Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-pair
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To change from a paired to a non-paired state.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: disassociate; decouple, uncouple; dispair (uncommon)"
"He unpaired his wireless earbuds from his phone."
"The iterative pairing and unpairing cycles may tether plasmids equidistantly on the nucleoid to ensure faithful plasmid segregation by a mechanism compatible with the diffusion-ratchet mechanism as proposed from in vitro reconstituted systems."

Etymology

From un- + pair.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

unpairs (present, singular) unpairing (participle, present) unpaired (participle, past) unpaired (past)

Synonyms

disassociate decouple uncouple dispair

Questions

What does unpair mean?: To change from a paired to a non-paired state.
Where does unpair come from?: From un- + pair.

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