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unpointing

unpointing is the present participle and gerund of unpoint.

Meaning of unpoint

Verb

unpoint (third-person singular simple present unpoints, present participle unpointing, simple past and past participle unpointed)

  1. (transitive) To move out of a pointed posture.
    • Ask the patient to continue to take deep breaths, exercise the legs gently, and point and unpoint the toes.2019, Susan King Strasinger, Marjorie Schaub Di Lorenzo, The Phlebotomy Textbook, page 232

Questions about unpointing

What is unpointing the present participle and gerund of?
Unpointing is the present participle and gerund of unpoint.

Words near unpointing in the dictionary

  1. unpog
  2. unpoignant
  3. unpoint
  4. unpointed
  5. unpointedness
  6. unpointing
  7. unpoints
  8. unpoise
  9. unpoised
  10. unpoises
  11. unpoising

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