The unconditioned(Metaph.), all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or relations.

Unconfidence
(Un*con"fi*dence) n. Absence of confidence; uncertainty; doubt.

Unconform
(Un`con*form") a. Unlike. [Obs.]

Not unconform to other shining globes.
Milton.

Unconformability
(Un`con*form`a*bil"i*ty), n.

1. The quality or state of being unconformable; unconformableness.

2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited.

Unconformable
(Un`con*form"a*ble) a.

1. Not conformable; not agreeable; not conforming.

Moral evil is an action unconformable to it [the rule of our duty].
I. Watts.

2. (Geol.) Not conformable; not lying in a parallel position; as, unconformable strata.

Un`con*form"a*ble*ness, n.Un`con*form"a*bly, adv.

Unconformist
(Un`con*form"ist), n. A nonconformist. [Obs.]

Unconformity
(Un`con*form"i*ty), n.

1. Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency. South.

2. (Geol.) Want of parallelism between strata in contact.

With some authors unconformity is equivalent to unconformability; but it is often used more broadly, for example, to include the case when the parallelism of strata once conformable has been disturbed by faulting and the like.

Unconfound
(Un`con*found") v. t. [1st un- + confound.] To free from a state of confusion, or of being confounded. Milton.

Unconfounded
(Un`con*found"ed) a. [Pref. un- not + confounded.] Not confounded. Bp. Warburton.

Unconditional
(Un`con*di"tion*al) a. Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender.

O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree,
Or bind thy sentence unconditional.
Dryden.

Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.

Unconditioned
(Un`con*di"tioned) a.

1. Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

2. (Metaph.) Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton.


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