Definitions

unless

[uhn-les, uhn-] / ʌnˈlɛs, ən- /

CONJUNCTION

except that

Synonyms

WEAK

but except except for excepting that if not lest saving without

CONJUNCTION

upon any less condition than

Synonyms

WEAK

except nisi saving

Example Sentences

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Still, the message from the mycology society and mycologists throughout the state is one of caution: Unless you’re familiar with your local environment, have an expert you can consult or are part of a mushroom or foraging club, you should not be eating wild mushrooms.

From Los Angeles Times

Unless you already blew it all on betting the Gatorade color.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was never trained in the performing arts, "unless you'd call teaching in a classroom a kind of performance", she adds with a laugh.

From BBC

Unless miracles start falling out of the sky the need to end this after this Six Nations is becoming greater and greater.

From BBC

“But over the last few months in particular, I’ve really begun to feel like unless we have some big changes in how we do things in Los Angeles, that the things we count on are not going to function anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times