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unmothballing

unmothballing is the present participle and gerund of unmothball.

Meaning of unmothball

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

Questions about unmothballing

What is unmothballing the present participle and gerund of?
Unmothballing is the present participle and gerund of unmothball.

Words near unmothballing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unmothballing (page history and authors); unmothball (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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