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un|re|con|struct|ed /ʌ nriːkənstrʌ kt I d/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe systems, beliefs, policies, or people as unreconstructed , you are critical of them because they have not changed at all, in spite of new ideas and circumstances. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …the unreconstructed racism of the official opposition. □  She accused him of being an unreconstructed male chauvinist.

un|re|cord|ed /ʌ nr I kɔː ^r d I d/ ADJ [ADJ n, v-link ADJ , ADJ after v] You use unrecorded to describe something that has not been written down or recorded officially, especially when it should have been. □  The statistics don't reveal, of course, unrecorded crime. □  7,000 people had been infected, but many cases were going unrecorded.

un|re|fined /ʌ nr I fa I nd/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] An unrefined food or other substance is in its natural state and has not been processed. □  Unrefined carbohydrates include brown rice and other grains. □  …the price of unrefined oil as it comes out of the ground.

un|re|hearsed /ʌ nr I hɜː ^r st/ ADJ Unrehearsed activities or performances have not been prepared, planned, or practised beforehand. □  In fact, the recordings were mostly unrehearsed improvisations.

un|re|lat|ed /ʌ nr I le I t I d/

1 ADJ If one thing is unrelated to another, there is no connection between them. You can also say that two things are unrelated . □ [+ to ] My line of work is entirely unrelated to politics. □  Two of them died from apparently unrelated causes.

2 ADJ If one person is unrelated to another, they are not members of the same family. You can also say that two people are unrelated . [WRITTEN ] □ [+ to ] Jimmy is adopted and thus unrelated to Beth by blood.

un|re|lent|ing /ʌ nr I le nt I ŋ/

1 ADJ If you describe someone's behaviour as unrelenting , you mean that they are continuing to do something in a very determined way, often without caring whether they hurt or embarrass other people. □  She established her authority with unrelenting thoroughness. □  In the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism, the task seemed overwhelming.

2 ADJ If you describe something unpleasant as unrelenting , you mean that it continues without stopping. □  …an unrelenting downpour of rain.

un|re|li|able /ʌ nr I la I əb ^ə l/ ADJ If you describe a person, machine, or method as unreliable , you mean that you cannot trust them. □  Diplomats can be a notoriously unreliable and misleading source of information. □  He had an unreliable car. ●  un|re|li|abil|ity /ʌ nr I la I əb I l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □  …his lateness and unreliability.

un|re|lieved /ʌ nr I liː vd/ ADJ If you describe something unpleasant as unrelieved , you mean that it is very severe and is not replaced by anything better, even for a short time. □  …unrelieved misery. □ [+ by ] The sun baked down on the concrete, unrelieved by any breeze.

un|re|mark|able /ʌ nr I mɑː ^r kəb ^ə l/ ADJ If you describe someone or something as unremarkable , you mean that they are very ordinary, without many exciting, original, or attractive qualities. □  …a tall, lean man, with an unremarkable face. □  …a rather unremarkable town in North Wales.

un|re|marked /ʌ nr I mɑː ^r kt/ ADJ [v-link ADJ , ADJ after v, ADJ n] If something happens or goes unremarked , people say nothing about it, because they consider it normal or do not notice it. [FORMAL ] □  His departure, in fact, went almost unremarked. □  It did not pass unremarked that three-quarters of the petitions were instituted by women.