unplace

U1N1P3L1A1C3E1

verb

To remove from one's place; displace.

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Meanings

verbunplace (third-person singular simple present unplaces, present participle unplacing, simple past and past participle unplaced)

present singular third person unplaces · participle present unplacing · participle past unplaced · past unplaced

  1. transitiveTo remove from one's place; displace.
noununplace (plural unplaces)

plural unplaces

  1. Lack or absence of place; placelessness; displacement.

    More fundamental even than the paradox of dying to live is the paradox of being enclosed in a narrow place to gain access to the limitless unplace which is Heaven: my cell is so narrow,' you may say, but oh, how wide is the sky!

    2014, Bonnie Wheeler, Medieval Mothering - Page 164

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
placelessness

Origin

From un- + place.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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