unhelp
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]unhelp (third-person singular simple present unhelps, present participle unhelping, simple past and past participle unhelped)
- (transitive) To undo or impede the help of.
- 2000, Mary Ann Froehlich, Peggysue Wells, What to Do When You Don't Know What to Say:
- When I was a child, I remember my mom busily preparing for a dinner party, saying, "If you are not going to help me, then at least don't unhelp me."
- 2004, Alejna Brugos, Linnea Micciulla, Christine E. Smith, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Volume 2:
- "No more help! I want you to unhelp me."
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English unhelpe, equivalent to un- + help.
Noun
[edit]unhelp (uncountable)
- Lack or absence of help
- 1950, Frank Kendon, Jacob & Thomas: Darkness, page 18:
- But the unhelp, the disobedience!