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unaccustoming

unaccustoming is the present participle and gerund of unaccustom.

Meaning of unaccustom

Verb

unaccustom (third-person singular simple present unaccustoms, present participle unaccustoming, simple past and past participle unaccustomed)

  1. To make or become used to a change from something one was accustomed to.
    • Is is the part of statesmanship to give up a revenue so easily collected, to unaccustom our people to its payment and to do away with all machinery for its collection, when, unless we are more favored than the other nations of the world, there will come a day when it will all be needed?1888, W.H. Michael, Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Fiftieth Congress with the Reports of the Heads of...

Questions about unaccustoming

What is unaccustoming the present participle and gerund of?
Unaccustoming is the present participle and gerund of unaccustom.

Words near unaccustoming in the dictionary

  1. unaccustomable
  2. unaccustomably
  3. unaccustomed
  4. unaccustomedly
  5. unaccustomedness
  6. unaccustoming
  7. unaccustoms
  8. unacerbic
  9. unacetylatable
  10. unacetylated
  11. unache

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