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unsanitary
unsaponified
unsarcastic
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Unsatiate
unsatiated
Unsatisfaction
unsatisfactorily
unsatisfactoriness
unsatisfactory
unsatisfiable
unsatisfied
unsatisfying
-- Unsaturated --
Unsaturated fat
unsaturated fatty acid
Unsaturation
unsaved
unsavoriness
unsavory
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Unsaturated

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Un`sat´u`ra`ted
a.1.Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater degree; as, an unsaturated solution.
2.(Chem.) Capable of taking up, or of uniting with, certain other elements or compounds, without the elimination of any side product; thus, aldehyde, ethylene, and ammonia are unsaturated; benzene has three unsaturated bonds. The term is applied most commonly to compounds with a double or triple bond between two carbon atoms (as in ethylene).
Adj.1.unsaturated - not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature; "an unsaturated salt solution"
Antonyms:
saturated, concentrated - being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution"
2.unsaturated - used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond; "unsaturated fats"
Antonyms:
saturated - used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled; "saturated fats"
3.unsaturated - (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted; "an unsaturated red"
Antonyms:
pure, saturated - (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
concentrated, saturated

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