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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Unloadingnounthe labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.verifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmalleabilitynouna lack of malleabilityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmanageablenessnounthe trait of being unmanageableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmanlinessnounthe trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmarried MannounMWEa man who has never been marriedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmarried WomannounMWEa woman who is not marriedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmaskingnounthe exposure of an impostor or a fraudverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmercifulnessnouninhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgivingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unmindfulnessnounthe trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilitiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unnaturalnessnounthe quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
unnecessary default accountnounMWEDefault accounts that are not necessary to be installed on the system.VulnerabilityRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Unneighborlinessnounan unneighborly dispositionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unnilquadiumnouna radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesizedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unnoticeablenessnounthe quality of being not easily noticedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unobserved FirenounMWEfire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unobtrusivenessnounthe quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome wayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unoriginalitynoununcreativeness due to a lack of originalityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unorthodoxynounany opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox positionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpaid WorkernounMWEa person who performs voluntary workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpalatabilitynounthe property of being unacceptable to the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpalatablenessnounthe property of being unacceptable to the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
unpatched softwarenounMWESoftware which has not undergone a vulnerability correction, a defect correction, or an improvement of code function.VulnerabilityRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Unperceptivenessnounthe lack of insight and sympathetic understandingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpermissivenessnouna lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpersonnouna person regarded as nonexistent and having no rightsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpersuasivenessnouninability to persuadeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpleasant PersonnounMWEa person who is not pleasant or agreeableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpleasant WomannounMWEa woman who is an unpleasant personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpleasantnessnounthe feeling caused by disagreeable stimuliverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpleasingnessnounthe quality of being unpleasantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpointednessnounthe property of having only a dull tip (if any)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpopularitynounthe quality of lacking general approval or acceptanceverifiedMay 18, 2026
unposted suspense itemnounMWEA transaction that has not yet been processed, but may affect the amount of credit available.ArtifactRegulatedPCIMay 12, 2026
Unpredictabilitynounthe quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulsesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpretentiousnessnounthe quality of being natural and without pretensionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unprofitabilitynounthe quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unprofitablenessnounthe quality of affording no gain or no benefit or no profitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unpropitiousnessnounthe quality of suggesting an unsuccessful resultverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unprotected SharenounMWEIn Windows terminology, a "share" is a mechanism that allows a user to connect to file systems and printers on other systems. An "unprotected share" is one that allows anyone to connect to it.VulnerabilityRestrictedMay 12, 2026
Unprotectednessnounthe property of being helpless in the face of attackverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unquestionabilitynounthe quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unquestionablenessnounthe quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unravelernouna person who removes tanglesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unravellernouna person who removes tanglesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrealismnouna representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examplesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrealitynounthe quality possessed by something that is unrealverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unreasonnounthe state of being irrationalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unregularitynounnot characterized by a fixed principle or rateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrelatednessnounthe lack of any particular manner of connectednessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unreliabilitynounthe trait of not being dependable or reliableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unreliablenessnounthe trait of not being dependable or reliableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrespectabilitynoundishonorableness by virtue of lacking respectability or a good reputationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unresponsivenessnounthe quality of being unresponsiveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrestnouna state of agitation or turbulent change or developmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrestraintnounthe quality of lacking restraintverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrighteousnessnounfailure to adhere to moral principlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unrulinessnounthe trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of disciplineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsanctificationnoununholiness by virtue of being profaneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsanitarinessnouna state that is not conducive to healthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsatisfactorinessnounthe quality of being inadequate or unsuitableverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsaturated Fatty AcidnounMWEa fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atomsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsavorinessnounthe property of being extremely unacceptable to the mindverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unscrupulousnessnounthe quality of unscrupulous dishonestyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unseasonablenessnounbeing at an inappropriate timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsecured BondnounMWEthe ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the futureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unseemlinessnouna lack of consideration for othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unselfconsciousnessnounthe quality of being not self-consciousverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unselfishnessnounthe quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsightlinessnounugliness that is unpleasant to look atverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsigned datanounMWEData included in an authentication token, in addition to a digital signature.DataRestrictedMay 12, 2026
Unsimilaritynounthe quality of being dissimilarverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unskilled PersonnounMWEa person who lacks technical trainingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unskillfulnessnouna lack of cognitive skillverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unslaked LimenounMWEa white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsnarlingnounthe act of releasing from a snarled or tangled conditionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsociabilitynounan unsociable dispositionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsociablenessnounan unsociable dispositionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsolvabilitynounthe property, of a problem or difficulty, that makes it impossible to solveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsoundnessnouna misconception that is fallacious and not true or validverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unspoken AccusationnounMWEan accusation that is understood without needing to be spokenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unstablenessnounthe quality or attribute of being unstable and irresoluteverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsteadinessnounthe quality of not being steady or securely fixed in placeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unstratified LanguagenounMWEa programming language that (like natural language) can be used as its own metalanguageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unstructured DatanounMWEDataMay 13, 2026
unsuccessful authentication attemptnounMWEA failed attempt to receive authentication to access a system.EventRegulatedMay 9, 2026
Unsuccessful PersonnounMWEa person with a record of failingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsuitabilitynounthe quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsuitablenessnounthe quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purposeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unsupervised LearningnounMWEA learning strategy that consists in observing and analyzing different entities and determining that some of their subsets can be grouped into certain classes, without any correctness test being performed on acquired knowledge through feedback from external knowledge sources. Note 1 to entry: Once a concept is formed, it is given a name that may be used in subsequent learning of other concepts.CapabilityMay 18, 2026
Unsusceptibilitynounthe state of not being susceptibleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untanglingnounthe act of releasing from a snarled or tangled conditionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Unthoughtfulnessnounthe trait of not thinking carefully before actingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untidinessnounthe trait of being untidy and messyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untiernouna person who unfastens or unwraps or opensverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untimelinessnounthe quality of occurring at an inconvenient timeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untrusted ProcessnounMWEProcess that has not been evaluated or examined for correctness and adherence to the security policy. It may include incorrect or malicious code that attempts to circumvent the security mechanisms.ProcessRegulatedMay 12, 2026
Untrustinessnounthe trait of not deserving trust or confidenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untrustworthinessnounthe trait of not deserving trust or confidenceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untruthnouna false statementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Untruthfulnessnounthe quality of being untruthfulverifiedMay 18, 2026