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unbundling

unbundling is the present participle and gerund of unbundle.

Meaning of unbundle

Verb

unbundle (third-person singular simple present unbundles, present participle unbundling, simple past and past participle unbundled)

  1. To separate parts which have been bundled together.
    • […] perhaps it is time to do an end run around the culture wars by unbundling the marriage contract into its constituent parts.2007 May 20, Dalton Conley, “Spread the Wealth of Spousal Rights”, in New York Times
  2. To break down a product or service into a number of separate elements that can be charged for individually.
    • [...] We have led the way on fares reform."
      Hang on. Led the way on fares reform? There hasn't been any!
      "Calling for the changes we want to see," he clarifies. "Unbundling the regulation of fares that has been there since the 1990s. We've called for single-leg pricing. Rebuilding from that, a...2021 January 27, Paul Clifton, “What is the future of the RDG?”, in RAIL. issue 923, page 44

Noun

unbundling (countable and uncountable, plural unbundlings)

  1. The process by which something is unbundled.
    • This has seen a spate of demergers and unbundlings in that sector. The Commission welcomes the demergers and unbundlings since they counter the effect on competition of company closures and other market exits.2004, Zimbabwe. Competition, Tariff Commission, Annual Report, page 17

Forms of unbundling

pluralunbundlings

Questions about unbundling

What does unbundling mean?
Unbundling means the process by which something is unbundled.
What is unbundling the present participle and gerund of?
Unbundling is the present participle and gerund of unbundle.
What part of speech is unbundling?
Unbundling is a noun.
What is the plural of unbundling?
The plural of unbundling is unbundlings.

Words near unbundling in the dictionary

  1. unbundle
  2. unbundled
  3. unbundler
  4. unbundlers
  5. unbundles
  6. unbundling
  7. unbundlings
  8. unbung
  9. unbunged
  10. unbunging
  11. unbungling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbundling (page history and authors); unbundle (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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