unmake
pronunciation
How to pronounce unmake in British English:
UK [ˌʌn'meɪk]
How to pronounce unmake in American English:
US [ˌʌn'meɪk]
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- Verb:
- deprive of certain characteristics
Word Origin
- unmake (v.)
- late 14c., "bring down, dethrone;" early 15c., "undo, destroy, reduce to an unmade state," from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + make (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch ontmaken, German entmachen.
Example
- 1. And I have helped make presidents and unmake them .
- 2. We stand before an iron law of history : you cannot unmake what has been made .
- 3. Anything in life is possible if you unmake it happen .
- 4. Then , how do we unmake him ?
- 5. Sometimes you have to unmake it so you can make it over again .