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unnested

unnested is the simple past and past participle of unnest.

Meaning of unnest

Verb

unnest (third-person singular simple present unnests, present participle unnesting, simple past and past participle unnested)

  1. To dislodge from a nest.
    Synonyms:
    disnest
  2. To separate objects that have been nested or placed one inside the other.
    • The eye unnested from the head, cannot see1629, Thomas Adams, Sermons

Adjective

unnested (not comparable)

  1. Not nested.

Origin of unnested

From un- + nested.

Questions about unnested

What does unnested mean?
Unnested means not nested.
What is unnested the simple past and past participle of?
Unnested is the simple past and past participle of unnest.
What part of speech is unnested?
Unnested is an adjective.

Words near unnested in the dictionary

  1. unnervingness
  2. unnervous
  3. unnessary
  4. unnest
  5. unnestable
  6. unnested
  7. unnesting
  8. unnestle
  9. unnestled
  10. unnestles
  11. unnestling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unnested (page history and authors); unnest (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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