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unnesting

unnesting is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about unnesting

What is unnesting the present participle and gerund of?
Unnesting is the present participle and gerund of unnest.

Words near unnesting in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unnesting (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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