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unbuilding

unbuilding is the present participle and gerund of unbuild.

Meaning of unbuild

Verb

unbuild (third-person singular simple present unbuilds, present participle unbuilding, simple past and past participle unbuilt)

  1. (transitive) To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
    • Anything you build or plant on your neighbor's land you might have to unbuild or unplant in the future.2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer, page 5

Questions about unbuilding

What is unbuilding the present participle and gerund of?
Unbuilding is the present participle and gerund of unbuild.

Words near unbuilding in the dictionary

  1. unbuggered
  2. unbuggy
  3. unbuild
  4. unbuildable
  5. unbuilded
  6. unbuilding
  7. unbuilds
  8. unbuilt
  9. unbulky
  10. unbulldozed
  11. unbulleted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbuilding (page history and authors); unbuild (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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