Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word UNLESS

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Definitions of UNLESS

1. Except on a specified condition; if not.
2. If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
3. Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.

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Examples of Using UNLESS in a Sentence

• This comprises ions, neutral atoms and, unless otherwise stated, it can be assumed that the term atom includes ions.
• Unless stated otherwise, the word magnitude in astronomy usually refers to a celestial object's apparent magnitude.
• Those of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Scandinavian Lutheran, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Hussite, Moravian, and Old Catholic traditions maintain that "a bishop cannot have regular or valid orders unless he has been consecrated in this apostolic succession".
• Also, in the case of legacies when the funds or assets out of which they are payable are not sufficient to pay them in full, the legacies abate in proportion, unless there is a priority given specially to any particular legacy.
• The person taking the oath swore to leave the country directly and promptly, never to return to the kingdom unless by permission of the sovereign.
• A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three.
• The polygonal base of each pyramid must therefore be the same, and unless otherwise specified the base vertices are usually coplanar and a bipyramid is usually symmetric, meaning the two pyramids are mirror images across their common base plane.
• Dark matter is implied by gravitational effects which cannot be explained by general relativity unless more matter is present than can be observed.
• Some authors (and this article) assume that a directed set is directed upward, unless otherwise stated.
• Unless otherwise specified, the term generally refers to the positive-valued function of a real variable, although it can be extended to the complex numbers or generalized to other mathematical objects like matrices or Lie algebras.
• It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of members of the Commission (directorial system, informally known as "Commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member States, unless the European Council, acting unanimously, decides to alter this number.
• A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces.
• A typical graph of the forgetting curve purports to show that humans tend to halve their memory of newly learned knowledge in a matter of days or weeks unless they consciously review the learned material.
• In a first-order logic system, additional axioms are required to make inferences about the environment (for example, that a block cannot change position unless it is physically moved).
• At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given.
• United States, the act was interpreted to prohibit prescribing maintenance doses for narcotics unless it was intended to cure the patient's addiction.
• Inertia is the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes the velocity to change.
• The following demographic statistics are from The World Factbook by the CIA, unless otherwise referenced.
• 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna.
• The case outlines that jurisdiction is territorial and that a state may not exercise its jurisdiction in the territory of another state unless there is a rule that permits this.

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