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unpairing

unpairing is the present participle and gerund of unpair.

Meaning of unpair

Verb

unpair (third-person singular simple present unpairs, present participle unpairing, simple past and past participle unpaired)

  1. (ambitransitive) To change from a paired to a non-paired state.
    • Near-synonyms: disassociate; decouple, uncouple; dispair (uncommon)

Questions about unpairing

What is unpairing the present participle and gerund of?
Unpairing is the present participle and gerund of unpair.

Words near unpairing in the dictionary

  1. unpairable
  2. unpaired
  3. unpaired electron
  4. unpaired electrons
  5. unpairedness
  6. unpairing
  7. unpairs
  8. unpalatabilities
  9. unpalatability
  10. unpalatable
  11. unpalatableness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unpairing (page history and authors); unpair (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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