unbuild

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verb

To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).

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Meanings

verbunbuild (third-person singular simple present unbuilds, present participle unbuilding, simple past and past participle unbuilt)

present singular third person unbuilds · participle present unbuilding · participle past unbuilt · past unbuilt

  1. transitiveTo dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).

    His building and unbuilding, both, are a slog.

    2007 July 2, Richard Eder, “When People, Culture and Even Time Are Suspect”, in New York Times
    1 more example

    Anything you build or plant on your neighbor's land you might have to unbuild or unplant in the future.

    2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer, page 5

Origin

From un- + build.

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Cite this entry
APA

unbuild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuild

MLA

“unbuild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuild. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbuild,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuild.

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