Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unbe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: unbe
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive (someone or something) of being; to make nonexistent.

Transitive verb

verb

To lack being; to be nonexistent.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"I cannot bear my fate as writ, / I'd have my life unbe; / Would turn my memory to a blot, / Make every relic of me rot, / My doings be as they were not, / And what they've brought to me!"
"There is a saying that unseen is as good as unbeen; but in this case it was otherwise—unseen, Master Malrubius was more palpably present than ever before."

Etymology

From un- + be.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-

Usage

Inflected Forms

unbeing (participle, present) unbeen (participle, past)

Questions

What does unbe mean?: To deprive (someone or something) of being; to make nonexistent.
Where does unbe come from?: From un- + be.

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