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unhyphenate

unhyphenate verb: to remove or displace a hyphen from.

Verb

unhyphenate (third-person singular simple present unhyphenates, present participle unhyphenating, simple past and past participle unhyphenated)

  1. (transitive) To remove or displace a hyphen from.
    • The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby".

Antonyms of unhyphenate

Forms of unhyphenate

third-person singular presentunhyphenates
present participleunhyphenating
past participleunhyphenated
pastunhyphenated

Origin of unhyphenate

From un- + hyphenate.

Questions about unhyphenate

What does unhyphenate mean?
Unhyphenate means to remove or displace a hyphen from.
What part of speech is unhyphenate?
Unhyphenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unhyphenate?
The past tense of unhyphenate is unhyphenated.

Words near unhyphenate in the dictionary

  1. unhymeneal
  2. unhymned
  3. unhyped
  4. unhypermethylated
  5. unhyphenatable
  6. unhyphenate
  7. unhyphenated
  8. unhyphenates
  9. unhyphenating
  10. unhyphened
  11. unhypnotic

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