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unmake

/ʌnˈmeɪk/

unmake verb: to destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.

Verb

unmake (third-person singular simple present unmakes, present participle unmaking, simple past and past participle unmade)

  1. (transitive) To destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
    • Let go the lure
      The striving to unmake1936, Nathalia Crane, Swear By the Night and Other Poems, Imperfection
    • She was confused. Now that he had worked himself into a snit he'd be angry if she unmade the bed and did what he wanted. If she didn't make it properly, he'd be resentful. She stripped the bed. She'd change the linens.2013, Florida Ann Town, On the Rim, page 84
    Synonyms:
    uncreate

unmake meaning in Kannada

unmake in Kannada

ಹಿಮ್ಮರಳಿಸು, ಅಳಿಸು, ಕೆಡಿಸು, ಕೆಳಗಿಳಿಸು

Synonyms of unmake

Forms of unmake

third-person singular presentunmakes
present participleunmaking
past participleunmade
pastunmade

Past tense of unmake: unmade

Origin of unmake

From Middle English unmaken; equivalent to un- + make.

Words formed from unmake

Questions about unmake

What does unmake mean?
Unmake means to destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
What is unmake in Kannada?
Unmake in Kannada is ಹಿಮ್ಮರಳಿಸು, ಅಳಿಸು, ಕೆಡಿಸು. See Unmake meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is unmake?
Unmake is a verb.
How do you pronounce unmake?
Unmake is pronounced /ʌnˈmeɪk/.
What is the past tense of unmake?
The past tense of unmake is unmade.

Words near unmake in the dictionary

  1. unmaintainable
  2. unmaintained
  3. unmajestic
  4. unmajestically
  5. unmakable
  6. unmake
  7. unmakeable
  8. unmaker
  9. unmakers
  10. unmakes
  11. unmakeupped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unmake (page history and authors); unmake (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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