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unrefining

unrefining is the present participle and gerund of unrefine.

Meaning of unrefine

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

Questions about unrefining

What is unrefining the present participle and gerund of?
Unrefining is the present participle and gerund of unrefine.

Words near unrefining in the dictionary

  1. unrefined
  2. unrefinedly
  3. unrefinedness
  4. unrefinement
  5. unrefines
  6. unrefining
  7. unrefitted
  8. unreflected
  9. unreflecting
  10. unreflectingly
  11. unreflectingness

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