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uneath

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ʌˈniːθ/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not easy; hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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2

adv

Meaning 2

Not easily; hardly, scarcely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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3

adv

Meaning 3

Reluctantly, unwillingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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History

Etymology

From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”). By surface analysis, un- + eath. See eath, easy for further. First attested in the Old English period.