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depackaging

depackaging is the present participle and gerund of depackage.

Meaning of depackage

Verb

depackage (third-person singular simple present depackages, present participle depackaging, simple past and past participle depackaged)

  1. To remove the packaging or casing from.
    • Even the tackiest products "depackage" cleanly, completely.1962, Package Engineering - Volume 7, page 31
  2. To separate into components; to unbundle.
    • Research is needed to identify and propose alternatives to structural disinventives, and to depackage currently turgid social programs.1979, Rick Cohen, Localism, Research Themes on Urban Smallness, page 35

Questions about depackaging

What is depackaging the present participle and gerund of?
Depackaging is the present participle and gerund of depackage.

Words near depackaging in the dictionary

  1. dep.
  2. depack
  3. depackage
  4. depackaged
  5. depackages
  6. depackaging
  7. depacked
  8. depacker
  9. depackers
  10. depacketization
  11. depacketize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: depackaging (page history and authors); depackage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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