Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unmean
Participle: unmeant
Gerund: unmeaning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unmean |
| you | unmean |
| he;she;it | unmeans |
| we | unmean |
| you | unmean |
| they | unmean |
Perfect
| I | have unmeant |
| you | have unmeant |
| he;she;it | has unmeant |
| we | have unmeant |
| you | have unmeant |
| they | have unmeant |
Past
| I | unmeant |
| you | unmeant |
| he;she;it | unmeant |
| we | unmeant |
| you | unmeant |
| they | unmeant |
Pluperfect
| I | had unmeant |
| you | had unmeant |
| he;she;it | had unmeant |
| we | had unmeant |
| you | had unmeant |
| they | had unmeant |
Future
| I | will unmean |
| you | will unmean |
| he;she;it | will unmean |
| we | will unmean |
| you | will unmean |
| they | will unmean |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unmeant |
| you | will have unmeant |
| he;she;it | will have unmeant |
| we | will have unmeant |
| you | will have unmeant |
| they | will have unmeant |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unmean |
| you | unmean |
| he;she;it | unmean |
| we | unmean |
| you | unmean |
| they | unmean |
Perfect
| I | have unmeant |
| you | have unmeant |
| he;she;it | have unmeant |
| we | have unmeant |
| you | have unmeant |
| they | have unmeant |
Imperfect
| I | unmeant |
| you | unmeant |
| he;she;it | unmeant |
| we | unmeant |
| you | unmeant |
| they | unmeant |
Pluperfect
| I | had unmeant |
| you | had unmeant |
| he;she;it | had unmeant |
| we | had unmeant |
| you | had unmeant |
| they | had unmeant |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unmean |
| you | would unmean |
| he;she;it | would unmean |
| we | would unmean |
| you | would unmean |
| they | would unmean |
Perfect
| I | would have unmeant |
| you | would have unmeant |
| he;she;it | would have unmeant |
| we | would have unmeant |
| you | would have unmeant |
| they | would have unmeant |
Imperative
| you | unmean |
| we | Let's unmean |
| you | unmean |
Verbs conjugated like 'unmean'
deal,
mean,
misdeal,
bedeal,
double-deal,
mismean,
overdeal,
redeal,
self-deal,
underdeal,
unmean,
Verbs similar to 'unmean'
unman,
bemean,
demean,
mean,
remean,
unban,
unbear,
unbeat,
uncan,
undeaf,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From un- (“reverse, opposite”) + mean.
Sample Sentences
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The play works to unmean meaning by a double dislocation. It uses expectation to undermine expectation both of everyday 'reality' and of theatrical genre. [2007, Ralph Yarrow, Franc Chamberlain, Sacred Theatre, page 114:]
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... just as Steinian non-sense derives its power to “unmean” from the rigidly semantic context of most discursive forms [2011, Maria Damon, Postliterary America: From Bagel Shop Jazz to Micropoetries, page 83:]
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I'd meant everything I ever said to her, and I didn't know how to unmean it. [2015, CD Reiss, Shuttergirl:]