unhelp

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verb

To undo or impede the help of.

OriginMiddle English unhelpe →
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Meanings

unhelp1

verbunhelp (third-person singular simple present unhelps, present participle unhelping, simple past and past participle unhelped)

present singular third person unhelps · participle present unhelping · participle past unhelped · past unhelped

  1. transitiveTo undo or impede the help of.

    "No more help! I want you to unhelp me."

    2004, Alejna Brugos, Linnea Micciulla, Christine E. Smith, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2
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    When I was a child, I remember my mom busily preparing for a dinner party, saying, "If you are not going to help me, then at least don't unhelp me."

    2000, Mary Ann Froehlich, Peggysue Wells, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Say

unhelp2

noununhelp (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack or absence of help

    But the unhelp, the disobedience!

    1950, Frank Kendon, Jacob & Thomas: Darkness, page 18

Origin

unhelp · verb

From un- + help.

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unhelp · noun

  1. Middle Englishunhelpe
  2. Englishunhelp

From Middle English unhelpe, equivalent to un- + help.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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