Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-fire
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).

Transitive verb

verb

To hire again (a person who was fired).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"You can't unfire a gun."
"J. J. Jameson: [talking to Peter Parker] Where you been? Looked for you all morning! Why don't you pay your phone bill? Mad scientist goes berserk and we don't have pictures! […] Where were you? Photographing squirrels? You're fired! Receptionist: Chief, the planetarium party. J. J. Jameson: Oh, right. You're unfired. I need you to come here. What do you know about high society? […] Don't answer that. My society photographer got hit in the head by a polo ball. You're all I got."

Etymology

From un- + fire.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unfires (present, singular) unfiring (participle, present) unfired (participle, past) unfired (past)

Synonyms

rehire

Questions

What does unfire mean?: Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).
Where does unfire come from?: From un- + fire.

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