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unproofing

unproofing is the present participle and gerund of unproof.

Meaning of unproof

Verb

unproof (third-person singular simple present unproofs, present participle unproofing, simple past and past participle unproofed)

  1. (transitive) To undo the proofing of; expose to the possibility of failure.
    • [...] but squirrels are smart; they find a way to unproof feeders.2006, James Raimes, Gardening at Ginger

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Questions about unproofing

What is unproofing the present participle and gerund of?
Unproofing is the present participle and gerund of unproof.

Words near unproofing in the dictionary

  1. unpronounceably
  2. unpronounced
  3. unpronouncing
  4. unproof
  5. unproofed
  6. unproofing
  7. unproofread
  8. unproofs
  9. unprop
  10. unpropagandistic
  11. unpropagandized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unproofing (page history and authors); unproof (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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