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Unnecessary unessential inexpedient dispensable
ANT: Unnecessary, unessential, inexpedient, dispensable.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

unallegiant untrue inconstant disaffected
ANT: Insubmissive, insurgent, malcontent, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful, unallegiant, untrue, inconstant, disaffected.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

uniquement une idéologie du
Elle traduit uniquement une idéologie du progrès électronique mise en place dans les années 1950 et véhiculée ensuite par nos gouvernements
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

upon us it drove
As to inferior people, I think there died six-and-forty constables and head-boroughs in the two parishes of Stepney and Whitechappel; but I could not carry my list on, for when the violent rage of the distemper in September came upon us, it drove us out of all measures.
— from A Journal of the Plague Year Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London by Daniel Defoe

understand unless it depends
The lips are sometimes protruded during rage in a manner, the meaning of which I do not understand, unless it depends on our descent from some ape-like animal.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

us united in death
We do not inquire if we were born in the same year, the same month, or on the same day, but we desire only that the same year, the same month, and the same day may find us united in death.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Umfang und in der
Mehrwertsteuer und/oder Steuern exclusive of VAT and/or taxes ausschließlich exclusive ausschließlich für den Zweck for the limited purpose ausschließlich Mehrwertsteuer exclusive of VAT ausschließliche Lizenz exclusive licence ausschließlicher Vertrieb exclusive distribution ausschließliches Recht sole right Ausschließlichkeitsvertrag exclusive agreement Ausschließung preclusion Ausschluss exclusion Ausschluss; Vertreibung expulsion ausschmieren palm off Ausschreibung bidding Ausschreibung invitation to bid Ausschuss defective goods Ausschuss rejects Ausschuss unrectifiable rejects Ausschussarbeit defective work Ausschussware rejections Außendienst field service Außendienstmitarbeiter field worker Außeneinsatz field work Außenhandel external trade Außenhandel foreign commerce Außenhandel foreign trade Außenhandelsfinanzierung foreign trade financing Außenhandelsinformation foreign trade information Außenhandelstätigkeit foreign trade activity Außenhandelstatistik foreign trade statistics Außenhandelsverträge foreign trade contracts Außenrevisor field auditor Außenseiter outsider Außenseiter; nicht zugelassener Makler outside broker Außenstände active debts Außenstände bills receivable Außenstände book debts Außenstände money due Außenstände outstanding accounts Außenstände outstandings Außenstände receivables Außenstellenleiter field executive Außentätigkeit; Außendienst external work Außenwerbung outdoor advertising außer Dienst off duty außer Frage out of question außer in dem Umfang und in der Art except to the extent and in the manner außer Kraft setzen; umstoßen overrule außer Proportion unproportional außerberuflich outside äußere Verpackung outer packing äußerer Rand outside margin außeretatmäßig extrabudgetary außergerichtliche
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

us unite in doing
Let us unite in doing all we can to make it a real Mothers' Day, by especially honoring our mothers; in the flesh, those of us who are so fortunate as to have our mothers with us; in the spirit, those who are not so fortunate.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

upland until it disappears
In the foreground on the left a purling brook falls in severed streamlets down a steep wall of rock, and thence flows smoothly over the upland until it disappears to the right.
— from When We Dead Awaken by Henrik Ibsen

unusually unhappy I determined
By diligent search, I found it the day after Bertha's party, and, feeling unusually unhappy, I determined, if possible, to see my mother's face once more.
— from Leah Mordecai: A Novel by Belle K. (Belle Kendrick) Abbott

uninterestingly uniform in design
Jan Both excelled both in large and small pictures, but he was most uninterestingly uniform in design.
— from The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Sarah Tytler

unaltered until I die
And whatever you say to me, I shall keep it there unaltered until I die....
— from Babylon, Volume 3 by Grant Allen

us up in describing
Would our courts, in your opinion, back us up in describing liability for accidents in that sweeping way?
— from Proceedings, Third National Conference Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents by National Conference on Workmen's Compensation for Industrial Accidents

upon us It does
"It seems to me, Feódor Ivánitch,"—said Liza, lowering her voice (when she did not agree 178 with her interlocutor, she always lowered her voice; and, at the same time, she became greatly agitated):—"happiness on earth does not depend upon us...." "It does, it does depend upon us, believe me," (he seized both her hands; Liza turned pale, and gazed at him almost in terror, but with attention):—"if only we have not ruined our own lives.
— from A Nobleman's Nest by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

upon us it drove
As to inferior people, I think there died six and forty constables and headboroughs 338 in the two parishes of Stepney and Whitechapel; but I could not carry my list on, for when the violent rage of the distemper, in September, came upon us, it drove us out of all measure.
— from History of the Plague in London by Daniel Defoe


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