Meanings
present singular third person unaccumulates · participle present unaccumulating · participle past unaccumulated · past unaccumulated
- To get rid of something previously accumulated.
“You cannot imagine,” she was saying, “what a joy it has been to unaccumulate! To get rid of things! To select.”
2020, David Grayson, Great Possessions, page 1011 more example
Now, this accumulation thing that people are going through — you accumulate — you're going to find out it's very difficult now to unaccumulate, unaccumulate.
2015, Arthur Fanning, The Comprehension of the Holy Spirit within the Human Condition
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Germanic*anda-
- Proto-West Germanic*anda-
- Old Englishand-
- Old Englishon-
- Middle Englishon-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁mósder.?
- Latincumulus
- Latincumulō
- Latinaccumulō
- Latinaccumulātus
- Middle Englishaccumylaten
- Englishaccumulate
- Englishunaccumulate
From un- + accumulate.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
unaccumulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaccumulate
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