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Upend

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Upside down

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Underscore

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To give extra weight to

Line drawn under a word or phrase for emphasis

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no principles or morals
Unethical
Immoral

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Untoward

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Unfavourable

Inconvenient

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Unnerve

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To make nervous or upset
To lose confidence or courage
Demoralise

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Underwrite

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To support financially

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Unconscionable

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Unreasonable 
Unethical
Immoral
Amoral
Wrong

Unreasonably excessive
Unfair
Disproportionate

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Unprecedented

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Never done or known before

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Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere

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Urbane

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Suave
Sophisticated
Debonair
Elegant

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Unruly

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Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline and control
Rowdy

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