Word.ws English Dictionary

unawarding

unawarding is the present participle and gerund of unaward.

Meaning of unaward

Verb

unaward (third-person singular simple present unawards, present participle unawarding, simple past and past participle unawarded)

  1. (rare, transitive) To rescind or revoke (an award).
    • When it was revealed that Milli Vanilli did not actually sing on their albums, the Grammy was "unawarded," sort of like a marriage annulment. According to the official books, there was no best new artist of 1989.1996 October 28, Indigo Vic, “Re: Re: Hmmmmm.....”, in alt.music.indigo-girls (Usenet)

Questions about unawarding

What is unawarding the present participle and gerund of?
Unawarding is the present participle and gerund of unaward.

Words near unawarding in the dictionary

  1. unawakening
  2. unawaking
  3. unaward
  4. unawardable
  5. unawarded
  6. unawarding
  7. unawards
  8. unaware
  9. unawared
  10. unawarely
  11. unawareness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unawarding (page history and authors); unaward (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “unawarding.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/unawarding. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.