Unhyphenate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove or displace a hyphen from. transitive

    "The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby"."

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"The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby"."

Etymology

From un- + hyphenate.

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