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Unwitting
- adjective - not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment"
- not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"
- unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
Unzipping
- verb - open the zipper of; "unzip the bag"
Upgrading
- verb - get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked"
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
- give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"
- rate higher; raise in value or esteem
- to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel"
Upheaving
- verb - lift forcefully from beneath
Upholding
- verb - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
- stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
- support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
Uplifting
- verb - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
- lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
- lift up or elevate
- the rise of something; "the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky"
Uploading
- verb - transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location
Upraising
- verb - cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"
Uprooting
- verb - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
- move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
- pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
Upsetting
- verb - cause to lose one's composure
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
- causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
- disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
- form metals with a swage
- move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"