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unsweeten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
unsweet-en
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove or lower the sweetness of.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sweeten English unsweeten From un- + sweeten.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unsweetens (present, singular) unsweetening (participle, present) unsweetened (participle, past) unsweetened (past)

Questions

What does unsweeten mean?
To remove or lower the sweetness of.
Where does unsweeten come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sweeten English unsweeten From un- + sweeten.

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