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Underpantsnounan undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighsverified
Underpassnounan underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railwayverified
Underperformernouna student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicatesverified
Underrepresentationnounwhen members of discernible groups are not consistently present in representative bodies and among measures of well-being in numbers roughly proportionate to their numbers within the population.Vulnerability
Undersealnounseal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosionverified
Undersecretarynouna secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of governmentverified
Understatementnouna statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been saidverified
Underwoodnounthe brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forestverified
Undescended TesticlenounMWEa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus developsverified
Undescended TestisnounMWEa testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus developsverified
Undivided InterestnounMWEthe interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire propertyverified
Undivided RightnounMWEthe interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire propertyverified
Undulant FevernounMWEinfectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk productsverified
Unearned IncomenounMWE(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)verified
Unearned IncrementnounMWEan unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factorsverified
Unearned RevenuenounMWE(accounting) income received but not yet earned (usually considered a current liability on a company's balance sheet)verified
Uneasinessnounembarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of youverified
Unemployment RatenounMWEthe percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given dateverified
unescorted accessnounMWENot having to be escorted to gain access to a facility, area, or system.ControlRegulated
Unexplainablenounimpossibility of providing an explanation for certain decisions made by an intelligent system which is both 100% accurate and comprehensible.Vulnerability
Unformatted CapacitynounMWE(computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format itverified
Ungainlinessnounthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegantverified
Unguentnounsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationverified