Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unspoil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-spoil
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make less spoiled.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The week before, watching her work, Logerwell had called out to her, "I can tell you right now, if you mollycoddle a horse he'll turn out spoilt, and I've had to unspoil plenty of horses that've been girl-broke. […]"
"A few negative people can ruin an entire office environment, which shows you how powerful negativity is. It is so bad, even positive workers can't “unspoil” it."
"As John grew into a toddler he was quite spoilt, so I took the serious responsibility of unspoiling him."

Etymology

From un- + spoil.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unspoils (present, singular) unspoiling (participle, present) unspoiled (participle, past) unspoiled (past) unspoilt (participle, past) unspoilt (past)

Questions

What does unspoil mean?: To make less spoiled.
Where does unspoil come from?: From un- + spoil.

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