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unperform

unperform verb: to cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part.

Verb

unperform (third-person singular simple present unperforms, present participle unperforming, simple past and past participle unperformed)

  1. (transitive) To cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part.
    • Set against the ongoing legacy of minstrelsy, Banks argues against race as a meaningful category and brings to our attention strategies to unperform and dismantle it.2006, Jan Cohen-Cruz, Mady Schutzman, A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics (page 7)

Forms of unperform

third-person singular presentunperforms
present participleunperforming
past participleunperformed
pastunperformed

Origin of unperform

From un- + perform.

Questions about unperform

What does unperform mean?
Unperform means to cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part.
What part of speech is unperform?
Unperform is a verb.
What is the past tense of unperform?
The past tense of unperform is unperformed.

Words near unperform in the dictionary

  1. unperfects
  2. unperfidious
  3. unperflated
  4. unperforate
  5. unperforated
  6. unperform
  7. unperformable
  8. unperformably
  9. unperformance
  10. unperformances
  11. unperformed

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