uninvent

English

Etymology

un- +‎ invent

Verb

uninvent (third-person singular simple present uninvents, present participle uninventing, simple past and past participle uninvented)

1. (transitive) To undo the invention of; to unmake.
   • 2009 October 11, Roz Chast, Tucker Nichols, Jillian Tamaki, Joseph Hart, Karen Barbour, Bella Foster, Jason Polan And Seth, “My Bake Sale Memory”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It’s easier to ban bake sales than to get rid of half the cars in the city, or uninvent video games, or design broccoli that tastes like homemade chocolate chip cookies.