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unsexing

unsexing is the present participle and gerund of unsex.

Meaning of unsex

Verb

unsex (third-person singular simple present unsexes, present participle unsexing, simple past and past participle unsexed)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
    • Lady Macbeth: Come, you spirits
      That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here,
      And fill me from the crown to the toe full
      Of direst cruelty:c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

Questions about unsexing

What is unsexing the present participle and gerund of?
Unsexing is the present participle and gerund of unsex.

Words near unsexing in the dictionary

  1. unsexes
  2. unsexier
  3. unsexiest
  4. unsexily
  5. unsexiness
  6. unsexing
  7. unsexist
  8. unsexlike
  9. unsexual
  10. unsexualised
  11. unsexuality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsexing (page history and authors); unsex (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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