unbundle

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verb

To separate parts which have been bundled together.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

verbunbundle (third-person singular simple present unbundles, present participle unbundling, simple past and past participle unbundled)

present singular third person unbundles · participle present unbundling · participle past unbundled · past unbundled

  1. To separate parts which have been bundled together.

    […] perhaps it is time to do an end run around the culture wars by unbundling the marriage contract into its constituent parts.

    2007 May 20, Dalton Conley, “Spread the Wealth of Spousal Rights”, in New York Times
  2. businessTo break down a product or service into a number of separate elements that can be charged for individually.
    1 more example

    [...] We have led the way on fares reform." Hang on. Led the way on fares reform? There hasn't been any! "Calling for the changes we want to see," he clarifies. "Unbundling the regulation of fares that has been there since the 1990s. We've called for single-leg pricing. Rebuilding from that, a fares structure that meets the way people want to use the railway. Pay-as-you-go, tap-in, tap-out digital technology in commuter areas.

    2021 January 27, Paul Clifton, “What is the future of the RDG?”, in RAIL. issue 923, page 44

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishbundle
  10. Englishunbundle

From un- + bundle.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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