un-

• ⇰ An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: <sd>(a)</sd> To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in >un >bend, >un >coil, >un >do, >un</

• ⇰ An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying >not >; >in- >; >non- >. >In- > is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; >un- > is of much wider application, and is atta
• ⇰ <ex>Un-</ex> is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively.
• ⇰ To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective
• ⇰ To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them