unaffect

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verb

To not affect.

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Meanings

verbunaffect (third-person singular simple present unaffects, present participle unaffecting, simple past and past participle unaffected)

present singular third person unaffects · participle present unaffecting · participle past unaffected · past unaffected

  1. nonstandardraretransitiveTo not affect.

    Griffith contends that properly applied the dressing described should afford relief from the moment of its application, and may be worn continuously for from one to six or eight weeks, bathing seeming to unaffect the adhesive properties of the plaster after once having set.

    1911, The Hahnemannian Monthly, volume 46, page 796, excerpting from St. Louis Medical Review

Origin

From un- + affect, perhaps a back-formation from unaffected.

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APA

unaffect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffect

MLA

“unaffect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaffect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffect.

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