Destreamline

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of. transitive

    "The process of destreamlining a GS-4 amounted to little more than ripping off her running board skirts and painting her black."

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unstreamlineunstreamline

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"The process of destreamlining a GS-4 amounted to little more than ripping off her running board skirts and painting her black."

Etymology

From de- + streamline.

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