v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hand. ] To loose from the hand; to let go. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hold off! unhand me, gray beard loon!
Eftsoons his hand dropped he. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular . . . in the globe. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Clumsy; awkward;