unmake
verb (used with object)
to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
unmaking
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present participleof unmake.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Bess entered the room and immediately started unmaking the bed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
Making and unmaking an anus sounds like such an ordeal, you might imagine comb jellies poop rarely.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2021
The unmaking of a Beatle: George Harrison’s widow and son on the legacy of ‘All Things Must Pass’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
Science is not like the state, which is entirely of our own making, though unmaking it would, like unmaking money, be far from easy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
