- present participle of unmake.
unmaking
Example Sentences
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Whether she will be his making or unmaking is an open question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
What the voyage now represents is the unmaking of ideas from some of the great thinkers and creators of the age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
Bess entered the room and immediately started unmaking the bed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
There you go: the breaking, making and then unmaking of the world in under two minutes.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021
Anyone with access to a compass and a clove of garlic could perform their own test, which is why the unmaking of the old ‘fact’ was so important.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
