Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwitness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-wit-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undo the effects of witnessing something; to unsee.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The path you witness today you unwitness tomorrow. And despite all this, your toe will be the milestone opposing your heels."
""There's a phenomenon in colonial studies and it's called unwitnessing," [Rachel] Bryant said. "If material or something that you encounter, it doesn't fit within your understanding, or within a collective understanding of history or of place, then that material can't lodge permanently in a collective consciousness.""

Etymology

From un- + witness.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un-

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

unwitnesses (present, singular) unwitnessing (participle, present) unwitnessed (participle, past) unwitnessed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

unwitnessed

Questions

What does unwitness mean?: To undo the effects of witnessing something; to unsee.
Where does unwitness come from?: From un- + witness.

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