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unmess

unmess verb: to tidy up (a mess).

Verb

unmess (third-person singular simple present unmesses, present participle unmessing, simple past and past participle unmessed)

  1. (transitive) To tidy up (a mess).
    • He handed the mess over to that young man to unmess.1956, Stephen G. Hust, "This is my own, my native land.", page 73
  2. (transitive) To resolve (a problematic situation).
    • Take out a pen and make a list, because the causes of Carol's problems with our board are also the emergencies you're going to unmess.2010, Pickard, But I Wouldn't Want to Die There

Forms of unmess

third-person singular presentunmesses
present participleunmessing
past participleunmessed
pastunmessed

Origin of unmess

From un- + mess.

Questions about unmess

What does unmess mean?
Unmess means to tidy up (a mess).
What part of speech is unmess?
Unmess is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmess?
The past tense of unmess is unmessed.

Words near unmess in the dictionary

  1. unmesmerizable
  2. unmesmerize
  3. unmesmerized
  4. unmesmerizes
  5. unmesmerizing
  6. unmess
  7. unmessed
  8. unmesses
  9. unmessianic
  10. unmessing
  11. unmessupable

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