Unprepare

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To undo the preparation of. transitive

    "The planters generally are doing very little to prepare the apprentices for freedom, but some are doing very much to unprepare them. They are driving the people from them by their conduct."

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"The planters generally are doing very little to prepare the apprentices for freedom, but some are doing very much to unprepare them. They are driving the people from them by their conduct."

Etymology

From un- + prepare.

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