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unselfed

unselfed is the simple past and past participle of unself.

Meaning of unself

Verb

unself (third-person singular simple present unselfs, present participle unselfing, simple past and past participle unselfed)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of, or detach from, the self.
    • The goal, said [Simone] Weil, — and the British writer Iris Murdoch after her — was to unself. The whole point, in their supposition, was to turn one’s attention toward the bigger questions.2026 February 15, Lauren Jackson, “How to Pay Attention”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Questions about unselfed

What is unselfed the simple past and past participle of?
Unselfed is the simple past and past participle of unself.

Words near unselfed in the dictionary

  1. unself-consciousness
  2. unselfaware
  3. unselfconscious
  4. unselfconsciously
  5. unselfconsciousness
  6. unselfed
  7. unselfing
  8. unselfish
  9. unselfishly
  10. unselfishness
  11. unselfishnesses

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