unless
/ɪnˈlɛs/ conjunction B1- Except on a specified condition; if not. · I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.· You can't go out unless it stops raining.
- If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.
- Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.
From the library
“As to taking command of the vessel,” replied Morrel, “that was his duty as captain’s mate; as to losing a day and a half off the Island of Elba, he was wrong, unless the vessel needed repairs.”
Come, father” added Dantès, “put this money back in your box—unless neighbor Caderousse wants anything, and in that case it is at his service.”
“Over head and ears; but, unless I am much mistaken, there will be a storm in that quarter.”
There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won’t talk back--unless it is a woman who won’t.
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