unhaul
/ʌnˈhɔl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of getting rid of unwanted books.
Example Sentences
- "So many people are unhauling Matched by Ally Condie & it's making me nervous bc I want to read it but I'm scared that it's bad xD"
- "So it's kind of a response to that, kind of just a general discussion about how and why I unhaul books. So like I said, I pretty regularly get rid of books."
- "Have you ever unhauled a book, or are you too attached to every book you own?"
- "I recently unhauled a large number of books from my shelves. Some I had already read, while others were lounging on my TBR. There were hardcovers, paperbacks, and ARCs in the mix."
- "This is where we really piss off Marie Kondo. Instead of unhauling all the books that we’ve read or no longer bring us joy, we hoard sentences and tabs like the author-monsters we are."
- "Ironically, I created my PangoBooks account in 2021 to do only that. In the years prior, I unhauled books either by donating to my local library when their donations box was open or at book drives my grad school hosted. I told myself PangoBooks was exclusively for unhauling books. I told myself I would buy just one book to see how it worked. And then I saw all those books…all those cheap prices…"
Etymology
From un- + haul (“showcase of recently-purchased items”). Although haul is used in general for any type of items, unhaul has come to be used particularly for books.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʌnˈhɔl/
- British English: /ʌnˈhɔːl/