unfix en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + fix.
Meanings
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(transitive) To unfasten from a fixing.
Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair and make my seated heart knock at my ribs against the use of nature?
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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
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(transitive) To break again (something previously fixed).
If a problem automatically fixes itself, you probably encountered a problem that will find a way to unfix itself soon.
2025, Kevin Focke, The Code Monster Manual:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unfixes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unfixing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfixed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unfixed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |