"unhyphenate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unhyphenates [present, singular, third-person], unhyphenating [participle, present], unhyphenated [participle, past], unhyphenated [past]
Etymology: un- + hyphenate (hyphen + -ate) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|hyphenate}} un- + hyphenate, {{suffix|en|hyphen|ate}} hyphen + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhyphenate (third-person singular simple present unhyphenates, present participle unhyphenating, simple past and past participle unhyphenated)
  1. (transitive) To remove or displace a hyphen from. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unhyphenate meaning in English (1.5kB)

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