Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unplay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-play
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Hypothetically, to undo the playing of.

Transitive verb

verb

To interact with something in a way that subverts the conventions of playing.

Example Sentences

"I feel like a traitor, but what's done is done. I can't unplay that note, even if it was a sour one."
"Flanagan outlines three kinds of critical play enacted by Victorian girls with dolls: In doll play, unplaying manifests in children abusing their dolls, "killing" them, or some other revision of the "care giving" framework […]"
"How they might go about unplaying a work would be awkward, but it might involve asking performers to commit to their idiosyncrasies and play away from what's given."

Etymology

From un- + play.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unplays (present, singular) unplaying (participle, present) unplayed (participle, past) unplayed (past)

Questions

What does unplay mean?: Hypothetically, to undo the playing of.
Where does unplay come from?: From un- + play.

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