unpiece

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verb

To disassemble piece by piece.

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Meanings

verbunpiece (third-person singular simple present unpieces, present participle unpiecing, simple past and past participle unpieced)

present singular third person unpieces · participle present unpiecing · participle past unpieced · past unpieced

  1. transitiveTo disassemble piece by piece.

    While almost anyone who’s watched a TLC rehab show can rip out a kitchen cabinet, unpiecing an entire house without having the roof collapse isn’t a job for the uninitiated.

    2007 October 18, Kristina Shevory, “Recycling the Whole House”, in New York Times

Origin

From un- + piece.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

eupneic
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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