Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unblue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-blue
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not blue.

verb

To cease being blue.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause (something) to cease being blue; to make (something) not blue.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] a god in an unblue sky."
"Soon an associational chain reaction occurs that stains blue all that has remained unblue..."
"A philosopher, busily sorting the world into the blue and the unblue, tells us that some ink is blue. We look at the ink one way, and it looks blue."
"Mind you, if they fly in downstairs, they are quite happy to settle for unblue mangoes."
"Blue at some distances unblues, […]"
"The boy was very hurt in the throat and his face was only now unbluing."

Etymology

From un- + blue.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unblues (present, singular) unblueing (participle, present) unbluing (participle, present) unblued (participle, past) unblued (past)

Questions

What does unblue mean?: Not blue.
Where does unblue come from?: From un- + blue.

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