--- title: U — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 description: The 584 words of the English dictionary under U, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / U # U — The English dictionary · page 7 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (jargon, euphemism) doing badly; not as good as expected or needed.[↗](../../underperforming/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (finance) making less money than others.[↗](../../underperforming/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (school report) The inspectors named three underperforming schools.[↗](../../underperforming/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (office) He was told he was underperforming and could lose his job.[↗](../../underperforming/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (news) The shares are underperforming the market.[↗](../../underperforming/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (sport) The team has been underperforming all season.[↗](../../underperforming/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (teacher, kindly) You're underperforming in maths — let's find out why.[↗](../../underperforming/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (chat) my plants are underperforming lol[↗](../../underperforming/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **underprivileged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Underprivileged means having less money, fewer chances and fewer good things in life than most people.[↗](../../underprivileged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The charity gives books to underprivileged children.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school collects toys for underprivileged families.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She grew up in an underprivileged area.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every child, privileged or underprivileged, deserves a good school.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The club offers free sports for underprivileged kids.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The money helps the underprivileged in our city.[↗](../../underprivileged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **underrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To think that someone or something is worth less than it really is.[↗](../../underrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do not underrate your friends.[↗](../../underrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people underrate good sleep.[↗](../../underrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team underrated their rivals.[↗](../../underrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **undersea** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Undersea means below the surface of the sea or happening under the sea.[↗](../../undersea/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Divers explored the undersea caves.[↗](../../undersea/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An undersea cable carries internet signals across the ocean.[↗](../../undersea/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some islands are the tops of undersea volcanoes.[↗](../../undersea/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film showed the colourful undersea world of a coral reef.[↗](../../undersea/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A train goes through an undersea tunnel.[↗](../../undersea/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mermaid lived in an undersea palace.[↗](../../undersea/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **underside** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The underside is the bottom side or surface of something, the part facing down.[↗](../../underside/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the leaf over to look at its underside.[↗](../../underside/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Woodlice live on the underside of logs.[↗](../../underside/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The underside of the mushroom has gills.[↗](../../underside/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybirds lay eggs on the underside of leaves.[↗](../../underside/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The price was on the underside of the box.[↗](../../underside/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat's underside was covered in barnacles.[↗](../../underside/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A starfish's underside has tiny tube feet.[↗](../../underside/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **understand** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To understand is to know what something means or how it works.[↗](../../understand/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To understand someone is to know how they feel or why they act as they do.[↗](../../understand/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «I understand that …» can mean «I have heard that …».[↗](../../understand/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do you understand the question?[↗](../../understand/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't understand this word.[↗](../../understand/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Now I understand how magnets work.[↗](../../understand/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum understands how I feel.[↗](../../understand/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Read it again until you understand it.[↗](../../understand/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She understood the joke at last.[↗](../../understand/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We understand each other without words.[↗](../../understand/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you make yourself understood in French?[↗](../../understand/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not understand even now.[↗](../../understand/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end.[↗](../../understand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.[↗](../../understand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'[↗](../../understand/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Declare, if thou hast the understanding.[↗](../../understand/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And where is the place of understanding?[↗](../../understand/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · What understandest thou, which is not in us?[↗](../../understand/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understand/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **understandable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Understandable means easy to understand; clear.[↗](../../understandable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Understandable also means normal or reasonable in that situation, so you can see why someone feels or acts that way.[↗](../../understandable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Write your instructions so they are understandable.[↗](../../understandable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's understandable that you are nervous before the test.[↗](../../understandable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her drawing made the map understandable.[↗](../../understandable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being sad when your pet dies is understandable.[↗](../../understandable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher explained it in an understandable way.[↗](../../understandable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His anger was understandable, but shouting was not okay.[↗](../../understandable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **understate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To understate means to say that something is smaller, less important or less serious than it really is.[↗](../../understate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Understated (adjective) also means simple and quiet in style, not showy: «an understated dress».[↗](../../understate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He understated how hurt he was, so no one took him to the nurse.[↗](../../understate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «A bit chilly» understates it — it's freezing\![↗](../../understate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The report understated the number of people affected by the flood.[↗](../../understate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't understate the danger of thin ice.[↗](../../understate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her clothes were simple and understated.[↗](../../understate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Calling the storm «breezy» was a huge understatement.[↗](../../understate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **understatement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An understatement is a way of saying something that makes it sound smaller, weaker or less important than it really is.[↗](../../understatement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Understatement is the habit or style of speaking this way, often for humour or politeness.[↗](../../understatement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saying the hurricane was «a bit windy» is an understatement.[↗](../../understatement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «It's an understatement to say I was hungry – I was starving!»[↗](../../understatement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · British people are known for understatement.[↗](../../understatement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach called our 10–0 win «not bad», which was an understatement.[↗](../../understatement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the understatement in the poem.[↗](../../understatement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To say the test was hard is an understatement.[↗](../../understatement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **understood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Understood is the past of «understand»: knew or got the meaning of something.[↗](../../understood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Understood means known or agreed without being said: «it is understood that…».[↗](../../understood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Understood» on its own means «I understand and I will do it».[↗](../../understood/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I understood the question the second time.[↗](../../understood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you all understood the instructions?[↗](../../understood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She finally understood why her friend was sad.[↗](../../understood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Be home by six.»[↗](../../understood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") «Understood.»[↗](../../understood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He made himself understood with hand signals.[↗](../../understood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody understood the joke.[↗](../../understood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is understood that phones stay in bags.[↗](../../understood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He understood the gypsy woman's meaning now.[↗](../../understood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.[↗](../../understood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · After that our father Abraham had seen, and pondered over, investigated, and understood these things, he designed, engraved, and composed them, and received them into his power (hands).[↗](../../understood/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../understood/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The expression בְּלִי\[\]מָה beli\[-\]mah can be understood as either one word or two, with both readings being plausible and perhaps intended, and manuscripts commonly varying between the one- and two-word renditions.[↗](../../understood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../understood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?[↗](../../understood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.[↗](../../understood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.[↗](../../understood/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.13.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../understood/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **undertake** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To agree to do a piece of work or take on a job or task, often a big or hard one.[↗](../../undertake/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To promise to do something.[↗](../../undertake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He undertook to pay the money back.[↗](../../undertake/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, informal driving) To overtake a vehicle on the wrong side (the inside lane).[↗](../../undertake/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class undertook a project on recycling.[↗](../../undertake/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists undertook a long study of whales.[↗](../../undertake/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She undertook to look after the class hamster.[↗](../../undertake/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the new bridge is a huge undertaking.[↗](../../undertake/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't undertake a long hike without enough water.[↗](../../undertake/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is dangerous to undertake on the motorway.[↗](../../undertake/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I will undertake the defence,” said Fionn.[↗](../../undertake/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undertaker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals; in the US also called a funeral director or mortician.[↗](../../undertaker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The undertaker arranged the funeral.[↗](../../undertaker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The family phoned the undertaker when Grandpa passed away.[↗](../../undertaker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The undertaker wore a black suit and a tall hat.[↗](../../undertaker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the western film, the undertaker measured the cowboy for a coffin.[↗](../../undertaker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The undertaker drove the hearse slowly.[↗](../../undertaker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The undertaker's shop was on the high street.[↗](../../undertaker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **undertaking** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A big or difficult job or project.[↗](../../undertaking/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A promise to do something.[↗](../../undertaking/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The work of an undertaker (arranging funerals).[↗](../../undertaking/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Building the tree house was a big undertaking.[↗](../../undertaking/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbing the mountain was a dangerous undertaking.[↗](../../undertaking/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop gave an undertaking to refund faulty goods.[↗](../../undertaking/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving house is quite an undertaking.[↗](../../undertaking/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The project was a joint undertaking by two schools.[↗](../../undertaking/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is undertaking a course in first aid.[↗](../../undertaking/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · To cross to the opposite shore was an undertaking fraught with danger to life and limb.[↗](../../undertaking/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undertone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A quiet, low voice used so others cannot hear: speak in an undertone.[↗](../../undertone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hidden feeling or meaning under the words.[↗](../../undertone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He spoke in an undertone.[↗](../../undertone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She said it in a soft undertone.[↗](../../undertone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was an angry undertone in his words.[↗](../../undertone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **underwater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Underwater means below the surface of water, or done or used under water.[↗](../../underwater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fish breathe underwater using gills.[↗](../../underwater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She can swim underwater for ten seconds.[↗](../../underwater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We wore goggles to see underwater.[↗](../../underwater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Submarines travel underwater.[↗](../../underwater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An underwater camera took photos of the reef.[↗](../../underwater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never hold someone underwater as a joke; it is dangerous.[↗](../../underwater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **underwear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Underwear is the clothing you wear next to your skin, under your other clothes, like pants, knickers, briefs, vests and bras.[↗](../../underwear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put on clean underwear every morning.[↗](../../underwear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I packed underwear and socks for the trip.[↗](../../underwear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Underwear goes in the drawer.[↗](../../underwear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thermal underwear keeps you warm in the snow.[↗](../../underwear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parts your underwear covers are private.[↗](../../underwear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother put his underwear on backwards.[↗](../../underwear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash new underwear before wearing it.[↗](../../underwear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **underwood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Low bushes and shrubs growing under the tall trees of a wood.[↗](../../underwood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox crept into the underwood.[↗](../../underwood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare lay hidden in the underwood.[↗](../../underwood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We lost the path in the underwood.[↗](../../underwood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **underworld** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In fairy tales, a land under the ground where kings and magic beings live.[↗](../../underworld/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The land of the dead.[↗](../../underworld/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hero went down to the underworld.[↗](../../underworld/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A quail sat in a tree in the underworld.[↗](../../underworld/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king of the underworld had many castles.[↗](../../underworld/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **undeserved** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not deserved; not earned or fair, whether good or bad: an undeserved punishment, an undeserved prize.[↗](../../undeserved/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The detention was undeserved – I wasn't even there.[↗](../../undeserved/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They won, but it was an undeserved victory.[↗](../../undeserved/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He got undeserved praise for work his sister did.[↗](../../undeserved/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog has an undeserved reputation for biting.[↗](../../undeserved/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt her bad mark was undeserved.[↗](../../undeserved/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An undeserved telling-off can feel very unfair.[↗](../../undeserved/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If, on the other hand, undeserved ill-luck followed him through life, and all his efforts resulted in failure, it was ascribed to her adverse influence.[↗](../../undeserved/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undesirable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not wanted because it is bad, harmful or unpleasant: undesirable side effects.[↗](../../undesirable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Not suitable or not good to have or do.[↗](../../undesirable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, old-fashioned, unkind) A person thought to be unwanted in a place.[↗](../../undesirable/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Weeds are undesirable plants in a vegetable patch.[↗](../../undesirable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine can have undesirable side effects like sleepiness.[↗](../../undesirable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving food out overnight is undesirable because germs grow.[↗](../../undesirable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is undesirable for pupils to run in the corridors.[↗](../../undesirable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Noise from the road was an undesirable part of living there.[↗](../../undesirable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club tried to keep out undesirable visitors.[↗](../../undesirable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So unhappy was she that she spent all her time wondering how she should get rid of her undesirable husband.[↗](../../undesirable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undetected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not noticed, found or discovered.[↗](../../undetected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not found by a test or a machine: «The illness went undetected.».[↗](../../undetected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat crept past the dog undetected.[↗](../../undetected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy slipped into the castle undetected.[↗](../../undetected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A gas leak can go undetected without an alarm.[↗](../../undetected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiny germs were undetected until the microscope was used.[↗](../../undetected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His mistake remained undetected until the teacher checked.[↗](../../undetected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit stayed undetected under the bush.[↗](../../undetected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This was because he had no great opinion of the simple country deities, but thought that the thief would not pass undetected by the shrewder gods of the town.[↗](../../undetected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undigested** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of food) Not broken down by the body yet, or not broken down at all.[↗](../../undigested/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of facts or ideas) Not thought about or understood properly yet.[↗](../../undigested/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some seeds pass through birds undigested and grow into new plants.[↗](../../undigested/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fibre leaves the body mostly undigested, but it is still good for you.[↗](../../undigested/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The owl coughed up a pellet of undigested fur and bones.[↗](../../undigested/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He crammed the facts the night before, and they stayed undigested.[↗](../../undigested/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swimming straight after a big meal with food still undigested can feel uncomfortable.[↗](../../undigested/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The report was full of undigested numbers.[↗](../../undigested/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **undignified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making you look silly or embarrassed; not calm, proper or serious.[↗](../../undignified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Slipping on the ice was very undignified.[↗](../../undignified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was thrown into the water in a most undignified way.[↗](../../undignified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat made an undignified leap and missed.[↗](../../undignified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's undignified to sulk in public.[↗](../../undignified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge's wig fell off in an undignified moment.[↗](../../undignified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He climbed out in an undignified scramble.[↗](../../undignified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She had to run about after him, though it was rather undignified.[↗](../../undignified/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **undiminished** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not made smaller, weaker or less; still as strong as before.[↗](../../undiminished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After ten laps, his energy was undiminished.[↗](../../undiminished/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her love of reading remained undiminished as she grew up.[↗](../../undiminished/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm raged on with undiminished force.[↗](../../undiminished/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd's cheering was undiminished even in the rain.[↗](../../undiminished/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The total stayed undiminished because nobody spent any money.[↗](../../undiminished/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Despite the setback, their hope was undiminished.[↗](../../undiminished/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **undisclosed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Undisclosed means not told or not made public; kept secret.[↗](../../undisclosed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The footballer joined the club for an undisclosed fee.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prize was sold for an undisclosed amount.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The witness was moved to an undisclosed location for safety.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She left the job for undisclosed reasons.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The company paid an undisclosed sum to settle the case.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The name of the winner remains undisclosed until Friday.[↗](../../undisclosed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) … [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/6/) **7** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/8/) … [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/page/24/) - 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