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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

uninvent en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + invent.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To undo the invention of; to unmake.
    • It’s easier to ban bake sales than to get rid of half the cars in the city, or uninvent video games, or design broccoli that tastes like homemade chocolate chip cookies. 2009 October 11, Roz Chast, Tucker Nichols, Jillian Tamaki, Joseph Hart, Karen Barbour, Bella Foster, Jason Polan And Seth, “My Bake Sale Memory”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
uninvents Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uninventing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uninvented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uninvented Tense=Past lexicographic