"unmodernize" meaning in English

See unmodernize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unmodernizes [present, singular, third-person], unmodernizing [participle, present], unmodernized [participle, past], unmodernized [past]
Etymology: From un- + modernize. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|un-|modernize}} un- + modernize Head templates: {{en-verb}} unmodernize (third-person singular simple present unmodernizes, present participle unmodernizing, simple past and past participle unmodernized)
  1. (uncommon) To demodernize. Tags: uncommon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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