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unmeans

unmeans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unmean.

Meaning of unmean

Verb

unmean (third-person singular simple present unmeans, present participle unmeaning, simple past and past participle unmeant)

  1. (rare) To reverse, cancel, or negate what was intentionally communicated.
    • The play works to unmean meaning by a double dislocation. It uses expectation to undermine expectation both of everyday 'reality' and of theatrical genre.2007, Ralph Yarrow, Franc Chamberlain, Sacred Theatre, page 114

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What is unmeans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unmeans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unmean.

Words near unmeans in the dictionary

  1. unmeaningful
  2. unmeaningfully
  3. unmeaningly
  4. unmeaningness
  5. unmeaningnesses
  6. unmeans
  7. unmeant
  8. unmeasurability
  9. unmeasurable
  10. unmeasurableness
  11. unmeasurably

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