adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To undo the splitting of. transitive

   "Like it or not, we are in a motor age and we can no more turn back the clock than we can unsplit the atom."

Adjective

1. 1
   Not split; whole, undivided. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"Like it or not, we are in a motor age and we can no more turn back the clock than we can unsplit the atom."

Etymology

From un- + split.

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