unaccumulate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + accumulate.
Verb
[edit]unaccumulate (third-person singular simple present unaccumulates, present participle unaccumulating, simple past and past participle unaccumulated)
- To get rid of something previously accumulated.
- 2015, Arthur Fanning, The Comprehension of the Holy Spirit within the Human Condition:
- Now, this accumulation thing that people are going through — you accumulate — you're going to find out it's very difficult now to unaccumulate, unaccumulate.
- 2020, David Grayson, Great Possessions, page 101:
- “You cannot imagine,” she was saying, “what a joy it has been to unaccumulate! To get rid of things! To select.”