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undesigns

undesigns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undesign.

Meaning of undesign

Verb

undesign (third-person singular simple present undesigns, present participle undesigning, simple past and past participle undesigned)

  1. To reverse or fail to implement a design; to design something in a way that deliberately rejects the conventions of designing.
    • When not to design and when to undesign? When should we refuse to design something? Are there situations when the use of a particular technology, or even of any technology, is not beneficial?Håkan Gulliksson, Pervasive Computing Design for Sustainability: 2nd Edition (page 518)

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Questions about undesigns

What is undesigns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undesigns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undesign.

Words near undesigns in the dictionary

  1. undesignedly
  2. undesignedness
  3. undesigning
  4. undesigningly
  5. undesigningness
  6. undesigns
  7. undesirabilities
  8. undesirability
  9. undesirable
  10. undesirableness
  11. undesirablenesses

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