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n. Same as Rundlet. “A stoup of sack, or a runlet of canary.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [ R. ] “Shunless destiny.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sunken glen whose sunless shrubs must weep. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + learn. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had learned nothing right; I had to unlearn everything. Milner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail to learn. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- + learned. ] 1. Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not gained by study; not known. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not exhibiting learning; as, unlearned verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*learn"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*learn"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + leash. ] To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. [ Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See On, and Less. ] Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause, unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]