unperforming
unperforming is the present participle and gerund of unperform.
Meaning of unperform
Verb
unperform (third-person singular simple present unperforms, present participle unperforming, simple past and past participle unperformed)
- 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)
Adjective
unperforming (not comparable)
- That does not perform.
- He could see no great harm in the present pretenders to magic, if the poor people would but keep their money in their pockets; and that they should have their pockets picked by such an unperforming, unmeaning, ignorant crew as these are, is the only magic De Foe could see in the whole science.1841, George Chalmers, Daniel Defoe, The Novels and Miscellaneous Works, page 84
Questions about unperforming
- What does unperforming mean?
- Unperforming means that does not perform.
- What is unperforming the present participle and gerund of?
- Unperforming is the present participle and gerund of unperform.
- What part of speech is unperforming?
- Unperforming is an adjective.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unperforming (page history and authors); unperform (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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