomplaining
untruth
UN
3abbreviation for
- United Nations
'un
4/ ən /
pronoun
- a spelling of one
that's a big 'un
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Example Sentences
The U.N. special representative has called for local ceasefires in Aleppo and elsewhere to start building a broader peace.
The Russians are going through the U.N. process, as the Canadians are, as the Danes are.
In the time weeks since the U.N. meeting, the numbers of those affected by Ebola have doubled.
Four weeks later, at a U.N. emergency Ebola meeting, world leaders publicly called on their nations for support.
Since then, a seemingly endless parade of stars have been buttonholed by the U.N. to highlight various issues.
There were politely non-committal acknowledgments from embassies and the U.N.
Where the bombs had come from had been the subject of acrimonious accusations on the floor of the U.N.
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