2-Letter Words Starting with U

Purposeless

Boxing biz adjective

Not challenged

DOCTORED doctor

No little, by the sound of it

Ignorant of a French coin? Ted's empty-headed!

Not taught

Out of the blue

Not foreseen

A foreign Jew on the radio? That's surprising!

Undone

""Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature.""

Not bound by shackles and chains

Not restricted

Free

FILTERED filter

Treeless

INDICTED indict

Free of bugs

Not at all exaggerated

Not done purposely

Like some puns

A Parisian fiance's chance

LAMENTED lament

Lacking in education

Not educated

Lacking education

MEDIATED mediate

Not pestered or harassed

Pristine

Spontaneous, like one given no help on stage (wordplay)

Not made known

Possibly lost.

Organisation gave an account the paper didn't publish

(Love) not returned

Strong emotion that's not reciprocated

Like some love

RESTORED restore

Not prepared to spray prince with dust

Impromptu

Not taken

SHEATHED sheathe

Not evened out

STEADIED steady

Unstitch

Amateur boxing second is natural

Unstrap

Not emphasized, as a syllable

Kind of syllable.

University course taken up by Poles with no accent

Sad Len taunted, lacking flair

Hardly ready for prime time

Without gifts

Untemper

Not occupied, aunt needn't fret

Like Wildfell Hall without Helen (wordplay)

Not let poet, from start to finish, bring up a continental 10 (wordplay)

Not tied up

Loose

Unthread

Seldom visited.

Not bothered about double turn

Calm, tranquil

Not anxious

UTILIZED utilize

Not adjusted to reflect value

Like some GPAs

WREATHED wreathe

Upgather

Ultraheat

""Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.""

ACCOUNTED account

ALIENATED alienate

ALLOCATED allocate

AMORTIZED amortize

ANNOTATED annotate

ASPIRATED aspirate

AUTOMATED automate

Freed from ballast; having discharged ballast.

BRACKETED bracket

CAPTIONED caption

CASTRATED castrate

CATALOGED catalog

CERTIFIED certify

CHARTERED charter

Relative almost said 'Neat'

Very orderly

Spacious, tidy

COLLECTED collect

Not yet pledged

COMPLETED complete

CONNECTED connect

CONTESTED contest

CONTRIVED contrive

Not converted or exchanged.

Badly cut corner newsman left erroneous

Uncurtain

DECORATED decorate

DEDICATED dedicate

DELEGATED delegate

Opposite of exaggerated.

De-emphasised

Subtly expressed

Not twisted out of shape

Not interfered with

Not upset

ENCHANTED enchant

EVALUATED evaluate

EXPLOITED exploit

FERMENTED ferment

FORTIFIED fortify

HARVESTED harvest

INFLECTED inflect

No sign of a settlement (wordplay)

An adjectival meaning of "desert"

Not having any occupation

Lacking in restraint

Unsettled? Has change of heart, becoming carefree

Unrestrained

Not yet a frat member

Those without the required knowledge

Not informed.

INSPECTED inspect

Like an unfinished roof

IRRIGATED irrigate

JUSTIFIED justify

LIBERATED liberate

MEDICATED medicate

Type of gall (wordplay)

Absolute dieting - a tum rumbling (wordplay)

Absolute, unqualified

MONITORED monitor

Like many a slacker

Not concerned

Cool as a cucumber - rue pub trend (anagram)

Calm

Not kept safe from harm

Defenceless

Not controlled

RETOUCHED retouch

Well-known hymn

With needs unfilled

Discontented, being not fully paid

Kind of fat that's heart-healthy

Like some fats

Kind of dietary fats that are heart-healthy

SEGMENTED segment

SEPARATED separate

Not called for

Not asked for

Without invitation

Unstopper

Not borne out (by facts)

Stays away (wordplay)

Lacking approval

Not thought to exist

Not known to exist

Without added sugar

How some tea is served

Without sugar, etc

Not spoiled or ruined

Pure

Not hampered

TRAVERSED traverse

Not justified or authorised

Without justification

Not justified

WEATHERED weather

Held posture straight, being padded

Padded

REFINED refine

Inflected form of ACCLIMATED Inflected form of ACCLIMATE To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

Not officially recognised

Not given official recognition

Not certified

Not customary to make a dunce cover sacred cow

Not acquainted.

Taking place without being made public

Not attached to an organisation

ALLEVIATED made less severe or intense.

ASSOCIATED Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.

ATTENUATED Made thin or slender.

Of unknown provenance

A foreign element reaching bad end came from God knows where

""AUTHORIZED Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. as, an authorized agent.""

""CALCULATED Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.""

""Inflected form of CALIBRATED Inflected form of CALIBRATE To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.""

Little-known

""Not christened; as, an unchristened child. as, an unchristened child.""

""Inflected form of CIRCULATED Inflected form of CIRCULATE To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. as, the blood circulates in the body.""

""CONJUGATED formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.as, a conjugated protein.""

CONTRACTED contract

Out of hand

Without restraint or regulation

Wild organisation ruled the roost

CORRELATED mutually related.

""Not covenanted; not granted or entered into under a covenant, agreement, or contract.""

Not highly educated

Fallow deer's head after upset in Tuvalu etc

Poorly educated and not prepared to grow crops

""DEFOLIATED Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.""

Undercount

Underreact

Undershirt

Lacking sufficient employees

Understeer

Wasn't a diligent pupil prepared to take part if necessary (wordplay)

Inflected form of DESIGNATED Inflected form of DESIGNATE Designated; appointed; chosen.

Up in the air

DISTRACTED distract

DOCUMENTED document

""Inflected form of DRAMATIZED Inflected form of DRAMATIZE To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode. as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.""

Inflected form of DUPLICATED Inflected form of DUPLICATE Double; twofold.

EMBITTERED embitter

Not censored (of books)

Without deletions

Unabridged

FERTILIZED united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.

FORMULATED reduced to a systematic form; reduced to a formula.

""Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. as, an unfrequented place or forest.""

GENTRIFIED gentrify

""Inflected form of GERMINATED Inflected form of GERMINATE To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.""

""HYPHENATED United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word. as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.""

Not recognised

Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over in profundity (wordplay)

""Inflected form of INOCULATED Inflected form of INOCULATE To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.""

INSTRUCTED instruct

INTEGRATED Formed or united into a whole.

Bored teen isn't rude, surprisingly

Having no care in knowing

Apathetic rude teen isn't misbehaving

Inflected form of IRRADIATED Inflected form of IRRADIATE To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

""Inflected form of MYELINATED Inflected form of MYELINE a fatty substance that covers certain nerve fibres, also MYELIN""

OBSTRUCTED obstruct

Simple switch turned on to receive call

""Inflected form of OXYGENATED Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

""Inflected form of PUNCTUATED Inflected form of PUNCTUATE To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.""

Fully accepted.

Beyond doubt

Not challenged

Off the record, international body had an impact

Buckled under, skirting main point, before being off the record

Rampant disorder was rampant, say

Dreariest nun can be wild!

Not tied up

Accessible to all

Not limited

Accessible to all reproducing red tinctures

Not approved

Star loses the head, is supported and isn't punished

Not set apart

""Inflected form of SENSITIZED Inflected form of SENSITIZE To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate. as, sensitized paper or plate.""

""Inflected form of STERILIZED Inflected form of STERILIZE To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.""

""Not stratified; applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.""

Loose, in today's world

TRANSLATED

""Inflected form of VACCINATED Inflected form of VACCINATE To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.""

""Inflected form of VENTILATED Inflected form of VENTILATE To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine. as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.""

ULTRARARE

""Inflected form of ADJUDICATED Inflected form of ADJUDICATE To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.""

Pure, natural duet moving journalist

A French mature brie finally deemed authentic

Pure

Not expected

Not foreseen

United captain changed? That's surprising

Unprotected fund grew in value without recognition

""ARTICULATED United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. as, an articulated skeleton.""

Not absorbed (into society)

""Inflected form of CAPITALIZED Inflected form of CAPITALIZE To convert into capital, or to use as capital.""

""Inflected form of CHLORINATED Inflected form of CHLORINATE To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.""

Not reimbursed

Clear a Parisian complex

Straightforward

Simple

Not conditioned or subject to conditions; unconditional.

Not hallowed

Not limited

At liberty

A French prisoner's disciplined, but not locked up

CONSTRICTED Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

CONSTRUCTED construct

Inflected form of CONSUMMATED Inflected form of CONSUMMATE Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

Badly organised

Underbudget