Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unstation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-sta-tion
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove from a station or fixed position.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The advance towards the 'freer play' of man's life sets out then from Dante and leads to Sordello itself: by 'unstationing' one of the Commedia's own characters and then refashioning him, Browning can show how far poetry has come in the contrast between the two Sordellos."
"Do I need to unstation him if I'm just running out of the room for a few minutes? No. Short departures are good because they get your puppy used to being left alone and show him that you won't desert him."

Etymology

From un- + station.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unstations (present, singular) unstationing (participle, present) unstationed (participle, past) unstationed (past)

Questions

What does unstation mean?: To remove from a station or fixed position.
Where does unstation come from?: From un- + station.

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