unrestore

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ restore.

Verb

unrestore (third-person singular simple present unrestores, present participle unrestoring, simple past and past participle unrestored)

To undo work that was done to restore something.
- 1962, The Antique Automobile - Volumes 26-27, page 185:
  The film manufacturer enlarged the few good areas on the negatives and replaced the roll of film, but can not unrestore the car for photos.
- 2001, J. Michael Feazell, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, page 113:
  How could one "only true end-time apostle" contradict another "only true end-time apostle"? If one had restored the truth, how could another "unrestore" that same truth?
- 2013, Robert Holdstock, The Fetch, →ISBN:
  They had been clumsily and crudely restored around the face and hair, and she had decided to unrestore them and return them as closely as possible to their original appearance.
- 2013, John Brandon, A Million Heavens, →ISBN:
  I had to take it to the shop and have them unrestore it. It had been kept too well.

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