destreamline

English

Etymology

de- +‎ streamline

Verb

destreamline (third-person singular simple present destreamlines, present participle destreamlining, simple past and past participle destreamlined)

1. (transitive) To remove the streamlining from; to undo the streamlining of.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:

     The process of destreamlining a GS-4 amounted to little more than ripping off her running board skirts and painting her black.

   • 1969, Trains:

     The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.

Synonyms

• unstreamline