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unrefine

unrefine verb: to remove refinements from.

Verb

unrefine (third-person singular simple present unrefines, present participle unrefining, simple past and past participle unrefined)

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove refinements from.
    • If the current plan is no longer a solution, they create candidates for refinement by first unrefining the current plan, removing actions which depend on either the initial or goal state.2014, U. Endriss, J. Leite, STAIRS 2014: Proceedings of the 7th European Starting AI Researcher Symposium, page 153

Forms of unrefine

third-person singular presentunrefines
present participleunrefining
past participleunrefined
pastunrefined

Origin of unrefine

From un- + refine.

Questions about unrefine

What does unrefine mean?
Unrefine means to remove refinements from.
What part of speech is unrefine?
Unrefine is a verb.
What is the past tense of unrefine?
The past tense of unrefine is unrefined.

Words near unrefine in the dictionary

  1. unreferenced
  2. unreferred
  3. unrefillable
  4. unrefilled
  5. unrefinable
  6. unrefine
  7. unrefined
  8. unrefinedly
  9. unrefinedness
  10. unrefinement
  11. unrefines

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