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unstaple

unstaple verb: to remove staples from.

Verb

unstaple (third-person singular simple present unstaples, present participle unstapling, simple past and past participle unstapled)

  1. (transitive) to remove staples from.

Forms of unstaple

third-person singular presentunstaples
present participleunstapling
past participleunstapled
pastunstapled

Origin of unstaple

From un- + staple.

Questions about unstaple

What does unstaple mean?
Unstaple means to remove staples from.
What part of speech is unstaple?
Unstaple is a verb.
What is the past tense of unstaple?
The past tense of unstaple is unstapled.

Words near unstaple in the dictionary

  1. unstandard
  2. unstandardised
  3. unstandardized
  4. unstanding
  5. unstanzaic
  6. unstaple
  7. unstapled
  8. unstaples
  9. unstapling
  10. unstar
  11. unstarch

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