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unmothball

unmothball verb: to restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.

Verb

unmothball (third-person singular simple present unmothballs, present participle unmothballing, simple past and past participle unmothballed)

  1. (transitive) To restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
    Synonyms:
    demothball

Synonyms of unmothball

Forms of unmothball

third-person singular presentunmothballs
present participleunmothballing
past participleunmothballed
pastunmothballed

Origin of unmothball

From un- + mothball.

Questions about unmothball

What does unmothball mean?
Unmothball means to restore (a mothballed project or equipment) to active use.
What part of speech is unmothball?
Unmothball is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmothball?
The past tense of unmothball is unmothballed.

Words near unmothball in the dictionary

  1. unmortified
  2. unmortifiedness
  3. unmortised
  4. unmosqued
  5. unmossed
  6. unmothball
  7. unmothballed
  8. unmothballing
  9. unmothballs
  10. unmother
  11. unmothered

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