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uninvent

uninvent verb: to undo the invention of; to unmake.

Verb

uninvent (third-person singular simple present uninvents, present participle uninventing, simple past and past participle uninvented)

  1. (transitive) To undo the invention of; to unmake.
    • It’s easier to ban bake sales than to get rid of half the cars in the city, or uninvent video games, or design broccoli that tastes like homemade chocolate chip cookies.2009 October 11, Roz Chast, Tucker Nichols, Jillian Tamaki, Joseph Hart, Karen Barbour, Bella Foster, Jason Polan And Seth, “My Bake Sale Memory”, in New York Times

Forms of uninvent

third-person singular presentuninvents
present participleuninventing
past participleuninvented
pastuninvented

Origin of uninvent

From un- + invent.

Questions about uninvent

What does uninvent mean?
Uninvent means to undo the invention of; to unmake.
What part of speech is uninvent?
Uninvent is a verb.
What is the past tense of uninvent?
The past tense of uninvent is uninvented.

Words near uninvent in the dictionary

  1. uninvaginated
  2. uninvalidated
  3. uninvasive
  4. uninvasively
  5. uninveigled
  6. uninvent
  7. uninventability
  8. uninventable
  9. uninventableness
  10. uninvented
  11. uninventful

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