Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unthink
Participle: unthinked
Gerund: unthinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | unthink |
| you | unthink |
| he;she;it | unthinks |
| we | unthink |
| you | unthink |
| they | unthink |
Perfect
| I | have unthinked |
| you | have unthinked |
| he;she;it | has unthinked |
| we | have unthinked |
| you | have unthinked |
| they | have unthinked |
Past
| I | unthinked |
| you | unthinked |
| he;she;it | unthinked |
| we | unthinked |
| you | unthinked |
| they | unthinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had unthinked |
| you | had unthinked |
| he;she;it | had unthinked |
| we | had unthinked |
| you | had unthinked |
| they | had unthinked |
Future
| I | will unthink |
| you | will unthink |
| he;she;it | will unthink |
| we | will unthink |
| you | will unthink |
| they | will unthink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unthinked |
| you | will have unthinked |
| he;she;it | will have unthinked |
| we | will have unthinked |
| you | will have unthinked |
| they | will have unthinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unthink |
| you | unthink |
| he;she;it | unthink |
| we | unthink |
| you | unthink |
| they | unthink |
Perfect
| I | have unthinked |
| you | have unthinked |
| he;she;it | have unthinked |
| we | have unthinked |
| you | have unthinked |
| they | have unthinked |
Imperfect
| I | unthinked |
| you | unthinked |
| he;she;it | unthinked |
| we | unthinked |
| you | unthinked |
| they | unthinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had unthinked |
| you | had unthinked |
| he;she;it | had unthinked |
| we | had unthinked |
| you | had unthinked |
| they | had unthinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unthink |
| you | would unthink |
| he;she;it | would unthink |
| we | would unthink |
| you | would unthink |
| they | would unthink |
Perfect
| I | would have unthinked |
| you | would have unthinked |
| he;she;it | would have unthinked |
| we | would have unthinked |
| you | would have unthinked |
| they | would have unthinked |
Imperative
| you | unthink |
| we | Let's unthink |
| you | unthink |
Verbs conjugated like 'unthink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unthink'
unthank,
athink,
bethink,
methink,
outthink,
rethink,
think,
unbethink,
unkink,
unlink,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *né
3. Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
4. Proto-Germanic *un-
5. Proto-West Germanic *un-
6. Old English un-
7. Middle English un-
8. English un-
9. Proto-Indo-European *teng-der.
10. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną
11. Proto-West Germanic *þankijan
12. Old English þenċan
13. Middle English thinken
14. English think
15. English unthink
16. From un- + think.
Sample Sentences
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They at least had the immense and mighty imagination of which I speak; they could unthink the past. They could uncreate the Fall. With a reverence which moderns might think impudence, they could uncreate the Creation. [1930, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Rome:]
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But to do so consistently would require a fairly radical revision of the concept. We should have to unthink as far back as Aristotle […] [1993, Henning F Harmuth, Information Theory Applied to Space-time Physics:]
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In An Experiment with an Air-Pump, characters repeatedly assert that "once you've thought something, you can't unthink it, can you?" [2006, Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen:]
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"You must learn to edit your thoughts," she said. "Unthink them..." [2019, Margaret Atwood, The Testaments, →ISBN, page 333:]